Saturday, August 25, 2012

Saturday 25th August 2012…………The Bridge and the Bungee!!

After a good sleep, always good to go away but always nice to come, Malc and I took a drive to one the main tourist attractions of Hull!!

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Bridge statistics

The bridge's surface takes the form of a dual carriageway with a lower-level foot and cycle path on both sides, although traffic is often restricted to one lane both ways. There is a permanent 50 mph (80 km/h) speed limit on the full length of the bridge.

Each tower consists of a pair of hollow vertical concrete columns, each 155.5 m (510 ft) tall and tapering from 6 m (20 ft) square at the base to 4.5 × 4.75 m (14.8 × 15.6 ft) at the top. The bridge is designed to tolerate constant motion and bends more than 3 m (10 ft) in winds of 80 mph (129 km/h). The towers, although both vertical, are 34 mm (1.3 inches) farther apart at the top than the bottom due to the curvature of the earth.[8] The total length of the suspension cable is 71,000 km (44,000 miles). The north tower is on the bank, and has foundations down to 8 m (26 ft). The south tower is in the water, and descends to 36 m (118 ft) as a consequence of the shifting sandbanks that make up the estuary.

The bridge held the record for the world's longest single-span suspension bridge for 16 years from its opening in July 1981, until the opening of the Great Belt Bridge in June 1997, and was relegated to third place with the opening of the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge in April 1998. It is now the sixth longest single-span suspension bridge after two longer span bridges opened in China (the Xihoumen Bridge and the Runyang Bridge) and one in South Korea (the Yi Sun-sin bridge). It remains the longest single-span suspension bridge in the world that one can cross on foot or by bicycle.[9] The bridge twice forms part of the route of the Humber Bridge half marathon.[10]

The above was taken from Wikipedia.

We parked in the lower car park and walked the length of the bridge to the other side.

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Looking down!!

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Malc checking out the view!!

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We walked back on the other side and spotted this wedding in the distance!!

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We were gone nearly 4 hours and the bridge was quite amazing to see and to try to imagine the technology and equipment use!!!

Came home and relaxed before going to a local pub where Andy was going to Bungee jump to raise money for a local cancer patient!!

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About 40 people had signed up and here is Andy on his way up.

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and here is Andy on his way down!!!

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Way to go Andy and in case you are wondering I never ever even gave it a second thought if I wanted to do this!!!!! NO WAY!!!!

At home Janet had cooked another in her line of great meals and we watched some television and then Janet even after a long day shopping still had the energy to make me my famous and so delicious Wingies!!!!

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Yashi Kochi!!

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