foreigneRS

the old suspension bridge, the nice one.

here's a few pics. sorry they're crap quality, taken on a phone. would like to go back one day with a better camera in better weather for some more. dead easy to get to, just walk along the footpath out of the severn view services on the english side of the m48, across the top of the toll station and down on to the bridge

view from the toll station



view of the shore from the beginning of the bridge. check out the different layers of rock in the 'cliff' side. fascinating.



they had to build the pylons on a couple of islands to get the span of the cables, the river is so wide





sad that so many people died in relatively modern times building such a structure. you would hope that it would not happen now (in a developed country anyway)



the beginning (or is it the end?) of one of the main suspension cables



one of the vertical suspending cables that comes of the main cables and supports the road platform. complete with power wire and anti-vibration dog bone things



one of the suspension points of the road platform



i did think about climbing up a bit to get some better pics, but though better of it after reading this notice



one of the main columns









the view from the middle of the proper old bridge of the new bridge that is not half as impressive



the whole bridge from the bank on the english side



and finally the view when driving across having shelled out £10.90

mechanic28

iTrader: (5)

Nice piccies fella!feck paying £10 odd tho!i would of got a pump up dingy to get across lol!

GARETH T

very cool,,, would like to do this myself one day!

scottbrown

£10.90, you must have been in a van of some kind. Last time I crossed in a car it was £5 something.

Cool pics though!

James

looks impressive!

the new one is fairly impreesive too, last time i was up that way i never noticed the old bright to be fair!

James

talking of bridges, when driving northbound on the m5 approaching the avonmounth bridge if you look left you get a glimipse of a big old looking suspension bridge. anyone know what it's called?

The Sludge

great pics there fella

Fudgey

iTrader: (4)

cool pics nick.

i drove over the new one this morning, then shortly after crashed my van just after j24

cunts

BM08

Phone pics? they look superb mate for a phone, certainly captured the moment

foreigneRS

thanks for the kind comments the old nokia n95 is quite good as a camera but in low light is not brilliant and the lack of proper zoom is a hindrance at distance

well deduced sherlock! shitroen berlingo works van

misery dan. was that in the roadworks that i was hearing about on the travel news? i went off at 24 newport and went to crickhowell, via the a40 and abergavenny. receptionist at the company i went to was nice

Lee Reynolds

Is it the severn bridge that they have fitted like sound detectors onto the clables, and when traffic is busy on it the detectors picks up the sound of small strands of cable snapping? Or was that another bridge?

Dangerous Malcolm..

Great pics.

Benni

Cool.

the original

The mong that was responsible for that sign should lose their job if they couldn't even be bothered to spell-check it.

L7 KOS

Huge engineering task, hey my dad is the only person in the uk to reverse a tractor unit with a 40 foot trailor accross the entire humber bridge

When it were being built

Fudgey

iTrader: (4)

yes mate, just after j24 it goes from 3 lanes to 2.

i was in lane 3 and i was on my way to cardigan bay, so not i a rush and decided not to be a cunt and move over early, so at the 600 yard marker i did just that. i could see the traffic in the middle lane begin to brake, so was off throttle with light brake pressure. then the mong in front of the car infront of me wasnt paying attension and fucking dropped anchor...

matey in front in his zafira said he only just stopped.... and i used him as a brake

must have hit him at about 10mph id say. not a hard hit really but my van is fucked. it snapped a hose of the ps pump so i couldnt drive it on. had to get recoverd. obv done the bumper/bonnet/lights and intercooler too lol.

ah well shit happens. im doing about 50k+ miles a year, so something is inevitable really

the chap in the other car was fine and a good bloke, it was a hire car so he wasnt bothered tbh i gave him a ring about 5pm last night to make sure everything was sorted his end and it was, so all good.