Yarmouth Bridge To Close For Three Days

It’s that time of year again, prior to the holiday season when maintenance of Yarmouth Bridge takes place.

Yarmouth Bridge to Close For Five WeeksThe council inform us that next week there’ll be a three day road closure at Yarmouth Bridge.

The road will be closed on 2, 3 and 4 March as the bridge’s landing pads are replaced.

As usual there will be diversions in place, so make sure you add that extra time to your journey when planning a trip to/from Yarmouth.

Pedestrian access limited
Those of foot should take not of the restrictions to access.

On Tuesday (2nd) there will no pedestrian access across the bridge between 9am-11am or 1pm-3pm.

We’re told that pedestrian transport across the harbour will be provided during this time, but not for those with bikes, pushchairs or wheelchairs.

Image: Auntie P

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Mo
24, February 2010 2:01 pm

This must be the most heavily maintained bridge in the world. It’s bonkers that it only manages a few months without closure for one reason or another.

annonymous
Reply to  Mo
24, February 2010 2:12 pm

a few months is pretty good considering the amount of traffic and the type of bridge it is. I read somewhere that Tower Bridge in london has maintainence every night, or at least checks. Having an engineering degree, I can guestimate at the forces in play on that bridge, and regular maintenance is to be expected. Im sure a lot of maintenance goes on that no one… Read more »

DC
Reply to  annonymous
24, February 2010 3:43 pm

A degree, and all you can come up with is a guestimate?

annonymous
24, February 2010 4:37 pm

well yes, unless you happen to have the total mass of the bridge available, the power and torque needed to turn the bridge, etc etc. Do you have those things? If so, you can make a more educated comment than myself. So feel free to tell us all these details and your conclusions regarding them.

Chris
25, February 2010 6:42 pm

Large, heavy, complex mechanical objects in a salty and exposed location and subjected to constant vibration required regular maintenance or they will fail. Quite why people find this hard to grasp i really dont know – its always been the case.

annonymous
Reply to  Chris
25, February 2010 10:22 pm

quite right. i think people dont understand because theyre ignorant. not in a bad way, they simply dont understand how much force is involved in moving that bridge and that things fatigue and break when under stress. For anyone really interested, google the Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Might be a different spelling). That was a big screw up by the engineers, but demonstrates what WIND can do to… Read more »

Island Shocker
25, February 2010 10:29 pm

Sorry lads, but if you look at the bridge it’s actually a giant turntable. Once built and properly greased surely it should be fairly low maintenance? I think it’s very unreliable. By the way, did you know that boat traffic has right of way at all times?

annonymous
Reply to  Island Shocker
25, February 2010 10:47 pm

Get a long peice of wood. mount it on a nail. turn it at least once a day 90 degrees and back again, then have a look at how quickly the nail becomes loose in its hole. That will give you some idea of what sort of forces the bridge is under at its bearings. It will be greased properly. It was certainly built properly. And it… Read more »

annonymous
Reply to  Island Shocker
25, February 2010 10:49 pm

and yes i did know boat traffic has right of way. i think thats standard with any moving bridge

Chris
Reply to  Island Shocker
26, February 2010 12:52 am

“its very unreliable” – what makes you say that? The entire reason for having regular, scheduled maintenance like this is to make sure it *is* reliable. Crikey, you’d think it was closed every other week!

Daft Old Duffer
26, February 2010 7:40 am

I bet you were a bit startled at the reaction to your comment Mo.I think what everyone is really saying is – ‘leave our bridge alone you Johnny foreigner you.It’s the only one we’ve got’. The comments about maintenance are quite right of course -but a bit over-egged. I suspect the actual reason behind the closure is that routine maintenance that used to be carried out without… Read more »

Mo
26, February 2010 10:52 am

Well boys, I’m jsut a girl who clearly doesn’t understand the technicalities eh. I suspect some of you are well informed Highways men taking the chance to defend your maintenance programe? It’s a shame you’re not quite able to sort the roads out, even when you spend a fortune on them. The middle road had to be fixed just weeks after rebuilding, now you’ve dug up the… Read more »

annonymous
Reply to  Mo
26, February 2010 12:33 pm

your suspicions are wrong. Im not and never have worked for the highways agency or anything similar. I simply have an engineering degree and can imagine how much maintenance a mechanisim required to move a very heavy bridge needs. Hopefully some of the examples ive given will help people understand why maintenance is required, particularly the car having an MOT analogy. And a car is considerably more… Read more »

Chris
Reply to  annonymous
26, February 2010 6:56 pm

Its not that you dont understand technicalities, but that your quite wilfully ignoring them in favour of gross generalisations with a smattering of sexism too.

annonymous
Reply to  Chris
26, February 2010 8:14 pm

i hope thats not aimed at myself?

Island Shocker
26, February 2010 7:26 pm

I agree with the lady, this bridge seems to be as unreliable as a marriage to Ashley Cole or John Terry. Thankfully they started on it today so who knows, maybe they’ll complete the work early? As for the island’s roads. The two major West Wight projects completed in recent months are terrible. Both have been re-done, both had major drainage, adverse camber and kerb issues. Only… Read more »

annonymous
Reply to  Island Shocker
26, February 2010 8:18 pm

Have you actually googled some of the items i suggested? or is this just an uneducated unresearched comment? The bridge is old and needs maintenance. simple as that. the maintenance takes time because the bridge is big and in use constantly. I would imagine this work is taking much longer than it should because the workers are trying to minimise the amount of time the bridge is… Read more »

annonymous
28, February 2010 3:25 pm

interesting…. everyones suddenly gone very quiet…

Shobba
28, February 2010 3:30 pm

We all got bored I’d guess. We have no faith in highways engineers or bridge maintainers. If any of you really cared about making or fixing roads for cars I’d be shocked. And more importantly as you don’t get but a tiny fraction of the bullions we motorists pay in taxes each year to spend on our clapped out roads you have become an irrelevance in modern… Read more »

annonymous
28, February 2010 3:36 pm

once again, i have nothing to do with highways. and I find it interesting that people who seemed so interested got bored. Maybe they researched the subject and realised they were wrong?

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