Originally Posted by
Roody
It's a drawbridge?!!!?
But seriously, that is a beautiful route. Those who drive across are missing an awful lot.
No, it's not a drawbridge ... it's high enough for large ships to go underneath. But they stop all traffic (motorised, bicycle, pedestrian, etc.) whenever a ship is about to go under because of a bad accident a number of years ago.
However, I can confirm that if that signal goes red a moment or two after a pedestrian goes by, so that the pedestrian does not know it has gone red, the pedestrian will not make it off the bridge before the ship comes. The pedestrian will be left walking all alone.