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Gunkie
Trad climber
East Coast US
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Feb 18, 2012 - 11:20am PT
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Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel from space. 20 miles of speed traps. The north end is at the bottom of the image. Two hours from the OBX from the north end, for us. We treat the tunnels as toxic tunnels and try to hold our breath all the way through. Road trip fun. Virginia Beach is in the upper left of the image. Chesapeake Bay to the right of the bridge and the Atlantic Ocean to the left.
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damo62
Social climber
Brisbane
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Feb 19, 2012 - 11:01pm PT
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Fairy Bridge, Roscommon
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Jul 16, 2012 - 08:48pm PT
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Norwegian
Trad climber
Placerville, California
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Jul 16, 2012 - 09:55pm PT
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not really a bridge
but a cool homemade truss i constructed.
the whole shanti cost me 80 bucks: 30 in sheet metal screws and 50 in hardware (the 2x10's were scrapped from my home construction)
not bad for a 20'x20' engineered carport.
i ravened my material from a giant forest-service slash pile up the street.
ive seen 30 inches of wet sierra snow on top
and i had zero deflection in the 20' clear span of that 12" diameter tree.
i can achieve positive mid-span camber by cranking down my home-made, high strength turnbuckles.
i've been meaning to add a second and third cable crimp, and a double nut on each end of the turnbuckle, as im certain this is the limitation on the over system capacity.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 16, 2012 - 10:15pm PT
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Here's some cool ones from the southern Oregon coast part of Hwy 101...
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perswig
climber
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Jul 16, 2012 - 10:44pm PT
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Road to no-where.
Replaced by this (no, not the Ferris wheel).
Next-door to one of the biggest cranes I have ever seen.
Dale
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Jul 17, 2012 - 12:03am PT
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ekat posted this earlier, this is my image of the remarkable Sundial bridge in Redding CA
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Jul 17, 2012 - 01:04am PT
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My favorite bridge, they will let you drive over it, but it is one way, so unless you are headed west to Durango it is along way around. The Royal Gorge railroad runs in the bottom of the canyon, impressive also, worth he price of admission.
The bridge was constructed in six months, between June 5, 1929, and late November 1929, as a toll bridge, at a cost of $350,000. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The bridge was not constructed for transportation purposes; instead, it was built with the intent that it serve as a tourist attraction, and has continued to be one of the most-visited tourist attractions in Colorado since its construction. The road is designated as Fremont County Road 3A. The Royal Gorge Route Railroad runs under the bridge along the base of Royal Gorge.
Measuring from deck to the river below, the Royal Gorge Bridge held the record of highest bridge in the world from 1929 to 2003, with a height of 956 ft. In 2003 it was surpassed by the Beipanjiang River 2003 Bridge with its height of 1,201 ft, however The Royal Gorge is still the highest bridge in the United States.
In October 2003, while performing a proximity demonstration, wingsuiter Dwain Weston was killed attempting to fly over the bridge.[3] Weston was wearing a wingsuit, a skydiving suit with fabric extended below the arms to the body and between the legs to catch air allowing for horizontal travel when skydiving. Weston was to go over the bridge while fellow skydiver Jeb Corliss was to go under it. Miscalculating his distance from the bridge, Weston struck a railing while traveling an estimated 120 mph, killing him instantly and dismembering extremities. Cleanup from his impact took two full days, and many parts of Weston's body were never recovered.
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DM88T
climber
San Juan Bautista, CA
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Jul 17, 2012 - 02:20am PT
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Wow Ed, great lighting and shadows.
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Aug 30, 2012 - 06:34pm PT
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Bridge to Nowhere - San Gabriel Mountains:
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nutjob
Gym climber
Berkeley, CA
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Aug 30, 2012 - 08:20pm PT
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natural bridge, seldom used, nearing the end of it's functional life:
temporary man-made bridge:
Pics of nicer bridges awaiting upload and organization.
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Dapper Dan
Trad climber
Menlo Park
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Aug 30, 2012 - 09:33pm PT
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rincon
Trad climber
SoCal
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Aug 30, 2012 - 10:28pm PT
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Aug 30, 2012 - 11:06pm PT
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Malololailai Fiji
Hurricane basin-sort of!
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Aug 30, 2012 - 11:07pm PT
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Confounded Talahatchie Bridge - look carefully for CCMan and Billy Joe and Bobbie
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squishy
Mountain climber
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Aug 30, 2012 - 11:08pm PT
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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Aug 30, 2012 - 11:18pm PT
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Colorado Blvd. bridge aka Suicide bridge
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Bridge over Bixby Creek.
I remember that video posted here of the wasted dude B.A.S.E. jumping off this bridge - right in front of a CHP officer. Upon seeing it, it sure doesn't look all that high for parachuting ( you certainly wouldn't want to fall off it, though )
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Not a picture, and not mine
Courtesy of baybridgeinfo.org
Very clever.....all roadway and traffic loads are resolved within the bridge structure.
can't wait for the opening on Labor Day 2013
Cable saddle then and now
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