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West Quay Road, POOLE, BH15 1HW

An information panel set up by the public viewing area of the construction of the Twin Sails bridge (see Image). The bridge will open in early 2012 and, in conjunction with the existing lifting bridge, will ensure that at least one of the bridges will be open to road traffic at all times, while the bridges are raised at staggered times to allow boats to continue their journey. The bridge itself is reflected in the glass towards the left of the panel.

A close-up of part of the Image, showing a picture of the arrival of one of the hydraulic rams, which will be used to lift the two 'leaves' of the new bridge (see Image). Each of the rams is 540mm in diameter and is designed to lift up to 400 tonnes.

Detail of the information displays (Image) at the public viewing area of the construction of the new bridge (see Image). This part of the display gives us all sorts of facts and figures - such as: The bridge will be 140m long The central (opening) span will be 19m wide The bridge will be supported by 53 bored piles, either 1.2m or 1.5m in diameter, the deepest going 32m below the harbour bed. The bores are designed to support 200-487 tonnes each. A total of 2,500m³ of concrete is used in the project, weighing 6,000 tonnes, while there is a total of 800 tonnes of steel in the bridge. The lifting leaves weigh 65 tonnes each. The tip of the higher leaf, when lifted, will be 55m above the road surface.

As the poster indicates, the Twin Sails bridge, which will be the town's second bridge linking Hamworthy on the south/west side of the Holes Bay entrance channel, will meet the rest of the town's road network here. Work has started in the last few weeks.

Luxury yacht sales for Sunseeker. The works where these are made is just round the corner and there were a good number both in the construction yard, in this sales facility and round and about. this area on land and water.

One of a quartet of little lanes - the others being Wilkins, Whittles and Slip Way - which essentially provide access to the boatyards on the eastern side of Holes Bay. The tower of St. James' parish church is in the distance.

The bridge crosses the Back Water Channel

The bridge (also known as The second harbour crossing) is a double leaved bascule bridge which provides a second road link from Poole town centre to Hamworthy. The centre lifting span consists of two triangular leaves that span 23.4 metres between the main bearings to provide a clear channel of 19 metres when open. To permit the passage of boats through the navigation channel, the lift spans pivot to 88 degrees.

Seen from the western end of Image, with part of the Sunseeker yard to the right, and Image in the distance.

The Twin Sails Bridge, the new lifting bridge over the channel into Holes Bay which will work in conjunction with the existing Poole Bridge, opened today for pedestrians. It was due to open to vehicles this coming Monday but that has been delayed for a short time. Here we look along the road which has been appropriately named Twin Sails Bridge Approach, although traffic in this lane will be leaving rather than approaching the bridge, heading into the town centre. See Image for more information.