New Poole Harbour Lift Bridge, Dorset (After Renewal)

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  • Опубліковано 27 чер 2019
  • Poole Harbour Lift Bridge, Poole, Dorset.
    Location: Poole Lifting Bridge, A350, Poole
    Date Filmed: 10-04-2019
    The main lifting bridge and one of two bridges in Poole, Dorset crossing the waterway leading to Upton Lake (the other bridge being the Twin Sails Bridge). This bridge was closed for 16 months whilst essential maintenance and repairs took place. It opened in early 2018. The bridge is also known as a "Bascule bridge" and was constructed in 1927. In the videos of this bridge, the full sequence of the bridge raise is shown.
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  • @alandeane6056
    @alandeane6056 3 роки тому +7

    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

    • @UKLevelCrossingsChannel
      @UKLevelCrossingsChannel  3 роки тому +1

      Oh wow, what a funny story, thanks for sharing 👍 I agree with you on the bridge traffic though. I filmed this bridge again back in August this year and the traffic was awful. It was queing right across the bridge and it was a nightmare when the bridge was scheduled to raise.

    • @samuelfellows6923
      @samuelfellows6923 3 роки тому

      🤭 - the passengers must check the driver is alright [medically] if he doesn’t appear to be responding to what’s happening in front of the bus - all buses have a smashable glass compartment containing a key to open the cab door to assist the driver, call an ambulance

  • @lukestoner8884
    @lukestoner8884 7 місяців тому +3

    Almost sounds like a fire alarm.

  • @tomkee8019
    @tomkee8019 4 роки тому +3

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

    • @UKLevelCrossingsChannel
      @UKLevelCrossingsChannel  4 роки тому +1

      Thanks 👍 Both bridges in Poole are really interesting, especially when they're raised

  • @FREIGHTLINER66540
    @FREIGHTLINER66540 Рік тому +3

    Sounds like a fire alarm!

  • @carolmandeville16
    @carolmandeville16 3 роки тому +2

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

  • @SouthEastLevelCrossings
    @SouthEastLevelCrossings 5 років тому +19

    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 👍😁

    • @UKLevelCrossingsChannel
      @UKLevelCrossingsChannel  5 років тому +1

      Thanks! Whilst the bridge width hasn't changed the approaches each side seem wider. The visual and audible warnings are quite interesting indeed. In the end, it was worth filming 😎

    • @swall219
      @swall219 5 років тому +1

      I agree

    • @BeNICe_BeKInd
      @BeNICe_BeKInd 3 роки тому

      I hate watching bridges they make me scard

  • @alarmmuseum
    @alarmmuseum 5 років тому +2

    That’s definitely changed, brilliant vid!

  • @BMordecai
    @BMordecai 4 роки тому +3

    Reminds me of my secondary school's fire alarm lol

    • @UKLevelCrossingsChannel
      @UKLevelCrossingsChannel  4 роки тому +3

      Yeah, I've definitely heard those alarm sounds used for fire alarm sounders before

    • @laksyrowpolysdg3153
      @laksyrowpolysdg3153 4 роки тому +2

      this is my secondry school fire alarm

    • @samuelfellows6923
      @samuelfellows6923 3 роки тому +4

      Yes, a universal sounder/alarm tone. In London, the buses have that for their wheelchair ramp deployment warning

    • @Sagelarva9560
      @Sagelarva9560 Рік тому

      I can confirm as someone who has heard both sirens before they are both fire alarms

  • @U2QuoZepplin
    @U2QuoZepplin 3 роки тому +1

    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. ☺️🤓🥸

    • @UKLevelCrossingsChannel
      @UKLevelCrossingsChannel  3 роки тому +1

      Don't worry, I'll probably still have these interests when I'm much older lol

  • @berks-southeast-lc-cjr
    @berks-southeast-lc-cjr 6 місяців тому +3

    The sirens are Apollo xp95 sirens used in fire alarms.

    • @UKLevelCrossingsChannel
      @UKLevelCrossingsChannel  6 місяців тому

      Oh nice, that's what they are. Thanks.

    • @kenzierd.181
      @kenzierd.181 4 місяці тому

      why does uk use fire alarms for crossing

    • @berks-southeast-lc-cjr
      @berks-southeast-lc-cjr 4 місяці тому +1

      @@kenzierd.181 Because it’s Louder than bells and it’s a constant noise, no interruption between sounds like a bell.
      Also apart from this one, they all use yodalarms, usually used in factories and places to follow a schedule (end of break, etc) or a warning system for if a large object is traveling through the factory or if it is used as a warning device for voice announcements.

    • @kenzierd.181
      @kenzierd.181 4 місяці тому

      @@berks-southeast-lc-cjr cool, here in indonesia we use a toa speaker and it sounds like an ambulance

  • @sambee8982
    @sambee8982 5 місяців тому

    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!😱

    • @UKLevelCrossingsChannel
      @UKLevelCrossingsChannel  4 місяці тому +1

      Yeah it is quite long here.

    • @sambee8982
      @sambee8982 4 місяці тому

      @@UKLevelCrossingsChannel It's strange because they're normally on for about 3 seconds before the flashing red lights. But if you're in Ireland, some wigwags have a flashing amber phase before the light goes to a still amber at the same time as when the alarms go off....

  • @rhysrobertstransportationa1668
    @rhysrobertstransportationa1668 5 років тому +4

    The alarm sounds like Barmouths broke one

  • @K1SH1RYU
    @K1SH1RYU 5 років тому

    Very nice!
    Keep working.

  • @amberlywhite9462
    @amberlywhite9462 4 роки тому +4

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

    • @UKLevelCrossingsChannel
      @UKLevelCrossingsChannel  4 роки тому

      As far as I'm aware, there is no hinged gate / barrier design in existence for crossings in the UK. The full barrier crossings all use folding skirts whilst the half barriers don't have anything.

  • @rubenplanes9599
    @rubenplanes9599 3 роки тому

    Most entertaining video ever

  • @TudorCrossings
    @TudorCrossings 5 років тому +2

    OMG that wigwag is cool. And your cool.

  • @harrygatto
    @harrygatto 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks for the video, lots of wind noise though.

    • @UKLevelCrossingsChannel
      @UKLevelCrossingsChannel  3 роки тому

      Thanks 👍 It's a bit open here and at the other bridge so it can be a bit windy at times

  • @charlesgraham4622
    @charlesgraham4622 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @ElectraProductions225
    @ElectraProductions225 5 років тому +2

    I didn't hear about this upgrade!

    • @UKLevelCrossingsChannel
      @UKLevelCrossingsChannel  5 років тому

      It's been closed for ages and delayed numerous times whilst the upgrade has been happening. When I first filmed the Twin Sails bridge in 2017, this main bridge was closed.

  • @malcolmcanning548
    @malcolmcanning548 4 роки тому +4

    Hope my welding holds up

  • @jonny4572
    @jonny4572 5 років тому +1

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

  • @troyrei8481
    @troyrei8481 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @garhead
    @garhead 5 років тому +4

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

    • @UKLevelCrossingsChannel
      @UKLevelCrossingsChannel  5 років тому +2

      The first alarm I don't know, it was hidden in the barrier / light mechanism. And yes, the second alarm does sound like a Roshni.

    • @kierantaboryt7827
      @kierantaboryt7827 4 роки тому +2

      Could be a Banshee Sounder. Or maybe just another Roshni on Fast Sweep tone.

    • @Sagelarva9560
      @Sagelarva9560 Рік тому

      Both alarms are Roshini. The first alarm is just an intensely sped up version of the second one. You can tell if you play the first alarm at 0.25x speed

  • @jobolton9585
    @jobolton9585 3 роки тому

    The first red lights sound like a fire alarm

  • @amandasmith3303
    @amandasmith3303 5 років тому +2

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

  • @plug1461
    @plug1461 4 роки тому +2

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

  • @Buddha-eb5yl
    @Buddha-eb5yl 5 років тому +1

    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 👋👋👋

    • @UKLevelCrossingsChannel
      @UKLevelCrossingsChannel  3 роки тому

      Thank you 😊 I don't know why, but it should be turned off when waiting for a while. Greetings from the UK 🖐️

  • @darrell190967
    @darrell190967 4 роки тому +1

    Looks like an RNLI vessel that went through

  • @664theneighbor5
    @664theneighbor5 2 роки тому +3

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

  • @barry5356
    @barry5356 3 роки тому

    What did the bridge actually do?

  • @Jack-jh2to
    @Jack-jh2to 3 роки тому +1

    Looks like the left barrier was broken.

  • @AuraTheWolf-
    @AuraTheWolf- 4 роки тому +2

    There’s a bridge in newhaven similar to this

    • @UKLevelCrossingsChannel
      @UKLevelCrossingsChannel  4 роки тому +1

      Yeah, I've passed it a few times but never seen it swing yet

    • @AuraTheWolf-
      @AuraTheWolf- 4 роки тому +1

      Yes I haven’t seen it yet. It is super rare to see it swing open

  • @RealBanu
    @RealBanu 3 роки тому

    I think those are the same ones

  • @PanzerFalcon2232
    @PanzerFalcon2232 4 роки тому +1

    Interesting, the leg didn't deploy

  • @juoig7799
    @juoig7799 2 роки тому

    The alarm sounds like a burglar alarm lol

  • @U2QuoZepplin
    @U2QuoZepplin 3 роки тому

    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

  • @sillyplank6492
    @sillyplank6492 3 роки тому

    L O V E I T

  • @samuelfellows6923
    @samuelfellows6923 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @Catnap20011
    @Catnap20011 2 місяці тому +2

    It’s a level crossing

  • @stuartlinden4877
    @stuartlinden4877 3 роки тому

    00:10

  • @Isaac2012YT
    @Isaac2012YT 2 роки тому

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

  • @danielledewitt1
    @danielledewitt1 3 роки тому +1

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

    • @UKLevelCrossingsChannel
      @UKLevelCrossingsChannel  3 роки тому

      Well that's what is called a swing bridge, instead of what this bridge is, which is a lifting bridge. They are the two most common types.

    • @danielledewitt1
      @danielledewitt1 3 роки тому

      @@UKLevelCrossingsChannel You have failed to understand.

    • @UKLevelCrossingsChannel
      @UKLevelCrossingsChannel  3 роки тому +1

      Ah if you mean how it lifts then I think this is what's known as a Bascule bridge, but still referred to as a lifting bridge anyway. There are weights that roll backwards, allowing the road span to lift up. Is that what you meant?

    • @danielledewitt1
      @danielledewitt1 3 роки тому

      @@UKLevelCrossingsChannel ua-cam.com/video/tzS0m1ewGsY/v-deo.html That bridge in the link does the lifting right.

  • @dutchwolf2675
    @dutchwolf2675 3 роки тому

    Kinda sounds like a fire alarm

  • @adrianmartinez1740
    @adrianmartinez1740 4 роки тому +1

    Helio

  • @lucasthings
    @lucasthings 3 роки тому

    I didn't like the alarm but nice

    • @UKLevelCrossingsChannel
      @UKLevelCrossingsChannel  3 роки тому

      They can give you a headache after a while that's certain lol

    • @lucasthings
      @lucasthings 3 роки тому

      @@UKLevelCrossingsChannel can you film the rail crossing in kidlington? plzz

    • @UKLevelCrossingsChannel
      @UKLevelCrossingsChannel  3 роки тому

      @@lucasthings I've already filmed the crossings around Kidlington ua-cam.com/video/81Zk-yTzPCQ/v-deo.html
      ua-cam.com/video/-Xc0JhXrqec/v-deo.html
      ua-cam.com/video/9dGMs-hsz1E/v-deo.html

  • @italianpies4254
    @italianpies4254 4 роки тому +4

    Crossings sound like they been robbed!

  • @pigeonsandtrafficlights8999
    @pigeonsandtrafficlights8999 5 років тому

    Weird

  • @cenkbozdemir7787
    @cenkbozdemir7787 Рік тому

    Uk railway crossing 35