ranworthbreeze Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 (edited) Dear All Urgent Boating News - Somerleyton Swing Bridge is not opening to river traffic. A technical issue was reported on 11 November 2017 and remedial work is being undertaken. Kind Regards Laura Milner Administrative Officer Operations Broads Authority Tel: 01603 756035 Broads Authority, Yare House, 62-64 Thorpe Road. Norwich NR1 1RY01603 610734www.broads-authority.gov.uk Edited November 13, 2017 by ranworthbreeze Update given Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranworthbreeze Posted November 13, 2017 Author Share Posted November 13, 2017 Dear All Urgent Boating News - Somerleyton Swing Bridge is now operational. Kind Regards Laura Milner Administrative Officer Operations Broads Authority Tel: 01603 756035 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 Again! High tides too which means even more boats won't be able to squeeze under. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZimbiIV Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 A strange question. Has either bridges stuck in the open position? paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranworthbreeze Posted November 13, 2017 Author Share Posted November 13, 2017 8 minutes ago, ZimbiIV said: A strange question. Has either bridges stuck in the open position? paul Hi Paul, I think at some time they must have or why the need for the summer/winter rails being left on the bridges, sadly they are not used these days. Of course the need for the summer and winter rails could have just been preventative maintenance, in all wakes of life preventative maintenance now seems to be a thing of the past. Regards Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bound2Please Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 29 minutes ago, ranworthbreeze said: Hi Paul, I think at some time they must have or why the need for the summer/winter rails being left on the bridges, sadly they are not used these days. Of course the need for the summer and winter rails could have just been preventative maintenance, in all wakes of life preventative maintenance now seems to be a thing of the past. Regards Alan I think you will find out it will never fail in the open state, as this would be a wrong side failure, Heads would sure as hell be put out to sacrificed if this did happen. The mechanical interlocking as well as the electrical interlocking would both need to fail for the bridge to fail in the open position. All railway signaling is done to be failsafe. As for winter/summer rails, these would be standardish 22' foot rails with the exception of about 2" difference to that 22' to allow for contraction/expansion. These would be used by the platelayers/patrolmen to get the bridge working if stuck due to expansion or contraction, to get the bridge the bridge open. Also bear in mind, the channel rodding/ sognal wires also expand/contract, so it their compensator reach limits again this would stop bridge opening until CS&TE linesman arrived to re set the channel rodding/wire, that is all mechanical. The electrical interlocking is far to complicated to even trying to explain in a single post. Regards Charlie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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