What's your favorite bridge? Tell us where it is and post a picture if possible.

My favorite is the Brooklyn Bridge in NYC:

http://www.wirednewyork.com/wtc/images/wtc_fulton_ferry.jpg

my favorite is the Golden Gate...
and i love the Rio/Niterói in Brasil.........

The Great Belt Bridge (Denmark):
http://www.highways.dk/danmark/broer/images/bro_storebaelt_naer_500x375.jpg

// EDITED: sorry about the double post :angel1:

My favourite bridge is Tower Bridge, London. It may be small in comparison with modern bridges, but it's a classic design:)
http://www.atpm.com/7.05/london/images/tower-bridge.jpg Image from www.atp.com7.05/london/ images/tower-bridge.jpg

i love the beauty of bridges, but there are two that rise slightly above the rest. The Mackinac Bridge in Michigan is a sentimental favorite and The Firth of Forth Bridge in Britain is just the most wonderfully amazing structure i have seen, i would absolutely love to see it in person someday.



The Mackinac Bridge:
Total Length of Bridge - 26,372 Ft. (~5 miles)
Length of Suspension Bridge - 8,614 Ft.
Length of Main Span - 3,800 Ft.

this bridge connects the lower and upper peninsulas of michigan. it stretches roughly 5 miles across the straights of mackinac where the waters of lake michigan and lake huron meet. this bridge is my sentimental favorite because my famile vacations every summer up in mackinac and this was the first long span bridge i ever saw. the beauty and length of this bridge have always awed me. and the fact that it is on the great lakes is another reason i love it; the great lakes are my absolute most favorite bodies of water on earth and this mighty bridge stands tall as the longest span in the great lakes region.

http://www.mackinacbridge.org/images/original/Image007.jpg

http://www.mackinacbridge.org/images/original/091246Tlb0070-98.jpg





The Firth of Forth Bridge:
length - 8,276 feet

this bridge just looks cool. i have never seen any bridge anywhere else that appears to use as much steel as this bridge does. it looks as if it's possibly the most overbuilt structure anywhere. it looks so strong and massive, qualities i greatly admire. a very unique and beautiful bridge design, definitely one of a kind.

http://moment.mit.edu/imageLibrary/images/large_images/Fig81.JPG

http://doors.stanford.edu/~sr/scotland-90-91/Images/28.jpg

Erasmusbrug Rotterdam:

http://www.ai170841.freeler.nl/artwork/Aw518-2.JPG

Golden gate, of course!!!

Thats pretty hard....

old: London tower bridge
new: Erasmusbrug (Rotterdam)

http://www.sydneymate.com/City/rocks/websized/P2050001.JPG

I'm with _tictac_ on this one, The Great Belt Bridge (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=20097) This one is HUGE:)

If I should chose a "historic" one it would be Tower Bridge in London:cool:

Brooklyn :rock:

I can't decide on a favourite, but in addition to the classics (GG, Tower) here are some other great bridges that haven't been listed:

Ambassador Bridge (1,850 feet main span)
http://www.photography-plus.com/images/Detroit/AmbassadorBridge.jpg
http://www.detroitbuildingtrades.org/newspapr/ambassador.jpg

Confederation Bridge (13km total)
http://www.boilyphoto.com/images/scenics/confederation%20bridge%20grounds.jpg
http://www.peisland.com/marwood/p-bridge.jpg

Pont de Quebec (1800 feet)
http://www.legrenierdebibiane.com/trouvailles/legendes/pont/pont.jpg
http://www.ssjb.com/37-38/800X600/img0015.jpg

The same as _tictac_ ! I just love the Great Belt bridge ! :)

is the older Transporter Bridge in the world:


http://www.photoways.com/partenaires/photoways/affiche_vignette.php?a=L2J3YWNnYCg4Jj0kPDo8OSUoPX52d2w4LiEiKysvKCoZD1VAUA==

http://www.photoways.com/partenaires/photoways/affiche_vignette.php?a=L2J3YWNnYCg4Jj0kPDo8OSUoPX52d2w4LiAsKysvKCoZD1VAUA==

http://www.photoways.com/partenaires/photoways/affiche_vignette.php?a=L2J3YWNnYCg4Jj0kPDo8OSUoPX52d2w4LykuKysvKCoZD1VAUA==

http://www.photoways.com/partenaires/photoways/affiche_vignette.php?a=L2J3YWNnYCg4Jj0kPDo8OSUoPX52d2w4LykpKysvKCoZD1VAUA==

My favourite bridges are :

1. Brooklyn Bridge

http://www.photo.net/photo/pcd0451/brooklyn-bridge-101.4.jpg

2. Grunwaldzki Bridge - Wroclaw / Poland

http://www.plener.wizja.net/wroclaw2/ania/most_grunwaldzki.jpg

3. Siekierkowski Bridge - Warsaw /Poland

http://fotomost.acn.waw.pl/images/MOST/Most%20kolor/Otwarcie.jpg

For me this is a toss up becuz I'm stuck between the Tower Bridge, London or the Super Long Golden gate Bridge in my second favorite city!!! :? :D

Portugal
Lisbon-25th April bridge, very similar to Golden gate in SF
Porto-D.Luís by G. Eifell

Worlwide-Tower Bridge London and Sydney bridge

Originally posted by Falcaonet

Portugal
Lisbon-25th April bridge, very similar to Golden gate in SF
Porto-D.Luís by G. Eifell

Worlwide-Tower Bridge London and Sydney bridge


Lisbon-25th April bridge

http://pascal.iseg.utl.pt/~aataide/Fotografias/Lisboa/photos/125-2600_img.jpg

http://pascal.iseg.utl.pt/~aataide/Fotografias/Lisboa/photos/113-1346_img.jpg

How about Kotlarski Bridge in Krakow. Its awesome and unique, not too big thou.

http://www.wirtualny.krakow.pl/samorzad/inwestycje/most_kotlarski/001.jpg

http://www.cyklokrak.republika.pl/most_kotlarski.jpg

http://members.chello.pl/m.dabrowski/fotki/most1.jpg

http://members.chello.pl/m.dabrowski/fotki/most2.jpg

Maybe I'm being a little biased here, as it is fairly local, but I'd say the Humber Bridge.

Reasons? Not so much the impressive size of the thing (it was the longest single-span suspension bridge in the world until fairly recently), but the fact that its appearance coupled with its setting make it incredibly bleak. It spans a very wide strectch of water called the Humber Estuary, close to the grey North Sea. It looks best on a cold grey day (most days then), especially from the north bank with the Blade-Runner-esque refineries glowing on the distant southern bank.

http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/urc.yorkshire/fury/distpics/humber3.jpg

http://www.woldsway.gov.uk/images/bridge.jpg

[SIZE=1]Originally posted by adelmus

My favourite bridges are :

1. Brooklyn Bridge

http://images.google.nl/images?q=tbn:Hcj32vpOuM0C:www.photo.net/photo/pcd0451/brooklyn-bridge-101.4.jpg

That isn't even the Brooklyn Bridge :D, it's the Manhattan Bridge.

Here you can see them together:

http://www.selectorweb.com/images/window-brooklyn-bridge-s.jpg (http://www.selectorweb.com/images/window-brooklyn-bridge.jpg)
(Click for larger photo.)

@ 2100 GMT on BBC2 (I doubt many outside of the UK will get this) is a drama-documentary on the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. Its the 2nd in a series of great wonders of the industrial age (the 1st was Isambad Kingdom Brunels massive Great Eastern - which was literally a scraper is height and a size of a town in length). If you cant watch it in ure country, get on a flight, book a hotel somewhere in London with a room with a TV and watch it :D


Details bout the program :P (http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/listings/programme.shtml?day=thursday&service_id=4224&filename=20030911/20030911_2100_4224_10275_50)

http://www.arcticwildlife.org/trip/old%20bridge.jpg

Looks fun and safe.

Gateshead Millennium Bridge:

http://skyscrapernews.com/tiki/show_image.php?id=58

http://skyscrapernews.com/tiki/show_image.php?id=54

http://skyscrapernews.com/tiki/show_image.php?id=60

http://skyscrapernews.com/tiki/show_image.php?id=59

That's a unique bridge "gateshead millenium bridge" and i love the design of that from Aquamadoor, it's also unique:D

Confederation Bridge - Canada

13km long

http://www.confederationbridge.com/bridge/images/en/nbshore.jpg


http://www.confederationbridge.com/bridge/images/en/winterbridge.jpg

Wow, how long is that last one?

I would have to say I like the new cooper river bridge in Charleston SC
http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/cooper_river/images/image-4.jpg

Well I guess I'll go with the best local bridge as my favorite, the sunshine skyway bridge. It crosses Tampa Bay and connects Bradenton FL with St. Petersburg FL.

http://www.vandoren.net/gallery/skyway/ASKYs004.jpg
http://www.vandoren.net/gallery/skyway/ASKYs001.jpg
http://www.vandoren.net/gallery/skyway2/ASKYn003.jpg

Gwangan Bridge in Busan.

http://user.chol.com/~topbop21/photo/IMG_9810.jpg
http://c1.hompy.com/maygon/bbs/data/gallery/DSC06313.jpg

Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge, Boston, Massachusetts.

http://www.structurae.de/photos/1/imgp/imgp0641.jpg
http://www.structurae.de/photos/1/imgp/imgp0638.jpg
http://www.structurae.de/photos/1533/zakimbunkerhill.jpg

hi

i think these are the best bridges round the world


1 - brooklyn bridge

2 - london bridge

3 - sydney harbour


cheers

Originally posted by massiveattack

hi

i think these are the best bridges round the world


1 - brooklyn bridge

2 - london bridge

3 - sydney harbour


cheers

London Bridge was destroyed hundreds of years ago...do you perhaps mean Tower Bridge? ;)

on the contrary... london bridge is now in arizona... :D

Here's the Batman Bridge on the Tamar River in Tasmania, Australia. I have seen posted elsewhere in the bridge forum, and I've also posted pics of it in the Ozscrapers section of the board...

http://www.touringtasmania.info/BBRIDGE19_small.jpg

http://www.touringtasmania.info/batman2_small.jpg

http://www.wtc.tas.gov.au/images/photographs/batmanbridge.jpg

http://www.touringtasmania.info/BBRIDGE19_small.jpg

http://www.walkabout.com.au/fairfax/graphics/images/CD406310.JPG

http://www.vision.net.au/~con/pics-unique/BatmanBridge.JPG

Originally posted by stanford

on the contrary... london bridge is now in arizona... :D


Yep - the American millionaire had read a book about London Bridge centuries ago (it had living stuctures on it - ie houses, it was its own little village, built on top of a small bridge and rising up in the sky. I remember reading some historical document on the bridge and there could have been as many as 200 people living on it - not to mention many business'. He unfortunately did not carry on and if he had learnt the old bridge passed into history and a victorian (still good quality) bridge was erected. He brought this, not really thinking of actually visiting or looking the issue up any further. London made a hansome profit and a new larger bridge was built. When the bridge arrived in he designated peices - he couldn't quite see how it was all going to work out of how he read about it. When it was finally constructed - he supposedly had a heart attack and died a year or two later. I think its a centre peice of some sort of resort?


For modern pedestrian only bridges the Millenium Bridge in Newcastle deserves credit as does the Millenium Bridge in London which links directly St Pauls to Tate Modern :)

Bosporus Bridge an Fatih Sultan Mehmet BRidge in Istanbul
Bosphorus Bridge (B.B.):1622m long,165m high, 33,4m wide
http://www.wowturkey2.com/upload/kopru1988.jpg
http://www.istanbulcityguide.com/pictures/images/b_koprusu_gece2_b.jpg
http://www.clasohm.com/photodb/img/5149-lg.jpg
Fatih-Sultan-Mehmed Bridge (FSM):1510m long, 106m high, 40mwide
http://wowturkey2.com/upload/memrefsm01.jpg
http://www.stanford.edu/~eerdem/istanbul/FSMfromDogatepe.JPG
http://www.wikipedia.org/upload/6/63/Rumelihisari.jpg
http://www.jellesen.dk/webcrea/places/istanbul/119x.jpeg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid87/p04f546e1083b39fa12ed78df6ff07630/fa95f43d.jpg

This bridge connects the island of Mactan to the mainlsnd of the Cebu Province.

My favourite bridge is this one designed by Santiago Calatrava in Buenos Aires!!!!

http://www.calatrava.com/slides/puente_mujer_02.jpg

http://www.calatrava.com/slides/puente_mujer_07.jpg

Porto, Portugal :
Ponte D Luis I

the further one... two roadways over each other.
http://www.fe.up.pt/porto-ol/lfp/porto.jpg

http://laurent.flaum.free.fr/VoyagesPortugalPortoLuis.jpg

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/gsapp/BT/STRUCTI/WEEK1/st1.05_a.jpg

http://www.mattereaterlad.com/travel/portugal/big/070.jpg

mine is Putrajaya's Seri Wawasan Bridge....

http://pwp.maxis.net.my/szehoong/pix/putrajaya/Seri%20Wawasan%20Bridge/DSCN0016sm.JPG

http://pwp.maxis.net.my/szehoong/pix/putrajaya/Seri%20Wawasan%20Bridge/DSCN0021sm.JPG

http://pwp.maxis.net.my/szehoong/pix/putrajaya/Seri%20Wawasan%20Bridge/DSCN0001sm.JPG

Originally posted by elsonic

Porto, Portugal :
Ponte D Luis I

the further one... two roadways over each other.
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And it was build over a century ago, a design by one of G. Eifel's disciples.:)

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4dd32b3127cceba1f47ad817d0000001610


Picture of London

My favourite bridge is the West Gate Bridge in Melbourne Australia;

it's a 2,500 metre "s" bend

My favourite bridge is the West Gate Bridge in Melbourne Australia;

it's a 2,500 metre "s" bend

But why is it so high?

I like the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, England, designed by Brunel

http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/gk04/bridge.jpg
http://www.*********************/tour/images/clifton-bridge-1.jpg
http://www.trekmania.net/main/Clifton_Suspension_%20Bridge.jpg
http://www.daviesdesign.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/provincial/pix/gallery1/big/clifton_bridge.jpg

Hell Gate Bridge



http://www.clevelandmemory.org/watson/albums/bridge-69.jpg

http://www.wirednewyork.com/bridges/hell_gate_bridge/images/hell_gate_bridge_triborough_7apr02.jpg

http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/ngpg359.jpg

http://www.slamtrak.com/rrphotoalbum/wpe45347.jpg

http://mechanics.civil.tohoku.ac.jp/~sugawara/photos/img0040.gif

mine is Putrajaya's Seri Wawasan Bridge....

http://pwp.maxis.net.my/szehoong/pix/putrajaya/Seri%20Wawasan%20Bridge/DSCN0016sm.JPG



That on'es way too busy for me, but that castilian english bridge and the double deck portugese bridge are neat. Personally, I've always liked the Bunker Hill Bridge, Boston, Massachusetts, like stanford as well as the S.C Cooper River bridge, but those are both already posted so I won't bother with images.

London Millenium Bridge has to be my favourite. Nothing like it...
http://is.freefoto.com/images_d/31/01/31_01_13_web.jpg
http://is.freefoto.com/images_d/31/01/31_01_12_web.jpg
http://is.freefoto.com/images_d/31/01/31_01_29_web.jpg

didn't the Millenium bridge have a stability problem at first? or have they fixed that?

Yep, they fixed it. Those pictures were taken while they were fixing it. They added pneu-matic dampeners and Ove Arup absorbed all the extra cost.

The Maarsserbrug is my favorite, a typical dutch bridge.

pics?

Tasman Bridge, Hobart Australia:
http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/history/tbaerial.jpg
http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/history/tasbridge1.jpg
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney Australia:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/RoscoHead/coathanger/0finished.jpg
Well OK thats not the real bridge ;)

Maarsserbrug:
http://mercurio.iet.unipi.it/pix/nl/electric/mail/3033.jpg
it crosses the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal

http://www.photography-plus.com/images/bridge.jpg

and

http://www.adventurist.net/trips/nyc_07-2003/attractions/photos/brooklyn-bridge.jpg

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/RoscoHead/coathanger/0finished.jpg


is that LEGO?

I admire the Bixby bridge in Big Sur, Cali
http://linux-workshop.com/albums/monterey/monterey_1066_bixby_bridge.sized.jpg
http://jeffpemberton.com/tnlimages/seatnlBixbyBridgeBackside.jpg
http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/~kkao/pictures/batch13/P920bixb.jpg

I seems it's a old thread. Tower Bridge and Golden Gate have been already mentioned.

Pont du Gard (so old and still standing).
http://www.francemarket.com/region-provence/pont-du-gard/photo/img1.jpg

Viaduc de Millau (actually UC, it's not so beautyfull but it's so huge, the construction is now very advanced and much more than on this picture, I also post a rendering of the bridge like it will be)
http://www.stephanecompoint.com/images_big/19/3.jpg
http://caiffa.free.fr/images/viaduc0s.jpg

Otherwise, I like Karlov Most a lot in Prague.
http://www.trekearth.com/images/photos/1639/praag-jaap-trekearth.jpg

And the Chain Bridge (Budapest)
http://www.kratronic.com/pic/budapest/Budapest%20Chain%20Bridge%2001.jpg

I also like the MacArthur Causeway, one of many causeways (bridges) that cross Biscayne Bay connecting Miami mainland with Miami Beach. This causeway in particular connects the Downtown Miami area to the urban oasis of SoBe (South Beach). Those extraordinary houses are on the lucrative islands that populate the bay, and the buidlings in the distance are the hotel and condo highrises on northern Miami Beach. This bridge is gridlocked every weekend night with expensive cars, music blasting, hot people. Distinctly Miami.

http://community.webshots.com/s/image3/7/40/35/21374035ixVxrVtYhJ_ph.jpg
http://www.ebsound.com/dans_gallery/around/ar006.jpg
Traffic at every hour of the day
http://tarp.worldserve.net/photos/miami/causewaysigns.jpg

I would have to say I like the new cooper river bridge in Charleston SC
http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/cooper_river/images/image-4.jpg

Hmm... That bridge looks very much like a copy of the Farø Bridge in Denmark from 1985. http://www.cn-thai.co.th/cnt-html/Projects/bigpic/BP16.jpg

Not that it's my favorite, though. One of my favorite bridges is the Øresundsbro which links Copenhagen, Denmark with Malmö, Sweden - not only for its beaty but also for its huge significance. The railroad is one deck below the car deck.
http://www.oeresundfood.org/img/bro.jpg

San Fran-Oakland Bay Bridge
http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/images/sfobbfog.jpg
http://www.norcalmovies.com/GeorgeOfTheJungle/BayBridge/jungle01.jpg
http://www.norcalmovies.com/GeorgeOfTheJungle/BayBridge/jungle02.jpg

After the classics (GG, Tower) here are some other great bridges that haven't been listed:

My favourite bridge is the West Gate Bridge in Melbourne Australia;
it's a 2,500 metre "s" bend

But why is it so high?

Because ocean-going shipping has to go under it to reach the port of Melbourne.

Unless I missed something, no-one from Sydney has nominated the Harbour Bridge, so I'll put my vote in. If the Forth Bridge looks heavy, this bridge has to match it: designed for four roadlanes and four rail-tracks, but two of the railtracks ended up carrying cars instead.

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v294/ooompaloompa123/Sydney/sydbr3588.jpg

I'd support that nomination - it is a wonderful bridge. Not that anyone on this thread REALLY needs reminding of the stats of SHB, I would remind Yardmaster that the original design was 6 vehicle lanes and 4 tracks (2 for trains, 2 for trams), and two wide footpaths. The trams have since been removed and replaced with vehicle lanes 7 & 8 on the eastern side of the bridge. Lane 8 is interesting in that it goes through the two pylons on the eastern side, similarly the northbound railway line goes through the western pylons.

1 tower bridge
2 erasmusbridge.
3 golden gate bridge

golden gate

Rialto Bridge, Venice, Italy

http://home.att.ne.jp/sigma/satoh/pictures/italy/venice/rialto-bridge.jpg

There are little shops on the bridge.

I like the Golden Gate.

And the Akashi-Kaikyo.

The Martinus Nijhoffbridge, Zaltbommel, Holland:

http://img56.exs.cx/img56/1172/P1010108.jpg

http://img56.exs.cx/img56/8929/P1010109.jpg

Hey, since I am from Bosnia I would have to say that my favorite bridge is in Mostar. In Mostar it is called Stari Most! It was built by the Turks in the 16 century. This was greatly appreciated because it replace Mostar's old wooden bridge! Then the bridge was destroyed by the Croatians. Now, the bridge is open and looks just like it new. Below, I have provided a picture!
Thanks,
-Timur Taljanovic

Mostar, Bosnia! (Stari Most)
http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040723/i/r3906124791.jpg

i love Akashi-Kaikyo...it is the king of all bridges

I like HK's Tsing Ma Bridge (engineering marvel) and I saw plans to build the Gibraltar Bridge linking Africa and Europe. If built, it would be my new favourite!

I like HK's Tsing Ma Bridge (engineering marvel) and I saw plans to build the Gibraltar Bridge linking Africa and Europe. If built, it would be my new favourite!


i saw the gibraltar bridge plans 2

it would be cool & massive

did u c the bumpers 2 stop boats bashing into it

the forth bridges are the best in the world

there is no matching the rail bridge

My favorite bridge has got to be the bridge to Rouge City on the movie A.I. Even though it's not real, I think those bridges are amazing. Imagine driving through a woman's mouth. I highly doubt such bridges would ever get built, but I can dream.

http://www.kohary.com/movies/images/index/ai_entrance_to_rouge_city_small.jpg

i'm a big fan of the akashi-kaikyo pearl suspension bridge, its the suspension record holder at the moment (span 1998 metres) and survived a richer 8 earthquake whilst being built. not bad.

otherwise i love the rainbow bridge in tokyo, the erasmus bridge in rotterdam, tower bridge, brooklyn bridge, the golden gate bridge and forth bridge (havent seen it but i'm sure its awesome), , the pont in florence and the rialto bridge. i do love the one in england at stowe gardens as well. the one bridging anglesey in wales to the mainland (menai bridge) is also lovely, it is also the world's first suspension bridge. the bridge in bristol is awesome, as is the millenium bridge in london. the pont du gard in france is also amazing, as is millau.

my favourite? oh its the biggest! the akashi kaikyo! but when millau is finished i will probably prefer that. stunning.

Golden gate, of course!!!
Why? It's only the 2nd best bridge in SF. The Bay bridge has a much more dramatic setting with SF as it's backgroung. If you've never been to SF, fly into Oakland and rent a car. Cross the Bay Bridge to get an unforgettable entrance to SF ( the city explodes in front of you after you pass through an island in the middle of the bay).

My favourite bridges are :

1. Brooklyn Bridge

http://www.photo.net/photo/pcd0451/brooklyn-bridge-101.4.jpg

2. Grunwaldzki Bridge - Wroclaw / Poland

http://www.plener.wizja.net/wroclaw2/ania/most_grunwaldzki.jpg

3. Siekierkowski Bridge - Warsaw /Poland

http://fotomost.acn.waw.pl/images/MOST/Most%20kolor/Otwarcie.jpg
Your first photo is either the Manhattan or Williamsburg Bridge. It's definitely NOT the Brooklyn. The Brooklyn has the gothic towers.

May favorite bridge is the Schlossbrücke (Palacebridge) in Berlin.

http://img1.uploadimages.net/163336Schlossbrücke.jpg

http://img1.uploadimages.net/863875Schlossbrücke_2.jpg

It is not too big or technically unique, but therefore, it is quite impressive from a artistical and imaginative point of view. It was designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, probably THE Prussian architect.

The 8 Sculptures are telling a Heroe's life, from his first lessons in swordplay as a young guy by the goddess Minerva, until his graceful death and ascension to Olymp with the goddess Iris (or Nike) ...

http://img1.uploadimages.net/245144Nike.jpg ;)

http://img1.uploadimages.net/027740Minerva.jpg

http://img1.uploadimages.net/126563Iris.jpg

1) Karluv most (charles bridge) in Prague:

http://praha.1.tripod.com/19ff60f0.jpg

2) Stanczyki (Poland)

http://www.ga.com.pl/foto06/02359.jpg



http://www.ga.com.pl/foto02/00571.jpg


http://www.ga.com.pl/foto18/07581x.jpg

Your first photo is either the Manhattan or Williamsburg Bridge. It's definitely NOT the Brooklyn. The Brooklyn has the gothic towers.
The first photo is the Manhattan bridge. The Williamsburg bridge is grey and further North.

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Brooklyn Bridge

http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/nypd/pix/vehicles/rmp01.gif

Puente de Rande, Ría de Vigo, Pontevedra, Galiza (Spain)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/cellete/Rande3.bmp
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/cellete/Rande2.bmp
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/cellete/Rande4.bmp
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/cellete/Rande.bmp
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/cellete/Rande5.bmp

of course the bosphurus bridges in Istanbul

SHARPTENT is right about the Forth Rail Bridge but the Forth ROAD Bridge which sits next to it looks great aswell. With the Forth Road Bridge taking more traffic than it was designed to they are thinking of buildind another. All that seems to be stopping it seems to be those damn tree huggin hippys *no offence*.
Sorry if i seem a little byassed but I am Scottish, lol.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/features/bridges/images/tyne_bridge1.jpg

I like Newcastle's Tyne Bridge best.

Chesapeake Bay Bridge 1 hr from Baltimore.

Built in 1952
Bridge length 4.3 miles

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Well, kinde small but one of it's own kind. The Landwasser Viadukt, it's part of the Albula Track between Chur and St.Moritz (Switzerland)
http://www.schweizer-schmalspurbahn.de/i1562603-13.jpg

It is 65 meters high, 142 meters long and is curved with a radius of only 100 meter. It was finished in 1903.
http://www.karl-gotsch.de/Bilder/Landwasser.JPG

My favorite bridge would be Le Pont de Normandie, I don't know why, but I just love this bridge.
http://acsto.free.fr/Photos/paysages/navigations/photos_diverses/df_pontdenormandie.jpg

My other favorite bridge is the San Francisco Bay Bridge, it's so beautiful at night with the San Francisco skyline.
http://back.boom.ru/WallPapers/02/0019.jpg

the tyne bridge in newcastle looks like a cheap ripoff of Sydney Harour bridge. My fav bridges r as follows....

1: Rio - ? in greece! it looks awseme go to the thread if u wanna see pics

2: Sydney Harbour.....New Years Eve celebrations r superb!

3: Bay Bridge............Best views

my favorite bridge in France :

1. Le Viaduc de Millau

http://www.pyrotechnic.ch/2004%20Millau/Grandes%20images/HPIM10106.JPG

2. Le Pont de Normandie

http://www.globalgeografia.com/album/francia/pont_de_normandie.jpg

3. Le Viaduc de Garabit
built in 1884 by Gustave Eiffel

http://benoit.albagnac.free.fr/viaduc_garabit.jpg

http://mondeferrobb.free.fr/image/v/viaduc/garabit/viaduga4.jpg

http://apcaphoto.free.fr/include/imDisp.php?id=85&taille=-1

http://www.lentreprise-electrique.fr/Garabit.jpg

http://www.pyrotechnic.ch/2004%20Millau/Grandes%20images/HPIM10164.JPG

My favourite bridge has to be the Forth Rail Bridge in Scotland. This bad boy is massive, totally over-engineered, but stunning. You've got to remember that this thing was built 150 odd years ago. Its also complemented perfectly by the Forth Road Bridge.

If any of you guys have or have played GTA San Andreas, the bridges leading into San Ferrio are these ones - put in because GTA is actually made in Scotland!

Some pics of the bridges:
http://tinypic.com/y096b

http://tinypic.com/y09ac

http://tinypic.com/y09d2

http://tinypic.com/y09pv

With the Forth Road Bridge aswell - an incredible sight up close!!
http://tinypic.com/y09hh

http://tinypic.com/y09ic

http://tinypic.com/y09wz

http://tinypic.com/y09xf

http://tinypic.com/y09iq

http://tinypic.com/y09vn

http://tinypic.com/y09js

This is Mária Valéria Bridge between Esztergom (Hungary) and Párkány (Slovakia), i like this bridge because it is in my hometown.

http://bagala.uw.hu/egom/MVBRIDGE.jpg

If any of you guys have or have played GTA San Andreas, the bridges leading into San Ferrio are these ones - put in because GTA is actually made in Scotland!

Atleast they kept the Golden Gate Bridge ;).
http://www.gta-sanandreas.com/screenshots/images/screen_138.jpg
The Forth Road Bridge does look like the San Francisco Bay Bridge, it's all good.
http://www.gta-sanandreas.com/screenshots/images/screen_156.jpg

This is Mária Valéria Bridge between Esztergom (Hungary) and Párkány (Slovakia), i like this bridge because it is in my hometown.


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raadasul egomi ;)

San Francisco Bay Bridge is my favorite.

the tyne bridge in newcastle looks like a cheap ripoff of Sydney Harour bridge. My fav bridges r as follows....

1: Rio - ? in greece! it looks awseme go to the thread if u wanna see pics

2: Sydney Harbour.....New Years Eve celebrations r superb!

3: Bay Bridge............Best views

The Tyne Bridge and the Sydney Harbour Bridge were infact started at the same time in 1925. The Tyne Bridge was finished first because it is on a smaller scale however to see it in person you would know that it is no cheap rip off.

Most of the river Tyne's Bridges were opened by Royalty and at the time of completion were great World engineering triumphs.


All though not the best bridges in the world in terms of size I think Newcastle can claim to have the best collection of Bridges anywhere in the world within a 2 mile stretch with 7 in total.

This picture shows 6 of the seven bridges clearly with the swing bridge hidden between the Tyne Bridge (green one) and the High level bridge (big black one)

Here are the names dates and who they were opened by from top to bottom of the photo.

Millenium Bridge (2001 by Queen Elizabeth II )
Tyne Bridge (1928 by King George V )
Swing bridge (1876 - no official ceremony)
High Level bridge (1849 by Queen Victoria)
Queen Elizabeth II Bridge (1981 by Queen Elizabeth II.)
King Edward VII Bridge (1906 by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra)
The Redheugh Bridge (1983 by Diana, The Princess of Wales)

http://www.northeastscenery.com/NorthEastScenery/AerialPhotographs/Tyneside/StephenGordonDec03/039%20Tyne%20Bridges.jpg

Here are each of the bridges in more detail.

Millenium Bridge:

The Gateshead Millennium Bridge, a 600 tonne structure, will slowly open turning on a pivot like a giant eyelid to form an arch to allow ships to pass below it. Significant dates: Bridge manouvred into position by the giant crane Asian Hercules .
http://www.jakehowlett.com/photos/albums/userpics/newcastle/DSC00233.JPG
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/images/events/newcastle/bridge210.jpg

The Tyne Bridge:
The most famous of the 7 bridges and the main artery into the City centre of Newcastle from the South
http://www.icdev.co.uk/expats/desktops/newcastle/tynebridgec1024.jpg
http://www.jakehowlett.com/photos/albums/userpics/newcastle/DSC00234.JPG

The Swing bridge:

The Swing Bridge was built on the site of the Roman and Medieval bridges which crossed the Tyne at this point. During its construction, two Roman altars were dredged from the river. Dedicated to Neptune and Oceanus, they probably belonged to a shrine built to protect the Roman bridge from the Tyne's tides. The largest opening bridge of its kind when it was opened in 1876, its hydraulic opening action was originally driven by steam pumps but these were replaced with electric pumps in 1959. The bridge was needed because the small arches of the old stone bridge prevented large, sea-going vessels access to Lord Armstrong's expanding Elswick Works.

http://www.bobjude.co.uk/photo/newc/quayside1/photo12.jpg

http://www.northeastscenery.com/NorthEastScenery/AerialPhotographs/Tyneside/StephenGordonDec03/042%20Tyne%20Bridges.jpg

The High level bridge:

The revolutionary design with trains on the top deck and a road below. It was the first bridge built with both cast and wrought iron. Trains first crossed 15th August 1849 - no ceremony. Road traffic first crossed 4th February 1850. The road deck was strengthened in 1922 to take trams.

http://is.freefoto.com/images_e/1043/22/1043_22_1_web.jpg
http://www.peacedividend.com/photos/archives/highlevel.jpg

The Queen Elizabeth II Bridge:

Traffic: Rail (Metro Rapid Transport). Length: 1115 ft 6in (352.7m). Width: 33ft 6in (10.2m).

http://www.karl-gotsch.de/Bilder/Newcastle_Metro.JPG

The King Edward VII Bridge:

Traffic: Motor vehicles & pedestrian. Length: 1304 ft (397.72m). Width: 56ft (17.08m).

The King Edward VII Bridge was the second rail crossing over the Tyne.
http://www.northumbria.info/Media/KingEdb.jpg
http://monkchester.co.uk/images/edward7.jpg

The Redheugh Bridge:

Traffic: Motor vehicles & pedestrian. Length: 2942 ft (897m). Width: 52ft (15.8m).

There have been three Redheugh Bridges on this site, dating back to 1871. The current bridge was opened by the late Lady Diana, Princess of Wales in 1983.

http://www.northumbria.info/Media/Redheughb.jpg

A few other pics.
The river Tyne in the early morning:
http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/tlt/photo/image/l061547.jpg
http://www.camk.edu.pl/~ptz/hobbies/england/Newcastle_Bridges.jpg
http://www.danorth.fsnet.co.uk/photo%20gallery/scenes/tynebridges.jpg


The river Tyne at night:

http://www.mikekipling.com/northumberland_durham/kn1174_tyne_bridges.jpg
http://steveellwood.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/tyne4.jpg

I think you'll agree they are a great set of bridges and I look forward to seeing them everytime I visit Newcastle.

Many of the most picturesque highway bridges in the United States utilize an open spandrel concrete arch design. This was a popular form of bridge construction during the first half of the last century. Two of the most famous bridges of this type are the Bixby Creek Bridge in the Big Sur area of California and the Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena, California:

Bixby Creek Bridge
http://webpages.charter.net/g.vassilakos/oscb/bixby6.JPG

Colorado Street Bridge
http://webpages.charter.net/g.vassilakos/oscb/colorado5.JPG
http://webpages.charter.net/g.vassilakos/oscb/colorado6.JPG

This form of construction was also used for many more modest highway bridges built before World War II, such as on Route 330 in City Creek Canyon in the San Bernardino Mountains:

http://webpages.charter.net/g.vassilakos/oscb/citycreek.JPG

The Tyne Bridge and the Sydney Harbour Bridge were infact started at the same time in 1925. The Tyne Bridge was finished first because it is on a smaller scale however to see it in person you would know that it is no cheap rip off.

Most of the river Tyne's Bridges were opened by Royalty and at the time of completion were great World engineering triumphs.


All though not the best bridges in the world in terms of size I think Newcastle can claim to have the best collection of Bridges anywhere in the world within a 2 mile stretch with 7 in total.

This picture shows 6 of the seven bridges clearly with the swing bridge hidden between the Tyne Bridge (green one) and the High level bridge (big black one)

Here are the names dates and who they were opened by from top to bottom of the photo.

Millenium Bridge (2001 by Queen Elizabeth II )
Tyne Bridge (1928 by King George V )
Swing bridge (1876 - no official ceremony)
High Level bridge (1849 by Queen Victoria)
Queen Elizabeth II Bridge (1981 by Queen Elizabeth II.)
King Edward VII Bridge (1906 by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra)
The Redheugh Bridge (1983 by Diana, The Princess of Wales)

http://www.northeastscenery.com/NorthEastScenery/AerialPhotographs/Tyneside/StephenGordonDec03/039%20Tyne%20Bridges.jpg

Here are each of the bridges in more detail.

Millenium Bridge:

The Gateshead Millennium Bridge, a 600 tonne structure, will slowly open turning on a pivot like a giant eyelid to form an arch to allow ships to pass below it. Significant dates: Bridge manouvred into position by the giant crane Asian Hercules .
http://www.jakehowlett.com/photos/albums/userpics/newcastle/DSC00233.JPG
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/images/events/newcastle/bridge210.jpg

The Tyne Bridge:
The most famous of the 7 bridges and the main artery into the City centre of Newcastle from the South
http://www.icdev.co.uk/expats/desktops/newcastle/tynebridgec1024.jpg
http://www.jakehowlett.com/photos/albums/userpics/newcastle/DSC00234.JPG

The Swing bridge:

The Swing Bridge was built on the site of the Roman and Medieval bridges which crossed the Tyne at this point. During its construction, two Roman altars were dredged from the river. Dedicated to Neptune and Oceanus, they probably belonged to a shrine built to protect the Roman bridge from the Tyne's tides. The largest opening bridge of its kind when it was opened in 1876, its hydraulic opening action was originally driven by steam pumps but these were replaced with electric pumps in 1959. The bridge was needed because the small arches of the old stone bridge prevented large, sea-going vessels access to Lord Armstrong's expanding Elswick Works.

http://www.bobjude.co.uk/photo/newc/quayside1/photo12.jpg

http://www.northeastscenery.com/NorthEastScenery/AerialPhotographs/Tyneside/StephenGordonDec03/042%20Tyne%20Bridges.jpg

The High level bridge:

The revolutionary design with trains on the top deck and a road below. It was the first bridge built with both cast and wrought iron. Trains first crossed 15th August 1849 - no ceremony. Road traffic first crossed 4th February 1850. The road deck was strengthened in 1922 to take trams.

http://is.freefoto.com/images_e/1043/22/1043_22_1_web.jpg
http://www.peacedividend.com/photos/archives/highlevel.jpg

The Queen Elizabeth II Bridge:

Traffic: Rail (Metro Rapid Transport). Length: 1115 ft 6in (352.7m). Width: 33ft 6in (10.2m).

http://www.karl-gotsch.de/Bilder/Newcastle_Metro.JPG

The King Edward VII Bridge:

Traffic: Motor vehicles & pedestrian. Length: 1304 ft (397.72m). Width: 56ft (17.08m).

The King Edward VII Bridge was the second rail crossing over the Tyne.
http://www.northumbria.info/Media/KingEdb.jpg
http://monkchester.co.uk/images/edward7.jpg

The Redheugh Bridge:

Traffic: Motor vehicles & pedestrian. Length: 2942 ft (897m). Width: 52ft (15.8m).

There have been three Redheugh Bridges on this site, dating back to 1871. The current bridge was opened by the late Lady Diana, Princess of Wales in 1983.

http://www.northumbria.info/Media/Redheughb.jpg

A few other pics.
The river Tyne in the early morning:
http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/tlt/photo/image/l061547.jpg
http://www.camk.edu.pl/~ptz/hobbies/england/Newcastle_Bridges.jpg
http://www.danorth.fsnet.co.uk/photo%20gallery/scenes/tynebridges.jpg


The river Tyne at night:

http://www.mikekipling.com/northumberland_durham/kn1174_tyne_bridges.jpg
http://steveellwood.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/tyne4.jpg

I think you'll agree they are a great set of bridges and I look forward to seeing them everytime I visit Newcastle.


So sorry. i will be the first to admit that i was very wrong. If i had known it was built the same time i would hav assumed it was the architecture style at the time. Now looking at the pics u posted i think it looks great.

Erasmusbrug Rotterdam.

The P. Zakim Leonard Bridge (aka Bunker Hill Bridge), Boston. It is the widest cable-stayed bridge in the world at 183 ft with 10 lanes and is supposed to resemble the Bunker Hill Monument.

http://img64.exs.cx/img64/9876/zakimskyline0vv.jpg

http://img19.exs.cx/img19/9083/9e-zakim1.jpg

http://www.advantageboston.com/AdvantageBoston/AdvantageBostonPhotoTour/images/lenny.jpg

http://www.structurae.net/files/photos/1/718917/000033.jpg

The Bunker Hill Monument itself:

http://nanosft.com/freedom/bunkerhill/view1.jpg

1. Ponte Vasco da Gama, Lisboa. 21km long!
2. Pont Bac de Roda, Barcelona. By Santiago Calatrava, not vey big but very beautiful!
3. Puente del Alamillo, Sevilla. By Santiago Calatrava, it is wonderful!

Can you find pics of them, please?
THANKS!!

1. Golden Gate bridge (never driven on it but it sure looks nice)
2. One of the many NY bridges with the great skyline views.
3. The 7-Mile bridge in the Florida Keys. I love the fact that in the middle of the bridge you can't see land on either side on a less than clear day.

The Talmadge Memorial Bridge in Savannah would definitely be in my top five list (possibly cause its the only bridge I've driven over). Nothing beats driving over the bridge at dawn and seeing good old Savannah rise into view.
http://www.webpages4u.com/forum_photos/bridge_big_det.jpg

Bloor Street Viaduct (officially called the "Prince Edward Viaduct")
Built in 1918, designer Edmund Burke insisted on having a lower deck for a future subway line (built 48 years later, saving the TTC millions...)
Even though the bridge is onlty 490 metres long and 40 metres high, it still is my favorite because it has a major roadway on top, a subway line on the lower deck , and it passes over a road, a highway, ariver, a bike path, a major rail line, an electrical transmission line...... as well as the one of largest innercity park systems in canada
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/60/Toronto-bloorviaduct.jpg

Golden Gate - the superlative of all bridges. Take a drive on it, sometime. The Brooklyn Bridge is a close second.

A nice bridge in Brazil: JK Bridge, in Brasilia, project 1998, built in 2002. See pics:
http://www.metalica.com.br/pg_dinamica/bin/pg_dinamica.php?id_pag=654

1. the most beautifully bridge in the netherlands, The ERASMUSBRIDGE:
http://www.mainport-rotterdam.com/Bronnen/erasmus1.jpg

2. The Brooklyn Bridge

3. The Golden Gate Bridge

My Thuan Bridge-Vietnam

The My Thuan Bridge, located in the Mekong Delta region of southern Vietnam, was completed in May 2000. Built with Australian assistance, the My Thuan Bridge represents an architectural expression of the friendship and co-operation between the peoples and governments of Vietnam and Australia.
Studies indicate that the bridge will be a major catalyst for an improvement in living conditions for Vietnamese people living in the delta region and also throughout the country.
The 4,500 kilometre long Mekong River is the tenth longest river in the world, flowing through China, Burma, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia from its source region in Tibet to its mouth in Vietnam where it flows into the South China Sea (see figure 2). There are main two branches of the Mekong River in Vietnam, the Tien Giang and the Hau Giang.
The Tien Giang is the main branch of the Mekong River as it flows through Vietnam and it is an international shipping channel used by vessels moving to and from Cambodia.
Australian companies, with support from Vietnamese enterprises, prepared the feasibility study for the project, undertook detailed engineering design for the bridge, acted as lead contractors for construction, and supervised construction performance. Vietnamese companies undertook 45 percent of the construction of the bridge through subcontracts.
National Highway 1, south of Ho Chi Minh City, is the principal road link to the Mekong Delta, with roads diverging to the south, southeast and west of the Mekong Delta from the southern banks of the Tien Giang. The My Thuan Bridge is thus a critical link in the road network in southern Vietnam. :)

http://vastvietnam.org/quang/cmt5.jpg
http://www.ausaid.gov.au/hottopics/mythuan/bridge1.jpg
http://www.ausaid.gov.au/hottopics/mythuan/bridge4.jpg
http://www.ausaid.gov.au/hottopics/mythuan/bridge7.jpg
http://www.ausaid.gov.au/hottopics/mythuan/bridge3.jpg
http://www.traveltovietnam.com/Guide/Cantho/Attractions/MyThuan%20Bridge/images/mythuan_lg.jpg
http://www.aihuucongchanh.com/mtb/4.JPG

Hoi An Bridge(Classic)


http://www.naucon.net/images/photos/vn/hoian2.jpg
http://www.cyclonetours.net/Images/New/Asia/Vietnam/Hoi%20An%20-%20Japanese%20Bridge.jpg
http://www.farofflands.com/avpa/hoi_an_bridge2.jpg
http://www.nhandan.org.vn/english/landscape/hoian3.jpg
http://www.theworks-arp.com/images/vietnam/02-Japanese-Bridge---Hoi-An.jpg
http://www.peregrinephotography.co.uk/images/VjapBridge.jpg
http://www.cwalker.com/assets/images/dsc01639_4070.jpg
http://www.jadedragon.com/archives/travel/HoianBridge.jpg

I like the good old fasioned Dutch canal bridges
http://www.bmz.amsterdam.nl/adam/pics/bruggen/brug321.jpg
http://www.bmz.amsterdam.nl/adam/pics/bruggen/brug242.jpg
http://www.bmz.amsterdam.nl/adam/pics/bruggen/brug146.jpg

toledo Bridge, in madrid

Toledo Bridge (Madrid)

My favourite is the George V Bridge in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/holiday-photos3/GeorgeV_Bridge.jpg

But somedays it's the Fourth Bridge (especially when it's not undergoing renovation).

http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/holiday-photos3/ForthBridge.JPG

my favorite bridge would have to be, stari most (old bridge) in mostar, bosnia and herzegovina...

my favorite bridge would have to be, stari most (old bridge) in mostar, bosnia and herzegovina...

me too!!! :D
but the old bridge.. not the rebuilded one ;)

http://w3.gazi.edu.tr/~mzeki/bosna/Mostar%20Bridge%201.jpg


greetz,
Acrux

My favorite is the Angus L. MacDonald Bridge in Halifax.
http://www.perfectphoto.ca/Gallery/NS00Hfx/images/00RVN_04186b.jpg
http://schools.spsd.sk.ca/buena/thomsonweb/images/penpals/macdonald_bridge.jpg
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/697/4macdonald06.jpg
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/697/4macdonald05.jpg
http://www.hdbc.ns.ca/pictures/thumbAfter.jpg

Bosporus Bridge an Fatih Sultan Mehmet BRidge in Istanbul
Bosphorus Bridge (B.B.):1622m long,165m high, 33,4m wide
http://www.wowturkey2.com/upload/kopru1988.jpg
http://www.istanbulcityguide.com/pictures/images/b_koprusu_gece2_b.jpg
Fatih-Sultan-Mehmed Bridge (FSM):1510m long, 106m high, 40mwide
http://wowturkey2.com/upload/memrefsm01.jpg
http://www.stanford.edu/~eerdem/istanbul/FSMfromDogatepe.JPG
http://www.wikipedia.org/upload/6/63/Rumelihisari.jpg
http://www.jellesen.dk/webcrea/places/istanbul/119x.jpeg
Went over the Bosporus bridge a few times and it was very impressive. Nice detail: these are the only bridges in the world that connect 2 continents!

My personal favorite is still the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam, nicknamed The Swan. Quite modest in size when compared to other bridges, but the design is unique:

http://agentsmith.mine.nu/rotterdam/images2/erasmusbrug1.jpg

http://agentsmith.mine.nu/rotterdam/images2/erasmusbrug2.jpg

http://erasmusbrug.com/erasmusbrug_by_night_1.jpg

Also very nice: the Queen Juliana Bridge on Curacao:

http://www.kazmier.com/vacation/images/cruise-curacao-bridge-s.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/nl/thumb/4/4a/350px-Koningin_juliana_brug_curacao.jpg

i have a couple favourites. but my all time favourite is the alex fraser bridge in delta bc. it's just cool
http://www.eng.ucalgary.ca/CSCE-Students/images/Structures/bridge-AlexFraser.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/big_bridges1/fraser2.jpg
http://www.somerseteng.com/newly%20scanned3/homepic.jpg

Alex Fraser (Annacis) Bridge high level, Main Channel, Fraser River 1986- When opened, the 465-metre main span was the longest in the world. The stay cables radiate from two tall concrete towers, founded on large steel pipe piles of similar length. The deck is concrete, laid on steel plate girders. Originally the six-lane deck was restricted to four lanes, the outer lanes being reserved for cyclists and pedestrians. In about a year the bridge had generated sufficient traffic to justify opening all six lanes to vehicles. Pedestrians and cyclists were moved outside the cables.

North of Annacis Island, the highway is taken over Annacis Channel by a low-level bridge equipped with a swing span for navigation.


also the skybridge in new westminster and surrey british columbia. it's really cool too. it's just for skytrain.
BC Transit SkyBridge Fraser River, New Westminster 1990- The SkyBridge, just downstream of Pattullo Bridge, enables commuters from Surrey to avoid the Alex Fraser, Pattullo and Port Mann bridges. It is set skew to the Fraser River to ease the curve coming from New Westminster. It is almost on the line of the original ferry which served the start of the Old Yale Road up the Fraser Valley.

The bridge is cable stayed, like the Alex Fraser, but with the entire deck built of concrete. There are two tracks, enabling SkyTrains to pass on the bridge. With the completion of SkyBridge, the oldest and newest bridges in Greater Vancouver are within sight of each other.

http://www.urbanrail.net/am/vanc/vancouver-skybridge.jpg

my favorite bridges in my country are:

25 April bridge - 190 metres high:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y70/jani1/25abril3.jpg

Vasco da gama bridge - 145 metres high - 17 kilometres long:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y70/jani1/vgama.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y70/jani1/vgama1.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y70/jani1/vgama2.jpg

I love all bridges design by the magnific Spanish architect Calatrava and Rio Antirio bridge in Greece too!!

This bridge in Florence looks amazing.

http://www.unt.edu/soci/Faculty/rodeheav/rodeheav2/Travels/images/Italy%2028%20Florence.jpg

But the Golden Gate Bridge is my favorite.

This bridge in Florence looks amazing.

http://www.unt.edu/soci/Faculty/rodeheav/rodeheav2/Travels/images/Italy%2028%20Florence.jpg

But the Golden Gate Bridge is my favorite.
The Ponte Vecchio :).


Made this pic of the Erasmus Bridge a few hours ago:

http://agentsmith.mine.nu/images/rotterdam/EPSN0837.jpg
Shot with a simple digital compact camera on solid ground.

this one in Porto is awesome take a look

http://www.chantiergraphique.com/BASILICO_PHOTOS/Basilico_Pont_Porto.jpg

San Francisco's Bay Bridge!

Definitely the homegrown Erasmusbridge.

Golden Gate, then the bay bridge, then that one in oporto

some personal favs
ganter bridge switzerland
http://web.mit.edu/museum/exhibitions/galleries/swisslegacy/photos/MENN-Ganter-6.19.jpg
http://www.deuring.ch/christian-menn/fotos_projekte/ganter_menn_b.jpg
and worlds longest rail bridge, canada's lethbridge viaduct
http://www.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/1/15/Lethbridge_Viaduct.gif

The Great Belt Bridge .. the worlds second longest suspention bridge :)

I'm partial to my beloved "Big Mack".

http://www.maps.msn.com/(2ucj4m55444p5o2qhb5grr55)/MPSvc.aspx?MPMtd=M&L=USA&C=45.77965%2c-84.72587&A=150&S=800%2c740&PN=1119050393&P=|4cc1|&UA=66&gb=1

http://www.downtownmotown.8k.com/images/rogers%2090_jpg.jpg

http://www.downtownmotown.8k.com/images/rogers%2091_jpg.jpg

http://www.downtownmotown.8k.com/images/rogers%2096_jpg.jpg

http://www.mackinacbridge.org/images/original/1108.jpg

http://www.mackinacbridge.org/images/original/lightch.jpg

http://www.mackinacbridge.org/images/original/walkersbehind_105863_7.jpg

http://www.mackinacbridge.org/images/original/towerwalk.jpg

http://www.mackinacbridge.org/images/original/010530Image005f.jpg

http://www.mackinacbridge.org/images/original/image038.jpg

http://gallery.devco.net/albums/Bridges/albert_bridge3.jpg
Albert Bridge London

This bridge in Florence looks amazing.

http://www.unt.edu/soci/Faculty/rodeheav/rodeheav2/Travels/images/Italy%2028%20Florence.jpg

But the Golden Gate Bridge is my favorite.

Lake Las Vegas' Ritz carlton hotel has a bridge similar to that:

http://www.robnlisa.net/vegas/images/llv2.jpg

1. Viaduc de Millau;
2. Erasmusbrug;
3. Planned Lange Wapper in Antwerp:

http://img141.echo.cx/img141/9672/masterplanantwerpen25ek.jpg

http://img140.echo.cx/img140/3316/ef582bccdaba438ba807eaa109abb6.jpg

http://img154.echo.cx/img154/5205/50491189131b4945a3ae27666b0f59.jpg

Golden Gate Forever

Ponte Presidente Dutra - President Dutra Bridge

Juazeiro - Bahia - Brasil. On São Francisco River

http://www.juazeiro.ba.gov.br/images/cartoes/02g.jpg

http://baixaki.ig.com.br/imagens/wpapers/BXK8762_ponte-presidente-dutra-divisa-juazeiro-ba-petrolina-pe800.jpg

OBS.: The bridge doesn't end in there, it's only the bahian side of the bridge. It's simple but poetic.

"...,Atravessando a ponte ai que alegria chegava em Juazeiro, Juazeiro da Bahia, ..."

"..., Crossing the bridge, oh, my happiness, I arrive in Juazeiro, Juazeiro of Bahia, ..."
-Geraldo Azevedo-

3rd... Krk Bridge in Croatia, longest concrete arch bridge in the world:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/LardySlovenian/krkmosta.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/LardySlovenian/krkmostb.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/LardySlovenian/krkmostc.jpg

2nd... Millau Viaduct in France, i believe its the tallest bridge in the world right?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/LardySlovenian/millauviaduct.jpg

1st... New Bay Bridge, Eastern Span, in California.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/LardySlovenian/EastSpan.jpg

two interesting things about this bridge: first of all, its actually two seperate bridges, unlike the current Bay Bridge, which is one bridge with two decks:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/LardySlovenian/EastSpanb.jpg

and second, it is called a "self-anchored suspension bridge," because the main cables acually wrap all the way around both bridges:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/LardySlovenian/self-anchored.jpg

the new Eastern Span of the Bay Bridge is currently under construction :colgate:

Arail black3limenice bridges, i like the croatia arch bridge the most

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y71/diceairsoft/Davids%20Crap/SouthAfrica-2005139.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid87/p04f546e1083b39fa12ed78df6ff07630/fa95f43d.jpg

Marcelo Frenan Bridge in Cebu City, Philippines which connects Mactan Island and Main land Cebu.

Some of these have probably already been mentioned, but these are my favories:

Aerial Lift Bridge, Duluth, Minnesota
Industrial history.
http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/Images/US/MN/AerialLiftBridge-001.jpg


Sundial Bridge, Reading, California
Simplicity and perfection.
http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/Images/US/CA/RDD/SundialBridge-002.jpg

Tied with

Erasmusbrug, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/Images/NL/NL-Erasmusbrug-002.jpg

Roebling Suspension Bridge, Cincinnati, Ohio
Prototype for the Brooklyn Bridge
http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/Images/US/OH/CVG/RoeblingBridge-002.jpg

Minnesota Slip Drawbridge, Duluth, Minnesota
Reminds me of all those cute little bridges in Amsterdam
http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/Images/US/MN/MinnesotaSlipDrawbridge-001.jpg

Fred Hartman Bridge, La Porte, Texas
First bridge of its type I drove across
http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/Images/US/TX/T41/USA-TX-FredHartmanBridge-001.jpg

BP Pedestrian Bridge, Chicago, Illinois
Because I wake up to this each morning and it's nice and shiny.
http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/Images/TheLoop/BPPedestrianBridge-003.jpg

I like those old, monumental ones the most.

1. Tower Bridge London.
2. Charles Bridge Prague.

Queensboro Bridge. Takes me home
http://www.hulubei.net/tudor/photography/photos/QueensboroBridge-1500x1000.jpg

25th of April Bridge is lisbon

http://www-db.stanford.edu/~crespo/Pictures/switzerland/swiss6_med9.jpg

http://www.macquarie.com.au/au/mig/images/april_map.gif

:)

Royal Albert Bridge

http://www.baseboard.net/gallery/data/504/2110albertbridge1sm.jpg

it has to be the Forth Rail Bridge truly awsome!

my nicest bridges:

1. Juscelino Kubichek Bridge in Lake Paranoa, Brasilia DF, Brasil (called JK Bridge)
2. Porto Eiffel Bridge (already showned in this theart), portugal

http://www.photos-of-the-year.com/image/nature/558/1624Humber_bridge_2_copy.jpg


The Humber bridge is nice I guess.

looks like the Bosphorus bridge :D

Here is a pic I myself took of the Bosphorus Bridge.


http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/1383/bosphorusbridgecopy0nm.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Edited a little to parody the Humber bridge pic... :D

i think the Bosphours one is smaller?!

Longest Suspension Bridges in the World.

1 - Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge (Japan) 1991 m - 1998
2 - Great Belt Bridge (Denmark) 1624 m - 1998
3 - Runyang Bridge (China) 1490 m - 2005
4 - Humber Bridge (England) 1410 m - 1981 (The largest from 1981 until 1998.)
...
12 - Second Bosporus Bridge (Turkey) 1090 m - 1988
13 - First Bosporus Bridge (Turkey) 1074 m - 1973

http://www.janeandrichard.co.uk/photos/easter2003/img/regular156_5696_rj.jpg

I've actually been over it...the week it opened ,my family drove up there...went accross it then turned around, and went back. :crazy:

My favourite bridge 'The Firth of Forth Bridge'
But I think the most important bridge is Bosphorus Bridge cos It meets asia to europe

eddy
i think this is the distance between the pillar/column
Because as i know the 1st Bosphours Bridge is longer
But the 2nd one is wider and the distance between the pillars is larger

^^Yes, Fatih Sultan Mehmet (2nd Bosphorus) Bridge's main span (distance between pillars) is longer.

But I also remember it is longer than Bosphorus Bridge at all, not sure though.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40628000/jpg/_40628935_millauclouds_ap220.jpg

I love Millau Viaduct, France. World's highest. :)

i've got it
http://www.istanbulyeditepe.com/gezirehberi/Modern_Mimari.asp
1st: total 1560m
2nd: total 1510m

^^You got it.

id have to go with the ambassador

Milau Viaduct...

The bridges over Great Belt in Denmark and over Oresund between Sweden and Denmark.

my favourite is JK Bridge in Brasilia

"The Swan" The Erasmusbridge from North to hip modern South over the Maas in Rotterdam The Netherlands. The most beautiful stylish bridge on the world.
http://www.skylinerotterdam.info/fotos/panorama/sk_0082.jpg
http://www.skylinerotterdam.info/fotos/panorama/sk_0051.jpg
http://www.skylinerotterdam.info/fotos/dsc%20cz%20fotos/az_418.jpg
http://www.skylinerotterdam.info/fotos/lz%20pz%20fotos/lz%20010.jpg
http://www.skylinerotterdam.info/fotos/lz%20pz%20fotos/lz%20468.jpg
http://www.skylinerotterdam.info/fotos/hz%20kz%20fotos/kz%20741.jpg
http://www.skylinerotterdam.info/fotos/dsc%20cz%20fotos/az_429.jpg
http://www.skylinerotterdam.info/fotos/dz%20gz%20fotos/ez%20774.jpg
http://www.skylinerotterdam.info/fotos/hz%20kz%20fotos/hz%20062.jpg
http://www.skylinerotterdam.info/fotos/hz%20kz%20fotos/hz%20299.jpg
http://207.44.228.232/images/B00/910.jpg
http://207.44.228.232/images/B02/2014.jpg
http://www.skylinerotterdam.info/fotos/lz%20pz%20fotos/lz%20717.jpg

Confederation Bridge - 12.9 kilometres long in Eastern Canada

http://www.dalvaybythesea.com/Gallery/images/Confederation%20Bridge_png.jpg

http://roadtrip.arcticcircle.ca/2002/P8018170.JPG

http://ice-glaces.ec.gc.ca/content_contenu/ice_codes/manice/CH2/Imag/CHAPTER2/Photo2.1.jpg

Millau Viaduct

http://greatstructures.info/millau2.jpg

Golden Gate Bridge

http://www.stephanieschmitt.com/Voyage%20Canada%20USA/Golden%20Gate/Golden%20Gate%202.jpg

Mactan Bridge

http://www.kajima.co.jp/project/works/content/project/image/2nd-mactan-bridge.jpg

Aerial Bridge - Duluth, Minnesota
http://img437.imageshack.us/img437/2008/aba81tb.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/8652/aba238740vp.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Millau
planned viaduct Antwerp.
http://www.bamnv.be/content/bam/uploads/med/IMG_20050202_0008.JPG

the bridge of Monterrey, Mexico
http://tinypic.com/maxdts.jpg

http://www.josephhaworth.com/images/Theatres/Brooklyn%20Theatre/brooklyn%20bridge-photo-B&W-Resized.jpg

The millenium bridge in Newcastle is my favourite (That I have seen)

http://www2.freefoto.com//images_e/1044/22/1044_22_14_web.jpg?&k=Gateshead+Millennium+Bridge

http://glycs015.ext.lycos.de/cms/cm/cmss/pireise/images/xtralarge/newcastle-1.jpg

http://www.travelarticles.co.uk/Gallery/images/Millenium%20Bridge,%20Newcastle_JPG.jpg

http://www.knihovna.kvary.cz/webknihovna/Informace/image004.jpg

http://www.ukswebsite.co.uk/photos/newcastlemillenium%20bridge%201.jpg

http://tom.acrewoods.net/files/images/IMG_1072.preview.JPG

http://www.gilest.org/2003/newcastle_gateshead/images/30_bridge_night.jpg

More of the Newcastle Tyne bridge, which, as said earlier in the thread, was built just two years after the Sydney harbour bridge began, and finished four years before

http://www2.freefoto.com//images_e/1043/27/1043_27_1_web.jpg?&k=Tyne+Bridge%2C+Newcastle+upon+Tyne

http://www2.freefoto.com//images_e/1043/27/1043_27_2_web.jpg?&k=Tyne+Bridge%2C+Newcastle+upon+Tyne

http://www2.freefoto.com//images_e/1043/27/1043_27_6_web.jpg?&k=Tyne+Bridge%2C+Newcastle+upon+Tyne

http://www2.freefoto.com//images_e/1043/27/1043_27_7_web.jpg?&k=Tyne+Bridge%2C+Newcastle+upon+Tyne

http://www2.freefoto.com//images_e/1043/45/1043_45_13_web.jpg?&k=Tyne+Bridge%2C+Newcastle+upon+Tyne

http://www2.freefoto.com//images_e/1043/45/1043_45_52_web.jpg?&k=Tyne+Bridge%2C+Newcastle+upon+Tyne

Millau Viaduct

http://greatstructures.info/millau2.jpg

Golden Gate Bridge

http://www.stephanieschmitt.com/Voyage%20Canada%20USA/Golden%20Gate/Golden%20Gate%202.jpg


Me too, they are so great.............

golden gate bridge

Mine are the Sydney Harbour Bridge 0422_Sydney_Harbour_Bridge
and theThe sunShine Skyway BridgeFS040903a

The Newcastle Tyne Bridge is my favourite.

Also credit to the Golden Gate Bridge, Clifton Suspension Bridge and Millau Viaduct

Brooklyn bridge NY is SO nice!!!
Also the Rio-Antirio bridge in Greece is breathtaking :eek2:

Sydney Harbour Bridge and Tower Bridge. Have seen them both in person and would often sit by them in wonder. BTW, I think the Milau Viaduct is amazing for it's height and location, but it's not very attractive and I'd hate to live in the valley below.

Millau Viaduct
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/2/27/Wiadukt_Millau.jpg

Golden Gate
http://www.richard-seaman.com/Wallpaper/USA/Cities/BridgePokingAboveClouds.jpg

New bay bridge u/c (san francisco)
http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/frisco/images/1_san_francisco_skyway_bridge.jpg
http://www.newbaybridge.org/photo_galleries/misc/suspension_span_from_south_night.jpg
http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/esc/geotech/projects/sfobbnew.jpg

my favorite bridge is surely erasmusbridge in Rotterdam in The Netherlands:)

http://images.google.pt/imgres?imgurl=http://www.jellejanvanveelen.nl/gfx/photos/4042b9fe5cd21e80092f1281cbbd04e9.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.jellejanvanveelen.nl/photoframe/17&h=400&w=600&sz=84&hl=pt-PT&start=22&tbnid=p4ZB0qDU2-CeYM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Derasmusbrug%26start%3D20%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Dpt-PT%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN

Golden Gate Bridge.
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k40/toddguy/golden20gate20bridge204.jpg

This is probably a little biased, but I like the Confederation Bridge, which crosses the Abegweit passage in the Northumberland Strait between New Brunswick and P.E.I.:

http://static.flickr.com/100/279468051_39f9df4a74_b.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Confederation_Bridge_whole_length_from_air.jpg/800px-Confederation_Bridge_whole_length_from_air.jpg
http://k43.pbase.com/u6/glennrae/large/37577122.P4100022.jpg

I sort of miss the ferries though, despite the inconvenience of waiting for hours for them to arrive. :D

Here are a couple more bridges also in the Maritimes, starting with the Angus L. Macdonald bridge between Halifax and Dartmouth:

http://k47.pbase.com/u16/mucker/large/38946779.halifax_bridge.jpg

and the uglier A. Murray Mackay Bridge:

http://static.flickr.com/33/41229110_efbd4a0dbe.jpg

Macdonald Bridge in the foreground and the Mackay Bridge in the background:

http://static.flickr.com/15/18910359_1a1495e960_b.jpg

I like this one in france....i think its name is Le viaduc de Millau
http://www.ambafrance-ma.org/actus/images/HP003739.jpeg

http://www.kennislink.nl/upload/125182_962_1103195398222-ViaducMillau.jpg

http://sad.mezzour.club.fr/marcel/images/viaduc_de_Millau.jpg

http://photoenligne.free.fr/Aveyron/Millau/N16469_Viaduc_Millau.jpg

it is..
and its AWESOME !!!!!!

especialy with clouds under it...

^^^ Yea, i really dont think any other bridge is as astounding as the Millau Viaduct in France. I'd half crap myself if I had to drive over that.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Millau_viaduc.jpg
http://www.freepatriot.com/imagewarehouse/millau-viaduct-brige-france.jpg
http://www.brodyaga.ru/images/France/Millau%204.JPG
http://viaduc.midilibre.com/albums/numerospecial/diapo.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Wiadukt_Millau.jpg

My fav is the Ravenel in Charleston SC

http://www.cofc.edu/~jwst/pages/027-Ravenel%20Bridge.JPG

http://www.charlestonwiki.org/images/8/86/Ravenelbridge.jpg

http://frank.itlab.us/bridge/large/apr_15_east.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Olympic_fireworks.jpg


DOES ANYMORE NEED TO BE SAID???

http://www.ht.sfc.keio.ac.jp/~masato/mt/img/sydney-fireworks-2006.jpg

DOES ANYMORE NEED TO BE SAID???

PS

IS SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE - DUH

OOPS - JUST REALISED THAT U CAN'T ACTUALLY SEE THE BRIDGE

http://www.mykodachrome.com/images/20060625122833_sydney-harbour-bridge.jpg

fireworks are obviously to bright

oops

^^

I certainly agree! It is more a monument than a bridge in my opinion.


This is a photo that I took whilst on the ferry.

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/723/pict0349si8.jpg


Sorry for the bad quality, but at sunset the bridge looks amazing.

http://www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk/learning_modules/maths/02.TU.03/img/IM.1514_zl.jpg

http://s133702574.onlinehome.us/pictures/blog/coolbridge.jpg

^^^ Yea, i really dont think any other bridge is as astounding as the Millau Viaduct in France. I'd half crap myself if I had to drive over that.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Millau_viaduc.jpg
http://www.freepatriot.com/imagewarehouse/millau-viaduct-brige-france.jpg
http://www.brodyaga.ru/images/France/Millau%204.JPG
http://viaduc.midilibre.com/albums/numerospecial/diapo.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Wiadukt_Millau.jpg

yeah by far the most spectacular bridge ever built. Just bloody AWESOME

I'm partial to my beloved "Big Mack".

http://www.downtownmotown.8k.com/images/rogers%2090_jpg.jpg

http://www.downtownmotown.8k.com/images/rogers%2091_jpg.jpg

http://www.mackinacbridge.org/images/original/image038.jpg

wooo! mackinac! shame it did not show up till page 7

My favorite... (where is?)

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/7615/ut06puentexc0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I love this bridge combination in fact. Small but lovely.

http://www.foto-julius.at/wien2/W1578+.jpg

(Vienna- Zollamtssteg)

I'll add my vote for the Millau Viaduct;
I've seen the Golden Gate and the Bay Bridges, Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Forth Bridges but none of them approach the Millau Viaduct for elegance, size and the sheer thrill of driving over it.
An even bigger thrill would be to walk across it and have more time to absorb how high above the valley you are and to also feel how "lively" the steel deck must be!

Today's (13 dec 06) picture header reminds me that another special Bridge is the footbridge behind Schloss Neuswanstein - an old iron and wood span over a rocky gorge with a fantastic view of the original fantasyland castle.

My favorite bridge is the one located in my city.. It's pretty old but i like it :D

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/6520/ptevl5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/8540/pte1uv0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://show.imagehosting.us/show/1808985/0/nouser_1808/T0_-1_1808985.jpg (http://www.imagehosting.us/index.php?action=show&ident=1808985)

http://show.imagehosting.us/show/1808987/0/nouser_1808/T0_-1_1808987.jpg (http://www.imagehosting.us/index.php?action=show&ident=1808987)

http://show.imagehosting.us/show/1808991/0/nouser_1808/T0_-1_1808991.jpg (http://www.imagehosting.us/index.php?action=show&ident=1808991)

http://www.foto-julius.at/wien2/W1578+.jpg



Good Idea.

Millau Viaduct, France.



http://static.flickr.com/78/215393484_ae4797c04c_o.jpg

My favorite bridge is chesapeake bay bridge-tunnel in Virginia Beach, Virginia be on it twice
a few years ago on vacation it almost 18 miles long 2 tunnels each
1 mile long.
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/8973/cbbt1ob7hz9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/3051/250pxcbbtbridgesatnorthvl7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/2374/1gl6nq4.gif (http://imageshack.us)
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/7449/parallelck5we4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Well my favorite is the Golden Gate. That's just a perfect bridge to my eyes.

Viaduc de Millau gets my vote.

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/9426/aerea1et1.jpg



http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/4734/alcantar0004rf6.jpg


http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/7030/cehopu91zn5.jpg


http://img461.imageshack.us/img461/7372/alcantarapuentevistagenrl4.jpg


http://img461.imageshack.us/img461/5003/alcantara01hc4.jpg


http://img461.imageshack.us/img461/6786/alcantarapuentemedidaswi2.jpg


http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/3246/alcantaraarcopuenteplanvn2.jpg


http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/5526/image025ae5.jpg


http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/6969/canta011fm2.jpg



http://www.spanisharts.com/arquitectura/imagenes/roma/alcantara_puente.html

Talking about smaller and older bridges:

Lavertezzo
http://www.pumpselector.ch/kalender_2006/images/07_Ponte_dei_Salti_Lavertezzo_Tessin.jpg

Las Lajas
http://www.comcen.com.au/~didierm/Update/Imagesjournal/Ecuador/Las-lajas7.jpg

Ronda
http://gnuart.onshore.com/free_photos/images/ronda.jpg

Rialto, Venice
http://www.govenice.com/images_itinerario/1giorno/600/rialto.jpg

Mostar
http://www.dubrovnik-area.com/excursions/images/excursions/large/mostar.jpg

Old Bridges :drool:

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/9017/m16oa7.jpg

and in Extramadura

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/5171/m17pj9.jpg


Trillo (Guadalajara)

I like this bridge in souther Bohemia (in Czechia) over Vltava river near Podolsko

http://vltava.logout.cz/ztr/fotoz/podolsko5.jpg.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Podolsky_most.jpg/800px-Podolsky_most.jpg

Charles bridge is classic
http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/8691/p48654e5dfv2.jpg

Ronda
http://gnuart.onshore.com/free_photos/images/ronda.jpg




Looks like something out to the lord of the rings

One more from Czechia: bridge at the Český Krumlov Castle

http://www.ckrumlov.cz/obr/zamek/5nadvori/8298b.jpg.
http://www.ckrumlov.cz/obr/zamek/5nadvori/8328b.jpg.
http://www.brodyaga.ru/pages/photos/Czech/Cesky%20Krumlov%20Czech%201142047958.jpg

These are magnificent bridges, which I greatly admire. However the bridge closest to my heart- and that was the subject of this thread- is this :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/ooompaloompa123/Otway/bnw/sbr86_bt.jpg

for the simple reason that my father and I built it, with a bit of help, to cross a creek which at times floods 50 metres wide. On the farther side: just one house.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/ooompaloompa123/Otway/bnw/sbr_rs1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/ooompaloompa123/Otway/bnw/sbr_py2.jpg

Some statistics:

Built: 1986-87
.
Type: suspension bridge, with cable-stayed features as well.

Main span: about 16m.

Secondary spans: steel truss.

Deck: treated pine.

Height above creek bed: about 3.5 m.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/ooompaloompa123/Otway/bnw/spsbr8734.jpg

Total length: about 25m.

I did think of doing it in stone -a Moshtar bridge would have been very nice- but there wasn't time.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/ooompaloompa123/Otway/bnw/ls_br.jpg

The little girl in pictures 2 & 3 took the last photo. She made them act.

My favorites are:

1) Millau Viaduct, Fra
2) Golden Gate, USA
3) Akashi Kayko, Jap
4) Sydney Harbor Bridge, Atl
5) Vasco Da Gama, Por
6) Orinokia Bridge, Ven

the planned living bridge in hamburg

http://img.stern.de/_content/54/11/541171/livingbridge1_500.jpg

I like this one,
http://erasmusbrug.com/erasmusbrug_by_night_1.jpg

http://www.jellejanvanveelen.nl/gfx/photos/4042b9fe5cd21e80092f1281cbbd04e9.jpg

http://zakelijk.irado.nl/SiteResources/data/MediaArchive/images/ARO/Erasmusbrug%202.jpg

Akahai Kayo in Japan. Just so elegant.

I do love the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It looks so oversized and disproportionate for the city. One of my fondest memories of Sydney is driving in from the north for the first time and seeing this gigantic structure looming up in front of the city.

Erasmusbrug is probably the nicest bridge architecturally.

http://i12.tinypic.com/4gzz77t.jpg

http://i12.tinypic.com/3ywbako.jpg

http://i17.tinypic.com/3z09d8n.jpg


Ponte vecchio, Florence. Italy

http://tinypic.com/y09js

this one, really seems the 25 April Bridge in Lisbon

heres a cool one near portland
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/53/142195497_7aeb82e53a.jpg?v=0

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/40/76192528_b4be112cbd.jpg?v=0

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/139/358367909_ad1383f19b.jpg?v=0

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/50/124074408_7c17ba11aa.jpg?v=0

spectacular!!

yup beautiful scenary for a bridge :okay:

The Erasmusbridge - Rotterdam The Netherlands

Also named The Swan 1996
Elegance, modern stylish and strong.
Its just a beauty!!

http://www.skylinecity.info/rotterdam/fotos/dsc%20cz%20fotos/az_418.jpg
http://207.44.228.232/images/B04/4090.jpg
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/108/dscf6090pi8.jpg
http://www.skylinecity.info/rotterdam/fotos/dz%20gz%20fotos/gz%20279.jpg
http://www.skylinecity.info/rotterdam/fotos/dz%20gz%20fotos/ez%20774.jpg
http://www.skylinecity.info/rotterdam/fotos/hz%20kz%20fotos/kz%20141.jpg
http://www.skylinecity.info/rotterdam/fotos/lz%20pz%20fotos/lz%20468.jpg
http://www.skylinecity.info/rotterdam/fotos/lz%20pz%20fotos/lz%20437.jpg
http://www.skylinecity.info/rotterdam/fotos/lz%20pz%20fotos/lz%20717.jpg
http://www.skylinecity.info/rotterdam/fotos/dz%20gz%20fotos/gz%20993.jpg

Panorama's with the bridge:
http://www.foto010.nl/pix/222.jpg
http://www.skylinecity.info/rotterdam/fotos/panorama/sk_0051.jpg
http://huibnederhof.nl/webspace3/Volvo_OceanRace.jpg

Erasmusbridge has a status as the symbol of Rotterdam. so nice!

I'm really feeling the Erasmusbridge and the Great Belt Bridge in Denmark. Nice, slick European designs. I think the Golden Gate Bridge is largely overrated from an aesthetics point of view.

there´s nothing compared as a steel bridge

Confederation Bridge -- PEI, Canada

http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=80611&rendTypeId=4

Rainbow Bridge -- Niagara Falls, Canada & United States

http://www.niagarafallslive.com/images/Rainbow_Bridge_Niagara_Falls.jpg

Jacques Cartier Bridge -- Montreal, Canada
http://www.b-t.com/images/400/jacques1.jpg

Y-Bridge -- Zanesville, Ohio

http://www.producersservicecorp.com/images/y-bridge.jpg

Lion's Gate Bridge -- Vancouver, Canada

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Lions_Gate_Bridge_West_Vancouver.jpg/800px-Lions_Gate_Bridge_West_Vancouver.jpg

Putrajaya, Malaysia
http://planning.co.cuyahoga.oh.us/bridge/images/gallery/seriwawasan.jpg

Skybridge Langkawi, Malaysia

http://images.world66.com/th/e_/br/the_bridge_galleryfull

that last bridge is wicked looking

Top three imo, in no particular order.

Clifton suspension bridge. Bristol

Golden Gate. SF

Forth Rail, Scotland.

Isn't biase great sometimes?!!:lol:

Zakim bridge in Boston

http://www.thesunblog.com/sports/archives/zakim.jpg
http://massroads.com/desktops/massroads-zakim-bridge_desktop.jpg

I'll choose the Conde McCullough Bridge across Coos Bay in Oregon, named for its engineer, because it memorializes the builder of so many fine bridges in Oregon and illustrates how he brought artistry to bridges of any type, even the often ugly steel cantilever truss.

http://www.coos-bay.net/Looking%20from%20Northwest.jpg

My second choice, for reasons of nostalgia, is the Youngs Bay Drawbridge in Astoria, Oregon, also by McCullough. This is a bridge from my childhood which we crossed on the way to town. It was exciting to hear the siren announcing an opening to allow a fishing boat through. If we were lucky we would stop close enough to watch it operate. Then when we drove through, the alternating pattern of the railings would make an interesting sound effect as we drove past.

http://en.structurae.de/files/photos/2415/pic27572.jpg

Of the bridges I haven't seen in person, the one that interests me the most is the Eads Bridge across the Mississippi at St. Louis.

I forgot about the rainbow bridge. Not the best looking bridge, but that setting is spectacular. I'll always love the Jacques Cartier bridge the best though. Heavy, metal, and it always fills me with either giddy anticipation at the fun that awaits me at the other end, or deep reflection regarding the memories I've just made.

Golden Gate for me

the Rion-Antirion Bridge, Patras, Greece. This thing is huge, I love the curve of the deck.

http://images.google.co.uk/url?q=http://grecja.home.pl/galerie/stereaellada/etolakarnania/gefyra_bride_patras_copyright_peter_walter_schweitz.jpg&usg=AFQjCNFMTUsU2KMRxkacwz4kXPb-hdP8pQ

http://www.bestpatras.gr/activities/ce07/bridge.jpg

http://etwinning.gr/projects/elia/images/july04_3.jpg

Needs no introduction

Click on the YouTube logo to watch in full screen mode.
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I love the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Call me bias, but there's just something about it....

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1141/3165696543_45e9561c65_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28560259@N06/3165696543/sizes/l/

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^^when was sydney harbor bridge built?

Construction Started: 28th of July, 1923
Completed: 19th of January, 1932

My all-time favorite bridge is the old Rochester-Monaca Bridge, crossing the Ohio River connecting those two Pennsylvania towns, torn down in 1985, and it only lasted fifty-two years. It was a truly magnificent and majestic bridge, and I miss it dearly. My current favorite bridge is the eighty-five-year-old Ambridge-Aliquippa Bridge further up the Ohio River. There is a great abundance of bridges here in Western Pennsylvania.

Perhaps the Amazonian Giant known as Rio Negro Bridge, over, well, the Negro River, near Manaus in the Brazilian Amazon:

http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i406/fredsonsantiago2011/ponte%20rio%20negro%20e%20novas%20via%20que%20interliga%20a%20AM%2007/P1180230.jpg

During construction (the bridge opened in 2011):

http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad46/emersongrandemanaus/manaus%20-setembro%202010/25193318.jpg