27Sep/07
Amazing Bridges from Around the World
These were submitted anonymously without any further information, so, let the process of naming them begin! A few are easily recognizable but many are quite obscure and a few may even be the product of rendering programs. Still, if you know, chime in!
September 29th, 2007 - 08:17
25th image down is Conwy bridge, but there is one road bride, one rail bridge and one foot bridge. Do these all count as one?
September 29th, 2007 - 14:36
The aqueduct is the roman Pont du Gard spanning the Gardon River in southern France (north of Avignon)
I’ve been there for several times – and what can I say? It is marvelous! Until some years ago you could walk right throught the topmost level where the water used to flow in former times.
Have a look: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont_du_Gard or at the official site: http://www.pontdugard.fr/
cheers, cebu
September 29th, 2007 - 18:52
The point is the aqueduct is built as a bridge to traverse a gap. In other words, to ‘bridge’ the gap.
September 29th, 2007 - 23:04
The brige in front of the waterfall is the Multnomah Falls in Oregon on the Columbia River at the Gorge. A bridge that is very interesing and beautiful is the Cable Bridge in Tri-Cities, Washington over the Mighty Columbia River.
September 30th, 2007 - 19:02
Beautiful pics, but like so many others I must point out an obvious omission- the Firth of Forth bridge.
September 30th, 2007 - 19:50
Image #38 – 4th Street Bridge, Los Angeles, CA. As seen from the Aliso Pico District going West in to the Arts Distict of Los Angeles City Center a.k.a. Down Town L.A. Famous for the thousands of movies, TV shows and commercials filmed on it.
October 1st, 2007 - 07:56
The bridge with the water fall behind , looks very much like Multnomah Falls in the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon.
October 1st, 2007 - 13:19
Wonderful! Beautiful! Fantastic! More, please!
October 3rd, 2007 - 00:11
Very impressive collection ! I love the diversity of it : huge, ancient, new, small, huge, stones, metal,… It’s all the diversity of the world expressed here !
October 3rd, 2007 - 04:19
I want to live near them !
October 3rd, 2007 - 07:04
Just looked at O’Connell bridge, Alaska;in photos looks commonplace and uninspired.
October 3rd, 2007 - 08:00
Its a shame that they did not add Bogazici Bridge…
http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/06/adem/personal/turkiye/images/bogazici%20koprusu%20gece.jpg
October 3rd, 2007 - 08:36
Loverly set of photos…shame you did not include the very first ever Iron Bridge constructed over the river severn Uk in a place called Ironbrige…lol
http://www.ironbridgeguide.info/
October 10th, 2007 - 19:31
Glad to see so many views of Brunel’s Clifton suspension bridge, but what about the first iron bridge, built was it not at ‘Ironbridge’ near Telford UK and now only for pedestrians? There is a another beauty in the north west highlands of Scotland, I believe at Unnapool – a piece of sculpture between two mountains and spanning a sea inlet. Great selection though.
October 11th, 2007 - 20:12
I miss the Mighty Mac! The Mackinac Bridge, fantastic when viewed from either side or either lake!
October 12th, 2007 - 05:35
Great photos. I think I recognized a few bridges/cities/countries, but not that many.
October 12th, 2007 - 09:03
You missed one. The Big Mac bridge that spans the conjunction of two of the largist fresh water lakes in the world, Lake Michigan and Lake Ontario)that it is 500 feet longer than the Golden Gate Bridge in San Fransico, should have been included in your pictures.
Maybe because it is approximately 360 miles north of Detroit, Michigan, it is too far away for the average person to routinely visit this bridge. Once a year on Labor Day, they shut down the bridge for a short time, to vehicle traffic and allow only people to walk across. There are usually several thousand people that attend this event. If you want to include an image of this great bridge, I can get you one.
October 14th, 2007 - 10:22
what about the Confederation Bridge that joins the Provinces of Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick, CANADA. longest bridge over ice. 12.9 km long
October 14th, 2007 - 13:19
What about the Chain Bridge in Budapest, Hungary?
http://www.bridgesofbudapest.com/bridge/chain_bridge
October 14th, 2007 - 15:06
Absoluty great. thank´s for this present
October 14th, 2007 - 23:49
I read the comments and see that many people wrote what you had missed. Normally, you missed many bridges,there are thousands of them out there; but you made great work, really; thank you.
October 15th, 2007 - 17:24
The title is not “ALL the Amazing Bridges…” Of course there are more! And maybe these are not all amazing from an engineering point of view, they are all aesthetically spectacular.
October 17th, 2007 - 10:01
I would seriously consider including the Charles Bridge (Karlov Most) in Prague…
October 17th, 2007 - 11:56
your imagenes are very cool, thank you for send me tha’s imagenes.
October 17th, 2007 - 12:44
I think #30 is Mpls – Great collection of cool bridges.
October 17th, 2007 - 13:07
Never really apppreciated bridges that much. These were breathtaking.
October 17th, 2007 - 15:53
Among these other bridges recommended to add to this list is the Mostar bridge in Mostar, Bosnia. It’s a reconstruction of the centuries old bridge that was destroyed during the war in 1993. It’s a beautiful little bridge across milky waters. The town’s name itself (Mostar) means ‘bridge’.
October 17th, 2007 - 21:47
Fabulous photography and amazing, ingenious bridges. I thought the first one was the Sei-0-Say Pol (33 arch bridge) in Isfahan, Iran at first which is the most fabulous bridge I have ever seen. Thanks for posting these.
October 18th, 2007 - 05:52
Great pictures! I am fascinated by several of them, especially the one that has 3 angled suspension arches. Interesting! I agree that our Big Mac should definitely be added, but, as Lincoln said, you will never please all of the people. Thanks for compiling these.
October 18th, 2007 - 10:03
Thanks for your effort; they’re all amazing bridges in every definition of the word, which is as you claimed. Cheers!
October 18th, 2007 - 11:41
Where’s Jeff Bridges – he’s pretty amazing aka Big Lebowski
October 18th, 2007 - 14:59
Didn’t see Millau … ?
October 21st, 2007 - 14:10
I recognize some of the bridges but many I do not. Labels would be great. Great pictures by the way!
October 21st, 2007 - 18:03
Thanks for sharing these great pictures!!
October 23rd, 2007 - 04:38
The 6th is Liberty Bridge in Budapest, Hungary, span over the River Danube.
More info: http://www.bridgesofbudapest.com/bridge/liberty_bridge
October 31st, 2007 - 11:28
Nice to see the 360 bridge in Austin Texas over Lake Austin.
November 5th, 2007 - 18:11
I’m surprised no one has commented on the two pictures of the Brooklyn Bridge (#s 14 & 27).
As another post pointed out, the Mackinac Bridge can be crossed on foot only on Labor Day. However, it is only a morning event and auto traffic is never stopped. This year’s info from their website states:
The two EAST lanes on the bridge are used by walkers until 9:30 a.m. and the two WEST lanes by vehicular traffic. After 9:30 a.m. only one EAST lane is available to walkers. The National Guard and other official personnel will be available in the event of an emergency. Please note, there are NO RESTROOMS ON THE BRIDGE and the average length of time to walk the bridge is about two hours. Portable toilets will be located at both ends of the bridge and at the bus loading area.
November 6th, 2007 - 07:34
You forgot the ‘Viaduc de Millau’ in southern France, along the A75 highway. It is the tallest transportation bridge in the world. It’s beautiful and only about 2 years open.
November 6th, 2007 - 10:26
If anyone has seen the Pont du Gard, they will tell you as part of the Aqueduct an addition has been made on the other side which is actually a walking bridge to cross the river. Look closely at the picture & notice the smoother texture & extra depth of the back part of the lower arches.
November 6th, 2007 - 12:22
Several people wrote that one of the photos is an aquaduct not a bridge. Actually the structure is called Pont du Gard – The Bridge of the (river) Gard in France. It was both an aquaduct and a bridge built by the Romans.
November 7th, 2007 - 22:35
you should check out bridges in Putrajaya, Malaysia too. pretty awesome.
November 9th, 2007 - 19:55
Photo Number 10 (above the Golden Gate) is the Awatere Bridge south of Blenheim, New Zealand, crossing the Awatere River. (A-wa-te-re) It is a single lane, double deck bridge on the main national highway (State Highway 1) – the top deck is a rail line. During summer you could wait up to half an hour to cross the bridge.
The bridge has been closed to road traffic only last month as a replacement two lane road bridge has been built adjancent to the bridge.
November 10th, 2007 - 02:07
I agree that the Millau Viaduct should be in there but so too should the bridge from Kobe to Shikoku Island (despite the fact that it was a massive money loser).
November 19th, 2007 - 10:02
What about the Sunshine Skyway?
December 3rd, 2007 - 16:12
“And maybe these are not all amazing from an engineering point of view, they are all aesthetically spectacular.”
Hmm, I disagree. I’d say they’re all good functional engineering, but several do not strike me as beautiful at all. To me, most of the post-Second World War ones are JUST engineering. The older structures have more life.
December 4th, 2007 - 08:48
The Mackinac Bridge connecting Michigan’s upper and lower peninsula is the longest two tower suspension bridge between anchorages (8,614 feet) (2,626 m) in the Western Hemisphere, longer than the Golden Gate. It’s total length is also greater at nearly five miles, definitely one of the worlds amazing bridges.
December 10th, 2007 - 02:16
Nice Collection
January 12th, 2008 - 13:23
Just wonderful
January 16th, 2008 - 05:28
what a wonderfull collection nice enjoyment for those who can not enjoy the world
January 16th, 2008 - 05:32
wonderfull collection and enjoyment for those people that can not enjoy the world