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Started by bing101, March 21, 2019, 09:02:03 PM

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Now Jen on the Move does a tour of M62 in the snow!


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Random, but I just noticed this: the bridges over the M4 approaching to the Prince of Wales Bridge appear to be encased with... fiberglass panels? or some other nonstructural material. The ones carrying the M4 are simple concrete beams for the short spans and steel plate girders for the longer ones. If they're in fact encased, is there a reason other than aesthetics? Britain is fully capable of building similar-looking structures out of exposed concrete or steel. And what's under the encasements?

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Tom Scott does a segment on one of the UK's oldest roads.


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Quote from: Tom958 on March 29, 2020, 09:55:59 AM
Random, but I just noticed this: the bridges over the M4 approaching to the Prince of Wales Bridge appear to be encased with... fiberglass panels? or some other nonstructural material. The ones carrying the M4 are simple concrete beams for the short spans and steel plate girders for the longer ones. If they're in fact encased, is there a reason other than aesthetics? Britain is fully capable of building similar-looking structures out of exposed concrete or steel. And what's under the encasements?

I've tried to find an answer for you, not had much luck - but it is probably just an aesthetics thing. In the 1990s we had a sudden heel-turn about what motorways should look like and a few experiments were made with the few lengths that opened that decade. Locally to me on the M65 (the final section finished in 1997) all the bridges used steel I beams and concrete - the beams were all painted blue.

The M4 and M48 over the Severn are considered some of the highlights of the entire network, so no surprise some effort was spent on the bridges - normally cost cutting means we go for the most basic design going.
The road giveth, and the road taketh away...

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A14 goes through demolition.


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Here is a Tour on the A500.


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Jen on the Move does a tour on A6196


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Jen On the Move does a tour on M66


Roadsguy

Tom Scott strikes again, this time driving from London to Margate to visualize the difference between a million and a billion:

Mileage-based exit numbering implies the existence of mileage-cringe exit numbering.

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Quote from: Roadsguy on July 13, 2020, 05:15:50 PM
Tom Scott strikes again, this time driving from London to Margate

That photo-enforced 50mph sure seems like a contender for the "Most Terrible Speed Limits" thread.

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Jen on the move does a segment on the A465 in the UK


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Jen on the Move does a tour on Houlton, Rugby


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Here is a Tour of London area viaducts by Jen on the Move.


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Here is a tour of the A34.



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Here is a tour of the M26.



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Here is a tour of the M4 bridge.


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Here is a tour of the M57.


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Here is a tour of the Erskine Bridge.





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