Holy shite!! Now THAT'S a bridge!!

[eppur_se_muova]

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Wow, how very beautiful that is!

The French did it......good for them!

Very beautiful, very graceful.........

It must be a trip coming down that one!

:wow:

[VenusRising]

2. Those are awesome!

I know a few people who would find a different route rather than get on those bridges.

[Fleshdancer]

3. I'm one of those people

The bridge is gorgeous but my heart rate went up just looking at it! :scared:

[VenusRising]

12. My poor friend said it made her

throw up in her mouth a little. :rofl:

She's so dramatic.

[LostinVA]

23. Me too -- literally

[Zavulon]

35. Same here.

I like to think I'm a fairly brave guy, but if that thing started to sway in high wind while I was on it, I'd have to pay for new upholstery.

[GoneOffShore]

39. It would be a rental, so........

[Zavulon]

41. Well, there is that.

However, my pants and underwear wouldn't be.

[cwydro]

36. me too

:scared:

[bridgit]

4. stunning, simply stunning...

:wow:

[fishwax]

5. wow

:wow:

[Bullwinkle925]

6. NO way in HELL you'd get me on that one!!!!!!!!!!!

:scared:

[LaraMN]

37. That was my first thought!

It's amazing, but aieeeegh!
:scared:

[Richard Steele]

7. Yes, it certainly is. nm

[pokerfan]

8. That. Is. Awesome.

I am fully aroused.

[alphafemale]

9. Impressive. Thought it wasn't real at first, but a CGI of a bridge concept.

The construction photos at the bottom are real enough though.

Beautiful.

I wonder if there's a lane for walkers/bikers. Surely there must be. It's Europe. That is gorgeous!

[MonkeyFunk]

10. It's really beautiful....

I'm not terribly afraid of heights, but I think I'd soil myself if I had to drive across that.

[Saphire]

13. a nice windy day would make it sorta "interesting".

[SKKY]

11. Stunning. Just Stunning.

[Bassic]

14. Le viaduc de Millau.

I remember seeing it all over the news when it was inaugurated. When I go to France, eventually, I'll think of an excuse to take it :D

[taterguy]

15. What's wrong with good American bridges like this?

That thing might look pretty but it's French. It's unstable and it hates freedom. It probably smells bad too.

[northzax]

26. do you really want a bridge

that is going to surrender the minute gravity starts to pull on it? I think not.

My first thought, actually, was 'did they make it strong enough to carry a Panzer division?"

[taterguy]

28. How would Panzers get to Virginia?

The bridges I posted had steel reinforcements that were stripped away in 1943 to build Sherman tanks.

[Zavulon]

33. LOL

:rofl:

[AllegroRondo]

16. my first thought - Id love to jump off of it!

with a parachute, of course!

:)

[dropkickpa]

17. Stunning

I'd take the bridge over the scary-ass switchback leading down the hill any day.

[realisticphish]

18. I'm no lover of great hights

but i would detour hundreds of miles to go on that bridge

[Rhiannon12866]

19. Mother of God! You'd never get me on any of these!

Just the thought makes me break out into a sweat! I'm no lover of heights, either, and have a real problem with bridges. I have to be in the inside lane and still get the shakes. I totally freaked out the last time that I had to cross this local bridge, and had to take an alternate route home...:blush:

[NashVegas]

30. Hey! Is That the Thaddeus Kosicusco (sp?) Over the Mohawk?

Aw, you making me homesick.

[MissMillie]

20. that last picture makes the road look wobbly....

the other pictures make the bridge look impressive, but after seeing that last pic, I would avoid that bridge like the plague.

[Jokerman]

21. That's a construction photo

They literally pushed the road bed out across the supports as the built it. It was wobbly until the surface was complete and the supports attached.

This construction technique was the subject of a documentary I watched on the science channel.

[texas1928]

22. I watched how they built that bridge on Discovery HD.

It was interesting. They built the bridge sections and then walked it out over the supports in the canyon. It was supposedly the first time anyone had done that.

[jobycom]

24. And you get to drive across in in French cars!

I love bridges. That's on my very short list of places to go, along with the Grand Canyon Skywalk.

[unpossibles]

25. wow. Just... wow

I am trying to imagine riding my scooter on it. I think I could (I have a mild fear of heights), but would have to stop and throw up a few times.

[Karenca]

27. No- just No.

I couldn't. I'de get sick.

Even in Italy --NOT ON A BRIDGE -- I was besides myself with fear driving up and down the mountainous roads in their crazy tiny cars with the natives zooming past me at 100 MPH.

[NashVegas]

29. Now That's Just Showing Off

Look closely at pic #2 to see how necessary this was.

This one made me nervous; very windy day & choppy seas.

[One_Life_To_Give]

31. But how many B-17 raids can it survive?

Now the Romans, they built bridges. :evilgrin:






Stunning acheivment, really. I am jealous that I neither desinged nor helped to build it. But maybe one day I can take a trip across it.

[taterguy]

38. B-26s or P-47s were the preferred weapon against bridges

The B-17 was a high altitude bomber, not accurate enough for a bridge but useful for leveling an entire city.

[One_Life_To_Give]

43. Twas thinking of "Grand Slam"

The british penetrator bomb used to take down a Roman Aquaduct converted to a railway. I guess it was dropped by a Lancaster bomber. At 22,000lb it wasn't something a P-47 or B-26 could carry.

[MissHoneychurch]

32. That bridge is in Southern France

that is beautiful and a masterpiece of architecture

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

34. Gephyrophobia

Gephyrophobia: An abnormal and persistent fear of crossing bridges. Sufferers of this phobia experience undue anxiety even though they realize their fear is irrational. Their fear may result partly from the fear of enclosure (claustrophobia) or the fear of heights (acrophobia). Phobic drivers may worry about being in an accident in busy traffic or losing control of their vehicles. High bridges over waterways and gorges can be especially intimidating, as can be very long or very narrow bridges.

Fear of bridges is a relatively common phobia although most people with it do not know they have something called "gephyrophobia." However, the derivation of the word "gephyrophobia" is perfectly straightforward (if you know Greek); it is derived from the Greek words "gephyra" (bridge) and "phobos" (fear).

[Forkboy]

40. I watched a show about that bridge a few months back.

Damned impressive.

[redqueen]

42. ooh i wonder if they have a bike lane

bet there's a beautiful view!