Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Fellow Umfrevillians be aware - the "Steels" are coming!
I was mooching around the Haringey website and happened across a notice to do with the Wightman Road bridge closure which says there will be additional parking suspensions in Umfreville/Cavendish to allow the delivery of the main bridge steelwork on the weekend of the 2nd/3rd July. I dread to think how big the lorries are going to be......
http://www.haringey.gov.uk/sites/haringeygovuk/files/wightman_road_...
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Permalink Reply by WightmanPaul on
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Well spotted Antoinette, there must be a compelling rationale for bringing them from this side rather than the other - notice there'll be parking suspension on Green Lanes also. Good luck with that.
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Permalink Reply by Gordon T on
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From this side? - there's more workspace (to lift/store the steelwork) available on the southern end stump of Wightman than on Alroy Rd. Yes, looking at how much extra space is needed to get the lorries round corners the Jewsons lorries (haven't recently seen one bouncing over humps, always driven very moderately) will look like toys in comparison.
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Haven't the contractors noticed the conveniently intersecting Railway Tracks (Goblin and Finsbury Park-Hornsey, the latter with a handy shunting line passing behind Jewsons)? Surely all they need is some flatbed rolling stock and the couple of tall cranes which they'll need anyway in the coming months?
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Permalink Reply by matt on
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And there's a steels business at Hornsey Station. Think it's still operating before it becomes a tower of housing ...
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Here you are, OAE:
London & North Eastern Railway 150-ton wagon, about 1930
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I'm guessing it must be that the turning circle of said monster won't be able to negotiate the quite tight corner at Endymion Road....
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But that corner's been re-profiled. And when it was, the proposed traffic island for pedestrians was excluded because it would have denied access to lorries. 40 tonne bridge capacity, access for lorries, Heartlands, Hampden Road, Jewson's developments coming up?? The 7.5 tonne weight limit in the Ladder will be un-enforceable because they will all need access.
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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Has anyone had a look at the current "steel" that they've exposed on the bridge? It looks like the thing was on its last legs for sure.
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That's only the above ground stuff. 100+ years of leaks from the road and footpaths onto the ironwork underneath.....
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I've been trying desperately to think of a way of quoting Oddball''s line from Kelly''s Heroes "65ft of bridge I can pick up almost anywhere"... yes but you can't deliver it Endymion Road...not even with tanks!
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