15 September 2009

Bridges news roundup

Protesters in action to save historic bridge
Direct action planned to protect Bowstring Bridge in Leicester

New Norwich footbridge opens
Unconventional £2.5m Lady Julian swing bridge formally opened

London's bridges in war of words on Twitter
No, seriously, this is news, honest!

Transporter Bridge gets £800,000 of Assembly cash
Newport bridge to have long-awaited refurbishment

Brunel, Locke and Stephenson: the engineering giants who shaped our world
Telegraph looks back wistfully on the 150th anniversary of Brunel's death

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey Hp, you can add in the Calgary bridge news...
http://www.calgaryherald.com/entertainment/Calgary+presence+strong+footbridge+bids/1995064/story.html

It looks like Arup is the frontrunner.

The Happy Pontist said...

I'll do a Calgary update at some point soon (preferably once the competition submissions are made public).

David said...

Morning HP. Old news I know - but did the Lady Julian Bridge ever get any follow-up publicity or discussion in the engineering press (or by your esteemed site?)? I stumbled across it at the weekend and my cursory web searches aren't turning up anything... Who was it designed by? I presume there is a bearing at the top of the A frame - how is it maintained or replaced? Unconventional is certainly accurate!

The Happy Pontist said...

There's a credit for Mott MacDonald here but I seem to recall that others were involved. http://norwichsteel.moonfruit.com/#/lady-julian/4577964951