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Re: Newport Transporter Bridge (Was Re: Professional model making at LLW for £69!)
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lugnet.loc.uk
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Thu, 10 Jan 2002 03:19:23 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Simon Bennett writes:
> Larry: I believe I am right in saying there are 4 of these bridges still in
> existence around the world, Two are in the UK, Newport and Middlesbrough,
> one is in France and the other is in Duluth, Minnesota. (Is that too far
> for a visit?) Actually you had better check as I think maybe the Duluth one
> is the one that has been converted into a lifting bridge.
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> The deal in Newport is that the bridge connects two spits of land and there
> wasn't space for approach viaducts, and I believe the span (which could be
> no shorter due to the depth of the river and the width of the channel
> needed) was too long for a lifting bridge as the self-weight of the deck
> would have been too high.
I think I'm right in saying that the new Royal Victoria Dock Footbridge
built (within the last 2 or 3 years) in London Docklands serving ExCel
Exhibition Centre will also work in the same way - currently, you can take
the stairs or a lift up the towers and walk across the top, but there is a
gondola planned to be added in a second phase, that will travel in a gradual
upside-down curve from side to side, rising on its cables to a high point
mid channel! Type the name into a web search to get pics and info,
Chris.
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