This crazy bridge in Japan looks more like a terrifying roller coaster

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Casey Chan - Sploid


http://i.imgur.com/r1dmWRc.jpg

If you look straight onto the Eshima Ohashi bridge in Japan, the ridiculously steep incline makes it look more like a roller coaster than a road for cars to drive on. I mean, come on, would you want to drive on that road? It’s basically a highway to outer space, a shortcut to vomiting from nausea.

The bridge is the third largest ridge bridge in the world (largest in Japan!) and stretches about a mile long with a height of about 144 feet and a 5.1% and 6.1% grade on each end. This picture from the China Times gives me the yeeshes:

http://i.imgur.com/Gd2foGu.jpg

But thanks to the wonders of civil engineering and expertly employed high fences, the roller coaster bridge doesn’t look that scary to drive on:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkSOYumuODk

[Goofy]

Those crazy Japs :lol:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Better hope your brakes don't go out :lol:

[Oofty Goofty]

Driving a manual transmission in stop-and-go traffic on that thing would be a mama bear.

[Hal-9000]

One little skiff of snow and it becomes The Nope Bridge

[Oofty Goofty]

You'd think they would have extended the bridge out into that bay, then make a U-turn to the existing roadway, so the incline wouldn't be as steep.

[allsmiles]

I pedal my bike up that every morning as my warm up.

[Hal-9000]

as the warm up for your daily 10 minute jog across the entire Great Wall of China? :lol:

[allsmiles]

Twice daily.

[Hal-9000]

of course...

I usually do 3 sets of burpee/wind sprints across the Golden Gate Bridge in the early morning....to loosen up for a hard day of posting on the net :thumbsup:

[deebakes]

:uwank: