What Makes the Mackinac Bridge So Iconic?

[AnnieBee]

Hey KG, I accidently clicked on the link to your profile instead of the cold weather thread, and stumbled across your bridge album (nice pictures, BTW). I love bridges too, and thoiught I'd share a couple of my favourites.

The first one is the Clifton Suspension Bridge, in Bristol, England, where I went to university. It is the world's first suspension bridge, and it is beautiful. I used to live just down the road from it and we'd often walk over it for hikes. I miss living there... Sigh...

The Clifton Suspension Bridge

The second was built when I was a kid, in my home town of Hull, England. When it was built it was the world's longest single span suspension bridge. It was pretty amazing seeing it built, and I still love to visit it when I go home to see my folks. It is also beautiful.

http://www.humberbridge.co.uk/

Another favourite is the new Maumee River Crossing in Toledo, which we often drive over en route to Michigan. It is a very cool bridge!

Veterans' Glass City Skyway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This web-site doesn't have great pictures though.

And one last favourite - after living in MI for 7 years, the Macinac Bridge, of course! One of these years, I'll do the walk across it...

 

[The_Kitchen_Guy]

Here's Lucas County, Ohio on the Bridge Hunter website, with several of the Maumee River crossings, including the new one that (I think) is open now, replacing the troublesome bascule bridge. Bridge Hunters Lucas CountyThe Bridge Hunter website has thousands of pictures of US Bridges.

 

[AnnieBee]

That's a cool web-site, I'm going to have to check it out some more. It shows the new Maumee Crossing partly built. It has been finished for a while, but it is a neat picture.

It always amazes me how they build bridges... If I ever go back to school, I would love to study civil engineering. I think I did the wrong degree first time around - oops!

Here is a link with better pictures than the first one I posted... It really is an impressive bridge.

I-280 Maumee River Crossing, OH - Road Traffic Technology

KG, if you ever get the chance to visit the UK there are some really interesting old bridges!

 

[chefann]

KG has perfect new luggage for such a trip, too. (He knows the bag to which I refer.)The ancient structures in Europe, whether they're bridges, aqueducts or buildings, always amaze me. Especially when they're still in use.

 

[pamperedlinda]

Annie - you are such the dare-devil!! Those first 2 are downright scarey! And there's no way I'd go across that one that's in the clouds!

 

[AnnieBee]

Annie - you are such the dare-devil!! Those first 2 are downright scarey! And there's no way I'd go across that one that's in the clouds!

Don't be too impressed Linda, it's really not that high. Those clouds are just VERY low lying... British weather at it's best...