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  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    By eck it wouldn’t have been a problem for Gary verity to sort
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,158
    keef66 wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Here's a straightforward diversion. Locals can no doubt tell me a problem with this

    https://www.google.com/maps/dir/54.3822 ... 373779!3e1

    Not a local but the main problem is the collapsed bridge is south of Grinton, so not on either of the routes you've created. Have a wander round in Streetview, you can see what it looked like before the flooding

    https://www.google.com/maps/dir/54.3697 ... m2!4m1!3e1
    Oh. I just typed Grinton Bridge into Google maps and got the wrong one. This is probably what happened at the Battle of Arnhem
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  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    This sort of thing never used to be a problem...

    https://youtu.be/H9_Fs1QtsOY?t=82
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,005
    Alejandrosdog wrote:
    By eck it wouldn’t have been a problem for Gary verity to sort

    In jest maybe, but he probably would have got it sorted.
  • richard_t._biscuit
    richard_t._biscuit Posts: 246
    Starting to think God doesn't like competitive cycling.
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    This sort of thing never used to be a problem...

    https://youtu.be/H9_Fs1QtsOY?t=82

    That is brilliant and the commentary.
  • richard_t._biscuit
    richard_t._biscuit Posts: 246
    FocusZing wrote:
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    This sort of thing never used to be a problem...

    https://youtu.be/H9_Fs1QtsOY?t=82

    That is brilliant and the commentary.
    "Actually this isn't the proper crossing. Someone moved the arrows - Yours truly" :lol:
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,233
    Richard T. Biscuit wrote:
    Starting to think God doesn't like competitive cycling.
    Maybe he/she is just aggravated that one of her/his key agency workers went to work for Yorkshire and copyrighted the “God’s Own” phrase when he/she was always more of a North Devon kinda gal/guy?
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,052
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Are they not able to rebuild a bridge in 2 months?

    steady now this is not France you know :roll:
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  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    itboffin wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Are they not able to rebuild a bridge in 2 months?

    steady now this is not France you know :roll:
    They are still trying to find the keys for the snowplough :wink:
  • awavey
    awavey Posts: 2,368
    r0bh wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Are they not able to rebuild a bridge in 2 months?

    Took more like 3 years to replace all the bridges washed away in Cumbria by Storm Desmond in 2015...

    yeah but lots of that is down to the inner workings of local councils and government and going through all the hoops and loops of things to get approvals to get any stuff done. youll probably find they lost a chunk of time just publishing the designs of the replacement bridges and making sure they were compliant with their own local planning guides and/or any updates in bridge safety design.

    its not a look we really need this bridge fixed now jfdi approach process, which is clearly whats needed here
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,052
    Webboo wrote:
    itboffin wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Are they not able to rebuild a bridge in 2 months?

    steady now this is not France you know :roll:
    They are still trying to find the keys for the snowplough :wink:

    Or workout what a snowplough is :lol:
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,052
    itboffin wrote:
    Webboo wrote:
    itboffin wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Are they not able to rebuild a bridge in 2 months?

    steady now this is not France you know :roll:
    They are still trying to find the keys for the snowplough :wink:

    Or workout what a snowplough is :lol:

    I do love this country but seriously we need to have a stern word sometimes, this year my family forced me to go skiing in the Alps in Feb. and boy they'd had some snow, all the roads were cleared several times a day and everything was opening and functioning, no one bats an eyelid and yes yes they have that every year so are geared up for it, but damn UK do we not have year on year cold/wet/windy and now hot weather.... sort it out it's a tiny stone bridge people not the Hoover dam
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    I don’t think they need to bother repairing it. They just need to ask for volunteers on the day of the race and get them to lie down in stream bed , add a few sheets of plywood.
    There you have a job well done and a Yorkshire legend. You can guess how it will go.
  • yorkshireraw
    yorkshireraw Posts: 1,628
    RichN95 wrote:
    Here's a straightforward diversion. Locals can no doubt tell me a problem with this

    https://www.google.com/maps/dir/54.3822 ... 373779!3e1

    EDIT - was being thick, as pointed out up-thread that still comes out before the collapsed bridge.

    They could do a long loop round from Hawes via Nateby, Keld etc and come over Buttertubs from the other side - then back down Wensleydale toward Leyburn and on to Masham, Ripon back to Harrogate.

    For info my profile pic is of said collapsed bridge during the 2014 Tour. I’ve got family connections in Reeth - this has been a devastating flood for some folks and a bike race is frankly the least of their worries. There’s plenty of options for other routes in the Dales.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 6,935
    Webboo wrote:
    I don’t think they need to bother repairing it. They just need to ask for volunteers on the day of the race and get them to lie down in stream bed , add a few sheets of plywood.
    There you have a job well done and a Yorkshire legend. You can guess how it will go.

    That might just be the best use for yorkshire folk ever! :D:D
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,091
    Anyone suggested just setting up a ramp and getting them to jump it?

    Twofold win: sorts out the people who can handle bikes best, and also prevents the main bunch soft pedalling for at least that section.
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  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Saw that Stybar was out on recon today and stopped to take a selfie by the bridge, it's on his Instagram story

    Wouldn't have thought it would be too much of an issue like

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  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 51,364
    Wout van Aert must be crossing his fingers they divert over fields, over stone dykes via a plank across the stream.

    Now he's a revelation this year but that's another thread.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,816
    Pinno wrote:
    Wout van Aert must be crossing his fingers they divert over fields, over stone dykes via a plank across the stream.

    And that they put it back several months, as he says his rehabilitation is going to be a long process.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,589
    awavey wrote:
    r0bh wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Are they not able to rebuild a bridge in 2 months?

    Took more like 3 years to replace all the bridges washed away in Cumbria by Storm Desmond in 2015...

    yeah but lots of that is down to the inner workings of local councils and government and going through all the hoops and loops of things to get approvals to get any stuff done. youll probably find they lost a chunk of time just publishing the designs of the replacement bridges and making sure they were compliant with their own local planning guides and/or any updates in bridge safety design.

    its not a look we really need this bridge fixed now jfdi approach process, which is clearly whats needed here

    This is pretty much it. Large motorway and rail bridges can and do get replaced literally overnight but that's with a lot of pre-planning and design. Also, you aren't going to easily transport pre-fabricated bridges along roads like that. Mainly it will be a case of whether the cost of a temporary replacement is justified against the problems caused by the bridge being down, if not they'll take their time to build a proper replacement that blends into the surroundings. The other thing to think about, although it looks unlikely to be an issue here, is that the bridge may be carrying a load of services cables and pipes so work needs co-ordinating to allow for those to be repaired or replaced too.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 51,364
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    Wout van Aert must be crossing his fingers they divert over fields, over stone dykes via a plank across the stream.

    And that they put it back several months, as he says his rehabilitation is going to be a long process.

    2 months before he starts intensive training again, according to CW.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    Mad_Malx wrote:
    Alejandrosdog wrote:
    By eck it wouldn’t have been a problem for Gary verity to sort

    In jest maybe, but he probably would have got it sorted.

    in jest and yes he probs would have
  • awavey
    awavey Posts: 2,368
    sounds like they are going to build a temporary bridge/road, but not fix the actual bridge till the Spring https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/temporary-road-will-built-bridge-yorkshire-world-championships-course-blown-apart-debris-433761
  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    awavey wrote:
    sounds like they are going to build a temporary bridge/road, but not fix the actual bridge till the Spring https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/temporary-road-will-built-bridge-yorkshire-world-championships-course-blown-apart-debris-433761
    Yes , a good result.

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