Here’s the bridge. The Foresthill Bridge is the highest in California at 730 feet and located outside Sacramento. I think I’ll have plenty of company when I say I’d never climb out onto the catwalk or the girders below it. Yet lots of people do. On Tuesday a woman risked it and while taking a selfie … Continue reading A Gephyrophobiac Would Never Do This
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That Dam Bridge
Three years ago, I attempted to walk over this dam bridge over the Colorado River, the second highest bridge in the United States. The bridge was built in 2010 and connects Nevada and Arizona to bypass the Hoover Dam. The distance across the bridge is roughly the same as 2 average-length par 4s on the golf … Continue reading That Dam Bridge
The Highest Bridge in the World Opens
On December 30, 2016, the HIGHEST bridge in the world – the Beipanjiang Bridge - opened to traffic in China. It is 1,854 feet above the Beipanjiang River and connects two mountainous regions. Most of the highest bridges - highest being the measurement from the bridge deck to the water or ground - are in China. I can't grasp … Continue reading The Highest Bridge in the World Opens
