Fancy looking bridges of The World.

Did you check out the Tidal Model in Sausalito?

I didn’t even know about that, I did bike down to Sausalito, but just stopped for lunch and a couple of beers before riding back! It looks pretty cool!

To be honest I’m not sure this one counts 😮 I think it is gone now. Made of lots of sheets of paper and put over a river in the Grisedale valley.

I like handsome little bridges.

This one by Carlo Scarpa in Venice – every gram of it is beautifully worked out. Scarpa has a really flare for the point where two pieces of material meet each other – all the pieces seem to kiss.

Or this tiny one at Little Sparta in scotland

On the side it reads “Arch n. An Architectural Term A Material Curve Sustained by Gravity As Rapture By Grief”

I quite like imaginary bridges too: Constants New Babylon

A bridge between imagination must be built

Despite growing up in London, every time I return I never grow tired of looking at….

PS – I also loved what they did in 2012 🙂

Hawthorne Bridge, Portland, Oregon

Im a fan of trestle bridges too.

Not particularly fancy, but very nice to look at and happy memories.

One that is quite special to me.

Trinity bridge, Crowland, near Peterborough
Three entrance points meet in the middle to cross a river where a tributary meets it. Then some smartarse diverted the rivers and left it high and dry.

Not fancy but certainly one of my favorite bridges, lots of memories in north wales

I know its already been posted here but I was born here and for years and years used to pull wheelies over the top of it. 😆

The Ironbridge

Tillman-O’Callaghan bridge because it’s big, it’s high and it’s next to something really special!

The new (late 90s) bridge over the Dee in North Wales is rather nice

Wonder if the conversation when they were designing this was along these lines:

Customer: ‘We need a bridge that goes from a drive-on-the-right country across the border into a drive-on-the-left country, there must be a solution’

Engineer: ‘Bollocks’

Customer: ‘Steady on, we’re looking for answers here’

Engineer: ‘Yep, bollocks’

Customer: ‘Knob!!’

Engineer: ‘Aye, that too’

Customer: ‘Any chance of a Pearl Necklace Bridge too?’

Engineer: ‘Since you asked nicely, here’s one from gizmag’

trailofdestruction – Member
Because I was there last week, Charles Bridge in Prague. I got up at 5am to get a shot without any people in.

Hate to say, but there appears to be a dude stepping out under the arch on the left..
🙂

Been there a few times. Amazing you got it so quiet!

This one is on my bucket list for when I take the Land Rover round the world

Brunel’s “Three Bridges” (only two actually) – not fancy looking, just a genius bit of engineering.

Still sore at being overruled by Mrs Tyred when I proposed Isambard as a name for our boys.

Favourite bridge & favourite tower in my favourite city.

Oresund bridge, Turning Torso, Malmo.

The aquaduct in Segovia is pretty cool. It’s built entirely without mortar, apparently.

I can see this one out of the window

It’s a bit less jazzy today though