Keel Crossing [opened 18.10.25] - compendium thread

[Wearside Wanderer II]

Hear it’s gonna be called

Reggie Le Bridge

 

[Will e]

Just a hobby, I haven't even had it a year yet and I'm still learning. The drone (and editing) is very good at making me look more skilled than I am.

They’re very good and well done for documenting this. I look at old photos of Sunderland when various things were getting built or events. It will be great for people in the future to refer back to your videos.

Agree with this, appreciate you posting them on here.
Got to be a business opportunity for you what with the film studios being built etc.

 

[DiscopantsSoL]

South Side lifts have started

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[tunstallhill]

Anyone know when they are lifting the central section in ?

 

[saltgrass]

Memories of the chippy up from the derby at roker park. Being a youngun 10p a shot was right up my street and they were tremendous.

Whoever invented them deserves the freedom of the city

 

[EDGE]

If you were skint it was a bag of batter

 

[saltgrass]

Anyone know when they are lifting the central section in ?

They’re getting it ready opposite the glass centre now

 

[tunstallhill]

They’re getting it ready opposite the glass centre now

Aye I saw it yesterday, just would like to see it actually being lifted into place

I remember going down to watch the spire bridge being lifted up

 

[DiscopantsSoL]

Wonder if the smaller section 5 is coming on the back of a low loader by road

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Looking at the photos of the Mid section and the South Section on the barge I'd say the smaller section in the plan above is part of 1 large south section now, I saw it posted that they were 105m and 63m. Its 4 lifts instead of 5 now which would make sense and there doesn't appear to be a temporary pier on the south side for it to sit on to be welded like the North Side.

 

[Weststand]

Looking at the photos of the Mid section and the South Section on the barge I'd say the smaller section in the plan above is part of 1 large south section now, I saw it posted that they were 105m and 63m. Its 4 lifts instead of 5 now which would make sense and there doesn't appear to be a temporary pier on the south side for it to sit on to be welded like the North Side.

Think youre right mate - was thinking that myself that the 2 smaller inner land lifts are just 1 now

 

[southstander]

Hear it’s gonna be called

Reggie Le Bridge

SEB

 

[Weststand]

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[CollingwoodFTM]

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So the south section is already up?

 

[tunstallhill]

Looks like the middle section is primed ready to be lifted, but that crane will never lift it from there . Is there a floating crane coming to lift it ?

 

[OldNewtown]

Looks like the middle section is primed ready to be lifted, but that crane will never lift it from there . Is there a floating crane coming to lift it ?

I thought that someone mentioned earlier in the thread that it was to be jacked up into position, though stand to be corrected on that

 

[Weststand]

I thought that someone mentioned earlier in the thread that it was to be jacked up into position, though stand to be corrected on that

strand jaxks will be used from the south and north sections to winch it up..looks like the blue steels are the jack supports


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[L18SFC]

So the south section is already up?

Went up today I think

 

[Weststand]

So the south section is already up?

you can see it sitting off the crane

not hanging around these fellas like

 

[Inter the pub]

Went up today I think

One section of the North side erected today.
The large middle section to be jacked into position next.
See video above

strand jaxks will be used from the south and north sections to winch it up..looks like the blue steels are the jack supports


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Brilliant that, thanks for posting this.
This is exactly how the long middle section is to be lifted into place.

 

[HorsePills]

Some height to jack that middle section up like!