Bridges

Built to let canal boats pass, the rolling bridge unfurls every day at noon, London, England

A new kind of draw bridge: Friedrich Bayer Bridge, Brazil

Helium balloon suspended bridge by Olivier Grossetête in Tatton’s Japanese garden in the UK.

ljusarkitektur-solvesborg-bridge, Sweden

Ancient Bridge, Kromlau, Germany

The ‘gold line bridge’ in Arcadia, California.  Andrew Leicester was commissioned to capture the character of the local culture and history in his design.

Image by PacoAlcantara.

The world’s largest dragon-shaped bridge over the Han River, Vietnam, covered in over 2,500 LED lights – and it breathes fire.

by Ian@NZ on flickr

Millenium bridge’ of bamboo, Bali, Indonesia.

Aiola Island Bridge – Mur River in Graz, Austria – It has a sunbathing area, a trendy bar and a coffee house, plus it allows you to cross the Mur River

Moonlight in Multnomah Falls, Oregon by bobshots on flickr

Umeda Sky Building in Osaka City, Japan – world’s highest escalator.

Under The Bridge by Mazen Abdulmalek

Bamboo bridge

Image by junkie-house

China

Garden of 10,000 bridges by “west 8” in Xi’an, China

Garden level

The ‘peace bridge’ by Valencian architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava, spanning the bow river in Calgary, Canada.

Zhivopisny Bridge, Moscow, Russia

High Bridge Trail State Park, Virginia

Rainforest Canopy Walkway by Travelust 88

Royal Gorge Bridge, Colorado. The world’s highest suspension bridge which spans the Arkansas River at a height of 1053 feet.

The Khaju Bridge, Pol-e-Khajoo, in Isfahan, Iran, was built in the 17th century by Shah Abbas II. The bridge is also a dam, with sluice gates under the archways.

The Palladian Bridge, Bath, England

Bridge leading to the Giant Buddha, China

Millau Bridge, France – the tallest bridge in the world.

Spider bridge by henrye, Sun City, North-West of South Africa

The whole bridge is suspended with boats holding planks together, China

Giethoorn, Netherlands (the town with no roads) – The Venice of Netherland

The Arganquela footbridge is over 250 meters long, subtly expanding in its diameter.

In Madrid, Spain

Skybridge, built on the island of Pulau in the Langkawi Archipelago , Malaysia.  This cross between a bridge and an observation deck affords fantastic views of the Andaman Sea. It stands 700 metres.

Spanning the trinity river and Dallas floodway in Dallas, Texas, the ‘Margaret Hunt hill bridge’

A closed railroad bridge built in 1939 dong-gu, daegu, South Korea was redesigned to include cultural service facilities, such as a meditation institute, observatory space, rest area and a museum.

Details of the old railroad tie and rail show through.

Meditation center on the bridge.

The kiosks serve as a digital museum of the bridge.

The bridge at night.

Dallas, Texas. Image © gus rios

By gus Rios

Architects from NEXT were chosen to design a new bridge over a canal in Purmurend, The Netherlands to accommodate bikes, pedestrians and wheelchairs. However, wheelchairs need very shallow ramps for access, which made the bridge a really long Z shape, almost 330 feet long.

The solution was to add another short but steep bridge for pedestrians who could climb up the arch, 40 feet high, and get a great view too.

The new white Ölhafen Bridge is an elegant, curved structure. It spans the 70 m wide entrance to the oil terminal harbour in Raunheim, Germany with a spiralling access ramp.

Boldogkovaralja, Hungary

Cane bridge and woman carrying cane logs – Kabua village, Republic Of The Congo.

Henderson Waves At a height of 36 metres or 12 storeys pedestrian bridge, Singapore.

Light Rail Train Bridge; Jerusalem, Israel; designed by Santiago Calatrava.

Peace footbridge over river in Lyon, France

PUBLIC SPACE in the middle of Lyon bridge.)

Bruges, Belgium