The effect of hundreds of people attempting to keep their balance on the crossing ensured that the bridge kept moving, new research shows. An estimated 80,000 people crossed the £18 million bridge on ...
On its opening day, the London Millennium Bridge experienced unexpected swaying due to the large number of people crossing it. A new study finally explains the Millennium Bridge 'wobble' by looking at ...
A natural phenomenon rather than a design fault caused London's Millennium Bridge to wobble and sway, forcing its closure just two days after opening in 2000. The elegant pedestrian walkway was ...
IN a carnival atmosphere the bridge of sighs became the bridge of dreams at last yesterday. London's famous "wobbly" bridge, for months a lame duck and another fine example of heroic British failure, ...
A 24 percent cut in state Act 44 money for transportation projects means that dozens of road, bridge and transit projects in the region may be at risk, potentially affecting an estimated 138,285 ...
Walking across a wobbly bridge can make even the most stoic among us get a bit panicky. But not all bridges wobble, and scientists have long puzzled over why. Now, reports Aylin Woodward at New ...
About 2,000 volunteers tried to make the Millennium Bridge wobble last night. Architects, engineers and workers from surrounding offices walked across the £18.2million structure to find out if its ...
"We challenge the widespread view that increasing the crowd size will gradually increase the bridge wobble. The current view is the more pedestrians we add to the bridge, the wilder the oscillations ...
London's Millennium Bridge would have wobbled with as few as 160 people walking in time, new research shows. All that was needed was a smallish crowd to stride in step, to trigger the now infamous ...
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An elegant new footbridge over the Seine in Paris has suffered trembles similar to those that famously dogged London's Millennium Bridge. But the mayor of Paris, who opened the bridge on 13 July, said ...
A new study finally explains the Millennium Bridge 'wobble' by looking at how humans stay balanced while walking. On its opening day, the London Millennium Bridge experienced unexpected swaying due to ...