Japan's Most Terrifying Bridge: Eshima Ohashi

[yuiyoshida]

[CrispyQ]

1. That was great!

Man, he's in awesome shape! My knees would never forgive me if I ran downhill like that.

[1monster]

2. I'll pass on the challenge... I haven't been big on high bridges since

the Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster.

[SheilaT]

3. I find the view of the bridge to be made to look

much, much steeper than it really is. They obviously used a serious telephoto lens, which shortens the distance, making hills look steeper. And a 6.1% grade isn't really all that steep, not compared to any number of streets out there, such as in San Francisco.

[yuiyoshida]

6. oh yeah, its just smoke and mirrors...

Don't believe your lying eyes.

[SheilaT]

7. That last view from the side is more realistic.

The others all make it look nearly vertical.

Not smoke and mirrors, but a telephoto lens, the kind of thing that makes the sun or the moon look vastly enormous, when in reality their apparent size is more like that of a dime held at arm's length.

[greiner3]

4. Thanks yuiyoshida as always for your interesting posts.

I've driven in most of the US states and the steepest ones are coming south into Salt Lake City, the Donner Pass area NV and surprisingly in WV as some of those grades are 6%, but of course those are on 6 lane divided interstates.

[valerief]

5. The 4% grade on the Tampa Sunshine Skyway had me woozy.

The one in Japan would make me faint!!!

[ornotna]

8. 6.1% is steep

It's not Filbert St. steep but it's still pretty steep. I drive the Skyway all the time and going over the top at 55 mph and dropping it into neutral I can get to 80 mph easy at the bottom. That swerve in the road is a nice added hair raising feature as well.