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came across these lines on the way to work, horizon just melts away, made me think do all paths eventually lead to the same destination?
Another shot of my Valkyrie that I hope you'll enjoy! Hopefully the Avengers Infinity War trailer will drop soon and we'll see her again!
The Infinity Bridge is a public pedestrian and cycle footbridge across the River Tees in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees in the north east of England. The bridge is situated one kilometre downriver of Stockton town centre, between the Princess of Wales Bridge and the Tees Barrage and it links the Teesdale Business Park and the University of Durham's Queen's Campus in Thornaby-on-Tees on the south bank of the Tees with the Tees Valley Regeneration's £320 million North Shore development on the north bank.
Built at a cost of £15 million with funding from Stockton Borough Council, English Partnerships and its successor body the Homes and Communities Agency, One NorthEast, and the European Regional Development Fund the bridge is a major part of the North Shore Redevelopment Project undertaken by Tees Valley Regeneration.
The bridge had the project title North Shore Footbridge before being given its official name Infinity Bridge, chosen by a panel made from the funding bodies, using names suggested by the public. The name derives from the infinity symbol formed by the bridge and its reflection.
A special feature is made of the way the bridge is lit at night. This lighting scheme was designed by Speirs and Major Associates who also designed the lighting for the Burj Al-Arab. At night the bridge handrail and footway are lit with designer blue and white LED lighting built into the handrail that changes colour as users cross. Attached to the steel cable ties are white metal-halide up-lighters to illuminate the white painted bridge arches, and blue LED down-lighters to illuminate the water and ground surfaces immediately below the deck.At night from certain viewing angles when the river surface is flat calm, the twin arches together with their reflection in the river appear as an infinity symbol ∞, and it is this effect that inspired its name.
At the start of construction a temporary jetty was built on the south bank to enable the building of a cofferdam for the safe construction of the central pier. In April 2008 the supporting legs were added to the central pier.Steel falsework was constructed in the cofferdam by Dorman Long[ to support the ends of both incomplete arches as they cantilevered over the river during construction. The first steel arch made from four pieces of fabricated steel welded together, was put in place in June 2008 and was later used to stabilise the cantilevering lower portions of the main arch using a strand-jack and tie cable between the top of the small arch and the large arch and then to reduce sway stress during its progressive construction of the large arch.
The final section of the main arch came in four pieces which were welded together on site and on 5 September 2008 all 170 tonnes of it was lifted into place by a 1,500 tonne mobile crane, the largest in the country. The crane, a Gottwald AK680 owned by Sarens UK is based in nearby Middlesbrough. The crane is 80 metres (262 ft) high with a maximum of 1200 tonnes of superlift, requires 45 transport wagons to move it,and takes three days to set up using a 100 tonne crane.
The concrete deck panels were cast on site using three steel moulds in temporary sheds in a construction compound on the north bank of the river. Using a short temporary jetty on the north bank the deck panels were floated out on a small barge and jacked into position working progressively away from the river pier. The concrete deck sections are held together by steel welds and adhesive.
The footbridge was completed on time and to budget in December 2008 with 530 workers and uses in total some 450 tonnes of Corus steel,1.5 km of locked coil steel cable, 780 lights, 5,472 bolts and weighs 1040 tons. Almost all labour, materials and components were sourced locally.
The bridge was officially opened on 14 May 2009 with celebrations including a sound, light and animation show, parkour freerunners who climbed the bridge arches with flares, and a specially composed music track and synchronised pyrotechnics from the bridge itself with big screens for the estimated audience of 20,000 spectators along the banks. The bridge was opened to the public two days later. Foot traffic is anticipated to rise to some four thousand people a day as the North Shore site develops.
The bridge won the Institution of Structural Engineers' Supreme Award for Structural Excellence 2009,] the premier structural engineering award in the UK. It also won in its own category of Pedestrian Bridges. The other awards the bridge has won include the Structural Steel Design Award 2010,] the Concrete Society Civil Engineering Award 2009, the ICE Robert Stephenson Award 2009, the North East Constructing Excellence Awards 'Project of the Year',and the Green Apple Award for the environment.
Picture by Steven Iceton of www.steveniceton.co.uk
[...] The fear of infinity is a form of myopia that destroys the possibility of seeing the actual infinite, even though it in its highest form has created and sustains us, and in its secondary transfinite forms occurs all around us and even inhabits our minds [...]
-- Quote from "Infinity and the Mind" (1995) by Rudy Rucker.
Paris, France (September, 2007)
A very foggy evening at The Infinity Bridge. the far side of the bridge disappeared into freezing fog! Thanks to Scott for the invite on his southwards bound trip. :)
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To infinity and beyond..
Seen this everywhere, so thought might as well have a copy in my stream
Looks like flickr unsaturated it a tad :/
Strobist:
yn 460, camera left, reflected, 1/2 power
The Infinity Bridge at Stockton on Tees which links the town with the University campus on the south side of the river.
This was early evening on a still December day.
Last of the set !! Building work going on over the other side so couldnt get the better composition.
I have been enjoying a wide range of bourbons for many years. A few years ago was turned on creating your own bourbon blend with the last of your bottles of bourbon into a decanter. The idea provides an interesting mix of your favorite bourbons that can last as long as you keeping adding those last few shots to the decanter.
This is a composite image taken with a gridded Godox TT685. About six shots were taken of background, bottle, glass, and overhead to get the image. Once in Photoshop the layers were blended and edited.
West Bay y West End
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A crossover of Marvel and Star wars where Tony Stark collected all of the different kyber crystals to create the ultimate lightsaber, the Infinity Saber!
This Friday the word is Infinity.
This is what I could do.
I can't tell I'm really happy. It's not the way I wanted to have captured the stars BUT I had to quit before I freeze. Matt and I went out that night with the mission to do our shots no matter what and we knew what we wanted to shot...first stop was his, second mine and I was already almost turned into a popsicle.
I'll be trying this again another night.
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Aerial view of Wright Memorial Bridge leading into a fog bank, photographed with a drone.DLWaters.com to see more like this.
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Part of the Infinity Bridge, a foot and cycle bridge over the River Tees. Its name, suggested by the public, comes from the similarity of the shape of the bridge and its reflection to the infinity symbol. (The combination looks more like a bowling pin to me.)
The arched section is nearly 200 yards (180 metres) long, the decking extending some way either side. The bridge connects a university campus to a development area. Its deck is concrete and its arches made of box-section steel. Blue and white lights illuminate the deck at night (photo here).
Work on the bridge began in 2007 and was completed in 2009. Responsibility for its design is disputed, Spence Associates and Expedition Engineering both claiming primacy. Wikipedia has more about the structure.
Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.
Haddo Country Park has been recognised as one of the country's best green spaces with a prestigious Green Flag award. Haddo Country Park impressed the judges with it's excellent use of green space, well maintained facilities and high standard of safety and security.
Haddo Park was established in 1979 and was accorded country park status in 1980.
Haddo Country Park covers around 100 hectares comprised of estate policies, grassland, plantation and mixed woodland, lake and ponds. The landscape, of which the Country Park is part, is listed in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland as an outstanding representative of the early 18th and mid 19th century landscape styles.
The park is currently undergoing major renovation, as part of the Heritage Lottery Fund, including restoration of many of the historic monuments. Part of the renovation has included creating a new trail through Craigie Wood, opened in January 2014. A new visitor centre and adventure playground opened in 2014.
The park is a pleasant mix of open water, mature tree planting and grassland, some of which contains a diverse range of wildflowers. The backbone of the park is the central drive, reputed to be one Scots mile in length stretching from the back door of Haddo House to the commemorative urn at the top of the Deer Park. Much of the Deer Park is let for grazing but visitors are able to walk right round the edge of the Deer Park on mown grass.
On the way down the central drive you will cross the ponds at the head of the lake and here our helpful ducks, swans and geese will check to see if you are carrying any heavy bread which is weighing you down and hindering your progress through the park. Areas of the lake edge are fenced and screened. This is in order to provide secluded nesting locations for the lakes many and varied resident birds. Visitors are requested to avoid entering these areas.
The park is home to a wide range of wildlife including resident red squirrels, which are seen daily, especially in winter.