The Most Interesting Bridges In The WorldSome bridges are worth crossing!
Kotmale Oya footbridge. The
Kotmale Oya (or Kothmale Oya) is a river in Sri Lanka. It is a
tributary of the Mahaweli Ganga. The Kotmale begins as the Agra Oya, in
the Horton Plains.
Borith
Lake bridge. Borith Lake is a lake in the Northern Areas of
Pakistan. Borith is a hamlet in the surroundings of the Borith Lake to
the northwest of Hussaini, a village near Gulmit, Gojal, in the upper
Hunza. The altitude of Borith is roughly 2,600 m (8,500 feet) above sea
level.
Carrick-a-Rede
Rope Bridge. Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge is a rope suspension
bridge near, Ballintoy, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The bridge
links the mainland to the tiny Carrick Island. It has taken many forms
over the years. In the 1970s it featured only a single handrail and
large gaps between the slats.
This crosses
a tributary stream of the Yangtze River. "Picture taken in the Three
Gorges region before f1ooding by the Three Gorges Dam". The
Yangtze River or Chang Jiang or Drichu in Tibetan is the longest
river in Asia and the third longest in the world, after the Nile in
Africa, and the Amazon in South America. The river is about 6,380 km
long and flows from its source in Qinghai Province.
The 3000 feet to the suspension
bridge over the Arun River. The bridge is fairly pleasant.
Inca rope bridges. Inca
rope bridges were simple suspension bridges over canyons and gorges
to provide access for the Inca Empire. Bridges of this type were
suitable for use since the Inca people did not use wheeled transport -
traffic was limited to pedestrians and livestock.
Wire-rope bridge -
Glen Nevis. Glen Nevis (from the Gaelic Gleann Nibheis) is a
beautiful and popular glen in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, with Fort
William at its foot. It is bordered to the south by the Mamore range,
and to the north by the highest mountains in the British Isles: Ben
Nevis, Càrn Mor Dearg, Aonach Mòr, and Aonach Beag. It is home to one of
the three highest waterfalls in Scotland, Steall Falls, where the Allt
Coire a'Mhail joins the Water of Nevis in the glen.
Canyon
Creek, Oregon.
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