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I’m afraid of heights, but this suspension bridge might be just pretty enough to lure me out onto its narrow, swaying, totally frightening surface.
The Capilano Suspension Bridge is 450-feet-long walking bridge hung 230 feet above the Capilano River, just outside of downtown Vancouver, B.C. On the other side of the bridge is a 300-year-old West Coast rain forest.
It’s strung like a smile, maybe. But oh it’s not kidding.
Meet the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge in Northern Ireland, the famed swaying pathway that connects a cragged cliff on the mainland with a cragged cliff on the Carrick-a-Rede Island. Some form of this rope bridge has been around for more than 350 years — swinging in the wind above the 98-feet-deep (30-meter) chasm below.
It bears repeating: When you see disaster headed your way, it is best to run in the opposite direction rather than standing to watch. Note the person on the bridge in the upper left corner of this video: It might also be nice to yell “RUN!” to the guy on the other side of the [...]
World record #102 – The world’s longest sea bridge
by Marshall Brain | September 28, 2009
The longest sea bridge in the world in near Shanghai, China. It is 36 kilometers long: You can see the location of the bridge here: It will soon be eclipsed by a bridge in Qatar: World’s longest marine causeway to start construction by 2010? Designing large bridges: [[[Jump to previous world record - The longest [...]
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