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I am thinking it is a bit like the Sydney Harbour Bridge, which has been continuously painted since it was built... The work crews when they get to the end of t

I am thinking it is a bit like the Sydney Harbour Bridge, which has been continuously painted since it was built... The work crews when they get to the end of the bridge simply go back to the other end and start again... :) EDIT: Just clarifying that it is not as simple as starting at one end and painting to the other and back again - simply that I have heard that there is always someone with a paintbrush or spray hose somewhere on the bridge working away.

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themartorana 10y ago
They say the same thing about the Ben Franklin Bridge here in Philly. I don't know if it's true, but it is under some amount of perpetual work.
- leviathant 10y ago
  A few weeks (months?) ago, I started setting my old iPhone up to do time lapse videos, and once or twice noticed some kind of maintenance tram running between the two towers: https://vimeo.com/179417477 https://vimeo.com/179417477
  - themartorana 10y ago
    Nice! Also you don't live too far from me :)
bitwize 10y ago
That's a common factoid about San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge -- so oft repeated that it appears in the halls of LAX airport. The Sydney Harbour Bridge is also mentioned, but the fact they chose for that one is that it is "affectionately known as The Coathanger".
bhrgunatha 10y ago
There's hope yet! They finally finished painting [1] the Forth Bridge [2] in Dec 2011. [1] http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-14789036 http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-1478... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_Bridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_Bridge
Someone 10y ago
I think every major bridge that requires repainting for maintenance _should_ be painted continuously. If you can do it faster, you should use fewer people. That way, you can keep around a worker crew who know the job inside out. The alternative would be to start up a new project every X years. Yes, you could move the crew to work on another bridge, but why would you mess with their commute schedule, if it isn't necessary? Those that want the change of work always can move jobs to work on another bridge, or, if one company maintains multiple ones, ask their employer to be moved to a different crew.

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themartorana 10y ago

They say the same thing about the Ben Franklin Bridge here in Philly. I don't know if it's true, but it is under some amount of perpetual work.

leviathant 10y ago
A few weeks (months?) ago, I started setting my old iPhone up to do time lapse videos, and once or twice noticed some kind of maintenance tram running between the two towers: https://vimeo.com/179417477 https://vimeo.com/179417477
- themartorana 10y ago
  Nice! Also you don't live too far from me :)

bitwize 10y ago

That's a common factoid about San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge -- so oft repeated that it appears in the halls of LAX airport. The Sydney Harbour Bridge is also mentioned, but the fact they chose for that one is that it is "affectionately known as The Coathanger".

bhrgunatha 10y ago

There's hope yet! They finally finished painting [1] the Forth Bridge [2] in Dec 2011. [1] http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-14789036 http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-1478... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_Bridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_Bridge

Someone 10y ago

I think every major bridge that requires repainting for maintenance _should_ be painted continuously. If you can do it faster, you should use fewer people. That way, you can keep around a worker crew who know the job inside out. The alternative would be to start up a new project every X years. Yes, you could move the crew to work on another bridge, but why would you mess with their commute schedule, if it isn't necessary? Those that want the change of work always can move jobs to work on another bridge, or, if one company maintains multiple ones, ask their employer to be moved to a different crew.