LIVERPOOL’S Strand will be closed to traffic from Friday while the footbridge that crosses it is demolished. Read
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LIVERPOOL’S Strand will be closed to traffic from Friday while the footbridge that crosses it is demolished. Read
It was looking tired and I think it's definitely had it's day,personally I'll be glad to see it go.
This was all part of a Grand Scheme to have high level walkways throughout the city centre. You can see bits of them all over the city centre, but few of them were ever linked up.
An enclosed footbridge in Liverpool city centre, which has become a focus
for anti-social behaviour, is to be demolished this weekend.
The bridge, across the Strand, is the last remaining part of a system of
walkways introduced in the 1970s.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/image...bridge.203.jpg
In recent years, it has been closed at night to prevent rough sleepers and
gangs of youths congregating.
The Strand will be closed to traffic between St Nicholas Place and Liver
Street until 0600 GMT on Monday.
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A great shame there is no web cam so that people can see the beasty come down.
:PDT_Xtremez_12:
Only the steps are left (Sat. night)...the rest has already gone. A good view, of what's left, can be had from Beetham Plaza (where the Bucket Fountain is).
Thanks for the update :PDT11
Good to see the end of that bridge, another little piece of 70's tat removed.Quote:
Originally Posted by marky
Does anyone know why the bucket fountain is never on --seems a shame.
Some pictures here.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=541910
I didn't realise it was coming down so quickly...I doubt there'll be anything standing by Midnight Saturday. A couple of rough hand-held shots. I'll sort something out for Flickr 'old Liverpool' once I get a 'now' picture sometime next week.
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...l/walkway1.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...l/walkway2.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...l/walkway3.jpg
Gone! That was quick. It'll look strange with no bridge over the Strand and Goree.
Thanks for the pics everyone :PDT11
I looked down that way this morning and there is hardly any evidence of the bridge having ever been there!!
Out of sight, out of mind. That's the way it is with structures such as the Strand footbridge. People use them daily when they're there, but once they're gone, they're soon forgotten about.
I'm afraid that these are the sorts of structures that few people would bother to photograph and so as soon as I heard about the impending demolition I took some photographs myself.
The Strand - March 2007
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i36/taxipix/036.jpg
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i36/taxipix/037.jpg
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i36/taxipix/035.jpg
thanks for the pics Ross/ Marky :handclap:
Just a picture from Dec. 2006
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...e_Dec_2006.jpg
Thanks for the reference to 'Old Liverpool'.
All the above photos are more than welcome.
I never got round to taking photos.
Ross it would be great to see those pictures taken again as it looks now so we could compare them side by side.I should imagine the difference would be unbelievable.