Severn Bridge closed both directions

[saaby93]

Lorry goes down embankment nearby not the bridge



Someone taken by air ambulance
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-49577926

Road closed both ways for x hours
Police seeking dash cam footage - arent there gantry cameras there?

[Cantaloupe]

Not a over-reaction by the authorities at all.

Closing thecompletely unaffected carraigeway is a masterstroke of risk assessment and safety management .

I mean a lorry on an embankment on the other side is an accident waiting to happen.

[Shakermaker]

Is that length of central reservation barrier missing intentionally?

[Sporky]

Is that central barrier damaged?

[saaby93]

Cantaloupe said:

Not a over-reaction by the authorities at all.

Closing thecompletely unaffected carraigeway is a masterstroke of risk assessment and safety management .

I mean a lorry on an embankment on the other side is an accident waiting to happen.

Must be very tempting for those cars on the right to just quietly creep forward while no-one's looking

[Poppiecock]

Just been looking at this as I have to get from Cardiff to Castle Combe and back this evening for a duathlon race.

[Down and out]

Surely they should close the second crossing just to be safe.

[Christmassss]

Lorry hit the central reservation and then went down the embankment.

Shut in both directions due to central reservation missing.

[dudleybloke]

Just stick a temporary 40 limit through that stretch and get on with it!

[anonymous-user]

what's in the lorry?

[Dynamic Space Wizard]

They should close the river. There's no saying what might happen if they don't.

[turbobloke]

Airspace! No fly zone up to 30,000ft, to be safe.

[saaby93]

Down and out said:

Surely they should close the second crossing just to be safe.

Isnt this the second crossing? they need to close the first one
Someone's probably rushing over with a new piece of armco and a bag of spanners
Either that or they'll wait till after 5pm to claim OT rates

[MECHENG84]

Last time this happened I didn't get home till 9pm and left work at 5, it's normally a 30 - 40 min drive.

[Down and out]

saaby93 said:

Down and out said:

Surely they should close the second crossing just to be safe.

Isnt this the second crossing? they need to close the first one
Someone's probably rushing over with a new piece of armco and a bag of spanners
Either that or they'll wait till after 5pm to claim OT rates

Sorry, I meant the second crossing after this one, which as you say is the first one but the second one in this context.
Anyway, surely the rail tunnel should be closed with all this danger above?

Edited by Down and out on Wednesday 4th September 16:07

[CAPP0]

MECHENG84 said:

Last time this happened I didn't get home till 9pm and left work at 5, it's normally a 30 - 40 min drive.

It's happened before? Demolish the bridge.

[Down and out]

CAPP0 said:

It's happened before? Demolish the bridge.

Which one?

[tannhauser]

Down and out said:

CAPP0 said:

It's happened before? Demolish the bridge.

Which one?

All of them!

[eharding]

Down and out said:

CAPP0 said:

It's happened before? Demolish the bridge.

Which one?

All of them. Severn. Dartford. Humber. Forth. They all look the same. Coming over here, crossing our estuaries.....

[SS2.]

MECHENG84 said:

Last time this happened I didn't get home till 9pm and left work at 5, it's normally a 30 - 40 min drive.

It's bound to take you a little longer if you plunge your lorry down an embankment.

Were you driving the same truck ?