| Orwell bridge lane closure 11:00 - Sep 8 with 11416 views | Pinewoodblue |
With one lane, westbound, closed until further notice it is going to cause chaos in Town.
Even in a Sunday morning both Google maps, and my Sat Nav, are recommending travelling via Town centre rather than using the bridge.
Looking into the future there has to be concerns about the life expectancy of the bridge. Before the new section of A14 in Cambridgeshire was opened the old A14 included a viaduct at Huntingdon. This was opened in 1975 and was demolished after the new road opened as it had reached the end of it life.
Hopefully our local MPs are on the case as it takes years to plan and construct new roads. |  |
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| Orwell bridge lane closure on 17:44 - Sep 10 with 2682 views | textbackup |
| Orwell bridge lane closure on 16:20 - Sep 10 by bluelagos |
Just had to drive from Nacton way through to Chantry and Towen was completely fcked.
Presume this is how it is until they make whatever repairs are needed? |
30mins to get from David Lloyd car park to the Burger King round about! |  |
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| Orwell bridge lane closure on 18:17 - Sep 10 with 2632 views | Pinewoodblue |
| Orwell bridge lane closure on 16:20 - Sep 10 by bluelagos |
Just had to drive from Nacton way through to Chantry and Towen was completely fcked.
Presume this is how it is until they make whatever repairs are needed? |
This is latest from Ipswich buses,
ORWELL BRIDGE LANE CLOSURE UPDATE
Due to one Westbound lane on the Orwell Bridge being closed until at least 22nd September 2024, this is causing severe delays to our services particularly on routes 1,2,3,4,5,6.
We are doing our best to get to you and get you to your destination.
Thank you for your patience.
Nothing from highways agency. | |
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| Orwell bridge lane closure on 19:05 - Sep 10 with 2587 views | Freddies_Ears |
| Orwell bridge lane closure on 18:17 - Sep 10 by Pinewoodblue |
This is latest from Ipswich buses,
ORWELL BRIDGE LANE CLOSURE UPDATE
Due to one Westbound lane on the Orwell Bridge being closed until at least 22nd September 2024, this is causing severe delays to our services particularly on routes 1,2,3,4,5,6.
We are doing our best to get to you and get you to your destination.
Thank you for your patience.
Nothing from highways agency. |
This alone shows how much of a mess it is. The number 5, for example, just runs from town to the hospital along Foxhall Road and then half of Heath Road, which is presumably the problem on the return trip. It is very much an essential service, being my fastest route to the Dove... |  | | |
| Orwell bridge lane closure on 19:10 - Sep 10 with 2578 views | itfcjoe |
| Orwell bridge lane closure on 17:44 - Sep 10 by textbackup |
30mins to get from David Lloyd car park to the Burger King round about! |
Just did 40 mins from Bucklesham Road to David Lloyd, by which time I’d missed their swimming lessons so we just carried on round onto the A14 then home - great evening for the lads |  |
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| Orwell bridge lane closure on 19:13 - Sep 10 with 2563 views | bazza |
| Orwell bridge lane closure on 17:44 - Sep 10 by textbackup |
30mins to get from David Lloyd car park to the Burger King round about! |
Yea.. but at least you earned that large chicken royal meal
With loaded fries. |  | | |
| Orwell bridge lane closure on 19:46 - Sep 10 with 2477 views | JakeITFC |
| Orwell bridge lane closure on 19:10 - Sep 10 by itfcjoe |
Just did 40 mins from Bucklesham Road to David Lloyd, by which time I’d missed their swimming lessons so we just carried on round onto the A14 then home - great evening for the lads |
Was an hour to and from my office yesterday, ridiculous.
Two weeks seems to be the minimum from what I’ve heard today. |  | | |
| Orwell bridge lane closure on 22:00 - Sep 10 with 2350 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Orwell bridge lane closure on 19:46 - Sep 10 by JakeITFC |
Was an hour to and from my office yesterday, ridiculous.
Two weeks seems to be the minimum from what I’ve heard today. |
Yo Jakey.
So, I had to drive from Lucan Towers to Norwich today and on leaving my house I could see the roads were screwed baby, so I decided to go cross country to the A140.
There seemed to be an unusually large convoy of folk on my trail with the same idea. As we drove through these boring villages I noticed lots of placards emblazoned with "Say no to the Northern Bypass"'
I must admit the whole morning was rather p1ssing me off so I really wanted to get stuck in a traffic jam outside some village idiots front gate and yell "If there was a Northern Bypass I wouldn't have to be driving past your stupid boring house you fecking bastard"
The Orwell bridge is the artery pumping out the commerce of Greater Ipswich, if it is dead then Greater Ipswich is dead. The lack of a Northern Bypass is almost criminal, it has stifled the town beyond belief. It is complete backward thinking.
I remember in the early to mid eighties that Norfolk didn't have a mile of dual carriageway. Now - Norwich is completely bypassed including the northern relief thing and it's blooming brilliant.
Plus they have a half decent airport. I went on the Save Ipswich Airport march don't you know Jakey. I think I might have also taken either K or Herbert.
We bloody really screwed up man!
By the way - I stayed round Herberts in Sheffield on Saturday night in that fecking bed. Nice flat isn't it and a nice area, very impressed.
Apparently you snore like a Motherfecker.
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| Orwell bridge lane closure on 22:18 - Sep 10 with 2319 views | JakeITFC |
| Orwell bridge lane closure on 22:00 - Sep 10 by Lord_Lucan |
Yo Jakey.
So, I had to drive from Lucan Towers to Norwich today and on leaving my house I could see the roads were screwed baby, so I decided to go cross country to the A140.
There seemed to be an unusually large convoy of folk on my trail with the same idea. As we drove through these boring villages I noticed lots of placards emblazoned with "Say no to the Northern Bypass"'
I must admit the whole morning was rather p1ssing me off so I really wanted to get stuck in a traffic jam outside some village idiots front gate and yell "If there was a Northern Bypass I wouldn't have to be driving past your stupid boring house you fecking bastard"
The Orwell bridge is the artery pumping out the commerce of Greater Ipswich, if it is dead then Greater Ipswich is dead. The lack of a Northern Bypass is almost criminal, it has stifled the town beyond belief. It is complete backward thinking.
I remember in the early to mid eighties that Norfolk didn't have a mile of dual carriageway. Now - Norwich is completely bypassed including the northern relief thing and it's blooming brilliant.
Plus they have a half decent airport. I went on the Save Ipswich Airport march don't you know Jakey. I think I might have also taken either K or Herbert.
We bloody really screwed up man!
By the way - I stayed round Herberts in Sheffield on Saturday night in that fecking bed. Nice flat isn't it and a nice area, very impressed.
Apparently you snore like a Motherfecker.
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He told me you had a nice pizza and you’re now a convert? | | | |
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| Orwell bridge lane closure on 22:22 - Sep 10 with 2296 views | Reuser_is_God |
| Orwell bridge lane closure on 19:10 - Sep 10 by itfcjoe |
Just did 40 mins from Bucklesham Road to David Lloyd, by which time I’d missed their swimming lessons so we just carried on round onto the A14 then home - great evening for the lads |
A mate took over an hour to get out of Sainsbury’s car park last night. |  |
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| Orwell bridge lane closure on 22:32 - Sep 10 with 2270 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Orwell bridge lane closure on 22:18 - Sep 10 by JakeITFC |
He told me you had a nice pizza and you’re now a convert? |
He speak with forked tongue.
I'm not a pizza fan but the one I had was quite nice.
The nipper loved it, as did Marlene. | |
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| Orwell bridge lane closure on 00:48 - Sep 11 with 2156 views | stonojnr |
| Orwell bridge lane closure on 22:22 - Sep 10 by Reuser_is_God |
A mate took over an hour to get out of Sainsbury’s car park last night. |
Because people block the roundabout, and refuse to let other vehicles through who aren't in the same queue as them. Felixstowe road into town was completely empty but no one could get to it as those going to Ransomes and you have to ask why they're going that way anyway, but it's the classic British queue meltdown.werent letting people through.
And I'm sure it was exactly the same at the Thrasher roundabout.
Btw this is where traffic lights, assuming people obey the red light and that's not a given in Ipswich, actually make junctions like this work better than pure roundabouts.
Great time to go shopping though, it was dead quiet in Sainsbury's. | | | |
| Orwell bridge lane closure on 01:11 - Sep 11 with 2145 views | stonojnr |
| Orwell bridge lane closure on 22:00 - Sep 10 by Lord_Lucan |
Yo Jakey.
So, I had to drive from Lucan Towers to Norwich today and on leaving my house I could see the roads were screwed baby, so I decided to go cross country to the A140.
There seemed to be an unusually large convoy of folk on my trail with the same idea. As we drove through these boring villages I noticed lots of placards emblazoned with "Say no to the Northern Bypass"'
I must admit the whole morning was rather p1ssing me off so I really wanted to get stuck in a traffic jam outside some village idiots front gate and yell "If there was a Northern Bypass I wouldn't have to be driving past your stupid boring house you fecking bastard"
The Orwell bridge is the artery pumping out the commerce of Greater Ipswich, if it is dead then Greater Ipswich is dead. The lack of a Northern Bypass is almost criminal, it has stifled the town beyond belief. It is complete backward thinking.
I remember in the early to mid eighties that Norfolk didn't have a mile of dual carriageway. Now - Norwich is completely bypassed including the northern relief thing and it's blooming brilliant.
Plus they have a half decent airport. I went on the Save Ipswich Airport march don't you know Jakey. I think I might have also taken either K or Herbert.
We bloody really screwed up man!
By the way - I stayed round Herberts in Sheffield on Saturday night in that fecking bed. Nice flat isn't it and a nice area, very impressed.
Apparently you snore like a Motherfecker.
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I'm not sure the people of Norfolk love the NDR as much as you suggest. Certainly the local feeder roads are more congested than they ever were, and theres now even talk of a bypass to the bypass to cope with the extra traffic.
It's almost like building more roads isn't the answer...
Curiously by 8pm all the traffic issues arising from the Orwell Bridge lane closure had evaporated, how was that when the lane closure is still in place ? Had everyone given up driving ? Ran to the pub instead to watch the England game ?
No it's because the issue isn't the roads, or lack of them it's that everyone insists on using the road at the exact same moment in time, often for journeys less than 1 to 2miles and expects it to work, you are congestion, not someone just suffering from it.
And did you know just with Henley gates expected 1100 houses, which planning rules in East Suffolk would allow 3 cars per household.
And if that 3300 extra cars on a road lets call it the Northern Bypass shall we, wanted to use the road at the exact same moment in time, it would create a line of cars 9 miles long.
At what point do you realise what the real problem is ? When we've built a dual carriageway, a motorway, a 6 lane express way.
They've just opened the Gull wing bridge in Lowestoft, it cost more than the entire annual budget for Active Travel England gets for the whole of the UK per year. And it won't solve Lowestofts traffic problems one bit, looks nice though I suppose for ~200million it should 😉 | | | |
| Orwell bridge lane closure on 06:25 - Sep 11 with 2069 views | ITFC_Forever |
| Orwell bridge lane closure on 13:24 - Sep 9 by itfcjoe |
What is going on with it, I went over it twice at weekend and again today (11am and 12:30pm) and there is no one working on it at all.
There is one bloke just sitting in one of the 3 Highways vehicles across the closure, 1 down by the Shell garage and 2 at the start of the bridge. |
Aren’t they supposed to be working under the bridge, which is why we can’t see them?
Left work (Ransomes Europark) at 5.20pm last night and took an hour to get to the station.
Feck that. Working from home until it’s fixed.
Northern Bypass now. |  |
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| Orwell bridge lane closure on 09:03 - Sep 11 with 1940 views | soupytwist |
| Orwell bridge lane closure on 16:56 - Sep 9 by The_Major |
The more I think about it though, it wouldn't be the bridge that saw the benefit of a tunnel. Yes, traffic that comes up the A12 would go via Harwich instead of Copdock, but the traffic coming from the Midlands on the A14 would simply keep going to Felixstowe and then take a tunnel.
The road that would see the greatest drop in traffic would be the A12 between Copdock and Colchester. |
So, Orwell tunnel to replace/complement the Orwell Bridge? Could work.
Alternatively, build the Harwich/Felixstowe tunnel and put a weight limit on the Orwell Bridge to force lorries to go south. You'd need to re-work the Toys R Us junction to cope with all the traffic heading down the A12, so you might as well carry on and stick a dual carriageway across the Shotley peninsula and tunnel from Shotley to Felixstowe. Or stick the new dual carriageway through the Dedham Vale and pick up the existing A120 which would need to be dualled for the last 11 miles to the new tunnel at Harwich.
Can't see any problems with either of those ;) |  | | |
| Orwell bridge lane closure on 09:05 - Sep 11 with 1936 views | itfcjoe |
| Orwell bridge lane closure on 19:46 - Sep 10 by JakeITFC |
Was an hour to and from my office yesterday, ridiculous.
Two weeks seems to be the minimum from what I’ve heard today. |
My wife was getting the train to London today, had taken her 35 minutes to get from our house and she wasn't even at the Dove yet...so it's just full meltdown everywhere | |
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| Orwell bridge lane closure on 09:06 - Sep 11 with 1934 views | itfcjoe |
| Orwell bridge lane closure on 01:11 - Sep 11 by stonojnr |
I'm not sure the people of Norfolk love the NDR as much as you suggest. Certainly the local feeder roads are more congested than they ever were, and theres now even talk of a bypass to the bypass to cope with the extra traffic.
It's almost like building more roads isn't the answer...
Curiously by 8pm all the traffic issues arising from the Orwell Bridge lane closure had evaporated, how was that when the lane closure is still in place ? Had everyone given up driving ? Ran to the pub instead to watch the England game ?
No it's because the issue isn't the roads, or lack of them it's that everyone insists on using the road at the exact same moment in time, often for journeys less than 1 to 2miles and expects it to work, you are congestion, not someone just suffering from it.
And did you know just with Henley gates expected 1100 houses, which planning rules in East Suffolk would allow 3 cars per household.
And if that 3300 extra cars on a road lets call it the Northern Bypass shall we, wanted to use the road at the exact same moment in time, it would create a line of cars 9 miles long.
At what point do you realise what the real problem is ? When we've built a dual carriageway, a motorway, a 6 lane express way.
They've just opened the Gull wing bridge in Lowestoft, it cost more than the entire annual budget for Active Travel England gets for the whole of the UK per year. And it won't solve Lowestofts traffic problems one bit, looks nice though I suppose for ~200million it should 😉 |
No it's because the issue isn't the roads, or lack of them it's that everyone insists on using the road at the exact same moment in time, often for journeys less than 1 to 2miles and expects it to work, you are congestion, not someone just suffering from it.
I'm sure the majority of these people are dictated to by school times, or their employer - not just insisting that they want to drive at the busiest time of the day | |
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| Orwell bridge lane closure on 09:17 - Sep 11 with 1894 views | JakeITFC |
| Orwell bridge lane closure on 09:05 - Sep 11 by itfcjoe |
My wife was getting the train to London today, had taken her 35 minutes to get from our house and she wasn't even at the Dove yet...so it's just full meltdown everywhere |
Trains were goosed last night too - was off to Wembley but had to abandon my journey at Colchester as wouldn’t have been able to get home. | | | |
| Orwell bridge lane closure on 09:32 - Sep 11 with 1845 views | Pinewoodblue |
| Orwell bridge lane closure on 09:05 - Sep 11 by itfcjoe |
My wife was getting the train to London today, had taken her 35 minutes to get from our house and she wasn't even at the Dove yet...so it's just full meltdown everywhere |
A14 currently screwed in both directions. Quickest Google route from home to Ipswich Hospital, via Town centre, approaching 30 minutes. Via A14 time given currently is 39 minutes. Travelling in opposite direction offers various routes through Town. No time given for A14. | |
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| Orwell bridge lane closure on 11:08 - Sep 11 with 1735 views | baxterbasics |
| Orwell bridge lane closure on 09:06 - Sep 11 by itfcjoe |
No it's because the issue isn't the roads, or lack of them it's that everyone insists on using the road at the exact same moment in time, often for journeys less than 1 to 2miles and expects it to work, you are congestion, not someone just suffering from it.
I'm sure the majority of these people are dictated to by school times, or their employer - not just insisting that they want to drive at the busiest time of the day |
Yeah, all these selfish people trying to get to work, on routes not served at all by regular or reliable public transport. They should leave two hours earlier and walk. |  |
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| Orwell bridge lane closure on 11:41 - Sep 11 with 1652 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| Orwell bridge lane closure on 22:00 - Sep 10 by Lord_Lucan |
Yo Jakey.
So, I had to drive from Lucan Towers to Norwich today and on leaving my house I could see the roads were screwed baby, so I decided to go cross country to the A140.
There seemed to be an unusually large convoy of folk on my trail with the same idea. As we drove through these boring villages I noticed lots of placards emblazoned with "Say no to the Northern Bypass"'
I must admit the whole morning was rather p1ssing me off so I really wanted to get stuck in a traffic jam outside some village idiots front gate and yell "If there was a Northern Bypass I wouldn't have to be driving past your stupid boring house you fecking bastard"
The Orwell bridge is the artery pumping out the commerce of Greater Ipswich, if it is dead then Greater Ipswich is dead. The lack of a Northern Bypass is almost criminal, it has stifled the town beyond belief. It is complete backward thinking.
I remember in the early to mid eighties that Norfolk didn't have a mile of dual carriageway. Now - Norwich is completely bypassed including the northern relief thing and it's blooming brilliant.
Plus they have a half decent airport. I went on the Save Ipswich Airport march don't you know Jakey. I think I might have also taken either K or Herbert.
We bloody really screwed up man!
By the way - I stayed round Herberts in Sheffield on Saturday night in that fecking bed. Nice flat isn't it and a nice area, very impressed.
Apparently you snore like a Motherfecker.
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Do you remember back in the 1970s when you would go to make a phone call and every now and then there would be a crossed line and you could listen in on another call?
Every now and then on TWTD we get a Lucan post which is just like that. This is a classic of that genre.
I, for one, love them. A little glimpse into a parallel life. Like a Suffolkian Alan Bennett monologue, but without the milking of the pauses and dewy-eyed staring into the middle distance.
Some idiots think we should only talk about football. When you consider some of the sheet served up at Portman Road over the last 20 years, if that was all we did then I think lots of us might have lost interest.
No, it's the General Threads that make this place, and keep us coming back to sit at the end of the virtual bar and earwig while Lucan (and others) rabbit on about the warp and weft of everyday life.
Cheers, Lucan! | | | |
| Orwell bridge lane closure on 19:11 - Sep 11 with 1435 views | PrideOfTheEast |
Slightly different point but getting to and from Ipswich is just an absolute joke these days. I only really do it for football but it’s so rare that the A12 runs smoothly, and the trains are a write off at least half the time. Used to be able to leave SE London at 1230 and be confident of making the game. I now leave before midday. | | | |
| Orwell bridge lane closure on 19:31 - Sep 11 with 1373 views | Vegtablue |
My taste of it this afternoon, 1hr30 to travel from near the top of Bishops Hill to not quite the station (as person I was collecting ended up walking to me!). | | | |
| Orwell bridge lane closure on 19:35 - Sep 11 with 1350 views | victorywilhappen |
The bridge serves as the main trade route from Felixstowe , one of Europes largest container ports and the rest of the country. The cranes being Our nerve ganglions of capitalism.
Commuters are not the reason roads are being built or will be. unless they are very important ones.Yet the use of private cars fuels the need for consumption which increases the need for Felixstowe to grow....on and on.
There is massive erosion on the coast- sea defences are more important than tunnels and new roads.But trade will take president over civilian drivers.Much erosion is caused by past dredging ..including for concrete materials.
Maybe the issue is that th UK has taken on American surburbia model where cars and homes on new estates far from the place of work and other aspects of life have become normalised.
One person in each vehicle going from one enclosed space to another without interacting with the landscape. Driving kids to school is a new concept.
Maybe allow cars with more than one passenger a fast lane to encourage car pooling.
The rail system had an overhead cable down near Mark Tey yesterday. My journey to Edinburgh took an hour longer and i got a full refund. the trains are generally good in the UK. I got loads of work done. |  | | |
| Orwell bridge lane closure on 19:53 - Sep 11 with 1283 views | thebooks |
| Orwell bridge lane closure on 17:44 - Sep 10 by textbackup |
30mins to get from David Lloyd car park to the Burger King round about! |
…at least you got to DL.
This has fecked up my gym routine! |  | | |
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