Reading Station, bridge replacement time lapse

[magicmushies69]

here are those ants building those nests again marge

[JimTLonW6]

Very impressive piece of engineering, I am amazed at the way they manoeuvered the new bridge into place.

I thought at one stage the new bridge was going to go through the windows of the fire station (that's the building beyond the railway on the LH side of the road).

Seriously awesome!

[effigymotion]

I hope Network Rail are filming the Vastern Road (Yellow) bridge extensions in the same way - as it will be great to watch it expand quickly. Enjoyable video

[1manandhisdogpics]

This reminds of the thomas episode where henry is shut in a tunnel and the build wall in front of him. you can also tell when it's new years eve at the beginning because that was the only day trains passed through Reading

[ponderation]

Excellent video, and amazing bridge building works. It looks like the last section of the film had a faster framerate than the beginning. Was this done during shooting or during video rendering?

[timelapseman]

@ponderation It was shot at one frame per 30 seconds, and the end was sped up as not much happened.

[jakec360]

Wow lol, I never realised they literally just put the whole slab on the pillars

[onjoFilms]

Wow, that is so amazing I'm going to feature it on my page.

[timelapseman]

@onjoFilms Thanks!

[trevorgeorgeuk]

Wow, totally amazing. How on earth did they manage to get that huge 'slab' along the side-roads and swing it into place. It would have been great to finish the video off with a train running across it at 'normal' speed.

[timelapseman]

@trevorgeorgeuk Sorry, we had to get the video out to broadcasters before it was finished.

[Charliemajor]

Fantastic! So THIS is why I couldn't get to reading!

[timelapseman]

@Charliemajor Thanks - hope the trains are OK now!

[comedyhunter]

Wow, thats one hell of a bridge base being moved in starting at 0:43, Was that built on site?

[timelapseman]

@comedyhunter yes, it was built on site.

[Engineero]

Amazing as always!

[timelapseman]

@Engineero Thanks!