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Forget the underground. Bring back the Bristol Flyover

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Jeff2 years ago

Let’s not ! Speaking as someone whose old fiat uno stalled at the top of the thing ! Took what seemed like aaaaaaaggggeeeessss for it to start again, I was sweating buckets !

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Cort HOLIO2 years ago

Had the pleasure of driving over this flyover a good few times, scared the crap out of me everytime 🤣🤣 (52ft long articulated lorry)

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Dave Higgs2 years ago

What a fantastic "blast from the past" ;) So many memories.

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LIGHT HACKERS2 years ago

Very similar (including the bend to the right) as the still existing Hammersmith Flyover

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Pablo Tiley2 years ago

I bloody loved the flyover. The day I passed my driving test in the mid-nineties, I ensured I traverse it before it got dismantled. To this day, I regret its dismantling. Made zero sense (apart from the fact it was meant to be temporary when it was erected in the sixties).

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Andrew Stowe2 years ago

I remember it well! Was somewhat a treat as a child, I'd beg my Dad to drive up it!

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Peter Travers2 years ago

I remember driving up that flyover at speed. Sketchy AF!

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Danny2 years ago

This looks scary 😭

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Michael Smith2 years ago

Is there any other city that has messed more with roads than Bristol

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Christine2 years ago

There was one bit that was really clunky. My mate was too scared to drive over it 😂

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shaunyd722 years ago

And the bridge over the road at the bottom of Temple Meads incline with escalators going up to it.

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alex teakle2 years ago

Went over it once on a Raleigh Chopper👍

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Simon Cleeves2 years ago

Used to drive a bus over it. Great fun

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shaunyd722 years ago

Quite an achievement driving over that as a teenager 😎 used to use it on a daily basis when i worked at the Royal Mail Cattle Market @MarkPocknee @Denner28

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Sal2 years ago

My friend's Dad helped design it. Scary to drive over in my old Beetle but, boy, did it work. Horrible driving around that area now it's gone.

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Benjamin Adams ⭐️2 years ago

Bring back all the flyovers. Deliberately removed to build up congestion and push an argument to make it harder to drive around our own cities in our own cars.

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Lisa Thornhill2 years ago

Was like a rickety roller-coaster but enjoyable

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Wheresmypassport?2 years ago

Omg loved that! Annual visits to see granny

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Richard Peterson2 years ago

First job working in Bristol City Centre used to drive over it daily. Was fun but a little scary!

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Battery Sgt Major Williams (parody) 🇬🇧 🇺🇸2 years ago

I miss driving over that.

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Martin Smith2 years ago

i thought i had imagined that there was a flyover in Bristol,i used to drive there years ago and was sure i'd seen it,then i didn't go for a few years and it was gone so i thought i had imagined it ha ha

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English Steve2 years ago

I used to drive over this every night on my way home from work.

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UK Departure Boards2 years ago

Before our time was n Bristol, where was this located?

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Charlie Watts2 years ago

Temple Way to Redcliffe

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abi B2 years ago

@NickHowes13 My dear mum used to drop a gear in her little green mini, hit her foot to the floor and we would all scream at the top of our voices the whole way, and then laugh as we struggled up rownham. Brilliant childhood memories. ❤️

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Rachael Gregory2 years ago

Urgh ! I used to hate driving over that … even from relatively close it didn’t seem wide enough and I always thought it was about to collapse on me . I had only just passed my test though 🤣

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peter lea2 years ago

you should dig in to the flyover story, from it's only going to there for 2 year's in the 50's-60's and why it was still up 60-70 years layer, the whole story is one of long running joke like the light rail network and other lie's?

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Frances Bossom2 years ago

I mean, this is epic. I remember watching someone drive a horse and trap over the flyover in the 90s. That was a sight. What a gem of a film.

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Bobby Dazzler2 years ago

Similar temporary flyover near Hammersmith of its still there @OldLondonW14

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Kim Nicholas2 years ago

I loved that rickety flyover! What a blast from the past. Thanks for reminding us all of that bump to get on and those series of angular right hand turns 😳🤣🚗

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Tom Durston2 years ago

@Dur5t @Dursto @Laura_Lee02

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Martin Clark2 years ago

@gingerarab look at this. I thought this was a dream when I moved there in the 00's...... but we did this a few times to get to M'field (in the mid 90s?). Good Times.

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1️⃣9️⃣8️⃣0️⃣s Rewind ⏪2 years ago

@kitty_la_la

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