Their function is to help us cross rivers, ditches or cliffs. However, there are some that are not suitable for the squeamish: only cross becomes an adventure in itself. Here are the top ten of terror.
Bridge 1.Aiguille du Midi (France).
is almost impossible for you not from vertigo. This impressive bridge is located in the French Alps, particularly near the town of Chamonix. To reach it you have to take a cable car that climbs over 3,000 feet in twenty minutes. "The only advantage to cross? Is short (has only 200 meters), so you can run if you get a panic attack.
2. Royal Gorge Bridge (Colorado, USA).
It is the highest suspension bridge in the country. Built in 1929, but until 1982 did not put a foundation to protect it from wind. Is over 280 meters high and located on the Arkansas River.
Photo Hustvedt, Wikimedia Commons.
3. Trift Suspension Bridge (Switzerland).
Cross it assures us an adrenaline rush. It is a pedestrian bridge was built in 2004 to gain access to an isolated cabin by a glacier located in the Swiss Alps. The impression is brutal, especially until 2009, the year that had the detail of putting a handrail. The bridge is 99 meters high.
4. Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge (Northern Ireland).
first thing: nobody has ever fallen over this bridge. However, many tourists decide to return to their destination by ship rather than return to cross this bridge. The platform was built by fishermen who wanted access to a small island for salmon fishing. At first, the bridge was a simple pendant table, but with the curiosity of tourists the authorities decided to substitute a more stable building with two handrails. Is 30 meters high.
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5. Capilano Suspension Bridge (Canada). Originally
Built in 1889, this bridge of planks of cedar is very narrow and unstable. Of course, the views are stunning: a river runs along the platform in the middle of a forest near Vancouver. If you are not Miedico, wait until next spring, visitors can access the bridge via a series of suspended walkways that will join a cliff. Is 70 meters high.
Photo Leonardo G, Wikimedia Commons.
6. Mackinac Bridge (Michigan, USA).
Many locals get so nervous that they are unable to cross. Therefore, the authorities in Michigan, United States, have launched a service driver to take you car to the other side of the bridge. What great detail.
Photo Dehk, Wikimedia Commons.
7. Ojuela Bridge (Mexico).
This platform leads to a ghost town, deserted by the end of their mine. Fortunately, now coated steel cables that bridge, but when the German engineer Santiago Minhguin built it used only wood. It is situated 100 meters high.
Photo Peter Burger, Wikimedia Commons.
8. Chesapeake Bay Bridge (Maryland, USA).
With more than 180 meters height, connects the east and west of Maryland. Cross this bridge is not simple: the storms are frequent and visibility is almost nil. Sometimes the cars have to stop in the middle of the platform-five miles, and expect to stop the rains.
Photo Ben Schumin, Wikimedia Commons.
9. Monkey Bridges (Vietnam).
bridge is called monkeys because you have to encorvarte like them if you want to cross. They are made of bamboo and can meet them if you visit the Mekong Delta.
10. Hussaini Hanging Bridge (Pakistan).
This bridge is only suitable for the more adventurous. It has no stability and crosses the Hunza River, famous for its strong currents. To make matters worse, while one crosses it, you'll find the remains of the previous bridge, broken wood, cables hanging .... In 2010 it flooded, but they are rising again.
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