134-year-old South African bridge loved by bungee jumpers now decaying in front of everyone’s eyes

134-year-old South African bridge loved by bungee jumpers now decaying in front of everyone’s eyes

The old Gouritz River Bridge was once a popular site for bungee jumping enthusiasts, but has since been left to rust and deteriorate over the years.

 

[Bad Ballie]

Surprised the locals haven't started dismantling it for scrap metal yet.

 

[ShaunSA]

No more Bungee jumping sounds like first world problems

 

[SirFooK'nG]

"Left to Decay" ... come on, it has been replaced. Must the tax payers fork out millions to maintain it while some private company makes a few bucks off of thrill seekers? If revenue exceeds upkeep, then fine. Otherwise sell it for scrap.

 

[EmmanuelGoldstein]

"Left to Decay" ... come on, it has been replaced. Must the tax payers fork out millions to maintain it while some private company makes a few bucks off of thrill seekers? If revenue exceeds upkeep, then fine. Otherwise sell it for scrap.

Rent Seeking with LLM crafted AI slop knows no bounds

 

[Priapus]

"Left to Decay" ... come on, it has been replaced. Must the tax payers fork out millions to maintain it while some private company makes a few bucks off of thrill seekers? If revenue exceeds upkeep, then fine. Otherwise sell it for scrap.

Yeah. Just tear it down or whatever. No one is using it and there are alternative bridges. Why waste money on this?

 

[dualmeister]

Err you do know that it is part of the N2, one of the main highways in SA right?

 

[ShaunSA]

Err you do know that it is part of the N2, one of the main highways in SA right?

The old Gouritz River bridge?

The new Gouritz River Bridge, at a total length of 270 metres with a main span of 105 metres, formed part of the N2 highway.

 

[Creag]

This is one bridge in hundreds. This is another example of the lack of maintenance in the past 32 years.

Money's been there for it. Cadres took it all, though

 

[LazyLion]

damn bunny jumpers!

 

[AlmightyBender]

This is one bridge in hundreds. This is another example of the lack of maintenance in the past 32 years.

Money's been there for it. Cadres took it all, though

What are you talking about? The bridge was literally replaced entirely and upgraded ages ago. It is the first thing you see in the article in the picture. What exactly is your expectation here? This is an example of genuine maintenance and improvement.

The old bridge is longer public infrastructure. If the bungie jumping company wanted to maintain it then they should have. There is no benefit to anybody except them. Also they died out to competition from Bloukraans. I truly don't see the problem here.

 

[Creag]

On ENCA now, Ramaphosa electioneering, of course.

Service delivery: "Maintenance must become a planned, funded and monitored obligation".

 

[ShaunSA]

I truly don't see the problem here.

No man! The article says the problem is right in front of our eyes!

/cleans glasses again

 

[dualmeister]

The old Gouritz River bridge?

I am legally blind in one eye.

 

[bwana]

I did bungee and bridge swinging at Gouritz numerous times but I think it was its relatively close proximity to Bloukrans that killed interest in it.