Bridges

From a distance, Siberia’s Vitim bridge doesn’t look so bad. But once Martin Remiš’ camera gets in close, we see just how iffy the one-lane river crossing looks, with its rickety wood planks and lack of any railings. This snowy bridge they crossed doesn’t look much better.

Next time you drive across a suspension bridge in the winter time, you can thank guys like these for keeping your ride safe. Watch and learn how technicians head to the top of the Port Mann Bridge in frigid British Columbia to remove ice and snow from its 288 cables.

Architects Haim Dotan designed this awe-inspiring bridge to float 984ft. above China’s Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon, offering up to 800 pedestrians incredible thrills as they look straight down to the bottom. Opens 10/2015.

Amsterdam/Beijing-based NEXT architects won the competition for the bridge for the revitalized Meixi Lake district in Changsha, China. The 150-meter-long bridge has a Möbius-inspired design, with multiple undulating paths for pedestrians.

Minneapolis artist HOTTEA livens up urban environments with words and designs made of yarn. On a recent trip to New York he adorned the pedestrian tunnel of the Williamsburg Bridge with a 2,000 thread rainbow. More pics here.

Since 2008, EarthCam has captured over 2 million images of the construction of the new Eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Watch as it goes from nothing to a fully-assembled roadway in four minutes.

The old bridge over Lake Marble Falls met its maker as the Texas DOT conducted a controlled demolition of the structure. Photographer Kirk Drummond captured the explosion in glorious 300fps slow-mo with a RED EPIC camera.

This incredible bridge in the city of Da Nang, Vietnam is shaped in the form of a massive 1860+ foot-long dragon. And yes, it actually breathes fire. Why don’t we get bridges like this here in the States?

The world’s largest LED sculpture is now live. The Bay Lights’ 25,000 LEDs form an ever-changing display that’s 1.8mi long and up to 500ft. high along the West Span of the San Francisco Bay Bridge.

Tired of the Golden Gate getting all the attention, the Bay Lights Project will outfit one side of the San Francisco Bay Bridge with 25,000 LEDs to turn the landmark into the largest light sculpture yet.

A beautiful pedestrian bridge in Portugal’s city of Covilhã, JLCG Arquitectos’s wood-lined structure spans a distance of about 721 feet, providing a dramatic walk worth slowing down for.

While it’s doesn’t have twin helixes, Singapore’s Helix Bridge at Mariana Bay is equally dramatic, with its curved, fluid lines, covered with thousands of colorful LEDs for nighttime illumination.