Phil Sutters' photos with the keyword: swing-bridge

I had seen Watchful in one of the small boatyards on Denton Island a couple of weeks previously, but wasn't sure what she was there for. Some boats in that yard are in for conversion to private use.

The bridge still seems to have some mechanical problems. The two engineers in dayglo on the far bank had been ducking under the bridge structure before, during and after the opening. Their checks or adjustments seemed to add quite a few extra minutes to the opening programme, causing big road traffic tailbacks from both the Seaford and Brighton directions. As well as swinging, the bridge tilts - higher at this end, lower at the eastern end - in effect unlocking the bridge, before it starts to rotate through 90 degrees.

Very difficult to focus on a shiny rounded object in open water! This one is just for the record.

As a man standing waiting to cross the river said, "Why would they name a ship after a land-locked English county?"

A scan of a postcard - with minor improvements - de-spotting & slight brightening.