Keel Crossing [opened 18.10.25] - compendium thread

[WashFTM]

I mean, if it did go down, those on the waiting list might see it as a win win.

Perhaps the club should ban season ticket holders from using it for this precise reason.

 

[Brett]

Lad who lives over the road is very high up in planning for Sunderland city Council, and said there is no chance , of bridge being open for 1st game , there's a possibility for the rugger , but official hand over date is and always has been start of October

It's aimed to be ready for the rugby world cup game , Dave Bruce confirmed this again last night

 

[brains]

A more sensible option would be to fly in a few herds of elephants from Mali and have them test the bridge before the first game.

If we used guinea pigs, the weight load wouldn't be sufficient.

 

[ABitDim]

A more sensible option would be to fly in a few herds of elephants from Mali and have them test the bridge before the first game.

If we used guinea pigs, the weight load wouldn't be sufficient.

iirc the contractors used 238 African Elephants as their standard for the bridge support piles which they designed.

 

[Sunderlandellight]

Should be torn down before people start riding motorbikes on it, vendors move in to sell sticky rice and som tam and the police take bribes to let blind lottery ticket sellers take over.

 

[Rossi]

It's aimed to be ready for the rugby world cup game , Dave Bruce confirmed this again last night

What i said , aim,/ possibility for rugger , but the contracted date is early October and safety will be 1st priority not an early hand over

It will be open for the rugby and then it will close again to finish it

Probably use rugger as a live test if all other tests have passed , due to large crowd but not as large as a safc game

 

[The Great Soprendo]

iirc the contractors used 238 African Elephants as their standard for the bridge support piles which they designed.

but did they gan to the burger van before and after the match? If not I think they've miscalculated.

 

[Rossi]

but did they gan to the burger van before and after the match? If not I think they've miscalculated.

Depends what type of bun the burger was in as well

 

[ABitDim]

iirc the contractors used 238 African Elephants as their standard for the bridge support piles which they designed.

"During VolkerGround Engineering’s first visit in July 2023, the team constructed a single 880/750mm diameter rotary bored preliminary test pile, on each side of the river (North Pier and South Pier). The piles were subjected to a 14MN test load, the equivalent of 238 African Elephants!"

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[mackem35]

but did they gan to the burger van before and after the match? If not I think they've miscalculated.

Wonder if tested for blue pop corrusion, few bottles of that spilt and anything could happen.

 

[Wrenthorpe Mackem]

Yeah i'm pretty sure the people making the bridge won't have considered match day footfall and probably won't be bothered if it falls apart the first time people walk on it, not like it would have any adverse effects on the success of the company

Im scared to use it.....the engineers have clearly not though of that.

 

[mackem35]

I doubt anyone in Sunderland has 238 elephants so think we will all be ok.

 

[East Street]

Warrabout the accumulation of seagull shite over the coming decades, that'll surely tip the scale? iirc the club are hiring a firing squad with air rifles to take care of em. Don't think the construction company considered this when I checked the plans.

 

[Luna17]

Does anyone know if there is a plan in place to test how it holds up under the weight of full match-day footfall? It almost feels like we are being made the guinea pigs to test its strength. A mate of mine was on a run down the river, he worked on the Megyeri Bridge whilst living out in Budapest and said he had some real worries about the standard of work on our new footbridge. He said the abutments (end supports for transferring loads) didn’t look sufficient for the loads it would need to transfer on a matchday.

Haway man, you really think a sub standard bridge is going to be allowed to open ? There will have been all sorts of inspections, tests etc so I think your mate is winding u up.

 

[yfc54]

Bugger. I use the metro so I'm gonna miss my once in a lifetime opportunity to plunge to my death. Sack the board

 

[DufraisFTM]

I’m not doubting they’ve thought about it. My mate knows way more about bridges than you or I and said he was concerned. Time will tell.

Mickey?

 

[Wrenthorpe Mackem]

Yeh I’m sure it’s a death trap mate.

Might be like crossing that bridge on first series of Squid Game.

Who's going first?

 

[Ale taster]

Does anyone know if there is a plan in place to test how it holds up under the weight of full match-day footfall? It almost feels like we are being made the guinea pigs to test its strength. A mate of mine was on a run down the river, he worked on the Megyeri Bridge whilst living out in Budapest and said he had some real worries about the standard of work on our new footbridge. He said the abutments (end supports for transferring loads) didn’t look sufficient for the loads it would need to transfer on a matchday.

Your mate should just stick to jet washing and leave the engineering safety factors to the experts

 

[Guy Incognito]

Has anyone asked you, what exactly were you doing on the bridge to even get the anti vandal paint on yourself?

Trying to climb it.

 

[Whey]

Trying to climb it.

Why?