{"id":1084,"date":"2024-11-30T07:10:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T07:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/?p=1084"},"modified":"2024-11-24T22:47:55","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T22:47:55","slug":"moveable-bridge-swings-horizontally-to-let-boats-pass-in-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/moveable-bridge-swings-horizontally-to-let-boats-pass-in-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"184-m-long double-leaf swing bridge connects banks across long-divided Scottish river, &#8220;as much a machine as a structure&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldculturepictorial.com\/images\/content_6\/swinging-bridge-scotland.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Watch Renfrew Bridge, the first opening road bridge over the River Clyde, close for the first time\" width=\"1260\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TxnfO4_Qwas?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(quote)<br><br>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodnewsnetwork.org\/awesome-bridge-swings-back-and-forth-to-allow-boats-to-pass-over-long-divided-scottish-river-look\/\">Awesome Bridge Swings Back and Forth to Allow Boats to Pass Over Long-Divided Scottish River<\/a><br>\nIt\u2019s one of the world\u2019s first large \u201cdouble-leaf swing bridges,\u201d to use the proper term, which opens to allow boat traffic to pass by swinging each half of the bridge like the paddles in a pinball machine.<br><br>\t\n\nThe local port authority required 90 meters by 45 meters of space under any prospective bridge for vessels to access offshore oil rigs nearby. Countering, the airport set a height ceiling on vertical structures at 40 meters, and space restrictions on both banks of the Clyde prevented a more traditional single-leaf swing bridge.<br><br>\t\n\nThe project is jointly funded by the UK and Scottish governments through the \u00a31.13bn Glasgow City Region\u2014a coalition of 8 local governments around Glasgow.<br><br>\t\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/videos\/ckg1ymly60eo\">Watch: New Clyde road bridge links up for first time<\/a><br><br>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.enr.com\/articles\/58975-complex-scottish-swing-bridge-nears-completion\">Intricate 184-m-long double-leaf swing bridge in Scotland<\/a><br>\nAs much a machine as a structure, its twin halves were built separately in Belgium and Netherlands and barged, complete with stressed stay cables, to the River Clyde, near Glasgow.<br><br>\n\nRotating on vast cylindrical slewing bearings on either riverbank, the bridge&#8217;s two decks are to project 65 m toward each other over the river. Their 27-m-long back spans incorporate 500 metric tons of counterweights. &#8220;I would say it&#8217;s the most complicated moveable bridge I&#8217;ve ever designed, and I&#8217;ve designed a lot of these things,&#8221; says Tampa, Fla.-based Jim Phillips, lead bridge designer with Hardesty &amp; Hanover LLC (H&amp;H).<br><br>\n\n(unquote)<br><br>\n\nImage courtesy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/news\/24493589.new-scottish-swing-bridge-undergoes-first-operational-tests\/\">Glasgow City Council\/Farrans<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(quote) Awesome Bridge Swings Back and Forth to Allow Boats to Pass Over Long-Divided Scottish River It\u2019s one of the world\u2019s first large \u201cdouble-leaf swing bridges,\u201d to use the proper term, which opens to allow boat traffic to pass by swinging each half of the bridge like the paddles in<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/moveable-bridge-swings-horizontally-to-let-boats-pass-in-scotland\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,11,12],"tags":[48,21,49,74,72,114,76],"class_list":["entry","author-wcp-observer","post-1084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-figures-and-facts","category-science-and-technology","category-us-and-world","tag-architecture","tag-business","tag-design","tag-government","tag-innovation","tag-transportation","tag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1084\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}