The Most Beautiful Bridge

[Hoplite330]

I don't know why nobody posted the London Tower Bridge yet.

From wikipedia

[dchan]

The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge


http://www.ce.utexas.edu/docs/distin...ashiBridge.jpg


http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/301678.jpg

[MolsonExport]

No Sydney Harbour Bridge Yet?

[BANKofMANHATTAN]

Marine Parkway Bridge (connects Brooklyn and The Rockaways/Queens NY over Jamaica Bay)


© 2004 Metropolitan Transportation Authority*


Photo by gkjarvis*

[Dac150]

[themapman]

Originally Posted by orulz

Eads Bridge in St. Louis gets my vote:


It's impressive, and though it fell entirely into disuse in the 80s, in the early 90s it was retrofitted to carry the city's light rail line across the Mississippi, and a new bridge deck was later added to carry automobile and pedestrian traffic.

I just love the way that the substructure looks so intricate and yet so muscular and industrial at the same time. Beautiful in the same way as the Eiffel Tower. Extra points for being old (1874) and so useful in spite of its age.

Great choice, that was the first one that came to mind for me as well.

Also love the Tower Bridge in London.

Photo is mine.

The Ambassador, Mackinac, and West End (Pittsburgh) are also great.

And since I'm a blantant homer, and my new home is Dallas, let me nominate the Houston Street Viaduct -

Photo by Olga Johnson, 2005

Can't find a great daytime pic just now.

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courtesy of cosmosjon on Flickr

[Canadian Mind]

Originally Posted by Cataclaw

The longest cantilever bridge and arguably the most beautiful deserves a place in this thread.

I give you, the Quebec Bridge, built in 1919.






Another great Quebec bridge, the Laviolette bridge (credit to AX)

Ah, excellent. I was wondering when this bridge was going to come up. When people think cantilever bridge, this is what they imagine.

Second shot is amazing, looks alot like Vancouver's Pattullo Bridge

[Exodus]

Originally Posted by 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.

The Golden Gate is about 700 feet longer between the main spans, which is about 20 % longer, but this bridge is actually longer between shores. I also like the detail and color better.

[KEVINphx]

Representing Phoenix metro area, the Mill Avenue Bridge built in 1931:
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[Boquillas]

Of course, I gotta go with a homer pic, too-- I love the bridges of the San Antonio Riverwalk...


(my photo)


But my favorite bridge in Texas, more for its surroundings than its form, is the the Pecos River Gorge bridge on US 90 west of Del Rio. Love it. 273 feet high, and spans 1310 feet.


also mine



a quickr pickr post

[LuckyJ26]

http://www.stage6.com/user/sandavusk...en-Gate-Bridge Here is a nice National Geographic Documentary about the Golden Gate Bridge. I can't believe how much abuse it gets! Everything on the GGB has been replaced for safety reasons.

[lfc4life]

my personal top 3 bridges on planet earth in no real order

Sydney Harbour Bridge

http://www.flickr.com/photos/68908288@N00/85876091/

Rialto Bridge in Venice

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22921924@N05/2209541005/

Golden Gate

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nzdave/434436398/

i have been lucky enough to walk both the golden gate and the Rialto, next stop Sydney

[marcus]

im not gonna say its the best looking or anything, but I think the Chesapeake bay bridge (near Annapolis, MARYLAND, not the one in VA) is very underrated because i think its really nice and no ones heard of it


http://flickr.com/photos/radiorover/2125283133/


http://flickr.com/photos/garyhymes/321019408/


http://flickr.com/photos/lifeinthedistrict/1244782586/


http://flickr.com/photos/bublynski/289688838/


The real name of the bridge is the William Preston Lane, Jr. Memorial Bridge

[Jarrod]

Alex Fraser Bridge in Vancouver (tech. Delta and New West/Richmond)

[BTinSF]

Originally Posted by marcus

im not gonna say its the best looking or anything, but I think the Chesapeake bay bridge (near Annapolis, MARYLAND, not the one in VA) is very underrated because i think its really nice and no ones heard of it

Are you kidding ("No one's heard of it")? I actually remember taking the ferry to Kent Island before they built it. After they built it, I drove across it frequently and trolled for "rockfish" (better known to most as Striped Bass) under it and around its piers in the 1960s. I do think they kind of ruined it by making the new span not a twin of the old, original span though.

[Reverberation]

My favorites:

Baytown near Houston: (mine)


Vincent Thomas in LA: (By So Cal Metro on flickr)


Carquinez Strait near where I grew up: (By Exuberance.com on flickr)


The Ponchatrain Bridge in New Orleans is one of the longest I have seen. 22 miles. (By tfurlan on flickr)


And the Bay Bridge: (By Thomas Hawk on flickr)

[Sandy]

Garabit viaduct, near St Flour, Cantal, France.
Built in 1884 by Eiffel & Cie (yes like the tower!) 565 meters long, for railway.
My shots







I've got Millau Viaduct pics and a small video too but maybe you've seen enough photos of it as it's quite famous...

[ikcyzrteip]

the chicago skyway bridge. (photo taken by me)

just kidding, its definately not my favorite bridge, but its the biggest we've got.

[staff]

There are some great looking bridges over here as well - Denmark is often called the "land of the bridges", considering it's geography with several islands connected by huge bridges, including the one that connects Denmark to Sweden (and Copenhagen to Malmö).


The Great Belt Bridge is the second largest/longest suspension bridge on the planet, and considered by many to be the most beautiful too;

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