Amazing creations created by human hands.
Bridges - one of the oldest engineering structures of mankind. There are several types of bridges, they are pedestrian and automobile, railway and mixed, one- and multi-level, arched and razvodnye, connecting water banks and thrown through mountain gorges. But there are some, walk or ride on which not everyone will take risks!
1. Royal Royal Bridge, USA
Built in 1929, the bridge through the canyon Royal Gorge until 2001 was considered the highest viaduct in the world: 291 m above the Arkansas River. With the active economic growth of China, there began the construction of several higher similar structures at once, so that Royal Gorge was thrown far back, although in the US he still keeps leadership.
2. Mackinac Bridge, USA
The eight-kilometer bridge across the Mackinac Strait in Michigan is one of the twenty longest hanging bridges in the world.
3. Grape bridges of the Oia Valley, Japan
In one of the most remote and picturesque places in Japan - in the valley of Oia - there are unique hanging bridges built from a wild vine. They are declared an important cultural property of Japan, because belong to one of the rare types of traditional Japanese bridges.
4. The Bamboo Bridge, Cambodia
This bridge is the only thing that connects the city of Kampong Chong with the neighboring island. The bridge is not high enough, therefore during the rainy season the islanders rely only on their boats.
5. Yoshima Ohashi Bridge, Japan
One of the largest monolithic bridges looks quite dangerous in certain angles, although the degree of slope hardly exceeds 6%.
6. Sunshine Skyway Bridge, USA
The main span of this impressive bridge is the cable-stayed bridge, and the structure itself is the main bridge of the state of Florida.
7. Glass bridge Siniyujai, China
This unique structure is not for nothing nicknamed the "bridge of the brave": those who dare to move it, will have to overcome 300 m of glass flooring hanging at a height of 180 m.
8. Pedestrian suspension bridge Titlis Cliff, Switzerland
Built in the Alps at an altitude of about 3000 m above sea level, the Titlis Cliff is the most high-altitude hanging bridge in Europe.
9. Gandhi Bridge, USA
The southernmost bridge across the Tampa Strait in Florida was built in 1924, and in 1956 acquired a twin that ran parallel. But because of the design problems on the second bridge, the movement was initially restricted and then completely destroyed in July of this year.
10. Viaduct Millau, France
This grand structure, passing through the valley of the river Tarn in the south of France, significantly relieved the flow of traffic in the summer in a popular tourist region. At the time of opening in 2004, the Millau Bridge was the tallest such structure in the world - 341 m, which is higher than the Eiffel Tower.
11. The Quando (or Calar) bridge, Russia
This construction across the river Vitim in Transbaikalia is difficult to call a bridge, nevertheless it is the only active ferry across the Siberian river. Bridging the bridge is a real test even for experienced drivers and will be enjoyed by fans of extreme sports.
12. The Storosezadet Bridge, Norway
This whimsically curving bridge deviates into the sea at 23 m and, depending on the angle, it can look like a road to nowhere. During a storm, waves sweep upward, pulling cars moving across the bridge.
13. Bridge-dam over Lake Ponchartrain, USA
Two parallel roads of the structure have a length of more than 38 km, making it one of the longest bridges in the world.
14. Bridge over the Chesapeake Bay, USA
Another road bridge, consisting of two parallel roads - one used for traffic to the west, the other - to the east.
15. Suspension Bridge over the Siduhe River, China
Today it is the highest bridge in the world, the distance to the river below is 496 m. However, this bridge will soon give way to another, when, again in China, the construction of the Douget Bridge, whose height above the surface of the river will be 564 m, will be completed.