WORLD’S SCARIEST BRIDGES

As we all know, bridges provide safe passages for people and vehicles over bodies of water, valleys, and roads for hundreds of years. However safe they might be, it’s always a little exhilarating to cross them. Safety aside, we found the world’s most terrifying bridges. For the worry warts and people afraid of heights, this might be as close as you get to one of these bridges. For the adrenaline junkies, this just might become your next bucket list.

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The Vine Bridges of Iya Valley

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This valley in Japan is famous for the several bridges made completely out of vine. These bridges have been around for hundreds of years but have since been reinforced with steel cables and new wood to preserve it. Nevertheless, crossing this bridge is no relaxing matter. Every step you take comes with the dreaded swinging sensation.

Deosai Bridge

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Located in Pakistan, this bridge covers gravel, asphalt and rivers. It is made completely out of wood and runs at an average altitude of 13,500ft above sea level! Yikes!

Bamboo Bridge

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This tiny bridge is the only thing that connects the city Kampong Chong in Cambodia with a nearby island. The thing is, the bridge is only useful during the dry months. When the wet season comes, everyone who lives on the island has to rely on boats.

Eshima Ohashi Bridge

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Bridge? More like rollercoaster. This bridge in western Japan connects the city of Matsue to Sakaiminato.

Sunshine Skyway Bridge

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This bridge in Florida is said to be the longest cable stayed bridge in the world. While it may not be too scary, it is spooky. Over 207 people have committed suicide from the middle since it’s reconstruction in 1987.

Shiniuzhai Bridge

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The Suspension Glass Bridge in Shiniuzhui National Geological Park, China is not for anyone who suffers from vertigo. The floor is made out of glass and you can see all 590 ft below you. The bridge stretch 984 ft and was only opened in Sept. 2015.

Titlis Cliff Walk

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The builders of this bridge claim that to cross it, you need “nerves as strong as the steel cables from which it hangs.” Of course the bridge is completely safe, but still suspends 1,500ft above a glacier in the Swiss Alps. Stomach churning to say the least.

Gandy Bridge Florida

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This bridge, aka the Friendship Trail Bridge connects Tampa to Clearwater Beach in Florida. It is so low and close to the sea that drivers are often wary of driving through water during flooding season.

The Millau Viaduct

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This bridge is an architects dream and an acrophobe’s nightmare. It boasts as the longest and highest combination bridge in the world, which means there are higher and longer bridges, independently, but no bridge surpasses its size when combined.

Vitim River Bridge

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This bridge is an old train bridge that crosses the Vitim (more like victim) river in Siberia. Your nerves are truly tested in the winter when the ice has frozen over and there is absolutely no traction. Surviving this bridge crossing considered such an accomplishment, that the 34 people who have created a their own Facebook page.

Quepos Bridge

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This bridge’s nickname is literally “The Bridge of Death.” NEED WE SAY MORE????? It’s located in Costa Rica and is extremely narrow, allowing only one way traffic at a time.

Volgograd Bridge

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The history behind this bridge is a big pile of NOPE. During a storm in 2010, the bridge began to shake and ripple causing cars to be THROWN INTO THE AIR and fly into the other lane. The bridge is said to bounce up to three feet in strong storms. Seeing as this bridge is in Russia, it is still open to the public with no plans to be reconstructed in the future.

Captain William Moore Bridge

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Although not immediately scary, the more knowledge you have about this bridge, the more you can psych yourself out. It’s located beside the South Klondike Highway in Alaska and is built along an active earthquake fault.

Khuiten River Bridge

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While made for cars to drive along it, it was also built so no two cars could pass on it. If the rickety structure of the bridge doesn’t scare you, not much will.

The Storseisundbrua

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Just look at the damn picture. The word scary doesn’t justify this hair raising bridge. However, located on the Atlantic Road in Norway, this stretch is considered one of the most beautiful sights to see during the summer months.

Lake Ponchartrain

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This bridge is the longest in the world spanning 24 miles. It links the city of New Orleans to Mandeville, Louisiana. This bridge is so long, for most of the crossing, you can’t see land on either side of you.

Chesapeake Bay Bridge

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When bad weather hits the bay, you don’t want to be on this bridge. If you find yourself in the unfortunate situation, visibility is near zero for almost five miles.

Mackinac Bridge

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Located in Michigan, we are surprised the government hasn’t reconstructed this bridge yet. Drivers are warned not to cross the bridge during heavy winds which can move the structure up to 35 ft to the left or right! Plus, it has a reputation for letting traffic be BLOWN into the straight underneath. *OK.*

Royal Gorge Bridge

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This bridge is gorgeous and isn’t as scary as it once used to be. Up until 1982, it didn’t have stabilizing wind cables and would swing freely in high winds. It also claimed the world’s highest bridge until 2003.

The Confederation Bridge

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This Canadian bridge claims that is the longest bridge build over ice covered water. If you get stopped in the middle of the 8mile long bridge, the last place you want to go is the water. And if that doesn’t scare you, the toll might; costing $42.85 to cross.

If you know of other bridges(of-course, there are many others) that ain't mentioned here kindly comment.