Timeshift (TV Series)

Bridging the Gap: How the Severn Bridge Was Built (2016)

Mike Parsons: Self - Design Engineer, Severn Bridge

Quotes 

• [describing the Severn Bridge] 

  Dan Cruickshank : It has an inherent beauty, doesn't it? Between the towers is suspended this cable which takes this particularly strong characteristic form of a parabolic curve. And I suppose part of the great success of the Severn Bridge truly is the fact it is simply beautiful, like a great work of art.

  Mike Parsons : It looks right to people who don't know anything about engineering. They can see how it works. It's like hanging washing on a line - you can see how the washing is supported by the thin wire. It is a fact that if it looks right, it's a good indication that maybe you *have* got it right.