The giant, ugly, crappy, railway footbridge of Glen Eden...
Bridges don’t have to be ugly – many are beautiful – but I drive past this monster every day. Yes drive! I won’t walk over it to catch a train that isn’t there and couldn’t go where I need to go if it...
Bridges don’t have to be ugly – many are beautiful – but I drive past this monster every day.
Yes drive! I won’t walk over it to catch a train that isn’t there and couldn’t go where I need to go if it was. There no rail-tracks to the North Shore and public transport turns a 30–40 minute drive into a multi-leg, multi-hour, ordeal.
Still, I get to admire this vast lump of concrete & steel as I zoom past. It’s built to 1 in 12 slope for wheel-chairs & cyclists(?) but I reckon you could break the 50km/h road speed limit just freewheeling down that looonnnnnggg straight ramp. Must try it…
Giant bridge appals locals - 21 Jun 2007 - Building and construction news - NZ Herald
Dan Greig says it's lucky he trains as an ultra-distance runner, considering the effort needed to scale a 90m ramp to a new railway footbridge towering over Glen Eden.…
Giant bridge appals locals - 21 Jun 2007 - Building and construction news - NZ Herald
Dan Greig says it's lucky he trains as an ultra-distance runner, considering the effort needed to scale a 90m ramp to a new railway footbridge towering over Glen Eden.…
