Top 7 Scariest Bridges In The World

                                        Bridges are built in almost every part of the world. Bridges are usually build over rivers or canals or other bodies of water to provide people safe passage. If you don’t have Acrophobia (fear of height) then travelling through these bridges would be very exhilarating as well as scary. Even the safest of the bridges would be at times scary and can give you goose bumps. Civil engineers, architectures and designers work very hard to make bridges safe and structurally sound. The following bridges are one of the scariest bridges in the world, at the same time they are safe and fascinating as well and depicts the great art of engineering and shows the hard work of the civil engineers.

7. Capiliano Suspension Bridge, Canada:

                              The Capiliano Suspension bridge is located in North Vancouver, a district of Canada. The bridge was made in 1889 to cross the Capiliano River.  This Suspension bridge is at a height of 70 meters above the river and is 140 meters long. This bridge is a famous tourist attraction and has been featured in many TV shows including MacGyver, The Crow and Stairway to Heaven. This bridge swings when windy and there are many stories of people falling from the bridge and died so watch out if you ever happens to go there. 
  

6. Royal Gorge Bridge, Colorado:
 

                                                Royal Gorge Bridge is located in a theme park in the fabulous city of Colorado. It attracts tourism to the city since the bridge was the highest bridge in the world located at a height of 928 meters until 2001 when it was surpassed by the Liuguanghe Bridge in China. Royal Gorge Bridge is the 8^th highest bridge in the world and the highest Bridge in America. You can see great views of the Colorado city driving across the Royal Gorge Bridge. The bridge is made of approximately 1292 wooden planks which gives real scare as you drive across the river, it feels like the bridge is shaking. The Bridge sways tremendous amount of time due to constant wind. The bridge was completed in 1929 and costed about 350,000 dollars. 
 
      

5. Langkawi Sky Bridge:

                                      Langkawi Bridge is a 125 meters curved bridge located on Gunung Mat Chinchang peak, in Malaysia. Langkawi Bridge may not be the longest bridge in the world, it sure is the most exhilarating. It may be the fieriest one if you are afraid of heights, located about 700 meters above sea level. Cable cars are the source for reaching this high bridge which gives simply amazing and stunning views of the Langkawi Island and is one of the major highlights of the island. Travelling across the bridge can really give you goose bumps as the Bridge is only supported by a single support with the help of cables and is only 1.8 meters wide. An interesting thing about the construction of bridge is that the bridge was constructed wholly on the ground before it was lifted to 700 meters above sea level with the help of helicopters.  .
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4. Glass Suspension Bridge:

                               The Glass Suspension Bridge also known as the Brave Men Bridge is located in China. The walkway of the glass suspension bridge is really scar as the glass is only 1 inch thick supported on 590 feet crevice. The Brave Men Bridge is the longest bridge in the world having a length of 984 feet. The bridge is made by a team of 11 engineers who claim that the bridge will not break even if people starts jumping on it. But recently a crack appear on the glass when a tourist dropped a thermos on it, after which the bridge was closed for some time for maintenance.
 
  

3. The SiDu River Bridge:

                                  The Sidu Bridge is the highest bridge in the world located in China. The length of the bridge is about 1222 meters and is at a height of around 500 meters. The bridge was the part of plan of a highway from Yichang and Chongqing and was constructed at a cost of 100 million dollars on the Sidu River. The Bridge is supported on two massive H-shaped towers on both ends and is suspended with cables that has the capacity to carry a weight of 43 million tons each.
 
  

 

2. Hussaini Hanging Bridge, Pakistan:

                                            Husseini Hanging Bridge is located in Hunza Valley in Pakistan. The Bridge which is made of wooden planks, is used for crossing the beautiful Borit Lake. The bridge is one of the oldest bridges in Pakistan made by the locals there as there was no other way of crossing the lake. The locals use this bridge to cross the Borit Lake so they can travel to the big cities of northern Pakistan. The bridge is supported by wires and ropes and there is gaps between wooden planks and a lot of wooden planks are missing or poorly maintained, which make it one of the scariest bridges of the world.

1. Trift Bridge Switzerland:

                                          Trift Bridge is the longest bridge in Switzerland that can be used by pedestrians only. The bridge is 560 feet long located at a height of 100 meters. The bridge is extremely unstable as it is known for swinging wildly when windy. The bridge is made in a short duration of 6 months and is made of wood. Crossing the bridge is really scary though it gives really amazing views of the Swiss Alps. 20,000 visitors annually crosses the bridge and to reach the bridge you have to get a cable car that is in Meiringin.