20 most scary and dangerous bridges in the world

When mankind started building bridges, nobody could imagine the heights they would reach.
If you drive your car or take the bus every day, you most likely have to go over a bridge every now and then. Of course, you probably don’t cross those which cause terrible vomiting, tremors and dizziness on a regular basis. However, if you still find something you don’t like about the bridges you use every day, then you might appreciate them a bit more after seeing the structures on this list. Some bridges oscillate, while others are too steep, but they all share something in common – they are among the world’s scariest bridges.

20 most scary and dangerous bridges in the world

20. Deception Pass Bridge, Washington

Deception Pass Bridge is the common name for two, two-lane bridges on Washington State Route 20 connecting Whidbey Island to Fidalgo Island in the U.S. state of Washington. It was a Washington State Highways project, and included project elements built by young workers from the Civilian Conservation Corps. Completion of the bridge was a factor in the decision to build Naval Air Station Whidbey Island and helped Oak Harbor flourish. The bridge is a commonly photographed landmark of the Puget Sound region.

19. Langkawi Sky Bridge, Malaysia

The bridge is 125 meters long, and 1.8 meters wide (the middle section has a wider walkway), with two steel railings as well as steel wire mesh on either sides. It is designed as a curved walkway to maximise the viewing experience, providing shifting perspective as a visitor walks along the bridge. The walkway, formed of steel and concrete panels set on top of an inverted triangular truss, connects two hilltops at Gunung Mat Chinchang. The first 25m of the bridge is straight, following 3 curved 25m sections, then a final straight 25m section. At each end of the walkway, the bridge has a 3.6m-wide triangular viewing platform that serves as resting and viewing areas for visitors. The bridge is suspended by 8 cables from an 81.5m high single pylon, and hangs at about 100m above ground. The pylon is anchored onto a concreted pad set at an elevation of 604.5m, and its tip reached 686m above sea level. It is inclined at angles of 78° and 2° in two directions, and supported by two cables. The bridge is designed to carry a maximum capacity of 250 persons.

18. Puente de Ojuela, Mexico

The Ojuela Bridge or the Mapimi Bridge (Puente de Ojuela, Spanish name) is a suspension bridge located in Mapimí, in the Mexican state of Durango, at the site of the Ojuela Goldmine. The Ojuela Bridge was designed by Wilhelm Hildenbrand and built by the firm of John A. Roebling Sons Company, New York. Completed in 1898 the bridge was restored as a tourist attraction in 1991. It has a main span of 271.5 metres and the distance between the pylons is 315.5 metres. Currently this bridge is only used for pedestrians.

17. Peak Walk, Switzerland

Peak Walk is a pedestrian suspension bridge linking two mountain peaks in the Swiss Alps. It is situated in the Diablerets massif of the Bernese Alps in the canton of Vaud, and connects the peak of Scex Rouge with another peak. On the other peak is the viewpoint of the Glacier 3000 company. Scex Rouge is about 5 m (16 ft) higher than Glacier 3000's viewpoint. Peak Walk is the world's first suspension bridge which connects two mountain peaks.

16. Sunshine Skyway Bridge, Florida

Sunshine Skyway Bridge is a 6.7km-long (4.14 miles) bridge built over Tampa Bay, Florida, US. It is considered to be the longest cable stayed concrete bridge in the world, while the Travel Channel rated the bridge as one of the top 10 in the world. Sunshine Skyway was opened in April 1987, built at a cost of $244m in place of an older bridge that was partially destroyed in 1980 and Renamed as the Bob Graham Sunshine Skyway Bridge in 2005, after the governor of Florida who took the decision to replace the older structure. An estimated 52,000 vehicles use the bridge, which is operated by the Florida Department of Transportation, every day.

15. Eshima Ohashi Bridge, Japan

Located in Western Japan, the Eshima Ohashi Bridge looks more like a roller coaster than a road. It links the the city of Matsue in Shimane Prefecture to Sakaiminato in Tottori Prefecture and is basically a highway to outer space, a shortcut to vomiting from nausea, making driving over this thing one seriously thrilling car ride. It's one of the most spectacular bridges in the world.

The bridge is a two-lane concrete road. It rises so sharply it gives the bravest drivers the fear, featuring a ridiculously steep slope that allows ships to pass underneath it. The concrete road spans a mile and sends drivers soaring into the sky at the very sharp gradient of 6,1 per cent across Lake Nakaumi.

14. Suspension Glass Bridge, China

Because walking across a glass-bottomed suspension bridge just isn't scary enough, China is finding new ways to bring the fear.

The country's latest -- billed as the world's longest -- opened at the end of 2017 in Hebei Province's Hongyagu Scenic Area. And just in case the 488 meter span (1,600 feet) over a vertical drop of 218 meters (715 feet) doesn't bring visitors to their trembling knees, there's an added sway to test the nerves at this destination.

"Hongyagu glass suspension bridge marks the 2.0 era for China's glass-bottomed bridge," says Yang Minghua, the chairman of Hebei's Bailu Group, which created the span linking two peaks in the mountainous region of northeastern China.

The three-year construction project has given birth to several record-breaking claims -- some more objective than others. These, Yang told local media, include the largest span, the greatest transparency and "the most spectacular pedestrian glass suspension bridge." The bridge is 4 meters wide (13 feet) and made of 1,077 glass panels that are four centimeters thick (almost 1.6 inches).

13. Bridge of Immortals, Huang Shang China

Huangshan or Yellow Mountain is a mountain range in eastern China and a well known iconic place in that region. The whole range consists of granite peaks, amazing landscapes, heights, and beautiful sunsets. The Huangshan Mountains in eastern China, were formed over 100 million years ago.

During this time, they changed their shape thousands of times due to passing glaciers by, inspired many poets and directors. The most famous landmark of this mountain range is the Bridge of the Immortals. This isthe world`s highest bridge. To get there you have to havE adventures spirit as well as a lot of courage.

12. Montenegro rainforest, Costa Rica

Montenegro Rain Forest, Costa Rica The bridge found in the Montenegro Rain Forest is known as a hanging bridge. Made up of wood and string, it runs through the rain forest. The fragile bridge, along with it's missing rungs, makes for dangerous passage.

11. Millau Viaduct (France)

The Millau Viaduct is Europe’s largest cable-stayed bridge and the world’s tallest bridge as it stands at a towering height of 1,125 feet and is 105 feet wide and over 8,000 feet long. It crosses the gorge in Tarn in Southern France and it was constructed from 2001 until 2004. Because of potential winds with the highest possible speed of 151 kilometers per hour, they installed side screens to reduce the wind’s effect by 50%. Back in 2006, the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering gave the Outstanding Structure Award to the Millau Viaduct.

10. The Tibetan Bridge in Claviere, Italy

The Cesana Claviere Tibetan Bridge is the longest suspended bridge in the world, 478m, at an height of about 30m from the ground. The route through the Gorge of San Gervasio is formed by the succession of three bridges in cables. The path starts with the first bridge (70m) that crosses the Gorge perpendicularly to its course, later it grafts on the main bridge, that from this point onwards in the longitudinal direction follows the course of the Gorges of San Gervasio at a height of 30 meters. At the end of the second bridge, a path leads to the third and final bridge, 90 meters long and 90 meters high from the ground. As an alternative to the path you can reach the third bridge with the via ferrata.

9. Mystery Bridge (Indonesia)

We’re not even sure why anyone is crossing this bridge seeing as it’s hanging on its side and it looks like it’s about to give up on life. This bridge seems to be a distant relative of the ‘Indo Board,’ a device used by skateboarders and surfers to develop balance. Basically, they try to balance a board without wheels on a foam cylinder while making sure they don’t touch the floor. In comparison, professional ‘indo-boarders’ wouldn’t really fare well on this Indonesian bridge.

8. Root Bridges (India)

These bridges can teach the world a thing or two because they were not actually built but grown from material that is found in nature. The bridges were “constructed” using the tangled roots of a tree found in the Khasi and Jaintia Hills called Ficus elastica, a rubber tree that produces secondary roots higher up its trunk. The tribes of War-Khasis and War-Jaintias, who are closely related, learned to guide the roots and vines of the trees to the right direction to use them to create the spectacular pathways and bridges through the forest and over rivers.

7. Capilano Bridge, Vancouver

The Capilano Suspension Bridge is a simple suspension bridge crossing the Capilano River in the District of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The current bridge is 140 metres (460 ft) long and 70 metres (230 ft) above the river. It is part of a private facility with an admission fee, and draws over 1.2 million visitors per year.

6. Keshwa Chaca Bridge (Peru)

 If you guessed that this bridge is made of woven grass, then you are right. However, if you are questioning its reliability, you don’t actually need to since it has stood the test of time, having been built by the Incas 500 years ago. A lot of work went into the construction of this bridge and many people were involved, like the women who first had to braid smaller, thinner ropes and the men who then used the small ropes to braid larger support cables. Known for being the last structure from Incan engineering, the Keshwa Chaca Bridge is quite impressive for holding out through the many years.

5. Longjiang Suspension Bridge (China)

Also known as the Long River Bridge, the Longjiang Suspension Bridge can be found outside of the city of Baoshan and connects Baoshan to the city of Tengchong in west Yunnan. The highest and tallest suspension bridge in Asia, its construction was very intricate and was only completed in 2016, after five years. Stretching over 3,900 feet and suspended 920 feet above the river, it is among the world’s longest and tallest bridges. Before it was constructed, locals needed to take a detour of 8.4 miles to get to Tengchong from Baishan – what an inconvenience!

4. Ai Petri Bridge (Ukraine)

With amazing views all around, this bridge sits high up in Ukraine’s mountains and crosses over a canyon that is 4,200 feet deep. It connects two of the many peaks of the Crimean Mountains. The bridge actually gets plenty of fog and wind because of the area it is situated in. Even on quite a calm day, you should be careful when crossing over the gigantic canyon because the bridge still has the tendency to shake as you walk across it.

3. Plank Road in the Sky (China)

We’re not actually sure if this can be considered a “bridge” since it is literally just wooden planks along Mount Hua’s edge in China. This bridge is situated 7,000 feet high up on a mountain and to be honest, it looks completely terrifying (!) despite the view looking unbeatable. To cross, you first have to attach your harness to the piece of rope which runs along the side of the mountain, and then grip the chain while walking along the edge. What’s more if you come across some traffic, you have to unclip your harness, go past the other person and clip back!

2. Charles Kuonen Suspension Bridge (Switzerland)

2. Charles Kuonen Suspension Bridge (Switzerland)The Charles Kuonen Suspension Bridge can be found in Randa, Switzerland and it is the world’s longest hanging pedestrian bridge. It serves as the replacement of the Europabrucke, which was destroyed by a rock slide. Measuring an incredible 494 meters in length, this bridge is suspended 85 meters above the Mattertal valley’s Grabengufer ravine. The designers of this bridge actually wanted to interfere with the natural surroundings as little as possible, which they succeeded in doing.

1. Baliem River Bridge (Western New Guinea)

Sitting above the Baliem River’s rapid choppy waters, this makeshift bridge in the Baliem valley will definitely make you think twice about crossing it. If you decide not to risk your life walking across it, we certainly won’t judge you. It looks like this bridge’s designer used an acceptable outline, one that mirrors professional engineering, but there’s something about it that still isn’t very reassuring. It’s hard to pinpoint just one cause for the doubt and fear.