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 stigofthedump
  
Location: Busan, South Korea
Gender: Male
 |  | Re: are really old bridges a UE subject?
<Reply # 20 on 3/18/2008 6:57 AM >
|  | | | Posted by micro
Correct. The idea that a bridge needs to be abandoned or (as someone else suggested) needs to be climbed in order for it to "count" as UE is simply ridiculous.
Urban exploration can be as complicated as making your way through a city's sewer system or as simple as taking a different route on your way home from work to see areas you've never seen before. I think that if you limit exploring to abandoned buildings, then you're missing out on a great deal of what a city (or rural area) has to offer.
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Amen to that!
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JimBoylan
 
Location: SouthEast Pennsylvania, U. S. of A.
Gender: Male
| | Re: are really old bridges a UE subject?
<Reply # 21 on 3/19/2008 2:31 AM >
| | | | | Posted by Shawn W.there's one bridge that I want to look at more closely, but it's an international crossing. That bridge is closed, with razor wire-topped concrete barriers near the Canadian side, but there's one right next to it that's still in use |
I wonder if you are wishing for the Michigan Central bridge. There should be a nice view from it. It may now be owned by a casino company, that had dreams of turning it into a toll bridge for trucks. Anyone who knows the name of the bridge must also know its location, so I don't think I'm betraying much.
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Shawn W.
   
Location: Niagara Falls, NY
Gender: Male
Optimistic Pessimist
| |  |  | Re: are really old bridges a UE subject?
<Reply # 22 on 3/19/2008 6:12 PM >
| | | | Posted by JimBoylan
I wonder if you are wishing for the Michigan Central bridge. There should be a nice view from it. It may now be owned by a casino company, that had dreams of turning it into a toll bridge for trucks. Anyone who knows the name of the bridge must also know its location, so I don't think I'm betraying much. |
Don't worry. I already posted it in the DB, along with the cantilever bridge that it replaced. It's owned by Canadian Pacific Railway. I just sent an e-mail to their regional media contact for Southern Ontario, Quebec, and the Northeastern United States. Hopefully, I'll hear something soon.
What is a rebel? A man who says no. - Albert Camus |
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piplnr65656
Location: World Wide
Gender: Male
| | Re: are really old bridges a UE subject?
<Reply # 23 on 3/20/2008 12:56 AM >
| | | | Posted by micro
Correct. The idea that a bridge needs to be abandoned or (as someone else suggested) needs to be climbed in order for it to "count" as UE is simply ridiculous.
Urban exploration can be as complicated as making your way through a city's sewer system or as simple as taking a different route on your way home from work to see areas you've never seen before. I think that if you limit exploring to abandoned buildings, then you're missing out on a great deal of what a city (or rural area) has to offer.
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Ditto, explore everything. Everything is fair game. Some of my favorite trips were exploring brand new bridges that were not open to the public yet.
[last edit 3/20/2008 1:06 AM by piplnr65656 - edited 1 times]
It was in September, we saw their silhouettes fade away, outlined on the horizon against the rays of the setting sun. |
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MutantMandias
 
Perverse and Often Baffling
Location: Atlanta, GA
Gender: Male
Are you a reporter? Contact me for a UE interview! Also not averse to the the idea of group/anal.
| | | Re: are really old bridges a UE subject?
<Reply # 24 on 3/20/2008 12:58 AM >
| | | | Dam!
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Opheliaism
 
Moderator
Location: Out on the border of everything and nothing, TN
Ophie
| | | Re: are really old bridges a UE subject?
<Reply # 25 on 3/20/2008 2:15 AM >
| | | | Posted by MutantMandias
Dam!
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Oh, so witty!
Show up at 9:30 with 15 dollars cash and your fingers crossed.
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Ikky
Location: In Transit
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| | Re: are really old bridges a UE subject?
<Reply # 26 on 3/20/2008 10:34 AM >
| | | | Posted by MutantMandias
Dam!
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HAHAHAHAHA!!!
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I don't get it...
Anyways, how'd you get a shot down the middle of the bridge like that? Camera on a stick or was there a little crosswalk thing across?
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~Anubis~
Location: Peru, NY
Gender: Male
| | | Re: are really old bridges a UE subject?
<Reply # 27 on 3/20/2008 11:42 PM >
| | | | I was in Vegas when they first started laying roads for the equipment...she has come far! I suggested anything abandoned because I have not noticed people making topics simply because they went to the other end of town for the first time.
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Recovery
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Gender: Female
| | | Re: are really old bridges a UE subject?
<Reply # 28 on 3/21/2008 12:12 AM >
| | | | Oh man, I am about to get beaten. For me, bridges are not part of UE, unless you stumble upon one in a tunnel. A UE (photo) trip generally involves going to a dark, remote, forgotten-by-all-but a few, structurally unstable, non-legally accessible, kind of dangerous and potentially smelly place.
But if the place is public, its a regular photo trip. I enjoy the photo and the exploration; it is just different philosophy. And atmosphere. First thing you know I'll be posting bridge pics on this board, but in my mind, as of today, I stand by the above words. Who knows about tomorrow.
[last edit 3/21/2008 12:28 AM by Recovery - edited 3 times]
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piplnr65656
Location: World Wide
Gender: Male
| | Re: are really old bridges a UE subject?
<Reply # 29 on 3/21/2008 1:56 AM >
| | | | So the bridges in my pictures are just considerd tresspasing and not UE?
Anyways, how'd you get a shot down the middle of the bridge like that? Camera on a stick or was there a little crosswalk thing across?
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No I was just standing on the bridge abutment.
It was in September, we saw their silhouettes fade away, outlined on the horizon against the rays of the setting sun. |
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micro
Gender: Male
Slowly I turned
| | Re: are really old bridges a UE subject?
<Reply # 30 on 3/21/2008 1:57 AM >
| | | | Posted by Recovery
Oh man, I am about to get beaten. For me, bridges are not part of UE, unless you stumble upon one in a tunnel. A UE (photo) trip generally involves going to a dark, remote, forgotten-by-all-but a few, structurally unstable, non-legally accessible, kind of dangerous and potentially smelly place.
But if the place is public, its a regular photo trip. I enjoy the photo and the exploration; it is just different philosophy. And atmosphere. First thing you know I'll be posting bridge pics on this board, but in my mind, as of today, I stand by the above words. Who knows about tomorrow.
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I think that's a pretty narrow-minded way of looking at things. While many bridges are "public" they tend to have their private areas too. They're a lot like buildings in that sense. Take some of the bridges of Montreal. Technically speaking, it's possible to climb them, walk across their undersides or in some cases even go inside of them. Alternately, you can just look into a bridge's history. Who made it? When, why and how was it made? How did it alter the landscape and the community around it? Or you can just be like everyone else and simply walk/drive across it without giving any of these things any thought.
So yeah.. UE is more than just taking a visit to an abandoned building like the Dow Brewery- which I should point out is probably visited far more often than, say, the catwalk that runs underneath the Mercier bridge.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not some bridge fanboy, but I do think they're just as much a component of urban exploration as an abandoned building, or any other element of a city for that matter.
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metawaffle
King of Puns
Location: Brisbane!
Gender: Male
Purveyor of Fine Lampshades
| | | Re: are really old bridges a UE subject?
<Reply # 31 on 3/21/2008 4:08 AM >
| | | | Posted by micro
Don't get me wrong. I'm not some bridge fanboy, ...
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Be a fanboy! The world needs more bridge fanboys.
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Shawn W.
Location: Niagara Falls, NY
Gender: Male
Optimistic Pessimist
| | | | Re: are really old bridges a UE subject?
<Reply # 32 on 3/22/2008 9:32 PM >
| | | | Still haven't heard anything from the regional CPR media guy. If I don't hear something by the middle of next week, I'm going to call one of the numbers available on CPR's website.
[last edit 3/22/2008 9:32 PM by Shawn W. - edited 1 times]
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Daveman
Location: Maine, USA
Gender: Male
| | Re: are really old bridges a UE subject?
<Reply # 33 on 3/23/2008 3:51 PM >
| | | | Posted by micro
I think that's a pretty narrow-minded way of looking at things. While many bridges are "public" they tend to have their private areas too. They're a lot like buildings in that sense. Take some of the bridges of Montreal. Technically speaking, it's possible to climb them, walk across their undersides or in some cases even go inside of them
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I just read this part of your post and the palms of my hands just became sweaty. I don't think you could get me to explore an old abandoned bridge for a million dollars. I'd be afraid of falling off to my watery doom below. Better safe then sorry. 
I have a phobia of bridges, even though I cross one everyday to get to work and go shopping. Bigger bridges like the George Washington Bridge in NYC make me feel uneasy.
But I would like to explore the Lincoln Tunnel. Go figure, huh?
[last edit 3/23/2008 3:54 PM by Daveman - edited 2 times]
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