In a Striking Similarity to Sunshine Skyway Disaster, a Ship collided with the Tasman Bridge, in Tasmania, Australia, with predictable results…..
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@plainly difficult A couple of fun facts:
– They added an extra lane to the bridge as you noted, but the deck was never made bigger to accomodate it. Lanes are tight so there is a speed limit of 70km/hr that is policed via fixed speed cameras. Riding a push bike on the pedestrian footways is bloody scary, though they are talking about upgrading this.
– The centre lane of the 5 lanes changes direction twice a day to accomodate peak hour traffic coming and going from Hobart.
– I laughed when you mentioned that one of the reasons they replaced the floating bridge was so that traffic wouldn’t need to stop when a ship went through. The irony here is: ever since the collapse and rebuild, traffic has to stop either side of the bridge when a ship comes through due to safety concerns!
Great video mate, cheers
Oh man. The way he pronounces "Tasman" 😀
There are a bridge in sweden called tjörn bron that collapsed due to a ship collision and alot of cars went down, might be something for future content
Not that this makes much difference, but the main channel span through the bridge is actually 90m with a 73m clear span between the base of the Piers, and the newer second channel is 70m of clearance due to them not constructing Pier No. 18.
I'm from Melbourne, Australia. Don't recall this Tasmanian disaster, but do remember quite well the Westgate Bridge disaster here in 1970 when the bridge collapsed killing 35 men even though I was a young child
350 foot gap for the passage of all ships large and small. Just looks like an accident waiting to happen. With an ore port just upriver and other docks for other large bulk carriers. I understand that there are only so many taxpayers in Tasmania and the Hobart metropolitan area to pay for a bridge. But most such rivers and estuaries are spanned by suspension or other types of bridge that have a much wider center span for the passage of large ships.
For example, the Astoria Bridge across the mouth of the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington has a center span of 1,233 feet with a nice 196 foot clearance at high tide. The city of Portland, Oregon is called that because that is where many of these ships go.
Should the people of Hobart and Tasmania ever come up with enough money, they should finance a new bridge that would have a center span wide enough to accommodate shipping traffic sufficient to support a much larger economy and provide jobs for the people. I would suggest at least 1,000 feet with at least 150 feet of clearance.
But that is just my opinion.
Decent video but wow about 30 seconds in and that pronunciation… WOOF. "The Taz-man bridge"? You're bloody Engligh – you should know damn well how to say Tasman! "Tas-min" – not hard at all. I mean you made it sound like the bridge was a superhero lol gave me a good laugh. "This is a job for Taz-man!". Haha – Tasmania was discovered in the mid-17th century by the famous Dutch sailor/explorer and undercover superhero Abel Tasman (although the criminals feared him as Taz-Man!). Ahaha you absolute twit!
Love the videos bro! Curious about what the white flag with black stripes means in the top right corner? Have seen it in a couple of your videos now and can't find anything on google for it
great video!! although its pronounced closer to tas-MEN as opposed to tas-MAN even though its spelt tasman
1970 Monaro hanging off the end.
I would have shat my pants.
"It would make the cost of the bridge prohibitive". My hackles always rise when I hear things like that.
Did a great job setting up the town and critical function provided, then lost, by the bridge. Truly a 'double balls' disaster. Loving the music channel and Spotify station btw! Cheers
My family was on vacation in Australia when this happened, visiting one of the women my mom had grown up within Wisconsin. I remember this being in the news. Between this accident and Cyclone Tracy practically flattening the city of Darwin in the wee hours of Christmas Day, it wasn’t a good summer break for disasters.
Please do a video on Entre-os-Rios bridge colapse, in Portugal. Love your videos btw, thank you!
Its Tasman, not tas man. Its named after Able Tasman the dutch explorer who discovered the island in 1642.
sorry John, but you're not pronouncing these places correctly; Hobart, Lutana and Tasman in particular! However, halfway through you became a little inconsistent with Tasman and actually started saying it correctly, albeit by accident!!!! If you're ever providing narration involving Australian place names, you really have to call a local and have them explained to you. There is a whole parody series for nearly every city and its unique ways of pronouncing its suburbs. These are mainly created by visitors and blow ins who think we pronounce our own places the wrong way, despite everyone saying it that way!
funny enough growing up in hobart. i was told the capitan was drunk and that was the cause of the crash. so much evidence and videos say otherwise tho i am not sure why i believed it but i was also a kid so there is that. maybe it is something my boomer parents were told as some kind of cover up ohhhhh… x files theme plays
I met Frank Manly two years ago
"Tas-mn" is how it is pronounced 👍 good video, Enjoyed hearing about the history of where I live!
How about pronouncing the suburb's and the city of Hobart correctly!
Pronounce it 'HoBART", not "Hobert".
My dad was a salvage diver on this.
It has scarred hobart for years
Maths not a strong point. triple from 4400 to 28000
I met the man in the one of the Holdens hanging over the edge. I wasn’t born when it happened
Still wet and windy!!
Great stuffffffffff
Bob
England