South Quay Footbridge

If you have been on the DLR, you will notice that the stations are just minutes apart, and I used to often wonder why have they unnecessarily built so many. By lengthening the distance between stations they could have made the journey time quicker. But then, one day my friend enlightened me. It is the layout of the terrain that has forced the stations to be so close by. All the numerous small quays and wharfs in Docklands are separated by water and are connected by bridges or tunnels. if you were to cross from one to the other by foot, it takes a considerable amount of time. The railway stations are built at each intersection of two quays or wharfs to make it easier to board from any quay. That's the reason why there are so many of them separated by minimal distance.

I took this picture on Saturday while crossing from South Quay to Heron Quays on foot. This footbridge is 180m long and was completed in 1997 by the architect company, Wilkinson Eyre. It is a S shaped bridge with half of it being fixed and the other half opens up for shipping purposes.

South Quay Footbridge, a photo by girish_nayyar on Flickr.

Taken with IXUS 310 HS and then edited in Sunset Taker app for lens flare. I loved the effects produced by this app.