Worlds coolest bridge. IMO.

[tomywishbone]

Bridge. Pretty bridge.

Neat

 

[ElFenix]

didn't they drive down there on top gear a couple seasons back?

 

[FoBoT]

that is very nice, but seems superfluous

 

[50cent1228]

imagine bungee jumping off of that

 

[secretanchitman]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
didn't they drive down there on top gear a couple seasons back?

they did...jeremy took his ford gt, richard was in the pagani zonda (not the zonda F sadly), and james was in a ferrari F430 convertible.

man, i'd kill to go on a bridge like that.

 

[jfall]

http://www.confederationbridge.com/images/photo_gallery/bridgenb2.jpg 12.9 km over water that freezes ftw

I have to pay $40 to cross it though

 

[Alienwho]

What's the point of that bridge? Too practical to just pave a road down one hill and back up the other?

 

[buck]

I saw an discovery channel show on this bridge, freakin cool if you ask me.

 

[UNCjigga]

Originally posted by: Alienwho
What's the point of that bridge? Too practical to just pave a road down one hill and back up the other?

That plan failed the environmental impact assessment.

 

[zeruty]

Originally posted by: Alienwho
What's the point of that bridge? Too practical to just pave a road down one hill and back up the other?

QFT

If they had just paved down one side, up the other, it would have been cheaper and they could have added more lanes. That would have decreased there traffic problem! plus saved a crapload of money

 

[ggnl]

Originally posted by: Alienwho
What's the point of that bridge? Too practical to just pave a road down one hill and back up the other?

You cant really tell from the pictures but the two slopes are pretty steep and mountainous. The road that was there before they built the bridge had 5-6 switchbacks on each side of the valley.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Originally posted by: Alienwho
What's the point of that bridge? Too practical to just pave a road down one hill and back up the other?

IIRC there already is a passage way like that. Just takes like 4 hours to traverse, where the bridge takes about 20 minutes.

Again, IIRC.

 

[Mr Pickles]

I don't like it. View it from the side and you'll see that it looks as if it droops between the spans. Bridges don't look good when they are straight across and that high up. There's just something missing, the ideal of it all... think of the parthenon and how they purposely arched the entire thing because if it were flat it would look as though it was sagging in the center. - that's how architecture like this should be.

If they were going for some majestic piece of functionality, it's only worth to us is the worth of appeal, and the droop makes it unappealing.

 

[Rubycon]

Bridges scare me.

 

[Mrvile]

Wow that thing's badass!

 

[ForumMaster]

cool bridge but what would happen if someone had an accident and drove of the bridge? :Q

 

[SVT Cobra]

Awesome, I would love to drive on that!

 

[Ika]

Oh man, that looks intense.

 

[Mr Pickles]

Originally posted by: ForumMaster
cool bridge but what would happen if someone had an accident and drove of the bridge? :Q

Same thing that happens when you drive off any other bridge? DIAF?

 

[iamaelephant]

Originally posted by: jfall
http://www.confederationbridge.com/images/photo_gallery/bridgenb2.jpg 12.9 km over water that freezes ftw

I have to pay $40 to cross it though

:Q I like that one. Why do you have to pay to cross it?

 

[Lonyo]

It's on my list of places to go when I drive round Europe. I must drive across that thing.

 

[randomint]

saw it on Frontiers of Construction. they started off on either end and had them both meet in the middle with astounding accuracy. amazing!

 

[Alienwho]

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones

Originally posted by: Alienwho
What's the point of that bridge? Too practical to just pave a road down one hill and back up the other?

IIRC there already is a passage way like that. Just takes like 4 hours to traverse, where the bridge takes about 20 minutes.

Again, IIRC.

Yeah it is hard to see the exact landscape based on the photos. It is a very pretty bridge and area nonetheless. However, where i'm from, there's no bank that isn't too steep for dynamite to straighten out.

 

[CraneWife]

Now that's how you thread a needle:
http://www.pbase.com/colinb3469/image/64760539

 

[FoBoT]

hi new dude, wifedude or whoever you are