Is THIS the LOWEST UK railway bridge?
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
- After filming the very low Bishton Road Railway Bridge near Newport in Wales, I didn't think you could get any lower than its 5' 6" (1.7m) clearance. Then a few people commented saying there was a lower bridge at Coppermill Lane in Walthamstow, London, so I went to take a look. Sure enough, there was indeed a VERY low bridge at just 5 foot or 1.5 metres which appeared to be only used by pedestrians and cyclists, until a car unexpectedly passed under too! There were no trains running this day due to engineering works so we can't hear if this bridge has 'creepy' harmonics or not ;)
One cyclist demonstrates how low this bridge is by accidentally bumping his head while riding underneath!
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That's not a railway underpass - that's a very wide limbo bar!
All you need now is lots of people!
These low passways were doubtless "cattle creeps" when the railways were built in the mid 1800s and would have served nearby farms thus avoiding having to herd cattle across a railway, an extremely dangerous procedure indeed. There was one on our local railway and next to it a level crossing for vehicular access, and when the line was closed in 1964 the railway (girder) bridge was removed and it then served cattle AND motor traffic, it only went to a farm so it was probably one tractor a day!
That is one busy and very Low bridge. Great video 👍
Thanks!
Haha I'm half a metre too tall. I'd cause a bridge strike 😂 Nice find 👍
Closes the bridge for three hours while engineers assess the damage
Dylan's world Damages from me walking into it. I’m 5ft 7”
i'm 6"1' I might have a problem, I suppose I could limbo it lol
Im 1.85 metres so id bang my head too
I'm 1.7m, so I would also have to use an alternative route!
I guess at some point a bridge is so low you just have to call it a culvert.
With that puddle, it was getting there!
@@morthren, yes indeed. It was probably the puddle that made me think of culverts.
I never thought I would watch a video about bridges but I just have and actually quite enjoyed it.
Take a look at a website called 11foot8.com. It's videos about an 11 foot 8 inches clearance railroad bridge in Durham, North Carolina, USA. Trucks and other vehicles are constantly crashing into that thing, despite all warnings.
My mate and I went under the Coppermill Lane underpass in Walthamstow Marshes in a car in 2018 -it was a proper squeeze though!
1:36 - Remember that Storm Trooper who twatted himself in one of the original Star Wars films?
In a strange way, it's a good thing this has a significant puddle in it; it reflects the sky, and makes it a lot brighter!
All very well the cyclist bumping his helmet on the bridge but does he realise they're not designed as bump cushions? Once you've bashed them they're weakened - should be replaced............And it's not good for the helmets either... 😆😆😆
That Jag reminds me of something James, Hammond & Clarkson would do in where one of them is playing real loud music and unexpectedly causes a bridge strike, I can totally see that happening! xD
Edit: Great video, seeing as this is on the National Cycle Network Route 1, I could get to there because I live near the route but Walthamstow is an unfortunate 30 or so miles away :(
'Cyclists dismount'
Cyclist: Nah.
Also cyclist: [Bumps head on bridge]
Instant karma.
0:45 back in the '80s, the fenced opening to the right was a regular level crossing, useful access after hours for a swim in the Warwick West reservoir ;-)
Well that explains it then. It looks like they only built these really low bridges next to level crossings. All traffic could cross safely as originally designed.
beetooex but... if there’s a real crossing next to it what is the underpass even for?
Why did they close the crossing in the first place? Was it user operated?
This make the 11 foot 8 bridge seem high
Car driver didn't want to get his feet wet!
I used to live in Walthamstow and used to go under that bridge many times, it leads out to Walthamstow marshes, a beautiful part of London considering how close you are to the capital.
Great video! They are most likely the lowest railway bridges but the other day I found a footpath under the M25 with a bridge which is just 2' 6" high!
Another amazing find - how low can you go? I bet there’s a number of people who have sore heads after passing through that underpass 😊
Thanks! I think quite a few people have had the odd bump!
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@@BrianSeaman I saw a nasty accident under there a few years ago, a cyclist who had clearly downed a couple of beers ended needing stitches.
Ian Phillips it’s sad to hear that. I guess from watching this film that people just ignore the signage.
@@BrianSeaman win(12:00 55:00 )[ good]
I lived just up the road from this bridge or tunnel as we used to call it as kids. We would often ride our bikes under it at speed seeing who would duck at the last moment save losing his head. My dad used to work on boats at the marina which is a bit further down the track. He had an old Hillman imp estate that would fit under perfectly. Back then you could get a key and go across the top as well. We played on that part of the railway many summers past. It’s worth a vist it’s just after the entrance to the ‘wetlands’ down Coppermill lane E17.
Not on a highway but in Fleet (Hampshire), there's quite a low bridge as you're walking along the canal. Think it's something like 4"8' or something.
This is the bridge :) www.basingstoke-canal.org.uk/bridges/br41reading.htm
Obviously meaning that height as in walking not for the boats though still is pretty low for them too :p
Yes, I know that one and was thinking of it myself as I watched Morthren's video.
You to tell me only Snookie and The Kiddos can fit under that bridge?
This crossing really should be renamed in honour of the Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida.
CJD i get it 😝😹👻
When I saw the sign warning pedestrians of cyclists and vehicles I thought 'cyclists, fair enough, but vehicles? Who would drive down there?' Then the S-type answered that. :)
I swear such things would be illegal in the United States. Are they really bridges or did someone just tunnel holes under the railways, slap up some walls and call them bridges!? And a car driving through one? Amazing!
Its just ancient infrastructure
First London's secret level crossing now London's tiniest bridge
bridge taylor made for the fun size ladies!!!
Great video! The cyclist at the beginning shows why you should always where a helmet while riding, lol! And I know for sure my minivan wouldn't fit under there!
That would have hurt for sure if he wasn't wearing a helmet!
A Mini-van would fit under it, a minivan wouldn't.
morthren except he wouldn’t have hit it if he wasn’t wearing the lid to make his head bigger.
Well, if you swim through it you won't hit your head. Haha. that is crazy!
The car driving through with that music was like a horror scene lol
I've driven under there years ago it is main access to the Marina and foot access to rowing club and nature reserve and canal boats moored there...
I’m 5’ 1” so even I would suffer a bridge strike if I don’t keep my head down 😄
I mentioned this bridge in another one of your videos, its near my area, good job finding it. 👍
Pretty busy under there!
It sure was!
@@morthren If you filmed this last year, theres a good chance, it was when the other way under the tracks (pedestrian and cycle) just south of here was closed due to engineering works, forcing everyone to use this tunnel.
I was about to say I feel bad for the guy who whacked his head (don’t get me wrong, I do feel bad for him!) but then I realized *SO MANY* people have probably done the same thing.
It’s a double bridge
(When I type bridge it tries to replace it with 🌉 in case you see that)
0:27 man bangs his head lol😂 he had a helmet on though
There is a railway bridge on a footpath in a town called Maryport that you have to bend over to walk under and you can almost push your back up against the roof of it
Looks like dispite adding a third track on the line above recently, they did not take the opertunity to improve the experience of using Coppermill Lane for those that use it as a cut through. It would have been a major blockade to do this type of works which would have invoved daming the coppermill stream,removing two bridge decks, installing new pre cast sections once the area had been cleared and then install new bridge decks above, plus final renistatment works. really only something that could be done at Christmas and then access to the site would have been intersting.
Haha that's unreal, it's gotta be the lowest surely. Nice vid 👍
Five feet clearance under this bridge. That is the height of Ronnie Corbett, Barbara Windsor and Kylie Minogue. A Jaguar car managed to get through, I don't know about my mum's Kia Sportage.
Kylie Minogue is a spinner?!
my Berlingo wouldn't get under
Well, that beats “Max Headroom”!
Beat it! There's a 1.3m bridge in Kirkintilloch over Auchendavie Road!
A few people have mentioned that one. It looks like a tunnel under a canal. Certainly low and worth a visit if I'm in the area.
I think the height refers to the edges of the arch, though, rather than the centre. It's still very low, but usually the sign refers to the lowest point of the roof.
@Lancashirelad If it's worth making something complicated, be sure the authorities will!
"The chord marking should indicate the available headroom over a width of not less than 3 metres. The height indicated on the warning signs, determined in accordance with paras 7.8 to 7.12, should be the lowest headroom between the chord limits. On a narrow bridge where the headroom decreases rapidly away from the centre, a 3 metre chord marking is appropriate. On a wide bridge with only a gradual reduction in headroom it might be possible to increase the chord width to 6 metres or more without excessively restricting the signed height, thus maintaining two-way operation for all vehicles that can pass under the bridge. In these circumstances, the warning sign to diagram 531.1 is unlikely to require the supplementary plate to diagram 531.2. Where 16'-6" (5.03 m) headroom is available over much of the carriageway width, but not all of it, diagram 532.3 or 532.3A should be used with the central signs varied to 16'-6" (5.0 m) and the signs on the side chords indicating the clearance available at the near side channel (see paras 7.10 and 7.11 for measurement of clearances). Black and yellow markings shown in diagram 532.2 or 532.2A should then be used over those parts of the carriageway where the clearance is below 16'-6", to give greater emphasis to the restricted height. It is recommended that the yellow parts of the marking should be retroreflective; they may also be fluorescent (see para 7.6). The chord markings shown in diagrams 532.3 and 532.3A may be used in circumstances other than described above, particularly on wide roads where there are two lanes in one or both directions, with the side chord positioned over the left hand lane. Side chords are also useful where vehicles with a height well below that shown for the centre of the road might strike the bridge if keeping close to the left hand side of the carriageway."
Who the heck has the brilliant idea of routing NCN Route 1 and Quietways 2 through this trap XD
Fascinating!
They also used the wrong type of height warning sign. There should be a round sign with both feet and metres in it, not a triangle sign because it's a flat bridge.
In kirkintilloch Scotland there is a 4'9 bridge on auchendavie road
I love these videos!
I do aswell
Thanks!
There is one in manchester too on the cycle path
Typically the railway workers looking for a pub lol..am surprised that people are allowed to use it..
this is a bridge in stoke-on-trent where the eastbound line from the station first crosses stoke road and then passes over the cauldon canal
goo.gl/maps/skwznBDKGer
try boulder bridge lane & pools lane which both are close to carlton south yorkshire & both are low pedestrian bridges where you can only walk thru them not cycle
And I thought New Salts Farm Road in Shoreham was low, a giddy 7' clear, pah! Nearly took the roofrack off my Defender when a friend directed me down there once. Had to turn around.
I'm surpised there's an actual bridge to go under that's shorter than a adult person's height!
There is a 4'9" railway bridge over the river Ouse in Bedford
make a short video then
Imagine there was a 0.5 ft bridge where you literally have to crawl under it😂
Basically the same as Bishton but a smaller bridge
2:08 What a legend!
There's a lower bridge/tunnel in Kirkintilloch that is 4'-9" (1.3m)
It's been mentioned a few times that one. It goes under a canal rather than a railway but still worth a look at some point.
I have seen a video of one in Japan, by a rail fan there, where the bridge is even lower; you literally have to squad to pass under it, and your head is right at the level of the track bed when you stand right up beside it. The video description states the height is only 1 metre.
czcams.com/video/bEN9-3LNY88/video.html
There's one in Bamber Bridge like that one near Matalan
There’s a lower one in Littlehampton, West Sussex.
Not as low but I know of two that are both marked as 2.0 m / 6’9”
goo.gl/maps/noeU8Pas7vk (nr Bodmin)
goo.gl/maps/f5cVp98NULD2 (Guildford)
The former is on a gradient so is different heights from one side to another, and the angle of the road through the rounded arch makes it a little deceptive... it is certainly a shock if you weren’t really expecting it to be that low as it appears round the corner!
We have one in Littlehampton that's probably 170ish centimetres
I have lived in Walthamstow my whole life, How have I never known about this?
i hope stance cars can fit through there
*BRIDGE STRIKE* 0:17
0:16
Just measured marsham sands bridge in Beesthorpe and its 4ft 9 inches. 👍
I wouldn't have thought that they would allow for such a low bridge
Me neither. I wasn't expecting the car to pass under it!
1:30 😂😂
Why was everyone in such a rush?
At 2:06 was that the only car that went through that
There's one lower than this at soham. Under rails and you have to bend over to pass through it.
Hope there’s no pubs round there
How are you defining these bridges?
The pedestrian access to the beach at Dawlish is much wider, probably too tall to compete in these "I am the lowest" games, but is not a vehicular access (AFAIK) Do they have to be vehicular?
I guess originally it was low railway bridges with vehicular access. I certainly wasn't expecting to see a car going under this one!
At 6ft 6 I'd be on my frigging knees!!!
There is a lower one in Bedford UK.
There are probably lower bridges but not on the public highway
2:09 How Is that possible?
National Cycle Network, Route 1! Incredible...
How the heck did you manage to miss out the bridge at Roydon?!
That’s insane
beautifully maintained for the general public ✔✌👜
question is does it sound as spooky as the bridge at the beginning of the video when a train passes over?
Sadly the lines were closed for engineering works to find out.
Why can't they just dig down another metre instead of leaving it hobbit height?
There's already standing water at the lowest portion (and the parallel running Coppermill stream looks close to the same level as the lowest point of the tunnel), I suspect if they dug it out another meter you'd have to swim across ;)
Even at 5ft 7 i’d have to duck to walk under it 😃
Prepare to get the Lamborghini out
They need a drain to get rid of the water!
What’s the point of a bridge that low? The stream along side looks disgusting!
Trust London to have something smaller, any advances?
"trust London"....what?
Trust London....to have something smaller....like how they do things bigger and better but in this case its smaller and narrower.
That why it gets gratified alot
Should be called Duck Lane!
One question: How?
Weird
Went out of their way to add the water ...
Dennis Weaver should have taken his Chrysler Valliant under here and he wouldn't have any more problems with the following truck
The truck would have crashed through the crossing and got right back on his tail.
@@morthren That's true.... Even so Dennis Weavers Chysler Valliant was a useless pile of shit anyway. The body of it leaned all over the place and it kept sliding off the road into the dirt and sand. Useless chrome bumpers that kept catching and getting stuck onto yellow school buses. In the end it blew a headgasket. It wasn't even flogged or driven that hard.
It's been a while!!! What's happened to the lift videos?
I'm trying to find something unique. Just about every lift has been filmed but I'm waiting to find something a bit different.
Who in their right mind builds a bridge so low!!! That will fuck up your back
0:19 did the front guy on viewers right just hit his head?
Edit: back guy
Yes he did.
I take it you had to duck going through this bridge lol, but you could bang your head on that bridge if your not careful. Wow that sure is low lol.
Where did the car go? Does that gate open for cars automatically? If so, why have a gate at all? 🤔
Yeah, he had a key fob to open the gate. I'm not sure where he went.
1:43 Illuminati on the walls!!!!