the orwell bridge
the orwell bridge
29th January 2020
Having worked in Ipswich in the late 1990's I became quite familiar with it on my daily journey. Opened in December 1982 it completed the much needed bypass around Ipswich and the relentless heavy traffic bound for Felixstowe docks no longer rumbled through the town centre.
I needed a starting point for my project and this geographically being the furthest east seemed the natural place to start. I had never ventured off the well trodden path of the A14 and had no idea you could access the base of this majestic structure.
For some reason unknown to man, I am drawn to the delights of Brutalist Concrete Architecture and these pillars and posts really 'floated my boat' and form the main part of this set of photographs.
It was a bright and chilly winters afternoon when I visited this site just east of Wherstead in Suffolk and with the sun setting in the west a lovely golden glow was cast over the bridge brightening up the cold grey concrete and creating some warm reflections in the River Orwell.
The images below capture both the stark industrial concrete structure and the rural location on the banks of the River Orwell.
To view the full size images click and scroll through the gallery.
29th January 2020
Having worked in Ipswich in the late 1990's I became quite familiar with it on my daily journey. Opened in December 1982 it completed the much needed bypass around Ipswich and the relentless heavy traffic bound for Felixstowe docks no longer rumbled through the town centre.
I needed a starting point for my project and this geographically being the furthest east seemed the natural place to start. I had never ventured off the well trodden path of the A14 and had no idea you could access the base of this majestic structure.
For some reason unknown to man, I am drawn to the delights of Brutalist Concrete Architecture and these pillars and posts really 'floated my boat' and form the main part of this set of photographs.
It was a bright and chilly winters afternoon when I visited this site just east of Wherstead in Suffolk and with the sun setting in the west a lovely golden glow was cast over the bridge brightening up the cold grey concrete and creating some warm reflections in the River Orwell.
The images below capture both the stark industrial concrete structure and the rural location on the banks of the River Orwell.
To view the full size images click and scroll through the gallery.
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Walton on the Naze
3rd February 2022
Yesterday as part of my between the Bridges Project I went down to Walton on the Naze for a couple of hours.
A dull February day wasn't the best of conditions to show it off in its best light, but it would take more than some sunshine to bring this run down tumbleweed seaside town back to life.
I really wanted to concentrate on the area around the Pier as that is the main visitor attraction and the concrete walls and angular structures are my kind of thing. It really was a cold uninviting and somewhat desolate place, I would have my work cut out trying to make it look interesting.
The facade of the pier is undergoing some renovation work, which will hopefully brighten up the frontage but within a few yards there are many dilapidated buildings and the area really is quite run down. There were a few shops open and there was a small market, but you couldn't describe it as thriving place.
Walton also has The Naze and it's Tower and Titchmarsh Marina, but on such a dull and miserable day I don't think I could have taken any images to do them justice and I hadn't the muse to try and do pretty.
Cold, miserable and run down was the order of the day.
On my journey home I noticed there was a music memorabilia shop at the end of the High Street, but I didn't have chance to stop. On further investigation it has some really good reviews so I may well return later in the year.
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