For those who are searching for new experiences, a tour of the heights It may be a good choice.
From these magnificent structures you can see landscapes of all kindsfrom forests to snow-capped mountains, passing through beaches and rivers.
Magazine Condé Nast Traveler assures that, when crossing these platforms, “we may feel the heart beats a thousand per hour, a surge of cortisol or our legs becoming paralyzed from fear.” This is how it feels adrenalin that arises when crossing the 10 bridges, an adventure, obviously, not suitable for people with vertigo. This is the list.
It was built in 1889, and is 163 meters long. It’s found 70 meters from the ground and, due to the great height, in 1956 they added railings to avoid accidents and provide security to those who dare to cross it.
The trees of more than 300 years that surround it make up a magical landscape, and are part of the park that bears the same name as the bridge. Crossing it provides an unparalleled experience of closeness to nature.
This bridge is a whole architectural feat. The entire structure is supported by only a column and eight cables that keep it stable 700 meters over an abyss.
With views of both the sea and the mountains, this platform is 125 meters long and is completely curved, which means that when you walk along it you can have a panoramic view of the landscape.
More than a bridge it is a short walkway, but that doesn’t make it any less impressive. To get to it you must travel on the “most vertical cable car in the world for 20 minutes”, as explained from Conde Nast.
From her, now to 3,800 meters highyou can see the Alps of both France, Italy and Switzerland in all their snowy splendor.
“In the Sierra Madre Occidental, in the north of Mexico, we find the Baluarte Bridge. Inaugurated in January 2012, this gigantic concrete walkway measures 1,124 meters and is part of the Mazatlán – Durango highway, which connects the coastal city of Mazatlán with Victoria de Durango,” comments the travel publication.
The construction of this bridge 403 meters high It started in 2008, but it wasn’t until 2012 that it opened to the public.
For better reference, the greatest distance from the ground is similar to the height of the Empire State Buildingfamous skyscraper in the American city of New York.
The Titlis Cliff Walk opened to the public in 2012 and, as its name indicates, must be crossed on foot. It is considered the suspension bridge highest in Europe. This can present a considerable challenge for those with acrophobia, as it is located at 3,020 meters ground.
Its route, which links the summit of Mount Titlis to the glacier’s Ice Flyer chairlift, can be completed with approximately 150 steps.
The original purpose of this bridge dates back to XIX century, when it was built for horses to pass through. Nowadays that role is fulfilled by the cars that cross it.
Due to its long history, it became a Bristol County symbol. Crosses the gorge in the heights river avon and links the town of Clifton, in Bristol, with Leigh Woods in the neighboring county of Somerset.
Furthermore, it is the ideal place to observe the giant hot air balloons that fly during the International Balloon Festival that takes place every year in that region.
“A rope bridge that puts us the creeps“, say the specialists of Condé Nast, and they add that “this delicate bridge seems tiny before the two impressive hills that hold him.” It is located in Northern Ireland over an abyss 30 meters above the sea.
Its 20 meters in length comprise the road they decided to build fishermen to reach Carrickarede Island, and after many years, due to its tourist attraction, was renovated so that more people can cross it safely.
This impressive suspension bridge built in 1929 is one of the highest in the world with its 321 meters high about him Arkansas River. It is located in the state of Colorado, United States, and more than 200,000 people per year They cross its 268 meters long to admire the natural park, made up of plateaus and valleys, that bears their name.
It remains the tallest bridge in the United States and was among the top ten tallest bridges in the world until 2001.
The Trift suspension bridge, in the middle of the Swiss Alps, is suspended at 100 meters high above the valley of the homonymous glacier. Its 170 meters long are covered on foot and provide amazing viewss of the surrounding hills.
The previous bridge, built in 2004, was replaced by the current one safer and more stable in 2009 and since that year you can cross to live an adventure full of adrenaline.
From Condé Nast they explain the fabulous creation of this bridge: “Built to join two tunnelsthe Aizhai Bridge is another of the Chinese engineering works that challenges the laws of gravity and to capricious nature.”
It is at 355 meters high over a large canyon, which was responsible for the construction of the bridge, since they needed a fastest way to cross from one side to the other of the geographical feature.
