New Wear Bridge - Pylon arrival on the Wear

[Kevsgreat]

Surely the bit that came up on the barge (as per photos) is just the top piece of the pylon? It doesn't look like the whole thing to my admittedly untrained eye.

Actually having looked again it seems like most of the bit above the road deck, so ignore me please...

Looks like that's all of it, the 'bar' coming across looks like it runs under the road in the pictures that have been put out up to now.

 

[The Great Soprendo]

Looks like that's all of it, the 'bar' coming across looks like it runs under the road in the pictures that have been put out up to now.

Yep. Without mistaking it for the original design, I somehow thought it would be taller.

 

[super-niall]

Yep. Without mistaking it for the original design, I somehow thought it would be taller.

The original bridge was 190m tall, this one is 105m.

 

[Paddy O'Dors]

The original bridge was 190m tall, this one is 105m.

Should have stuck a 10m flagpole on the top to take it to 115m.

 

[Butcher's Coat]

Should have stuck a 10m flagpole on the top to take it to 115m.

Now that really would be "iconic"

 

[Paddy O'Dors]

Now that really would be "iconic"

I think the Brooklyn bridge is adorned with git massive US flags.

 

[The Great Soprendo]

The original bridge was 190m tall, this one is 105m.

Useful info ta. For context, that is more than Big Ben (96m) but less than the London Eye (135m).

 

[Paddy O'Dors]

Useful info ta. For context, that is more than Big Ben (96m) but less than the London Eye (135m).

The height of 24 London double decker buses.

 

[Kevsgreat]

Yep. Without mistaking it for the original design, I somehow thought it would be taller.

I thought the same, but I don't think the images of it coming into the port did it justice. On the barge coming up the river, with landmarks like the current bridges for scale, it looked a lot bigger.

 

[consettsafc]

Is this little fella still knocking about?

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[Paddy O'Dors]

I thought the same, but I don't think the images of it coming into the port did it justice. On the barge coming up the river, with landmarks like the current bridges for scale, it looked a lot bigger.

Highest point on the Tyne bridge is only 56 metres above the watter. It'll be visible from some distance.

 

[The Great Soprendo]

Highest point on the Tyne bridge is only 56 metres above the watter. It'll be visible from some distance.

Suspect also that you don't get a very good perspective of its height when it is laid flat like it is. Although not as impressive as the original design, it will be still quite spectacular I hope.

 

[Kevsgreat]

Is this little fella still knocking about?

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Last I'd seen it was locked away in a warehouse somewhere.

 

[The Resource]

The height of 24 London double decker buses.

Borisbus or Routemaster?

 

[Deleted member 35923]

What's the unofficial source?



Erm it is.

I'm nee grass

 

[Paddy O'Dors]

Borisbus or Routemaster?

Standard height, 4.38m

 

[The Resource]

Standard height, 4.38m

Close. Both are 4.39 meters. I'll presume the tyres are underinflated and let you have it.

 

[Patch]

Last I'd seen it was locked away in a warehouse somewhere.

I thought it had been gifted to somewhere else in the country with crystal clear water.

 

[Reptilia]

Absolutely class that like.

 

[steve30000]

Because life is too short to watch a lump of metal float along a river

You could say that in relation to everything tbf.