[COM] Torrens Footbridge | $40m

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[COM] Re: UC: Torrens Footbridge | $40m

#481 Post by Waewick » Tue Sep 03, 2013 8:34 am

As long as people can walk over it, there shouldn't be a real issue.

I'm assuming the aesthetics of the bridge will the part they haven't finished.

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[COM] Re: UC: Torrens Footbridge | $40m

#482 Post by Kasey771 » Wed Sep 04, 2013 9:28 am

Waewick wrote:As long as people can walk over it, there shouldn't be a real issue.

I'm assuming the aesthetics of the bridge will the part they haven't finished.
Yes it will support the weight of the people crossing it, but it won’t look as pretty for the Ashes test as it will for the first AFL footy game next autumn.
Big infrastructure investments are usually under-valued and & over-criticized while in the planning stage. It's much easier to envision the here and now costs and inconveniences, and far more difficult to imagine fully the eventual benefits.

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[COM] Re: UC: Torrens Footbridge | $40m

#483 Post by Waewick » Wed Sep 04, 2013 10:22 am

Kasey771 wrote:
Waewick wrote:As long as people can walk over it, there shouldn't be a real issue.

I'm assuming the aesthetics of the bridge will the part they haven't finished.
Yes it will support the weight of the people crossing it, but it won’t look as pretty for the Ashes test as it will for the first AFL footy game next autumn.
so a non- issue outside the Advertiser readership then

thats a win for the rest of us :cheers:

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[COM] Re: UC: Torrens Footbridge | $40m

#484 Post by EBG » Sat Sep 21, 2013 9:52 pm

Torrens bridge taken from south side and adding the steel work to the east end for the fountain/water fall
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[COM] Re: UC: Torrens Footbridge | $40m

#485 Post by Waewick » Tue Sep 24, 2013 1:34 pm

I can't seem to find where this is covered off, I'm sure it has been raised.

the exit point of the bridge on the casino side, has that been addressed? the photos on the renders I have seen have the landing further away from theatre that appears in real life

I just walked past this morning (sorry no photos - phone broken) and the ext just seems to end at a road junction and required you to walk across the road to get to the train station?

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[COM] Re: UC: Torrens Footbridge | $40m

#486 Post by Nathan » Tue Sep 24, 2013 2:13 pm

Waewick wrote:I can't seem to find where this is covered off, I'm sure it has been raised.

the exit point of the bridge on the casino side, has that been addressed? the photos on the renders I have seen have the landing further away from theatre that appears in real life

I just walked past this morning (sorry no photos - phone broken) and the ext just seems to end at a road junction and required you to walk across the road to get to the train station?
It was discussed a bit on the previous page.

No idea what the they intend to do, as it's not covered in the plans.

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[COM] Re: UC: Torrens Footbridge | $40m

#487 Post by Waewick » Tue Sep 24, 2013 2:30 pm

Nathan wrote:
Waewick wrote:I can't seem to find where this is covered off, I'm sure it has been raised.

the exit point of the bridge on the casino side, has that been addressed? the photos on the renders I have seen have the landing further away from theatre that appears in real life

I just walked past this morning (sorry no photos - phone broken) and the ext just seems to end at a road junction and required you to walk across the road to get to the train station?
It was discussed a bit on the previous page.

No idea what the they intend to do, as it's not covered in the plans.
that is embarrassing. :oops:

I went from post 1 through about 30 and then just randomly checked pages....could have just clicked previous page.

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[COM] Re: UC: Torrens Footbridge | $40m

#488 Post by EBG » Sun Sep 29, 2013 10:05 pm

here is a close up of the water feature at the oval end of the new bridge Pic taken 28 Sept
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[COM] Re: UC: Torrens Footbridge | $40m

#489 Post by Matt » Mon Oct 14, 2013 1:37 am

Looking good. How close can you actually get to it? Would love a Xaragmata-style mega photo upload of someone is down there any time soon!

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#490 Post by AdelaideAlive » Wed Oct 16, 2013 5:38 pm

looks like they have started the concourse area outside the ralilway entrance or exit leading to the footbridge as its all fenced off now and the guys were digging up medium strips and pavers. :banana:

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[COM] Re: UC: Torrens Footbridge | $40m

#491 Post by Matt » Tue Oct 22, 2013 10:48 pm

Borrowed from Flickr... unable to re-size where I am now so it's slightly enormous (if a mod is able to fix, that would be grand).
<see next post for resized version>
If this is meant to be "crossable" for the Ashes, should see quite a bit of change over the next few weeks.

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#492 Post by EBG » Wed Oct 23, 2013 10:10 pm

here is Matt's picture reduced by 50%
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[COM] Re: UC: Torrens Footbridge | $40m

#493 Post by Paulns » Fri Nov 15, 2013 7:16 pm

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[COM] Re: UC: Torrens Footbridge | $40m

#494 Post by Kasey771 » Sun Nov 24, 2013 12:03 pm

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Entrance to the Station is the arch-way to the very right of the bottom picture.
Big infrastructure investments are usually under-valued and & over-criticized while in the planning stage. It's much easier to envision the here and now costs and inconveniences, and far more difficult to imagine fully the eventual benefits.

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[COM] Re: UC: Torrens Footbridge | $40m

#495 Post by buildit83 » Mon Nov 25, 2013 10:54 pm

had a look at the Torrens Footbridge today and the area just outside the Adelaide Railway Station entrance has had quite a lot work done in the last couple of weeks. The Ground has been painted in blue shapes much similar to the design that was done in Bank Street recently. Apparently the Torrens Footbridge will be functional for the Ashes in 10 days time from now, and by the looks of it they have a lot of work to do in the next 10 days if thats the case. I'm sure it will be done but I'd hate to be on that working site right now!

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