Millennium bridge

After London's wobbly one and York's Y2K bridge comes our very own cycle bridge which should have
been installed two years ago but it was made too short. It was opened in Sep 2002, but closed again
shortly afterward due too a fault with the swing opening. It's now finally fixed and means cyclists
can now go from one side of Hull to the other all along the banks of the Humber without a major
detour. It's that thing with a yellow "postage stamp" on it.
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/zbridge.htm Download time 9 sec 35 kb.

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"Simon Mason" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]... It's that thing with a yellow "postage stamp" on it.

Catapulting cyclists seems a bit extreme, I imagine the water helps with safety thou

 

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
> After London's wobbly one and York's Y2K bridge comes our very own cycle bridge which should have
> been installed two years ago but it was made too short. It was opened in Sep 2002, but closed
> again shortly afterward due too a fault with the swing opening. It's now finally fixed and means
> cyclists can now go from one side of Hull to the other all along the banks of the Humber without a
> major detour. It's that thing with a yellow "postage stamp" on it.
> http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/zbridge.htm Download time 9 sec 35 kb.

The size of the file is useful but the download time needs to be qualified. My download was a
fraction of a second.

I'd like to add the Gateshead Millenium bridge to the above list but as one that worked first time,
looks fantastic and is marvel of engineering.

Colin

 

"Colin Blackburn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> The size of the file is useful but the download time needs to be qualified. My download was a
> fraction of a second.

I've sorted that out for future posts.

> I'd like to add the Gateshead Millenium bridge to the above list but as one that worked first
> time, looks fantastic and is marvel of engineering.

Indeed it is, but I'm happy with one that looks rubbish but gets me from one side to t'other

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Simon Mason Anlaby East Yorkshire. 53°44'N 0°26'W http://www.simonmason.karoo.net

 

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
>
> "Colin Blackburn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > The size of the file is useful but the download time needs to be qualified. My download was a
> > fraction of a second.
>
> I've sorted that out for future posts.

Yes, I noticed just after I'd posted.

> > I'd like to add the Gateshead Millenium bridge to the above list but as one that worked first
> > time, looks fantastic and is marvel of engineering.
>
> Indeed it is, but I'm happy with one that looks rubbish but gets me from one side to t'other

I wasn't slagging of your bridge, I like its utilitarian design. The more cycle bridges the merrier.

Colin

 

"Colin Blackburn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I wasn't slagging of your bridge, I like its utilitarian design. The more cycle bridges the
> merrier.

Hey, are you slagging off my bridge? Outside now ;-)

Simon

 

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
>
> "Colin Blackburn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
> > I wasn't slagging of your bridge, I like its utilitarian design. The more cycle bridges the
> > merrier.
>
> Hey, are you slagging off my bridge? Outside now ;-)

Okay, my cycle bridge is bigger than your cycle bridge!

Colin

 

On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 13:43:40 +0000, Simon Mason did issue forth:

> Hey, are you slagging off my bridge? Outside now ;-)

I think we can say with a fair degree of certainty that no-one has ever used that sentence before.

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"Simon Mason" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> Hey, are you slagging off my bridge? Outside now ;-)

I am -- looks like a grain silo.

 

"Tony W" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
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> "Simon Mason" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
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> >
> > Hey, are you slagging off my bridge? Outside now ;-)
>
>
> I am -- looks like a grain silo.

That's the tidal barrier. The bridge is the rather sleek construction with the yellow tab on the
end in the foreground.

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Simon Mason Anlaby East Yorkshire. 53°44'N 0°26'W http://www.simonmason.karoo.net

 

On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 13:47:59 -0000, Colin Blackburn scrawled: ) Okay, my cycle bridge is bigger than
your cycle bridge!

There's a bridge in Oxford that I never knew existed, south of the Oxpens Road. It's on the route
between the Osney Mead industrial estate and the back of the town centre multistorey car park.

It's huge and wrought. I don't understand how I missed it before.

J-P
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In message <[email protected]>, Simon Mason <[email protected]> writes
>After London's wobbly one and York's Y2K bridge comes our very own cycle bridge which should have
>been installed two years ago but it was made too short.

AFAIR, the London bridge is a 'get off and walk it' and given the amount of people I see using it,
highly advisable.

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Martin @ Strawberry Hill

 

Peterborough has a millennium cycle bridge, too. It's made of recycled steel and is convincingly rusty.

Sadly, the tracks leading to it are rough enough to shake your teeth out. Last time I crossed it, a couple of months ago, there was nothing at the far side but water as far as the eye could see - another bridge too short, evidently.

Chris