GTP Alternative Cool Wall: 1824-1831, 1967-1971 London Bridge

[Roger the Horse]

Nominated by @DCybertron

1831-1967, 1971-Present London Bridge:​

Description: In the early 1800's, the "New" London Bridge was built to replace the outgoing 600 year old bridge, which was too narrow and blocked river traffic. In 1896, it became obvious that too many people used the bridge, and was widened by 13 feet. All this weight was too much, as it started sinking an inch every 8 years. By 1924, the east side had sunk some three to four inches lower than the west side. The bridge would have to be removed and replaced. In 1967, the City of London put the bridge on sale, this intrigued a Robert McCulloch, who brought it for $2,460,000 to jumpstart his planned city. It worked, as it now attracts everything from retirees, to college students who come once a year to get perpetually wasted on the Lake during spring break.

Crosses: River Thames (former) Bridgewater Channel Canal (current)
Total Length: 930 ft (280 m)
Longest Span: 45.6 meters (150 ft)
Number of spans: 5
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[Roger the Horse]

Note, the option for voters to abstain from voting has been added for this week as an experiment. If it proves a good thing, I'll keep it, otherwise it will be decidedly short lived.

 

[Lizard]

So let me get this straight. This is the Bridge that used to be outside Parliament until it got replaced?

 

[AudiMan2011]

Not the most spectacular bridge in the world. Meh.

 

[Legro]

Interesting bridge, it was rebuilt brick by brick to its current location.

 

[Roger the Horse]

As another note, anyone who has voted "abstain" during this trial week will be requested to confirm that they meant to vote abstain and not "seriously uncool".

 

[DRIFT3R_X7]

Looks alright... Meh

If I might ask, what does Abstain even mean?

 

[Roger the Horse]

Abstain means to not do something. In this case, not vote.

 

[DurWinning]

It's a bridge. Yeah that's about it. Meh.

 

[MatskiMonk]

So instead of just not voting, we vote to say we don't want to vote... good plan.

 

[Legro]

Even I know what abstain means and I don't even speak English as native language.

 

[Roger the Horse]

So instead of just not voting, we vote to say we don't want to vote... good plan.

I mainly put it there so that when I don't want to vote on something but want to come back to check on the thread before the poll is up I don't have to press [show results] every time I open the page. That gets annoying fast.

(Also, it should hopefully stop some of the people who don't actually have an opinion on the nomination's coolness but absolutely have to express their opinion somehow from skewing votes by voting "meh" even though they don't actually think of it (in terms of coolness) as a "meh", on the grounds that they don't think of it at all. I intend to count abstinences in the results thread. As I say, this is an experiment to see if it works.)

 

[MatskiMonk]

I mainly put it there so that when I don't want to vote on something but want to come back to check on the thread before the poll is up I don't have to press [show results] every time I open the page. That gets annoying fast.

I guess there's some logic there.

 

[Aesthetics]

I suggested this. Uncool.

 

[ClydeYellow]

Giving a new spin to "I've got a bridge to sell you" in such a fashion is sub-zero in my books.

 

[Ken]

A bridge in London was sold to Arizona. Shipped and reconstructed. It even had its own nursery rhyme. SZ

 

[TheCracker]

A vote to not vote....?

Seriously uncool (idea)

Bridge is meh.

 

[Blood Eagle]

The bridge is awesome. Cool history. Redcoat engineering at it's finest. Self destructed like their cars. Sold to a rich dude to the state with arguably the best rights in the US. SZ. 'Merica

 

[Lizard]

Self destructed like their cars.

Excuse me. Not everything British is British Leyland.

 

[MatskiMonk]

The British... selling crap to American tourists since 1967

 

[Blood Eagle]

All in good fun, Chaps.

 

[Tornado]

Didn't this fall down?



Also funny that there are now two "I don't want to vote" options on the poll.

 

[GranTurismo916]

Cool. Because it's falling down.

 

[niky]

It's not the Brooklyn Bridge.

In my heart, there is only one...

 

[SVT Cobra GT]

Meh, looks great but doesn't smack of any coolness.

 

[W3H5]

Is this the one purchased by the guy thinking he was buying Tower Bridge? If so, cool. If not, uncool.

 

[Grayfox]

It's not the Brooklyn Bridge.

In my heart, there is only one...

I watched the doco on how it was built,

Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

 

[Adamgp]

Meh.

I was always told when I was little that it fell down, it fell down.

 

[axletramp]

Bridge is 'meh' but the story behind it is 'sub zero', therefore 'cool'.

 

[SomePlayaDude]

It's a bridge. It won't make me a ramp if I plan to speed there so that's my opinion all done.

It's not the Golden Gate Bridge, which I vote as the coolrst bridge due to one thing: RUSH!