Frank Louwers
A bridge makes a trip across the water!
This steel bridge, 120 m free span, 720 tons, (actually there are two, one each on either side of the existing railway bridge) was prebuilt on the site, and then, all in one day, they put it on wheels (lots of them) drove it across a motorway, onto a pontoon, hauled the pontoon across a canal, drove the bridge off the pontoon, across another motorway and onto its final destination. All the time the trains continued using the existing bridge, so I flew the kite over high voltage power lines, but it was a (cold) day with perfect flying conditions.
A bridge makes a trip across the water!
This steel bridge, 120 m free span, 720 tons, (actually there are two, one each on either side of the existing railway bridge) was prebuilt on the site, and then, all in one day, they put it on wheels (lots of them) drove it across a motorway, onto a pontoon, hauled the pontoon across a canal, drove the bridge off the pontoon, across another motorway and onto its final destination. All the time the trains continued using the existing bridge, so I flew the kite over high voltage power lines, but it was a (cold) day with perfect flying conditions.