Bristol Flyover

[@Jerm-vk4pq]

I’m 36 and I remember going across this daily 👌😃 ahh memories

[@ianwatkins6202]

I remember it well and it worked brilliantly! Good old days😊

[@alankirkby465]

Ian Watkins Hello Ian, Agree with you 100 %. I personally believe it somehow helped the traffic flow more freely. Peace to all.

[@ianwatkins6202]

@@alankirkby465 Best wishes to you Alan😊

[@alanpatten468]

Remember it well. My Dad got stuck along it once with a car problem and had to push it through.Only my father.

[@claudiamay1775]

I was a kid when my mum or dad used to use this and I loved it! What memories this video has stirred up! Cx ❤❤❤

[@jnexplorationuk315]

I remember that bridge my dad used to drive over it when we went out on the weekends

[@missblackman88]

my dad always use 2 say we going over or under lol was so much fun as a kid

[@stevethomas5849]

As passenger in a Mk2 Transit van doing 60 mph in 1985.

[@smudger671]

Sadly missed flyover. The only problem was getting to the left hand lane to turn left at St Mary Redcliffe.

[@brigstowe8500]

It was second hand when installed, it was first used in Birmingham. I used it every day when I worked in Redcliffe Street.

[@herbert9241]

I used to drive over it on my way to Ashton Gate.

[@RaferJeffersonIII]

There’s no need admitting you’re a wanker publicly mate!

[@noreactions8945]

The 90s was the best.

[@lemming9984]

only because the 70s had gone!

[@TheBlondebaby80]

we hardly ever went in the direction to use the flyover but did once in a while, lobed looking at it lol

[@TheBlondebaby80]

loved*

[@leelcollier]

It should never have been taken down . it was a monument of bristol

[@whatshisname3304]

it was bit useless. but fun.

[@fishbmw]

@@whatshisname3304 "Useless"? Every road lay-out they've installed since the fly-over was removed have been worse than when it was there.

[@alankirkby465]

@@fishbmw Your so correct in what say !

[@westerleighwerek1493]

Back when you could get from Old Market to Bedminster in 5mins!

[@louisesouthgate5231]

Oooh I remember going over that! 😁

[@richardemms3050]

Why is nobody else using it when he is?

[@chrisnicholls750]

Great video, bringing back memories. Would it be possible for us to publish this on the Bristol post website as part of a nostalgia story? Thanx Chris

[@nwbowden]

Thanks. Yes, no problem.

[@ΝικοςΠοδας-τ7ξ]

@@nwbowden st mary redcliffe to the left 12 bells they sound similar to worcester cathedral the other being st stephen

[@karluk7724]

Went over this in my Ford escort after turning 17 and passing my test. Was the first and last time I did that….😂😂

[@winfield347]

Went over it loads of times in a lorry.

[@DJF1947]

'Famous? Somebody infamously screwed-up the new street layout!

[@mikeharvey9811]

How many accidents on it??? I can’t remember any. Barb

[@gregjones9094]

Brill!

[@BS15RED]

This was in the 80’s?

[@shaunw9270]

Used to drive a Transit over there daily. Shame they removed it.

[@jdickson242]

Yep we could do with that now.

[@marke9699]

we could do with this being put back really. it wasnt so bad when it first got took because you could turn right by the Grosvenor Hotel, but now thats all been pedestrianised you have to drive up to Fowlers roundabout and come back round. that can add another 5 mins to your journey.

[@tompw3141]

If only it was possible to travel around Bristol without using a car!

[@Thb202]

@@tompw3141the buses that take 3x as long and don’t turn up? Great idea

[@tompw3141]

@@Thb202 who said buses?

[@andrewdeans3686]

Shouldn't it be referred to as a 'drive-over' given that folk did exactly that ? Indeed, the excerpt shows a lorry driving over it - there's no evidence of wings being involved?

[@raynarks]

I took my nephew over this: he nearly crapped himself. It was like being on a rollercoaster. That was when people in Bristol drove quite fast.

[@VisorView]

I was working in Caxton House to the left of the flyover back then. The day they opened the new roundabout it was gridlock around Bristol as they had got the timing wrong on the traffic lights. The flyover was 100% more efficient than the roundabout will ever be.

[@philipfowler5280]

Absolutely! I worked in Caxton House and the Temple Gate factories too... Mardons going belly up was criminal. Best Wishes, Philip

[@lustreboy]

I remember going over this one my bike once. haha never again, that was well scary :D

[@beeble2003]

It was good of them to build a church at the end to let people get some spiritual comfort after the trauma.

[@bobsalmon8882]

The side rails are now in my cattle race so it lives on!

[@davidfowler384]

you should upload a picture of it bet people would like to see it

[@nickhyde420]

I drove over the flyover. They should of left it there at the time as it cut a load off.

[@neilhartley3339]

I can remember going over this as a young child!! Maybe it would help the traffic in Bristol these days! 🤬

[@thisishere3071]

very cool

[@pro4291mo]

Lol looked fun it shudve stayed 😜

[@amyfletcher4430]

It was fun!

[@hjp1hjp22]

I suppose it would have relieved traffic congestion between Temple Meads station and the big Mary Redcliffe church.

[@dresterGTAIVplayer]

i got to go on this before it went :)

[@brazygravy]

Is that redcliffe church? That junction has looked completely different in my lifetime...

[@bobbowden7228]

Bristolian since birth with Devon connections. Like your videos. Name - Robert Stanley Bowden

[@nwbowden]

Thanks. I wonder if we are related?

[@richardturner5651]

That takes me back.🤘👍

[@hugsdontwork2283]

Fun on a bike. Hilarious on a skateboard :D

[@davidfowler384]

went over it loads with my dad in his truck as a kid when everywhere was better not just bristiol

[@johnjones-sv9pe]

Rode my push bike over that a few times as a kid,upset a few driver thats for sure

[@barriehale2038]

I saw an old woman turned upside down and dropped on her head in high winds under that flyover

[@mikemooney3500]

Ahhhhh the good old days

[@am74343]

What a harrowing overpass!

[@shaneraines2094]

Less than the expieriance you have today navigating that stretch of road🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bobbowden7228]

My Dad was Stanley, his parentsSamuel and Kate from South Molton. Dad was one of eight whose names I know. Your parents/ grandparents names ?

[@nwbowden]

I have 2x William and 2x John going back to my great great great grandfather who may have been born in Molland a few years before 1800. I am also tracing 2 other Bowden family trees in Devon to try and find a link none of which have a Samuel in them.

[@bobbowden7228]

@@nwbowden At best…….very distant cousins ! Fair few Bowdens in Devon !

[@lovedaybebe5881]

Dam and blast , I always wanted to go on that as a child, but we lived in the opposite direction !

[@mattjackson9859]

The road layout has changed twice since then!

[@TimeAndDateAndName]

RIP. Never forget. ❤

[@leejames6939]

I used to love going over that bridge when I was a kid. They should of never got rid of it just try to make it safer traffic round thear at rush hour is a nightmare. 🌉🚙🚕🚗🚓🚑