Poole Twin Sails Lift Bridge, Dorset
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- Poole Twin Sails Lift Bridge, Poole, Dorset.
Location: Twin Sails Bridge, Poole
Date Filmed: 06-04-2017
The bridge itself is very unique. It doesn't look like a typical drawbridge at all. The road is cut at an angle so instead, two triangles of road lift instead of two rectangles of road, thus making it look like two sails.
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That's a nice luxury yacht that just passed this amazing drawbridge
They make Sunseekers just around the corner. Probably a test drive!
Imagine a crewship
@@dolgorsurennorjin389 Cruise ships are way bigger than that bridge, it won't be able to pass through it
Its cool when you record bridges and
Level crossings! Keep up the good work.
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Proves that Engineering doesn't have to be ugly - this marvel is a thing of beauty and fits its surrounds perfectly.
Yeah, definitely. The bridge was really amazing when I saw it for myself. The idea of the Twin Sails and how its designed is really quite spectacular!
it dont work trust me google the bridge its fucking shite
@@manston94 Well at least they're finally fixing the fault.
Literally breaks every other month
@@manston94 Some initial issues, but has been fine for years. It’s beautiful. For a bridge.
I live there and that bridge is always broken 👏🏻😵
Yeah, I've heard it keeps breaking down and requiring maintenance
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What does he mean?
Lol same
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Rare footage of it actually working.
Yeah I know lol
HOW DID PEOPLE CROSS OVER POOLE HARBOUR BEFORE 2012, I SEE NO OTHER BRID GES THERE !!.
@@peterbuckley265 There's another bridge round the corner by Poole Quay.
I live in Poole. This bridge looks nice but is out of action so often. 😤
Note: I’m a crossing lover (don’t be mad) but not a ytber
Wow lifts into the shape of 2 sails.
Very futuristic looking and well designed.
I need those little pedestrian barriers for my house :D
Yeah haha 😁
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So cool! I only got to see a lvl crossing once (in UK) and i still live there, i still love lvl crossings to this day so thanks for recording that, im subbing
Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for subscribing :)
I saw twin sails bridge under repair
The bridge was up
How did you manage to get footage of it working? Its broken most of the time...
This was filmed when the main Poole harbour bridge was shut for renewal work. The twin sails bridge had a raise schedule in place, I believe one an hour, so I was able to see it raise.
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I've invented a simple counterbalanced bridge with perpendicular closures. Do you think they'd be interested ?
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That’s amazing! I never seen a bridge split apart before
There's quite a few of these lifting bridges as they're known, in the UK. This one's quite unique as the road is split at an angle.
@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel I think that might be an advantage since most of the weight is on the lower end of the lift span as it is lifted up.
@@MegaSnow121 The advantage is not so much the weight as well as the wind load.
@U2Y Same never seen a bridge like this before.
The bridge doesn't split apart it's supposed to open like that so I wouldn't call it splitting apart I would call the bridge rising
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Fascinating! The small barriers for the courseway are also a nice little touch.
Yeah, it's definitely something awesome to watch. I'll be filming it again next summer.
@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel That's when the bridge got removed, isn't it
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@@deepudeepthi8709bro tried the poland
What a unique-looking bascule bridge!
Yeah, I know. It was such a cool bridge to visit and watch and I'm glad I made a video here as its turned out my most popular. I should be visiting more bascule bridges soon.
That bridge is cool. It's great they have put some thought and imagination into it. 👍👍
Yeah it does look quite impressive when it raises 👍
Super video.
Thank you very much! I had to run to the bridge and luckily just caught the barriers lowering.
Can you actually get some sort of timetable to know when that bridge opens for boats or ships ?
Yeah. Whilst the main Poole bridge is under refurbishment and maintenance, the council have made this document stating all the scheduled opening times for the bridge:
www.poole.gov.uk/transport-and-streets/roads-highways-and-pavements/poole-harbour-bridge-lifting-times/
That's handy ! :)
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Great video! I noticed several people ran the signals after they activated.
Thanks. This bridge strangely has got the most shocking and dangerous misuse out of all the videos taken at Brockenhurst and Lymington. A wait at a moving bridge is longer than a level crossing so locals don't want to wait. This is also the only road going over the Poole Harbour as the other bridge is in repairs until this summer.
I noticed the same. It's stop on amber, not red, and at least one went through on red for sure.
In addition, other drivers went through before the red lights went out.
@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel I love this channel
@@SamButlerUK it's stop on red
Wow! Thanks for sharing, i am no local and there is no way i would have seen without your filming it.
No problem - thanks for watching 😃👍
That is an unusual bridge, great catch.
Thanks 👍
Great Bridge Crossing! 👍🏻
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That's a really nice bridge! Great video!
morthren I know! It's really cool to watch in action. Really clever how one piece of road lays on top of the other. Thanks c:
I Agree
It sometimes works
A PITY IT WAS NOT POUBLIZED IN 2012 ON OPRENING, FEW KNEW ABOUT UNTILL THIS VIDEO 8 YEARS LATER !!!. 14 NOV 2020.
Quite a beautiful drawbridge. It's too bad that it has such problems with uptime (figuratively and literally).
I used to be very scared of these when I was little!
I still am!We have several opening bridges in Hull which have to be crossed if going from one side of the city to another,and I go to great lengths not to cross on foot!
I know! It’s amazing
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Glad you like my videos, thank you 👍
Extraordinarily steady
That is a remarkable bridge!
Yeah definitely 👍
CoZn oh
That's one neat bridge.... awesome
Thanks! It was a really cool bridge to see.
Doesnt work most the time tho
Nice video, thanks for sharing
Thanks, no problem 😊
great, aesthetic design!!!
I like how they integrated the wigwags and barriers in to that modern pole. Very very modern bridge
Yeah, I love watching this bridge. Just a shame it's so unreliable 🙁
a little relative to a us drawbridge crossing with a track on one end
Does activate when the bridge is going up
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I have to drive over that bridge every day and get stuck waiting for it about 3 times a week. I like the old bridge Best more fun to drive over
I like both bridges here, but they are a pain when they're raised I can imagine
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Thank you! 😄😁
No problem
I watched the Twin Sails being built from my living room window that looked across the bay, it was incredible
You live in Poole? Nice, I’ve always wanted to go to Poole, but my closest I’ve ever been was Bournemouth beach, 6 miles away
Ok I kind of jumped when the bridge split in two diagonally did not see that coming :3
Haha. Yeah, this bridge is quite unique to the typical lifting bridges and swing bridges in the UK. It was a bit of architecture as-well as being a lifting bridge.
UK Railway Hub How did you manage to get the yellow actually coming on right from the start?
I was using a timetable schedule that Poole council had produced whilst the main Poole bridge was closed for maintenance for many weeks. A couple of minutes before the scheduled time of raise, at 14:30, I started recording so I got the start of the sequence.
side kick Yeah it breaks all the time it’s broken at the moment
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and still broken down today...
Has it broken down today? I've filmed it twice last week as I'm down on holiday in Dorset at the moment and it's been working fine.
@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel just read the recent history of it in the local news
Awesome ❤
Sorry this was later than the upload
Thanks 😁
Known locally as the Twin Fails Bridge because it's broken more often than it's working.
Haha that's actually quite a funny name. I understand why it's called that though.
very nice video!
Thomas1980 Thank you very much!
I love this video!
Glad you like it 👍
I liked it as I used to go down here every day when I was younger after I moved from Ely to Dorset. I got sad when I realised that this is the first time it’s worked in years
We need these kinds of barriers here in the US. What we have is so inadequate with only a simple arm blocking each direction of traffic.
If you’re on about level crossings: some of ours have half-barriers (blocking only one side of the road) because they’re automatic level crossings. As there is basically no one watching the crossing, the other side isn’t blocked to allow oncoming traffic to escape the crossing.
If you’re on about swing bridges: yeah, all entry/exit roads will have barriers.
3:38 the RLNI Shannon class lifeboat!cool
I think that I read somewhere that this bridge gets stuck open if winds are high.
Craig Baker Oh really? Wouldn't surprise me.
UK Level Crossings What's the difference of the railway crossing and a swing bridge their the same signals and alarm sound expect the railway crossing is tracks and swing bridge signals are ocean
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Bridges are almost always controlled by a signalmaster/human.
Craig Baker what about level crossings
Level crossings are mostly controlled by track sensors.
Nice the video very much thanks.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it 👍
great video 😀👍
Thanks 😁
This is cool there’s 8 barriers when they lift the barriers go up at. The same time
Yea.
Providing that its a lifting bridge I'm surprised that there's only the level crossing like barriers to stop cars and people. And hole thing just looks so awesome!
Oh yeah, this is a very impressive bridge 👍
THIS POOLE HARBOUR B ASCULE LIFTING BRIDGE IS OF THE SAME PRINCIPAL OF THE 1894 BASCULE LIFTING BRIDGE LONDON, EXCEPT THAT E ROADWAY IS CUT EQALLY STRAIGHT. AS AGAINST THE 45EGREE CIT AT POOLE !!.
Great video
Thank you 👍
I've been to Dorset and saw that exact bridge but I didn't see it open and I was sad.
There's a revised scheduled bridge opening timetable being used for the summer periods. That's what I used anyway.
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They should have copied the old existing bridge as it's been in place for many decades and actually works! The new bridge puts form before function, never a good approach to engineering.
Yes
I disagree on this one. I think that in my opinion, this bridge is really well-engineered.
@@g-Elevators675 On what basis do you think the bridge is well engineered?
I love ur vids
Thanks! :)
Excellent catch! I think I may try to catch a raise at this one next time I am in Poole (which will be some time in the new year) - Could you tell it was going to raise when you were there? (Were there vessels waiting to pass as I hear that it only opens on the half hour or when it is needed?)
Thanks mate 😎 It's a very nice bridge to visit and film. At the time of filming, a special lifting schedule was in use as the main Poole bridge was closed for maintenance and I filmed it on the hour. I do not know if there's a schedule in use now or its on request. Check the Borough of Poole website for information as that's where I found out when I went 👍
Just come when its broken and it will stay up for months on end
Weird how the sirens activate when traffic can move again. Perhaps it wakes up those who have nodded off whilst waiting a long time whilst it's been open 😁
Yeah perhaps haha. I think its just a safety thing that the barriers are about to raise
Its just so amazing that i liked it
Thanks! 😁
@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel np
Maybe they will have this bridge in Newcastle upon Tyne soon
Amazing when it works. Half the time it's closed.
Yeah I've found it from many it doesn't have a good track record for working properly.
This sounds like a fire alarm too.
I came here to listen to my old school fire alarm
Weird but a nice cool looking bridge
Yeah, it's very interesting to see raised
@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel cool
I need those little pedestrian barriers
Very cool!
Definitely 👍
That’s cool.😊
Now that’s cool!!!!
That to me, as someone with smidgen of engineering knowledge seems like an unnecessarily complicated bridge. Whatever happened to good old swing and lift bridges, I mean yes they might not look as cool, but they tend to work a lot better and are easier to maintain.
Oh don't be so boring...
@Nathan_1617 nah boring definitely doesn't work in this case. Sorry...
This was built in part because the swing bridge half a mile away is unreliable…..
@@iainamurray half a mile lol , it’s about 30 seconds away
@@winstonchurchill5731 You do realise that both bridges have two ends?
I love its design
Same, its very impressive when it raises 👍
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I went on one of those bridges (not that one but the blue one with normal shaped road (this has triangle shaped road to connect if u know what I mean)
I been over the crossing
I thought that the thumbnail showed two separate images
Wow, bridge that split into two diagonally, kinda new thing for me, it's cool.. is it still under maintenance?
Yeah it is quite cool to watch. I don't think its under any maintenance closures at the moment. It has had quite a few maintenance jobs over the last few years but I don't think its had any recently.
1:47 I've never seen a bridge raise like that before!
4:32 so he alarms go back on when the barriers raise too!
Are level crossing style barriers and lights common on British drawbridges?
This bridge is very modern and a great piece of architecture. It's not like the usual drawbridge you come across.
The alarms come back on as a safety precaution that the barriers are about to raise. This isn't really implemented on level crossings as level crossings aren't as busy.
Drawbridges/Swing bridges and level crossings both use wigwags (the red/white bordered flashing lights) to stop traffic and pedestrians. Most barriers are the same on level crossings but moving bridges use barriers made by a different company (as different companies offer cheaper barrier systems).
I like this bridge
Yeah, so do I. Its cool to watch 😀😀
Cool video
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Thank you 😁
0:51 reminds me of the old level crossing misuse
nice wideo
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Best seen at night!
Definitely 👍
Why does the alarm turn on again when the barriers raise
I guess to warn pedestrians and vehicles the barriers are about to raise. I've only seen this used with bridges. Because its a reasonable wait whilst the bridge raises and lowers, there's an extra warning provided.
That is NOT a Lift Bridge! That is a double bascule bridge - very clever and striking design! In principle, it is no different from Tower Bridge, London. For a "lift Bridge" see the Kingsferry Bridge on the A249, south of Sheerness, Kent!
It is easier to understand if a drone is also used.
I love the mini Gate for the pedestrians
Yeah there's four, one each side
Oh it actually works.
Wow the people on the bridge as it was lowering, prop pancakes by now 😂😂
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Where is the bridge
Its in the area of Poole, Doreset, United Kingdom.
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Why have an ordinary bridge that works when you can have this beauty ?
Yeah lol
LOVE IT
Thanks 😊
the brige like sails
Yes, it was designed that way 👍
very nice
Thanks :)
Is there a practical advantage to having it split that way?
Not really as it's caused quite a lot of maintenance problems since it was opened. It was design with architecture in mind to make it look like two sails, so more to do with aesthetics than actual function.
The boat that passes the level crossing looks like a small yacht.
There are some large and small vessels that pass under the bridges in Poole.
This must be seen in a TUGS episode
0:38 one of the many "More" Volvo B7L Wright Eclipse's
Also, I'm not sure if it's running yet, but if it is, are you going to go on the 'New Forest Tour' bus routes? (operated by "More")
Max Ganesh Unfortunately it wasn't running to the summer so I didn't go on it. If it was operating then me and my family would've probably gone on.
It was once shut in the upright position for about a month or two to the point where the foundations had started sinking into the sand because of the weight of the bridge on itself. The Poole bridge also, (the green one) is sometimes shut but that one is mostly barrier issues
Oh wow, didn't realise that. Sounds pretty bad.
And the tarmac was falling off the road, but these are minor details! It’s been fine for a while now. 🤞🏼
i wonder where the alarm is comming from also i there is leds with square borders (rare)
There is an alarm inside the grey pillars underneath the warning lights.
Be interesting to know why it was decided to make two moving parts instead of just one. Now you need two full operating mechanisms and two shafts to hold the counterweight. Must have been expensive. But, fascinating to watch though.
It was constructed with architecture in mind back in 2010. The bridge is designed, with the two triangular road spans, to depict two sails when fully raised, hence the name. It cost quite a bit but it does look very impressive 👍
YAAAAA!
That was cool
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imagine getting stuck on that
OMG scary I would call the police to help if possible
But it’s too late...
For some reason , the level crossing alarm sounds the same as an airport gate moving. I get mixed up with that.
Yeah, that alarm sound can be heard for plenty of other things to provide a warning
Ahh. So a lot of other alarms sound the same.
I Did go here once. It was due to raise but it never did anything (it didn't raise) great Video!
There's a new timetable of the Twin Sails Bridge listing all the openings. I was at the bridge for the 14:30 opening and it DID open. You can see the timetable here:
www.poole.gov.uk/transport-and-streets/roads-highways-and-pavements/poole-harbour-bridge-lifting-times/
Its a pretty cool bridge to record though. And Thanks.
My school is near that bridge and it's called that