Yup . Yet again those in charge who’ve never lifted a shovel or built anything deciding on the outcome of these kinds places . Perhaps if they had the slightest idea of the hard work that would have gone into such a place , then their decision making would be slightly different .
Was looking at NLS Maps for something else and saw the tunnel then came straight to youtube to see if there was urban explorers :) Sadly not anymore. I think a lot of the old tunnels need preserved but this was clearly not needed and could be a land collapse issue for the access road to the forth road bridge if the tunnel collapsed
Visited (and filmed) the bridges this year (2021), have wanted to see the Forth Bridge since a memory as a child, the 3D model is very well done, would be great to try and replicate it with a drone, not sure about flying through the trusses though 😬😁, in case of interest, my video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Dd_TSudtkS8.html
this is amazing work. My dad used to work for the company that built both the forth bridge and the forth road bridge (dad actually worked on the road bridge) the Company was Sir William Arrol & Co based in Glasgow. so these bridges hold a special place in my heart as dad told us all about them as kids (i've been over that bridge on the train too many times to count :) sadly the company is now no more they built many famous bridges throughout the UK including tower bridge in London, the 2nd tay bridge, the humber and severn bridges and many others (dad also worked on the humber and severn) they also built many cranes up and down the country we couldn't go anywhere on holiday as kids without dad saying "built that, built that one too" :) dad was a plater by trade, RIP old man you were a legend. William Arrol also appears on the Scottish £5 note
As an experienced 3D modeller myself I'm absolutely delighted seeing these bridges - especially of course that legendary Forth Bridge... I've used pointclouds as well in as built situations, but obviously never to this extent. Brill 😎🙏
Did the repair team consider the possible effects of overstressing the surrounding structures due to the failure of the inside truss end links? I.e. what assessments did Amey perform to ensure the mechanical integrity of the non-failed components due to over-bearing loads? And have metallurgical assessments been performed around the welds to determine the failure mechanism(s)?
Why spend millions of pounds when a new bridge was built a couple of years later next to this bridge. Typical government dept. Oh it's only tax payers money. FANNIES.
No they cant. Both ends buried deep underground. North end buried by the Forth Road Bridge A90 and south end was buried back to ground level and is now a housing estate.
@@Eb3nez3r the point of it was rail access to North Queensferry long before the road bridge (or rail bridge) came along and buried it. The south side came out Into a deep cutting in the hillside which then gave way to the harbour at sea level
Hi, this footage and the 3D models themselves are copyright of Historic Environment Scotland - any requests to use should be addressed to digitaldocumentation@hes.scot
There are no plans to allow members of the public to walk the Forth Road Bridge main cables, however there are plans for a visitor attraction on the original Forth Bridge, in the style of the famous Sydney Harbour Bridge walk - for details see: www.forthbridgeexperience.com/
I would guess no due to health and safety when rules are taking to far in this PC age. Personally I don't see issue if you have cables either side of you and take your time walking whilst holding on. And only do when winds are calm
Hi Joachim, the option of carrying out ongoing inspections and maintenance rather than infilling the tunnel was considered, however it was decided to infill as this would eliminate the need for future inspections or maintenance and so prove more cost-effective in the long term. The structural condition of the tunnel was deteriorating and the only access was via a narrow vertical shaft, so it would definitely not have been safe or practical to rent out for storage or as a garage or workshop.
Instead of using fresh polystyrene, could've easily collected waste polystyrene packaging (before going straight to landfill) & mixed it with concrete to fill the tunnel (without all those hrs of work)!
Wasn't it in the text? "expanded polystyrene (EPS) blocks manufactured to a specific compressive strength capable of resisting the weight of rock and tunnel lining in the event of a localised failure." Not sure old Burger King boxes would have done it…
