New Poole Harbour Lift Bridge, Dorset (After Renewal) 

I used to be a Bus Driver for Wilts and Dorset. One day on my way into Poole, the bridge was raised, the tale back of traffic was hidious. It was a hot day, so I pulled up behind a truck and switched off the engine and opened to door. Next thing I knew was a car sounding its horn, I looked up to see a Bus Driver on his day off in his car shouting...Alan wake up. I had fallen asleep, the traffic had moved off, none of the passengers bothered to see if I'd died of a heart attack or anything, they all sat in silence while the truck pulled off. I was called Rip Van Winkle after that

Almost sounds like a fire alarm.

Nice...love that bridge and love the view of the quay when walking over.

That looks completely different to what I remember it from old videos of this! Those sirens and barriers are something I've never known of in this country, although I could expect that as it is a bascule bridge. What I like most of all his how the actual structure itself hasn't changed during this renewal, and I also like the thin lights in use here. This is very different to the nearby Twin Sails Bridge. Nice 👍😁

Lovely bridge, walked across it so many timed in my life, great views and great memories.

Sounds like a fire alarm!

That’s definitely changed, brilliant vid!

I’m so sad for loving 🥰 stuff like this! But I’ve been like this since I was a kid and I’m 42 so I’m probably not going to change. ☺️🤓🥸

The alarm sounds like Barmouths broke one

Reminds me of my secondary school's fire alarm lol

Most entertaining video ever

Notice the very large blue counter-weights, either side of the bridge road.

That's the longest amber light sequence that I've seen on a wig-wag; it was on for about 10 seconds before the flashing red lights!😱

Very nice! Keep working.

You should record Exeter canal bridge raising and swinging because now it’s summer it lifts more frequently, it also has 6 e2s alarms.

can you find any other level crossings that use hinged gates in the UK?

OMG that wigwag is cool. And your cool.

The sirens are Apollo xp95 sirens used in fire alarms.

I didn't hear about this upgrade!

Hope my welding holds up

Thanks for the video, lots of wind noise though.

I liked it best before they changed it. It took them about two years to sort it out

I like how it’s the same as a railroad crossimg

The first red lights sound like a fire alarm

This level crossing is interesting because I think they’re using a fire alarm for the siren

That bloody siren!That would give me a heart attack!I prefer bells....good video though.

Looks like an RNLI vessel that went through

Nice Video, but why don't Stop the Truckdriver no the Enginge ? Sorry for my bad English, i never learn this in Scool ! Greetings from the Swabian Mountains near Ulm at the Donau 👋👋👋

What alarm is being used? I can here Roshinis at the back

What did the bridge actually do?

There’s a bridge in newhaven similar to this

Looks like the left barrier was broken.

I think those are the same ones

L O V E I T

😠 😷 - that lorry driver didn’t turn his engine off

Interesting, the leg didn't deploy

My first thought is, “blimey! All that for just an RNLI life boat? You want it to be The Cuty Sark or the SS Great Britain or HMS Victory or something . Lolz

The alarm sounds like a burglar alarm lol

It’s a level crossing

1:24 that is the most annoyingest alarm I have ever heard

I didn't like the alarm but nice

This lifting bridge is doing it wrong. They are meant to stay flat when lifting.

Kinda sounds like a fire alarm

Crossings sound like they been robbed!

Helio

00:10

Weird

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