The Most Beautiful Bridge

[refluS]

Past here youre pics from ya favourite bridge
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The Erasmusbridge - Rotterdam The Netherlands

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

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[BTinSF]

We are getting a new cable-stayed bridge too:


Photo from Wikipedia

But there's no way it will surpass THE bridge:


Photo from Wikipedia

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Above photos from Flickr


Photo from Wikipedia

[djvandrake]

Beat me to it. The Golden Gate is my favorite and in a class all by itsself.

[RockMont]

Originally Posted by djvandrake

Beat me to it. The Golden Gate is my favorite and in a class all by itsself.

I have to say, that I agree with that.

[DecoJim]

While the Golden Gate is very famous, I would say that the Mackinaw Bridge gives it a run for its money.

Credit: Flickr member "riseoffground" - http://www.flickr.com/photos/95888641@N00/217243141/

Notice the perfectly proportioned main and side spans (3,800 and 1,900 feet respectively which add up to the largest suspension bridge in the USA as measured between cable anchorages). The Mackinaw Bridge connects the upper and lower peninsulas of the state of Michigan. Mackinaw City and St. Ignace, the two cities at each end of the bridge are not exactly teeming metropolii!

I do have to say that the Golden Gate's location is more spectacular.

[Michi]

^ The bridge, though pronounced Mackinaw, is spelled with a "c": Mackinac. In this region of Michigan, only Mackinaw City is spelled with a "w". All other Mackinacs are spelled with the French "c" (and pronounced "aw"). Just a friendly fyi.

The Mackinac Bridge is also my favorite, and it's pretty much by bias and childhood fascination.

Here's some pics of the bridge from a trip I took last summer.

This side is Lake Huron, but the other side of the bridge is Lake Michigan. The south shore of the Upper Peninsula is on the right.






The walk across is 5 miles, so Labor Day is the only day the span is open to do so.


You can walk on the steel roadway and see the water below.






Approaching the summit.

[itsdenis]

Originally Posted by djvandrake

Beat me to it. The Golden Gate is my favorite and in a class all by itsself.

Hardly. The Verrazano Narrows in NYC has a longer center span, high towers, and twice the capacity as the Golden Gate.

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[chucka]

West End Bridge
Pittsburgh, PA

[M.K.]

I like most Golden Gate in San Francisco, 25 de Abril and Vasco da Gama in Lisbon Potugal, the famous Rialto in Venice, Ponta da Amizade connecting Paraguay to Brazil and Rio-Niterói in Rio De Janeiro, most of them already got through. The Calatravas Bridges are also awesome....

[tdawg]

I was just in San Francisco on Saturday and was a bit disappointed that the Golden Gate seemed so small. It was my first time crossing it and you know how they say celebrities always look smaller in person... It is gorgeous, though.

[ozone]

Originally Posted by tdawg

I was just in San Francisco on Saturday and was a bit disappointed that the Golden Gate seemed so small. It was my first time crossing it and you know how they say celebrities always look smaller in person... It is gorgeous, though.

Haha thats funny considering that it was the longest suspension bridge in the world until 1964. The GGB is my favorite not only because of it's wonderful deco design but also because of it's spectacular setting. Say what you will but no bridge can match up. (certainly not a 1950's wannabe). However, the Brooklyn Bridge is definitely my second favorite and the Manhattan my third.

[BTinSF]

I just noticed this photo:


Source: http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tst...s/IMG_1312.JPG

I've always like this one too but I thought it was blown up in the Balkan wars. Has it been restored so beautifully?

[GioFX]

Originally Posted by BTinSF

I just noticed this photo:


Source: http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tst...s/IMG_1312.JPG

I've always like this one too but I thought it was blown up in the Balkan wars. Has it been restored so beautifully?

Yes, it has been rebuilt using newly cutted stones from the cave of the original one (built in 1556/1557) and the same construction techniques, and opened in june 2004.

[Web]

man I can't locate my pix of this bridge very nice and rusty!

[ardecila]

The Manhattan Bridge

mihay on flickr


Berenice Abbott

[viewguysf]

Originally Posted by ardecila

The Manhattan Bridge

mihay on flickr

Stunning picture! I love the old bridges, including the Brooklyn Bridge and the Eads Bridge in St. Louis. For suspension bridges, the Mackinac Island Bridge is indeed beautiful, but it doesn't beat the wonderful details on the Golden Gate Bridge and certainly not the setting.

[BTinSF]

I grew up thinking Arlington Memorial Bridge in my hometown, Washington, was impressive. The bridge itself is rather ponderous, but the setting and the embellishments are kind of awesome:






Above three photos from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington_Memorial_Bridge


Photo: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/amb26.htm


Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aejonze/1033688855/


Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8685507@N06/538228377/

[WonderlandPark]

No Question: Millau Viaduct in France by Foster (Golden Gate a *very* close 2nd)
all my shots.

[KevinFromTexas]

Austin's Pennybacker Bridge spanning the Colorado River, (Lake Austin), in West Austin. This is far and away Austin's most famous bridge, even though it's only 25 years old. The roadway is the Capital of Texas Highway, or Loop 360 as it's also known. The bridge also goes by Loop 360 Bridge, or just 360 Bridge. The bridge's design was meant to mimic the hills of West Austin.
Credit: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Im...ckerBridge.jpg


Credit: http://www.texasfreeway.com/Austin/photos/360/360.shtml


Credit: http://www.city-data.com/picfiles/pic566.php

Construction in February of 1982.

Credit: http://www.texasfreeway.com/Austin/h...otos.shtml#360

[wrendog]

Here is my favorite bridge from www.destination360.com