New Bridge at Braddell Looks Dangerous

[Imac]

It is only me who felt this ?

 

The new bridge across from Toa Payoh to Bishan looks kind of dangerous without the supporting column.

 

Every morning when I drove under it, I will quietly murmured "那摩阿弥陀佛 “。

 

 

[Wt_know]

u worry the quality is like india flyover collapse ar?

[Fibo]

i felt the same way as TS!

[t0y0ta]

When you see it falling, will you floor accelerator and chiong before it hits ground or will you e-brake?

[Aukang]

was wondering which bridge...is this the one...new single lane flyover?

 

http://www.mycarforum.com/topic/2676919-stretch-of-braddell-road-to-be-widened-to-ease-peak-hour-jam/

 

http://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltaweb/en/roads-and-motoring/projects/also-in-progress/widening-of-braddell-road-from-cte-to-toa-payoh-north-flyover.html

 

Edited April 3, 2016 by Aukang

[Achtung]

Next to the mosque one. When u are getting out of toa payoh towards CTE via Bishan u can see it.

was wondering which bridge...is this the one...new single lane flyover?

 

http://www.mycarforum.com/topic/2676919-stretch-of-braddell-road-to-be-widened-to-ease-peak-hour-jam/

 

http://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltaweb/en/roads-and-motoring/projects/also-in-progress/widening-of-braddell-road-from-cte-to-toa-payoh-north-flyover.html

 

[Thaiyotakamli]

When you see it falling, will you floor accelerator and chiong before it hits ground or will you e-brake?

Open door jump

[flashbang]

Don't think too much. Those junctions with major expressway going over is even worse, isn't it? This is only 1 lane flyover but those are 6 lane flyovers.

[Xefera]

got peekture boh?

[Blueray]

this one was delayed cos the first contractor went bust. so had to look for another contractor to continue.

 

http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/work-on-braddell-road-widening-resumes-new-contractor-appointed

[Xers007]

the way they built it is even more scary, the superstructure is not pre fab and hoist up with crane span by span but by using the cantilever forming traveler, can see the huge metal form hanging in the air above the roads.

[ER-3682]

S'pore Bridges should be safe...

[GLZT]

I also noticed, quite the big gap without any support.

[1fast1]

S'pore Bridges should be safe...

 

There was a time... (wow, sounds like an N-day song ).

 

There was a time when I would've agreed with you. Then Hotel New World. Then Nicoll Highway.

 

Then so many other things not directly related to this, but still showing massive lapses - repeated "ponding", Hep C, etc. etc.

 

I have very little faith in anything in Singapore being totally safe anymore.

 

There was a Canadian safety expert whom I met when he was here to give some talks to gahmen people. He had analysed the Nicoll highway collapse and told me privately that safety was mostly a facade here. In Singapore-lang speak, all wayang lah.

[Hamburger]

and tender is awarded to the lowest bidder.....

[Superjonjon]

This is called balanced cantilever bridge construction, casting in situ or using precast does not affect it much and this is used across the world many many times.

 

Typically it is precast if there is a suitable precast facility and it would be faster on site. But total construction time is similar in both methods.

[Vratenza]

Still no sight of the bridge in question?

[Kusje]

No photo ah?