Just imagine - a drawbridge with wires !

As something that’s never been done before the difficulties are obviously insurmountable…….

Beyond satire. Ignorance these days is displayed like a badge of honour.

Meanwhile, in Sydney we have a disused swing-span opening bridge (old Glebe Island bridge) ideally suited for trams and bicycles that the government would prefer not to exist, so is allowing the usual demolition by neglect.

Tony G

On 15 Jul 2014, at 5:42 pm, 'Mike Alexander'mike@... [TramsDownUnder] TramsDownUnder@...> wrote:

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> http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/the-epitome-of-ugliness-designs-emerge-for-docklands-tram-bridge-over-yarra-river-20140715-zt7ra.html

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> The twittersphere has already identified three lifting tram bridges in addition to the train one that “Engineering expert Martin Baggott” knows about:

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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Galata_Bridge_767.jpg

> http://waronthemotorist.wordpress.com/2011/10/11/hogesluisbrug/

> http://bit.ly/We8R41

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> The collective wisdom of this group must surely know of many more.

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