One Of The Strangest Bridges In The World

[Jazzy]

Wales Might Be Home To One Of The Strangest Bridges In The World

There are only a few transporter bridges still working in the world. What are they for? Why weren't there more of them? And why don't we build them any more? Tom Scott answers these questions and more, from fifty meters above the River Usk.

Very interesting and very strange looking.

 

[+paradox]

pretty cool and very logical in that day and age...

 

[Evil Eye]

So... it's just a really big cable lift?

 

[+paradox]

So... it's just a really big cable lift?

basically...

 

[Smiley]

 

[+paradox]

or:

 

[passenger]

Japan's Mt Everest Bridge​

Never mind coming down you would need a good engine to get up

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Japan's Mt Everest Bridge​

Never mind coming down you would need a good engine to get up

Why would they build that?

 

[passenger]

Why would they build that?

"The mile-long bridge was built on the banks of Lake Nakaumi , connecting the cities of Matsue and Sakaiminato. If you’re wondering why it looks more like a roller coaster (or should I say, roader coaster) than a bridge, it’s because it was designed to be high enough to let ships pass underneath.
It has a gradient of 5.1 percent on the Tottori Prefecture side and 6.1 percent on the Shimane Prefecture side, making its slope look like the apex of a roller coaster."

Some of the older Mississippi River bridges in the SouthEast are/were designed to let (smaller?) ships pass underneath. I'm thinking maybe before "draw-bridges"; I've driven across one I think at Morgan City, LA.....it seemed terrible at the time but not nearly as bad at this one.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

"The mile-long bridge was built on the banks of Lake Nakaumi , connecting the cities of Matsue and Sakaiminato. If you’re wondering why it looks more like a roller coaster (or should I say, roader coaster) than a bridge, it’s because it was designed to be high enough to let ships pass underneath.
It has a gradient of 5.1 percent on the Tottori Prefecture side and 6.1 percent on the Shimane Prefecture side, making its slope look like the apex of a roller coaster."

Some of the older Mississippi River bridges in the SouthEast are/were designed to let (smaller?) ships pass underneath. I'm thinking maybe before "draw-bridges"; I've driven across one I think at Morgan City, LA.....it seemed terrible at the time but not nearly as bad at this one.

I get whey they made it tall enough for boats to go under by they could have made it with a less steep drive going up to that pont.

 

[passenger]

I get whey they made it tall enough for boats to go under by they could have made it with a less steep drive going up to that pont.

I just know that I'd rather drive around it than up that incline.....I think I'd have the sensation of falling over backward.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

I just know that I'd rather drive around it than up that incline.....I think I'd have the sensation of falling over backward.

They could have started the onramp farther away with a lesser incline
....or they could have done a spiral design sort of like how a parking garage is shaped.

spiral parking garage - Google Search