Collapsing Bridge

[Jon]

From Screamscape -

Quote:While long time visitors to Universal Studios Hollywood may recall that the old Collapsing Bridge that has been closed for the last several years after it was deemed to be just too old and expensive to maintain due to wear and tear issues. With the current Backlot Tour being so much shorter now due to last month’s fire we’ve heard that the park may be planning to finally repair and perhaps even rehab the Bridge to put it back on the tour at some point in the future. More on this as we find out.

[exzantia]

Hmmm, I've heard nothing about this... It would be nice though, it's one of the cooler parts of the tour... But I wouldn't go getting my hopes up about this!

--Update

Apparently this is coming back! They were working on it during the week with the lake all drained out.

[scott]

It opens in August.

This was posted at thestudiotour.com on thursday:
http://www.theatrecrafts.com/studiotourf....php?t=800

[Jon]

I hope it's more of a complete rehaul rather than a simple repair. The bridge is starting to show (and act) its age.

[Skillz5]

YES, YES, YES!!! Finally some good news. I am glad to bring back some classic attractions to the Universal Studio Tour. This attraction is history and should be enjoyed by all. Although the attraction is very simple, it does bring a few smiles.

[JDK]

one word: HOORAY!!!!

[Unvrslbb077]

Yay!!!! I missed it. it was one of my fav parts of the tour

[bfurlong]

I just uploaded some pictures of the repairs on the bridge:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bfurlong/27...701639499/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bfurlong/27...701639499/

You can see where they've replaced some of the wood, but haven't aged it yet so it still looks new. If you zoom in you can see where they've notched the bottoms of the new boards to make them look splintered. They've also cleared off the bridge track (there used to be stuff & equipment stacked on it) and roped it off.