heres summat thats bugged me ages maybe you lot would know if its true
guy i know mid 60s once told me he had got out his car at night midway over the bridge and climbed onto the parapet wall and stood looking over the side
said if its nighttime you can look in your mirror and see way back if no traffics coming ,pull up to a stop and get out
dyou think he was having me on ?
corij:
heres summat thats bugged me ages maybe you lot would know if its trueguy i know mid 60s once told me he had got out his car at night midway over the bridge and climbed onto the parapet wall and stood looking over the side
said if its nighttime you can look in your mirror and see way back if no traffics coming ,pull up to a stop and get out
dyou think he was having me on ?
yep
WTF ! the bridge weren’t even there then.
I can do 66mph coastin over the top round the bend heading for felixstowe fully laden. Not related just showin off, usually leave someone trying to overtake hung out to dry even the odd car cant match my daring doo stupidity.
Never stopped on it though for a butchers.
raymundo:
WTF ! the bridge weren’t even there then.
It may have been.
raymundo:
WTF ! the bridge weren’t even there then.
the guy is mid 60s 
not the bridge in the mid 60s 
if I’ve read it right! 
corij:
heres summat thats bugged me ages maybe you lot would know if its trueguy i know mid 60s once told me he had got out his car at night midway over the bridge and climbed onto the parapet wall and stood looking over the side
said if its nighttime you can look in your mirror and see way back if no traffics coming ,pull up to a stop and get out
dyou think he was having me on ?
Why would anybody want to do that? 
weeto:
raymundo:
WTF ! the bridge weren’t even there then.It may have been.
I took it the wind up man was mid 60s as bridge opened Dec 82 . Sat and watched the bugger being built out of my classroom window . With that and the American A10s flying over all day my education never stood a chance lol
corij:
heres summat thats bugged me ages maybe you lot would know if its trueguy i know mid 60s once told me he had got out his car at night midway over the bridge and climbed onto the parapet wall and stood looking over the side
said if its nighttime you can look in your mirror and see way back if no traffics coming ,pull up to a stop and get out
I’ve never seen the bridge without traffic on it, even in the middle of the night, 
corij:
dyou think he was having me on ?
Yep 
weeto:
raymundo:
WTF ! the bridge weren’t even there then.It may have been.
No it weren’t, opened in 1982
raymundo:
WTF ! the bridge weren’t even there then.
When?
corij:
heres summat thats bugged me ages maybe you lot would know if its trueguy i know mid 60s once told me he had got out his car at night midway over the bridge and climbed onto the parapet wall and stood looking over the side
said if its nighttime you can look in your mirror and see way back if no traffics coming ,pull up to a stop and get out
dyou think he was having me on ?
Yes, it’s a “no stopping” road like the rest of the A14. There’s a footpath over the bridge if you want to park up in a lay-by and walk over to have a look.
he didnt seem like he was lying . he asked me had i ever wanted to do it [stand on the parapet wall ], when i said i never had hewas a bit suprised.apparently hed wanted to do it for ages but had to wait for the right time when no traffic was behind him
its one of those things that iv wondered about ever since,hav i got the bottle to do it - im not sure if i have
the guy was ex army had worked in bomb disposal iv no reason to disbelieve that as he never once bragged about it
do you think the wall top is flat surface ? or peaked ?
IndigoJo:
corij:
heres summat thats bugged me ages maybe you lot would know if its trueguy i know mid 60s once told me he had got out his car at night midway over the bridge and climbed onto the parapet wall and stood looking over the side
said if its nighttime you can look in your mirror and see way back if no traffics coming ,pull up to a stop and get out
dyou think he was having me on ?
Yes, it’s a “no stopping” road like the rest of the A14. There’s a footpath over the bridge if you want to park up in a lay-by and walk over to have a look.
iv been told its an offence to walk over the bridge as its not a proper footpath
[he was aged around 60 now iv thought it over and must have been about the same age when he stood on the wall. not young but fairly fit looking,heavy smoker
corij:
iv been told its an offence to walk over the bridge as its not a proper footpath
It was in 2014 – the Highways Agency are quoted here as saying the bridge is “an important public right of way across the bridge for pedestrians wishing to cross the estuary”.
IndigoJo:
corij:
iv been told its an offence to walk over the bridge as its not a proper footpathIt was in 2014 – the Highways Agency are quoted here as saying the bridge is “an important public right of way across the bridge for pedestrians wishing to cross the estuary”.
I think they would like to shut the walkways and the lay-bys at the belsted end