Where is this picture taken

Jobs_a_ good_ un

New member
Joined
28 Jan 2005
Messages
1,486
Location
home bristol boat where ever we end up
This is the view from my house but does anyone know where it is ? [image]
jakesunsetnewpassage.jpg
[/image]
 

jimh

New member
Joined
8 Jan 2003
Messages
179
Location
east uk
'Purfleet on Thames' - probably at HW (don't think you can fish at LW) - QE2 bridge is unmistakeable.
 

jfm

Well-known member
Joined
16 May 2001
Messages
23,434
Location
Jersey/Antibes
My guess is it's taken from Pilning, nr Bristol. Postcode BS35 sort of area. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 

hlb

RIP
Joined
16 May 2001
Messages
26,775
Location
Any Pub Lancashire or Wales
I cant see the little square black mark on the bridge wot is suposed to be a navigation mark, never seen anything as daft as the navigation marks used up there!!
 

jimh

New member
Joined
8 Jan 2003
Messages
179
Location
east uk
hmm - unmistakeable eh.. guess the design was rolled out more than once /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
 

BrendanS

Well-known member
Joined
11 Jun 2002
Messages
64,555
Location
Tesla in Space
Don't know if design was intentional repeat, but I'd certainly recognise it as being Severn rather than QEII.

The design makes sense from engineering persective - rather than pure suspension bridge - v expensive for such a wide crossing, you make a normal pillar supported bridge structure for most of the way, then have the suspension part allowing water traffic underneath (quite high in both cases, as large vessels need to pass under)

Same design all over the world on wide crossings. Pure suspension crossing usually have high sides on either side of channel, making pillar supports more difficult. Start of a good thread on bridge pictures around the world? Did you see the pics I posted a while back of the new mega spectacular bridge in France?
 

Other threads that may be of interest

Top