Gosport bridge?

[David H]

Why is there no bridge or car ferry between Portsmouth and Gosport? Do they actually want everyone in Gosport to shop in Southampton instead (as they do)?

[Toureman]

Simple if you think, It would have to be so big-high to allow aircraft carriers through into the dockyard the cost would be tremendous apart from demolishing most of Portsmouth to build it!

Whos the they?

[David H]

They are all the naval staff who live across the water and mainly have to drive 15 miles to a decent supermarket as they don't want to carry all the bags on the ferry and walk another mile to Alverstoke. The point is they did have a bridge once which floated and was removed after the war, and a car ferry is the obvious solution but they refuse to have one. It must be the shortest gap outside the Amazon without a bridge and such a long drive as an alternative.