Poole Lift Bridge, Poole, Dorset.

Location: Bridge Approach, Poole
Date Filmed: 03082020

The main lifting bridge and one of two bridges in Poole crossing the waterway leading to Upton Lake (the other bridge being the Twin Sails Bridge). I filmed this bridge for the first time in April 2019 after it was reopened after major maintenance and refurbishment back in 2018. The bridge is also known as a "Bascule bridge" and was constructed in 1927. In the videos of this bridge, the full sequence of the bridge raise is shown. The video was filmed using the UltraWide lens on my phone.

There was traffic queuing across the bridge most of the day here. One vehicle stopped a little late when the lights started, and blocked one of the barriers. After three bridge announcements by the bridge controller to move forward, I decided to tell the driver.

I would like to note that it is illegal for anyone to ignore a flashing red wigwag (as seen in the video). Therefore, I only advised this driver to move forward after clear instruction from the bridge controller, and wouldn't have said to move forward had there been no tannoy announcements made.

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