Talk:Erskine Bridge
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Span
editThe span dimensions given as 524 m (1,719 ft) main span and two 68 m (223 ft) approach spans do not appear to be correct. Structurae mentions 110 m + 305 m + 110 m which is in line with Google Earth. Thus the main span is probably 1000 ft = 304,8 m and the side spans could be 360 ft = 109,728 m. --AHert (talk) 16:01, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
Erskine Bridge
editI have managed to secure every bit of information i could find on the bridge. I'm sure that there is no more info i can find on it at the moment. I have quite enjoyed finding out about this awesome structure and quite enjoyed learning what i could about Wiki in the process. I get the point of Wiki now. Enjoy. Discolover18 (talk) 13:32, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks, glad you enjoyed yourself. Andy Dingley (talk) 13:44, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
Height
editThe height of the bridge causes some concern. There is conflicting information between the sources. In this case, I don't know what to do?? --Discolover18 (talk) 09:46, 13 June 2014 (UTC)
How many suicides?
editThere is some doubt around the 15 suicides per year figure. Some media have reported more - 36 in 2010, which would appear to be a misinterpretation of coastguard figues that include precautionary calls to false alarms or people talked down. A "Location of concern case study"[1] from an anti-suicide body describes jumping as 6% of slightly under 700 suicides throughout Scotland annually - the figures quoted would imply a massive proportion were at Erskine Bridge. It also mentions "countering misconceptions that many more suicides occurred at the Erskine Bridge than was the case" and gives figures of 17 in five years (including the double case) and four or five in a monitoring period of Jan-Sep 2010, with a vastly higher number of "incidents of suicide-related behaviour" (a pattern also mentioned for Beachy Head and jumping into the River Foyle). They also consider the barriers succussful with "a reduction from 16 suicides in the two years prior to the placing of barriers in August 2011 to 3 suicides in the two years after installation"; the only climbing of the barriers was one incident with a stepladder, which would imply the other two got around some other way.Billwilson5060 (talk) 15:07, 17 September 2016 (UTC)