15 Most Terrifying Bridges Ever

• What bridge needs to be rebuilt each year?
What bridge won a national award for cutting back on its budget?
Here are 15 bridges around the world you’ll never want to be stuck on.
15 – Trift Bridge, Switzerland • To even get to this bridge, you have to
take a 2-hour hike through the Swiss Alps.
• Then you’re greeted with this, the longest pedestrian bridge in the Alps.
Its sits about 300 feet high, and more than 550 feet across.
• Which wouldn’t be so bad on its own, but the bridge can sway side-to-side in the
wind up to 20 feet.
14 – Kuandinsky Bridge, Russia • This bridge in Siberia has no railing
on either side, and is a precarious six-foot-wide path over a river that is often frozen.
• It’s a former rail bridge that now shares traffic between cars and pedestrians.
Yes, cars actually drive on this.
Yes, even when it’s covered in snow and ice.
• Despite being a metal structure, the surface has had a number of wooden planks riveted
on, which basically removes any chance for traction when they get wet and freeze.
13 – Danyor Suspension Bridge, Pakistan • The Danyor Suspension Bridge in Northern
Pakistan was constructed in the mid-1960s, and it shows.
• It’s considered one of the oldest make-shift suspension bridges in the region, and the
simple fact that it’s called “make-shift” should tell you all you need to know about
whether you want to be on it.
12 – Langkawi Sky Bridge, Malaysia • When you bend a stick, this is usually
about as much curvature as you can get from it before it snaps in half.
• Luckily, this bridge is made of steel and concrete.
But it’s still a CURVED BRIDGE TWO THOUSAND FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
• Also, this bridge had to be built by helicopters and suspended from a pylon.
11 – Geumgang Bridge and Cloud Bridge, South Korea
• These are a series of bridges that run from mountain to mountain along a trail in
South Korea.
• They all seem fairly well-constructed, but these deserve particular mention because
they require you to climb a staircase of 127 steps that goes up a 70-degree incline.
• At that point, it’s basically the same thing as actually climbing a mountain.
10 – Footbridge, Albania • You can really see the craftsmanship at
work here.
• Careful selection of materials, extra care given to symmetrical construction.
• Just kidding, this thing looks like a deathtrap.
The only safe part about it is that you might survive the fall.
9 – Royal Gorge Bridge, Colorado, USA • Like many of the bridges on this list,
the Royal Gorge Bridge is a landmark and tourist attraction.
• It spans the Arkansas River, is about a quarter mile long, and maintains the title
of the highest suspension bridge in the United States.
• Also, this bridge was built in six months, about 90 years ago, and it cost 350 thousand
dollars, which was actually 100 thousand over budget.
Its original purpose was actually to be a tourist attraction, rather than an actual
bridge for transportation, which might explain why they built it on the cheap.
8 – Monkey Bridges, Vietnam • These aren’t a specific set of bridges,
just a common name for this type of bamboo footbridge over rivers.
• They’re not called monkey bridges because only monkeys can cross them, even though that’s
what it looks like.
• They’re called monkey bridges because of the stooped posture you have to adopt to
cross them safely.
Alternatively, you can just walk like a human, in the opposite direction.
Away from the bridge.
7 – Millau Viaduct, France • The tallest bridge in the world is in
France, and it looks like something out of a video game.
• When you think about tall monuments in France, you might think of the Eiffel Tower,
but forget that – this bridge is taller, and it carries major road traffic every day.
• So just picture this bridge carrying cars over top of the Eiffel Tower, and you’ve
got a cool visual for today.
6 – Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Maryland, USA • You can’t really tell from looking at
it why the Chesapeake Bay Bridge is terrifying.
But there’s a reason why there’s a service where you can pay someone 30 dollars to drive
your car across the bridge for you.
• That reason largely has to do with the high winds that have caused cars to get tossed
over the guard rails.
• Not surprisingly, high winds also cause the bridge to just temporarily close entirely,
backing up traffic for about 10 miles.
5 – Quepos Bridge, Costa Rica • This bridge is only wide enough for one-way
traffic and was made for transporting bananas.
• It has two local names: The “Oh My God” bridge, and the “Bridge of Death.”
• And that’s all you need to know about it, right?
4 – Kakum Canopy Walk, Ghana • For people who want to take a safari,
but would rather see African wildlife from a one-foot-wide bridge suspended from the
treetops, here’s the canopy walk!
• This does, at least, have four-foot netting on both sides, which makes it seem pretty
safe, despite the whole “plank of wood hanging from trees” construction.
3 – Bamboo Bridge, Cambodia • Nothing says “built to last” like
a bridge that needs to be completely rebuilt on an annual basis.
• The bamboo bridge carries hundreds of people and vehicles every day, but it has
to be taken down during the rainy season, as it is apparently not strong enough to handle
the river current.
2 – Seven Mile Bridge, Florida, USA • Here’s a fun fact.
The Seven Mile Bridge that connects the Florida Keys earned an award from the Federal Highway
Administration.
• What was the award?
It won the “Exceptional Award for Cost Savings Innovation.”
• Cutting corners on a seven-mile-long bridge over the ocean is a great way to make people
feel safe.
They also finished building it six months ahead of schedule.
1 – Hussaini Hanging Bridge, Pakistan • The northern region of Pakistan features
a collection of the highest mountains in the world, and that makes it awfully difficult
terrain to navigate.
• Naturally, the bridges in the area are no different.
The Hussaini Hanging Bridge crosses Borit Lake, and is basically a test of courage for
anyone crossing it.
• The most frightening thing on this bridge isn’t looking down, it’s looking over
– at the tattered remains of an older, similar looking bridge that has deteriorated into...
basically just rope and a few sticks.
Which of these bridges are you brave enough to cross?
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15 Most Terrifying Bridges Ever

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