Your favorite suspension bridge?

[MonkeyFunk]

I love 'em all, they're such amazing feats of engineering, but if I hadda pick one, it'd be the Golden Gate.

The perfect match of bridge and its setting.

[Oeditpus Rex]

1. The Golden Gate

with the Brooklyn Bridge a close second. I have a reproduction of an architect's elevation of it hanging in my living room. MagNIFicent architecture. :thumbsup:

The Golden Gate wins for its setting and its sheer majesty.

I love bridges, man. :7

[MonkeyFunk]

2. Yeah

the Brooklyn Bridge is pretty awesome too.

[enigmatic]

3. Mackinac Bridge

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackinac_Bridge

[MonkeyFunk]

4. Love the lights on it

Never been to Michigan myself, though.

[Callalily]

6. The Mackinac Bridge

is my favorite too. Maybe b/c it's the only suspension bridge (of any length) that I've been on.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

7. Yep, the bridge to the UP

where gravity works funny, folks talk funny, and hunting season is a little vague.

[Scout]

36. another vote for the Mighty Mac! n/t

[1gobluedem]

39. Another vote for the Mackinac

Ever crossed it in winter? Impressive.

[enigmatic]

40. My family used to cross it every years when I was a kid

to visit relatives; the first few years it was always in the middle of a windstorm or rain, which freaked me out to no end:) When I grew up I realized just how beaautiful the bridge (and the drive back and forth across it) was..

[1gobluedem]

44. When it swings in the wind?

The first time I ever drove across it myself (as opposed to being a passenger) was a really windy day; I should've guessed since the bridge patrol were stopping busses, trucks, and campers so they could lead them over, but they waved me on. The center of the bridge was swaying in the wind; very scary. I just kept looking straight ahead and made it over. Whew!

[Scout]

50. Rember Leslie Pluhar? I think that was her name...

the poor woman whose Yugo blew off the bridge

:o

:wow:
:scared:

[1gobluedem]

51. Yes

I don't think I'll ever forget that. In fact I think of her every time I cross the bridge as do many others, I'm sure.

[Omphaloskepsis]

5. Not sure if this counts...

Mariansky bridge in the Czech Republic. I took the train by it a few years ago and thought it looked cool.



I had to use Google Earth and follow the river out of Dresden to find the name of the bridge.

[Omphaloskepsis]

9. Upon further examination..

It kinda looks like a road into lady parts. I really doubt that is why I like it. I need a smoke.

[DemoTex]

8. Liberty Pedestrian Bridge in Greenville, SC (over the Reedy River)

Architect: Miguel Rosales

[begin_within]

10. How about this one...

[tigereye]

30. that is so beautiful, where is it?

[begin_within]

33. It's in Millau, France and it's the world's highest. An article about it is here:

http://www.siteselection.com/ssinsider/snapshot/sf050103.htm

[tigereye]

34. thanks!

[KamaAina]

49. Technically, that is a cable-stayed bridge

a newer style that seems to be supplanting the classic suspension bridge.

The principle has been known for quite some time, but the intricate calculations required to know exactly where to place the cables were impractical before the advent of high-speed computers.

[Joe Fields]

11. What you said.

Nothing like it in the world. I get goosebumps whenever I cross it. And it's in one of the prettiest cities in the world.

[gbate]

12. Cheapeake Bay Bridge.

Actually it scares the shit out of me everytime I cross it.

[greatauntoftriplets]

13. Is that the bridge/tunnel???

A very interesting roadway.

[usaftmo]

20. That's a different bridge.

What you're referring to (I think) is the bridge/tunnel connecting the Virginia Eastern Shore to the Norfolk/Virginia Beach area.

The photo is the Bay Bridge east of Annapolis. I've driven across this at least 100 times and it still scares me every time. One lane has grating...I don't like the idea of being 300 feet up in the air driving fast, then look at the lane in front of me and see the water WAY down there! :scared:

The first weekend in May they usually close one of the spans for several hours so people can walk across it. I'm too scared/afraid of heights to try...but I still want to give it a shot sometime.

[greatauntoftriplets]

21. Yes, I was on the one from Norfolk to the Eastern Shore...

years and years ago.

I'd be too chicken to walk across that bridge, too.

:scared: of heights.

[KG]

14. the bridge in my 'hood

[doc03]

15. Royal Gorge Bridge in Colorado

http://www.engineeringsights.org/SightDetail.asp?Sightid=25&id=CO&view=s&name=Colorado&page=1%E2%84%91=0

[Richardo]

18. I walked across that sucka...

1000' straight down. :wow:

[doc03]

28. When I was there a train passed under it

looking down it looked like a toy train.

[Richardo]

31. I used to work for that railroad company

Back when it was the Denver & Rio Grande Western. :D

[XemaSab]

16. Sundial Bridge

[Richardo]

17. It may be because I grew up there, but California suspension bridges are sweet...

Florida has some good ones, too (Tampa comes to mind).

But the Brooklyn Bridge is probably my fave. :thumbsup:

[dajoki]

19. Brooklyn Bridge

[Dervill Crow]

22. St. Johns Bridge in North Portland.

I called it "the castle bridge" when I was little.



on edit: It was the first steel suspension bridge in Oregon.

[swag]

37. Gorgeous bridge.

[terrya]

23. I like the bridge from Detroit to Windsor, Ontario.

No one listed that one, and I like it, so there you go. :-)

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

32. Ambassador Bridge

I forgot about that one. Probably because I cross it a few times a month. It's nice when there's no traffic.

[MrScorpio]

53. My fave too

That bridge says "home" to me

[Richardo]

24. I've got a nostalgic place in my heart for the Tacoma Narrows Bridge

[terrya]

25. But...that image link contains an illegal code!

:cry:

[Richardo]

26. I fixed it at the speed of.... I don't know

But it's fixed!

[terrya]

27. So I see.

That picture is so...tragic. :-(

[bridgit]

29. i do love the Golden Gate, there's no doubt about that, but have been tripping...

on this one lately http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/4095037.stm :thumbsup:

[dropkickpa]

35. I like the three sisters here in Pittsburgh

Three nearly identical eyebar (rather than cables) suspension bridges right in a row, I just love them!

You can see them lined up here


closer look


Eyebar details


I also like The Smithfield Street bridge, which is a lenticular truss bridge rather suspension. It was designed by Gustav Lindenthal, later the New York City commissioner of bridges (built the Queensboro bridge).




I love bridges!

[swag]

38. Favorite defunct suspension bridge: old Tacoma Narrows

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0Fi1VcbpAI

They say the new one offers a smoother ride.

[bridgit]

41. ha! was that thing rock'n & roll'n er'what...

[swag]

43. Yeah, party's over now up in Tacoma Narrows.

But they had themselves a time.

[bridgit]

46. h has what he calls a "gum shoe dime novel" round about...

in it, and after much intrigue & odd doings with excommunicated masons, he has a contact point the pro-tag is to meet up in that area of the Pacific NW...oh, his name? why of course: Tacoma Narrows

i've edited his stuff now for some time, yay! though it can be a daunting process at best x( when i'll need to see things quite literally as he does; and though i had seen that vid elsewhere, still it was suggested that i view it from the perspective of failed masonic principles and viola!

"Nothing is true. Everything is Permissible"

[swag]

47. Listen to the words of Hassan i Sabbah!

[Hand]

42. Dang! Ya beat me to it!

We had a bunch of short "concept films" in my college "Physics for Poets" course that could be viewed any time. The Tacoma Narrows film was the big favorite! :rofl:

[swag]

45. My wife's a civil engineer

and we found a little battery-powered toy with a film loop of that collapse in it. We always have to change the batteries after the engineers come over for a party or a visit.

[jobycom]

48. What, no love for the Akashi Kaikyo?

[mcscajun]

52. The Brooklyn Bridge - The largest suspension bridge from 1883 until 1903.

And the first steel-wire suspension bridge - It's simply beautiful in design, with a great story behind it. Along with the Golden Gate, each is a standard film icon to establish setting in their cities.

An image from better days...