Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:33 pm Post subject: Re: ***JUST IN***
Stuball wrote:
Glasgow's lastest and greatest addition to the Clyde, the Clyde Arc, has just snapped one of its support wires!
We heard the boom from well inside the hotel
Stu
You beat Gap74 by almost one/two hours breaking this news. He posted it at 1.31am(12.31 real-time?) on the other site. Well done to UG's resident late night reporter. _________________ I had a dream today
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PEOPLE living near Glasgow's Squinty Bridge heard a "massive explosion"
as a support cable snapped and crashed onto the roadway.
The £20million Clyde Arc bridge was dramatically closed today after the incident
just before midnight.
The landmark is now at the centre of a major safety probe - and it could stay
closed for several weeks. Following a meeting between Glasgow City Council
and the bridge contractors and design team today, it was decided to keep the
bridge closed until a full investigation is carried out.
John Colvin, night manager at the nearby City Inn Hotel, told how he and other
staff heard the giant cable snap and fall last night.
Mr Colvin said: "It was a scary sound, like a bomb going off.
"We felt the vibrations of it. We looked out and someone said one of the supports
had gone on the bridge and the whole thing was shaking."
Mr Colvin said there were no cars or pedestrians on the bridge when the cable
snapped and fell from the 70ft arc, landing across two lanes of the four-lane
bridge.
The broken cable also badly damaged safety fencing at the side of a footpath
across the bridge. A resident on the Kinning Park side of the bridge said: "I heard
what I thought was an explosion or a crash and guessed someone had driven
into one of the concrete pillars.
"But it was only in daylight that I could see one of the giant struts had collapsed
onto the carriageway.
"I hate to think what could have happened if someone had been hit."
James H _________________ The blinding obvious is what you showed to me.....
ENGINEERS were today trying to pinpoint exactly why a vital support cable snapped on
Glasgow's £20million Squinty Bridge.
As thousands of motorists faced a second day of disruption, the race is on to
shed light on how the cable could have failed.
As reported in last night's Evening Times, the Clyde Arc bridge could be shut
for weeks after the incident late on Monday night.
Local residents told how they heard an "explosion" as the cable snapped and
fell onto the carriageway.
The 70ft failed strut is one of 14 that secure the arc to the carriageway and the
bridge is designed so that supports can be removed one at a time for repair
and maintenance.
However, council chiefs decided to close the bridge for safety reasons until
full investigations are carried out.
A spokeswoman for Glasgow City Council said a consultant had been appointed
by bridge builders Edmund Nuttall Ltd, but it's not yet known when the broken
cable will be removed.
She added: "The consultant will carry out further investigations on the pieces
which are lying on the carriageway and we are awaiting a progress report.
"We have not yet been given a clear timescale for when the affected support
will be removed."
James H _________________ The blinding obvious is what you showed to me.....
EXPERTS on a high-rise platform have carried out a detailed inspection of the
damaged Clyde Arc Bridge.
Consultants Sandberg were on site yesterday afternoon looking at the sections
of a support that crashed on the road.
Equipment had been brought in to allow engineers a closer look at where the cable,
known as a hanger, snapped off from the bridge on Monday night.
Local people told how they heard an "explosion" as the cable snapped and fell on
the carriageway.
Hanger 10 was one of 14 securing the Arc to the carriageway.
The bridge, which is dubbed the Squinty Bridge because it crosses the river diagonally,
is designed so supports can be removed one at a time for repair and maintenance.
However, council bosses decided to close the bridge for safety reasons until a full
investigation was completed.
Contractors Edmund Nutall Ltd appointed consultants Sandberg, who are expected to
remove the broken sections to a specialist lab for further analysis.
James H _________________ The blinding obvious is what you showed to me.....
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