Scarborough Bridge: update
Catching up on the recent work on Scarborough Bridge. Cranes, trains, and why the pedestrian bit still looks the same.
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Information on the refurbishment of Scarborough Bridge, the removal and replanting of nearby trees, and, what are they going to do with those ‘love locks’?
More …A tale of two bridges
Recently all eyes have been on Lendal Bridge. A less glamorous bridge deserves our attention: Clifton Bridge. This week marked 50 years since it opened. It’s likely this bridge will be bearing an extra load, of all the traffic diverted from Lendal Bridge.
More …Going for a spin over Lendal Bridge /2
The short car journey previously pictured is open to interpretation, like all things Lendal Bridge related.
It could be proof that walking is quicker than driving in York city centre. … More …
Going for a spin over Lendal Bridge
Driving over Lendal Bridge in the afternoon, while we still can. Thinking about traffic light timings, looking for the signs that will tell drivers of the restrictions (hidden by a bus), and wondering exactly how it’s going to work. More …
From Bruges, to Barcelona, to Lendal Bridge
Having read many of the online comments, trying to gauge public reaction, it looks like the majority view is that this proposed trial is ‘a bridge too far’. It has provoked what is generally referred to as a ’storm of protest’. I’ve also seen comments of exasperation: ‘It’s just a bridge, get over it!’, answered with ‘We won’t be able to, from Tuesday onwards’. More …
New Foss bridge, Hungate
6 October 2011
This is the new bridge recently constructed over the Foss, between Navigation Road and the new Hungate area development.
New bridges are always welcome, even if, as I think was the case … More …