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I've always liked the Hawkesbury River bridge (the old one) after seeing some footage of it being built.
I've got a couple of top favourites. Firstly, there's this one:
Lattice bridge in the Pichi Richi Pass. It's my favourite firstly because of its size - freakin' huge for that line and even for a lot of SA, and also the fact that it was built in England. It was measured up here, then cast in England and shipped back over in parts. Assembled on site, it was a pretty good fit. When "big" power came about in the 1920's, it was strengthened with some wooden uprights to accommodate higher tonnage.
This bride is one of the 2 biggest in SA, with rumours even going around that it was originally built for the Murray. What amazes me is the need for a bridge that big in country like that. It just shows how quickly that landscape can change, and how diverse it it. Also interesting is that it has the telephone line actually on the bridge on the side. _________________ Friends, Cunts, Romanrymen: Lend me your ears!
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Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 2544 Location: Belmore, NSW
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:59 pm Post subject:
The Firth of forth is the absolute tits. I'd say that's the winner right there. PHotos with a train in them give you an idea of the scale of the thing.
I'll be dull and nominate the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Fuck, I love that thing. Not in a postcard way either, but as a local and a Bradfield fan, and somebody who has read up on it, the thing is sublime. The Hawkesbury is prettty fucken grouse too.
Overseas, and there's that one in Switzerland that ends in a tunnel portal halfway up a sheer cliff, and there's the one over the Panama Canal that kicks a lot of arse.
Closer to home again, and Sydney's Flying Junctions and Melbourne's city viaducts aren't the most picturesque of things, but I love 'em both as a gunzel. Nicely gritty and urban. _________________ The idiot who, in railway carriages,
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That looks pretty short to me - I can't find any photos of the fuckers, but both the road and rail bridges over the Raikaia River in NZ are close to 2kms long if memory serves. The road one is nothing special to look at, and I can't recall the look of the rail one, although judging by this video it's fairly minimalist.
Joined: 20 Nov 2007 Posts: 533 Location: Windy Hill.
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:14 pm Post subject:
TheLoadedDog wrote:
Closer to home again, and Sydney's Flying Junctions and Melbourne's city viaducts aren't the most picturesque of things, but I love 'em both as a gunzel. Nicely gritty and urban.
Oh my lord the flying junctions between Central and Redfern are the stuff wet dreams are made of! Industrial grittiness at its best! I would absolutely LOVE to get in there on foot with a camera during a shutdown!
Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 2544 Location: Belmore, NSW
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:31 pm Post subject:
Slightly off-topic, sorry:
Biqua, that reporter's accent is nothing like I've ever heard before. It sound NZ-ish with some of his vowels and whatnot, but it's different again beyond that. Is it a Christchurch thing? It's got a sort of sleepy vibe happening.
Sorry - I like to gunzel accents. _________________ The idiot who, in railway carriages,
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I never realised the firth of forth bridge was so kick arse huge!
Ed,
Ron Picardi made an MSTS version. If you want a close look, search train-sim.com for srvforth.zip and srvforhp.zip
TheLoadedDog wrote:
Slightly off-topic, sorry:
Biqua, that reporter's accent is nothing like I've ever heard before. It sound NZ-ish with some of his vowels and whatnot, but it's different again beyond that. Is it a Christchurch thing? It's got a sort of sleepy vibe happening.
Sorry - I like to gunzel accents.
I noticed that when touring around the South Island. They sounded more like Poms than Kiwis and was nothing like I was expecting. No fush and chups and that sort of thing The bloke we stayed with was greatly offended when I told him he sounded like a pom
Here's a question - what qualifies whether a structure is a bridge or a viaduct? I ask as Raikaia (due to its length) seems a bit less bridge like, but then in the Taieri Gorge you have what I thought were more bridge like structures which are referred to as viaducts. _________________ http://biqua.fotopic.net/
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Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Posts: 1097 Location: about 1km south of EH23.15
Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 7:35 am Post subject:
For me you can't go past a 19th century stone viaduct. I won't say this is my favorite, but it isn't covered in graffiti or scaffolding which puts it ahead of most of the ones I've photographed:
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Joined: 14 Jun 2007 Posts: 873 Location: Hanging out the door of a rattler
Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 8:41 am Post subject:
Another one that wins for location and general ball-clenching height above the canyon is the Victoria Falls railway bridge.
Where it is...
What it looks like...
I've actually seen this one. Never seen a train on it though. Not sure if any still use it. It's a 111m bungee jump now.
EDIT - for some reason that second pic appears in the preview but doesn't come up on my screen when posted so here's another view.
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The Vic Falls bridge links Zambia and Zimbabwe and is still used by rail traffic today.
Zambian diesels run across the bridge with freight services and if you have enough $$$$ you can still charter a Garratt to run across from Zimbabwe to Livingstone in Zambia. A tour group did the latter in June this year. I will try and track down the link.
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Joined: 20 Nov 2007 Posts: 533 Location: Windy Hill.
Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 12:20 pm Post subject:
biqua wrote:
Here's a question - what qualifies whether a structure is a bridge or a viaduct? I ask as Raikaia (due to its length) seems a bit less bridge like, but then in the Taieri Gorge you have what I thought were more bridge like structures which are referred to as viaducts.
A viaduct is just a long and/or tall bridge. I don't think there's any official length/height combination thta changes the term of reference.
All viaducts are bridges, but not all bridges are viaducts
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