caradoc Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 20 hours ago, Wickham Green too said: Now, if ALL low bridges had been built on a skew like that so overheight vehicles were 'persuaded' onto their sides .................. Although that can have unforeseen consequences; There is a similar 15' skew underbridge at Windmillhill Street between Motherwell and Shieldmuir, on one occasion an overheight lorry struck it and toppled over onto a car containing a pensioner couple - Miraculously they escaped unharmed, unlike their vehicle. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 14, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 14, 2020 Thats what makes skew bridges more dangerous. They tend to topple vehicles over when they strike the bridge with sometimes fatal consequences for those they topple onto. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Budgie Posted December 14, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 14, 2020 2 hours ago, PhilJ W said: Thats what makes skew bridges more dangerous. They tend to topple vehicles over when they strike the bridge with sometimes fatal consequences for those they topple onto. So put something in the middle of the road under the bridge to stop vehicles toppling over, then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Chris116 Posted December 14, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 14, 2020 6 minutes ago, Budgie said: So put something in the middle of the road under the bridge to stop vehicles toppling over, then. Better still put a very solid bar across the road before the bridge. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 ....... or just make sure the skew is the opposite hand so directs the topple away from the oncoming carriageway. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS2968 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 That would mean some pretty big detours for the road. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted December 14, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 14, 2020 How about a system that could detect an over height vehicle and traffic lights so that vehicles likely to get squashed could be stopped from entering the danger zone? Cars generally seem to obey traffic lights more than lorries do bridge clearance signs. Andi 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Dagworth said: How about a system that could detect an over height vehicle and traffic lights so that vehicles likely to get squashed could be stopped from entering the danger zone? We've got them here in Hitchin (and elsewhere), though what they operate is 4 flashing yellow lights and triggers a very big sign that comes on and reads "Overheight Vehicle DIvert". Lorries still hit the bridge. The sign seems to develop faults regularly - the flashing lights have been on continuously for the past few weeks now; possibly foliage growing in front of the sensor beam. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Correction - I suppose yellow should read amber ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted December 15, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 15, 2020 3 hours ago, Wickham Green too said: ....... or just make sure the skew is the opposite hand so directs the topple away from the oncoming carriageway. Onto unsuspecting people using the footpath! Great solution. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted December 15, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Michael Hodgson said: We've got them here in Hitchin (and elsewhere), though what they operate is 4 flashing yellow lights and triggers a very big sign that comes on and reads "Overheight Vehicle DIvert". Lorries still hit the bridge. The sign seems to develop faults regularly - the flashing lights have been on continuously for the past few weeks now; possibly foliage growing in front of the sensor beam. Like this? Still doesn't stop them! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Thames Valley? bus stuck under the approach to Reading Southern, date unknown. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Judging by the cars, sometime in the 50s? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Are all those ads for beer and fags?! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted December 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 16, 2020 10 hours ago, RJS1977 said: Thames Valley? bus stuck under the approach to Reading Southern, date unknown. What a great photo, so full of interest. Are there really three railway water towers in that photo? A bus under a bridge, for a change! It's really lashing it down. All the advertising billboards show beer, except for the fags at the end. There's even someone attempting to let the tires down! Kev. 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn1 Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 11 hours ago, RJS1977 said: Thames Valley? bus stuck under the approach to Reading Southern, date unknown. Is that Britain's tallest Belisha Beacon! Les 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 2 hours ago, SHMD said: What a great photo, so full of interest. Are there really three railway water towers in that photo? Kev. The far one was the hydraulic accumulator for the capstans in the GWR low level goods yard and for lift operation. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Unicorn1 said: Is that Britain's tallest Belisha Beacon! Les There's another one of similar height next to the police car, although the globe appears to be out. I'm not sure why the one by the bridge is so tall as surely the bridge would obscure it. There doesn't appear to be a similar one on the other side. The view from the same spot is almost unrecognisable today as the road junction has been completely revised and all the structures shown have been demolished. (The last to go was the lower floor of the accumulator building, which disappeared during the latest reconstruction of Reading Station). 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Those tall belisha beacons are on the traffic islands in the middle of the roads. Stewart 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 4 hours ago, eastwestdivide said: Are all those ads for beer and fags?! There really was nothing else to do in the '50s... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 2 hours ago, RJS1977 said: ........ I'm not sure why the one by the bridge is so tall as surely the bridge would obscure it. .......... It could be seen over the bridge 'til the bus got stuck an' lifted the girders ! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 16, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 16, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, Unicorn1 said: Is that Britain's tallest Belisha Beacon! Les They're not Belisha Beacons. The globes are white and they were used to indicate a crossing refuge. They did not flash either, they were permanently lit. Edited December 16, 2020 by PhilJ W 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted December 17, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 17, 2020 23 hours ago, F-UnitMad said: There really was nothing else to do in the '50s... From there? Watch the trains! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mike_Walker Posted December 17, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 17, 2020 On 15/12/2020 at 23:25, RJS1977 said: Thames Valley? bus stuck under the approach to Reading Southern, date unknown. Not Thames Valley but one of Reading Corporation's Crossleys. Surprised it got stuck as all their double deck motorbuses were lowbridge and several routes went that way. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 3 hours ago, Mike_Walker said: Not Thames Valley but one of Reading Corporation's Crossleys. Surprised it got stuck as all their double deck motorbuses were lowbridge and several routes went that way. Maybe the Corporation had resurfaced the road without telling the bus operators? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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