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- One particular version of the rolling bridge type was known as the Guthrie rolling bridge, examples of which may still be seen at Fort Nelson, Portsmouth.
- First, correct your info: The Rolling Bridge rolls up THREE TIMES A WEEK, Wednesdays and Fridays at 12 noon, and Saturdays at 2pm.
- The Rolling Bridge at Paddington is wonderful to watch when it uncurls and becomes a bridge for just a few minutes once a week.
- The Rolling Bridge opens and closes a number of times each week including every Friday at midday. Rolling Bridge images / information from Heatherwick Studio.
- The Rolling Bridge was designed by the famous British designer Thomas Heatherwick. This bridge in Paddington looks inconspicuous at first glance.
- The technique for this is housed in a separate building. Fully rolled the bridge forms an octagon. The bridge is rolled every Friday at lunchtime.
- Although the bridge has become known as a ‘rolling bridge’, a more accurate description of its action is that it curls — someone said “like a scorpions tail”.
- The Rolling Bridge, designed to open in 180 seconds, employs a curling action to move forward and backward across the distance of the canal.
- The Rolling Bridge uses a complex system of hydraulic rams which sit vertically on the bridge and lift joints in its handrail causing the whole structure to fold.
