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whitemeat

Trad climber

San Luis Obispo, CA

Nov 8, 2012 - 06:24pm PT


	the swinging bridge in Wawona, YNP Credit: whitemeat

Dingus Milktoast

Gym climber

And every fool knows, a dog needs a home, and...

Topic Author's Reply - Nov 9, 2012 - 07:53am PT

Hard to get a sense for this bridge from a flat image.

DMT

the Fet

climber

Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La

Nov 9, 2012 - 09:41am PT

Check out this page: http://travel.yahoo.com/ideas/world-s-strangest-bridges.html

I tried to pull pics into this thread from the above page, but it won't let me, go to the link above some really cool bridges.

London Bridge:

Medieval

19th Century

19th Century moved to Lake Havasu AZ

And the new London Bridge is... boring

Not the London Bridge. But just downstream.

Some of my favorites:

Foresthill. Good for 700 foot bungee jumps.

What it would have looked like with the Auburn Dam.

Yankee Jims

A new one in China

Different safety standards in China...

A good site I just found: http://highestbridges.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

mouse from merced

Trad climber

The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.

Dec 20, 2012 - 08:01pm PT


	Historic Diestelhorst Bridge, Redding, CA. Credit: tammysvintageworld.blogspot

This old Diestelhorst Bridge was built in 1915 and is 639 feet long.
It was the first automobile bridge over the Sacramento River in Northern California.
Named for the man who owned the land.


	Lake Redding Bridge or New Diestelhorst Bridge over the Sacramento. Credit: Bridgehunter.com

We used to have family birthdays, picnics and Fourth of July down at Lake Redding Park, fireworks off of one of these low spans. I remember the RR bridge, the SP tracks you see, they always fascinated me, so high, so climbable. Mom wrote in my baby book that I climbed and jumped all the time, she had to watch me like a hawk when we went to the park.

The Larry

climber

Moab, UT

Dec 20, 2012 - 09:42pm PT


	Bird on a wire Credit: The Larry

Mungeclimber

Trad climber

the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.

Dec 20, 2012 - 10:24pm PT

Rainer entrance station

and somewhere above Skokomish...

mouse from merced

Trad climber

The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.

Dec 20, 2012 - 11:56pm PT

Is there a shot posted of the Briceburg Bridge?

Borut

Mountain climber

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Dec 21, 2012 - 01:51am PT

Hello!

There's a bridge on each euro bill.

It's not always the same bridge.

Here's an example:


	20 euro bill Credit: Borut

Borut

stich

Trad climber

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Dec 21, 2012 - 06:03am PT

Could use a little work, but nice bridge.


	Credit: stich

Dingus Milktoast

Gym climber

And every fool knows, a dog needs a home, and...

Topic Author's Reply - Dec 21, 2012 - 06:16am PT

Is that from that movie Roy Schieder was in where they have to drive on some suicidal road thru the jungle in a race with another truck?

DMT

Dingus Milktoast

Gym climber

And every fool knows, a dog needs a home, and...

Topic Author's Reply - Dec 25, 2012 - 02:38pm PT


	Bit of a flood along Pope Creek Credit: Dingus Milktoast


	Stand your ground. Credit: Dingus Milktoast


	Not long for this world? Credit: Dingus Milktoast

DMT

mouse from merced

Trad climber

The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.

Dec 25, 2012 - 02:51pm PT

Good stuff, DMT. Merry Christmas!

Did ya know the word "BRIDGER" is not allowed in Scrabble? I've tried it, and got called on it. It was my nickname for a while after that.

I always liked these old trestles myself.


	Credit: mouse from merced


	Credit: mouse from merced

edit: Fet, that's an entrancing vid of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge (GG) collapse. Here's a link to the story.
http://www.ask.com/wiki/Tacoma_Narrows_Bridge_(1940)?o=3986&qsrc=999