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Keel Crossing [opened 18.10.25] - compendium thread


Harbour Boy said:
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Council said different.
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Reminds me of Durham Council and the never ending saga of the A19 exit at Seaham. Every time dates slipped they’d remove the key target dates and update them to whatever it had slipped to. Proper gaslighting stuff 😂
 
HorsePills said:
It's for the rugby, presuming that's where they're setting up the fanzone, they've a load of activities on and they're some kind of interactive screens.
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I wonder where the route is going to go on Friday on the north side of the bridge , at the moment it can't go past the stables and straight to the south stand ? It's not going to divert right towards the metro station then left up Hay Street surely ?
 
tunstallhill said:
I wonder where the route is going to go on Friday on the north side of the bridge , at the moment it can't go past the stables and straight to the south stand ? It's not going to divert right towards the metro station then left up Hay Street surely ?
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Aye, I think that's what'll happen.

Massive waste of time, if it's not ready and practical then don't open it.
 
tunstallhill said:
I wonder where the route is going to go on Friday on the north side of the bridge , at the moment it can't go past the stables and straight to the south stand ? It's not going to divert right towards the metro station then left up Hay Street surely ?
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They will have the paving open past the stables and up thats what theyve been working flat on for past months, looks nearly done on linkedin post just now
 
tunstallhill said:
I wonder where the route is going to go on Friday on the north side of the bridge , at the moment it can't go past the stables and straight to the south stand ? It's not going to divert right towards the metro station then left up Hay Street surely ?
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Not the greatest photos as a couple are screenshots but I'll try and hoy a video up later.
This was Sunday morning. The path from the Stables to the Stadium is all but done. They'll need some sort of barrier to keep people from crossing the bridge over the subway (albeit that's not far away).
All that was left to do was some paving at the end of the bridge and they were grafting on that at 6.30am on Sunday so I expect it to be finished.
I'd be very surprised if you can't walk from the bridge to the Stadium..
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Harbour Boy said:
So why is it still on the councils main riverside master plan page?

Why give a date in black and white to the public with no intention of meeting it.
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Opening paragraph says

It records the progress we have
already made – in spite of the effects
of the COVID-19 pandemic – since
the Riverside Sunderland vision was
published in 2019, and it sets out
our plans for the next 3 years (2022-
2024) when many of the key Riverside
Sunderland projects will come to fruition
 
HorsePills said:
It's for the rugby, presuming that's where they're setting up the fanzone, they've a load of activities on and they're some kind of interactive screens.
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yeah, the music and images ebb and flow as people move around them and in and out of the circle - it takes live feeds of data from around town and uses that to generate sounds & visuals, it’s pretty cool
 
Always find the fascination people have with trying out new bridges a bit strange mind. I remember when they opened the spire bridge. Shit loads more cars than normal. People must have just wanted to drive over the bridge because it was new. Can guarantee loads will want to walk over this new one even if they aren't going anywhere, just because it's new. Don't understand it tbh. This one will be the quickest way for me to get to the ground, but fully expect it'll be extra mobbed for the first league game it's open so I'll just go over the wearmouth bridge and it'll probably be empty
 
Guinness Guzzler said:
Always find the fascination people have with trying out new bridges a bit strange mind. I remember when they opened the spire bridge. Shit loads more cars than normal. People must have just wanted to drive over the bridge because it was new. Can guarantee loads will want to walk over this new one even if they aren't going anywhere, just because it's new. Don't understand it tbh. This one will be the quickest way for me to get to the ground, but fully expect it'll be extra mobbed for the first league game it's open so I'll just go over the wearmouth bridge and it'll probably be empty
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Humans are curious. It's a new landmark and a chance to see the city from a new vantage point. It's more strange that you're going to be lengthening your journey to avoid it tbh :lol:.
 
Piz said:
Humans are curious. It's a new landmark and a chance to see the city from a new vantage point. It's more strange that you're going to be lengthening your journey to avoid it tbh :lol:.
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I won't lengthen my journey (time-wise) to avoid it, I just think it'll work out quicker. Walking down from millfield so quickest option would be to go across the new bridge but if it's rammed like the wearmouth bridge can be after the match sometimes then I'll probably quicker walking the extra couple of minutes to the one that will probably have much fewer people on it. If it's busy but flowing decently I'll go over the new one, but only because it's the quickest option, whereas lots will be lengthening their journey to "try out" a new bridge. Just seems a bit pointless, but like you say, humans are a curious beast
 
Guinness Guzzler said:
Always find the fascination people have with trying out new bridges a bit strange mind. I remember when they opened the spire bridge. Shit loads more cars than normal. People must have just wanted to drive over the bridge because it was new. Can guarantee loads will want to walk over this new one even if they aren't going anywhere, just because it's new. Don't understand it tbh. This one will be the quickest way for me to get to the ground, but fully expect it'll be extra mobbed for the first league game it's open so I'll just go over the wearmouth bridge and it'll probably be empty
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probably because its a point of view they havent seen before, nothing wrong with that
 
bobster999 said:
probably because its a point of view they havent seen before, nothing wrong with that
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Never said there was anything wrong with it. Just can't understand the clamour people seem to have to go over a bridge as soon as it opens. I think it'll be a good addition, should shave some time off my journey to the match so I'd definitely use it, but I wouldn't go out of my way to go over a bridge if I wasn't going somewhere on the other side of it or if there was a quicker way to get where I'm going. Fair enough like, just think it's strange to want to cross it early just because it's there
 
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