Have You Ever Seen Breathtaking & Weird Bridges Like These Before?
Bridges are usually used for crossing from one side to another but in fact there are bridges that are built to exceed this function. Their design is really amazing and makes you feel that they are enough to be placed without even being used as bridges. They are like outstanding works of art that attract people to enjoy looking at them while crossing to other sides. Some of the bridges provide you with entertainment while there are others which are constructed through using unique and unprecedented ideas to escape from the traditional designs that we are used to seeing in different place around the world. To know more about these unique bridges, we present to you the following 15 breathtaking and weird bridges around the world.
Slauerhoffbrug It is located in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. This weird bridge is easily cut as when there is a ship that needs to pass, a section of the bridge is removed by a mechanical arm that functions like a robot until the ship passes.
Henderson Waves Bridge It is built in Singapore to look like waves.
Aiola Island Bridge It can be found in Graz, Austria. It is built to cross over the Mur River in Graz. This magnificent bridge features many things that help you to spend a good time such as theater, playground, coffeehouse and bar.
Rolling Bridge This unique bridge can be found in London and it is built like a party noisemaker to allow people to cross the Grand Union Canal without preventing the ships from passing.
Twisted Bridge It is located in Vlaardingen, Netherlands.
Lego Bridge It is built in Wuppertal, Germany. It is not the design of the bridge itself which is strange, it is the underside section of the bridge which means that you have to walk under it to see its design that looks like large size Lego.
Animal Bridge The bridge can be found in Banff National Park, Canada. It is constructed for animals such as wolves, bears and other animals to cross to the Banff National Park.
Tianjin Eye It is built in Tianjin, China. It is not just a bridge that is built for crossing the Haihe River, it is also built to provide you with entertainment through its Ferris wheel which consists of 48 capsules and each one of them accommodates 8 passengers.
Gateshead Millennium Bridge It is constructed in Newcastle, England. It consists of two arches to be used by bikes and pedestrians and still allow the battleships to pass.
Friendship Bridge It is constructed in Nantan, Japan. This circular bride was designed by the Japanese architects Norihiko Dan and Associates.
Living Root Bridges This bridge is located in India. It is in fact a natural bridge that does not require the intervention of architects to be built. The bridges are formed by the aerial roots of fig trees.
Magdeburg Water Bridge It is a shipping bridge that is located in Germany to cross over the Elbe River and it was completed in 2003.
Xiying Rainbow Bridge It can be found in Penghu, Taiwan. This bridge is traditional like other bridges during the day, but at night it turns to another bridge with its lights that take the color of rainbow.
Crab Bridge It is situated in Christmas Island, Australia. The bridge is built for red crabs to help them to migrate to the ocean.
Flipper Bridge It is built in Hong Kong, China. The bridge comes at a specific part to be separated into two strips that take the shape of number eight.
Sunken Bridge Also known as Moses Bridge. It is located in Halsteren, Netherland. This weird and dazzling bridge is not made to allow you to cross over water like any other traditional bridge, but it is made to take you through water. The real purpose of building this bridge was to avoid the invasion of France and Spain and to protect people from them.
Banpo Bridge It is the most fascinating ridge that you can ever see. You can enjoy seeing it in Seoul. It is built across the Han River and what makes it fascinating is its nozzle fountains as there are 760 with rainbow colors.