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Default OT the headline writers simply gert worse every year

Dave Liquorice :
On Fri, 08 Mar 2013 21:45:36 +0000, polygonum wrote:

Most of those sort of bridges you don't really notice. The Dartford
crossing one, you do. It looks quite intimidating approaching it. ;-)

Try Millau

http://www.flickr.com/photos/djclark/854959381/


Looks nice.

I actually found one of the most disconcerting bridges to be Erskine -
going south (IIRC). Not quite the picture in my head but not a bad
illustration:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/65166290@N00/6980051873/

You feel as if you are on top of the bridge and could easily drive off.


Surely the worst bridge must be the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, on a boat:

http://www.holiday-canal-boat.com/im...ysyllte_aquedu
ct.jpg


I remember doing that the early 60s, on foot, when there was (IIRC) no
handrail to speak of, and the footway was rather dilapidated. Seriously
scary.

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