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Keel Crossing [opened 18.10.25] - compendium thread


Councillor Kev Johnston is on one of this week’s Ha’way the Podcast episodes and he says it’s a tight timescale but hoping for start of August. Should certainly be open for the Women’s Rugby World Cup game.
 
Will e said:
:lol:

I'd said way back on this thread, this new bridge is near as makes no difference the same width as roker pier.

The pier walkway is exactly 35 ft wide, which is around 10.5 meters, the perspective you get is maybe a little different as the railings on the pier are offset from the edge.
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In which way will it make no difference? It's virtually a traffic-free route from the city centre to the stadium which from a safety perspective is a big thing (see the thread about the Liverpool driver about dangerous traffic around Sheepfolds after the match). Not having to close lanes on the town bridge off will also have a big effect on traffic flow for public transport so even people who aren't going to the match will benefit.
 
Paddy O'Dors said:
In which way will it make no difference? It's virtually a traffic-free route from the city centre to the stadium which from a safety perspective is a big thing (see the thread about the Liverpool driver about dangerous traffic around Sheepfolds after the match). Not having to close lanes on the town bridge off will also have a big effect on traffic flow for public transport so even people who aren't going to the match will benefit.
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I was talking about their is no difference in the width of the new bridge in comparison to the pier (which another poster was comparing).
 
johnny kay tackle said:
Any news on whether they’ll still be closing lanes on Wearmouth bridge or will this negate that need?
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I seem to recall at the planning permission stage, one of the factors was the effect that closing lanes on the Wearmouth bridge has on transport on match days. My memory is a bit hazy though, it might just be that was what people talked when it was first suggested.

So anyway, avoiding closing those lanes was always a selling point so I don't think any lanes will be closed any more.
 
Trauntrian said:
I seem to recall at the planning permission stage, one of the factors was the effect that closing lanes on the Wearmouth bridge has on transport on match days. My memory is a bit hazy though, it might just be that was what people talked when it was first suggested.

So anyway, avoiding closing those lanes was always a selling point so I don't think any lanes will be closed any more.
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Let’s hope so! That would be great news if so.
 
vinegar hill said:
I’ll let ivery fucker walk ower it first before I gan ower
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I might be jumping to conclusions here, but I presume the bridge has been designed by qualified engineers who know they're doing.

Even after that they'll have fed it into computer modelling software to see how much stress it can take before it breaks.

The bridge will be more than strong enough with strength to spare.
 
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