The World's Most Terrifying Bridge!!!

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 07.15.2007, 12:48 AM

The Millau bridge over the River Tarn in the Massif Central mountains is more than 300m (984ft) high - taller even than the country's Eiffel Tower.
The bridge, which opens to traffic on Thursday, was built to clear summer traffic jams around the town.
The BBC's Paris correspondent, Caroline Wyatt, says the bridge is one of the most breathtaking ever built. She says that with its concrete and steel pillars soaring high above the morning fog in the Tarn Valley, the construction makes a spectacular sight

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 07.15.2007, 12:48 AM

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 07.15.2007, 12:49 AM

you drive at a height of 280m

k-krack · 07.15.2007, 12:53 AM

Holy fuck. That is terrifying. There is no chance in hell I would be able to remain calm on that.

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 07.15.2007, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by k-krack

Holy fuck. That is terrifying. There is no chance in hell I would be able to remain calm on that.

bump, to see either the fear or indifference of the board...

SynthethicalY · 07.15.2007, 02:39 PM

I am afraid of two story floors, I would not get on that shit.

zedius · 07.15.2007, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

bump, to see either the fear or indifference of the board...

Thanks for bumping, though I'm neither in fear or indifferent. It's really interesting. I wonder what sort of safety measures they employed? Does France have earthquakes like the rest of us?

atsonicpark · 07.15.2007, 03:23 PM

there's a terrifying bridge in this shitty earth crisis song..

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 07.15.2007, 03:38 PM

just to put things in perspective, you drive across that motherfucker higher then the top of the towers of the Golden Gate Bridge, and the road on this bridge is FOUR TIMES higher then the driving height of the Golden Gate

Driving height of Millau = 270m
Driving height of Golden Gate= 70m

val-holla-ing · 07.15.2007, 05:18 PM

i'm terribly afraid of heights, so i'd probably have a panic attack and die on the way across it.

it's really beautiful, though.

Jenmarie · 07.15.2007, 05:20 PM

very intimidating stuff.
visually stimulating and all..but no way would i drive on it.

Danny Himself · 07.15.2007, 05:23 PM

I'd walk across it. I don't see whats so scary.

afterthefact · 07.15.2007, 05:26 PM

I never thought I would say this about a bridge, but it's beautiful. I would feel safe on it just for it's visual aesthetics, which in reality makes almost no sense at all.

Jenmarie · 07.15.2007, 05:27 PM

my palms are sweating just looking at the picture.

val-holla-ing · 07.15.2007, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by afterthefact

I never thought I would say this about a bridge, but it's beautiful. I would feel safe on it just for it's visual aesthetics, which in reality makes almost no sense at all.

it's not nonsensical. the bridge has a very soft and modern aesthetic that could maybe soothe the uneasiness of having to cross it.

Pookie · 07.15.2007, 06:07 PM

Wouldn't it get a bit windy up there?

jico. · 07.15.2007, 06:21 PM

freaking aberration. destroy that piece of crap.

pokkeherrie · 07.15.2007, 06:24 PM

that's a beautiful bridge.

but terrifying? I think this Inca rope suspension bridge is much more terrifying.

nicfit · 07.16.2007, 03:46 AM

Well, honestly I think that when you're on it it wouldn't be that terrifying... I mean, thinking of standing on a little road 300mt high IS terrifying, but that bridge is huge and has (hopefully) well built protections on the sides... Even if you're afraid of heights you should not be too worried, like when you are on top of towers with that sort of "cage" to prevent suicides and objects throws... I think the perspective would change radically when on the bridge.
that said, it looks really cool.
I've been on the malmo bridge last summer and it is cool too, but way lower.

sonicl · 07.16.2007, 03:58 AM

It's only going to be terrifying if you look over the edge. If you just keep your eyes on the road, then it's just another piece of road.

You wouldn't get me up there in anything more than a slight breeze though.

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SuchFriendsAreDangerous invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fucking Los Angeles Posts: 14,801	just to put things in perspective, you drive across that motherfucker higher then the top of the towers of the Golden Gate Bridge, and the road on this bridge is FOUR TIMES higher then the driving height of the Golden Gate Driving height of Millau = 270m Driving height of Golden Gate= 70m __________________ Today Rap music is the Lakers
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val-holla-ing invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: baton rouge. the 225, big raggedy. Posts: 2,731	i'm terribly afraid of heights, so i'd probably have a panic attack and die on the way across it. it's really beautiful, though. __________________ please do not misconstrue the previous statement as an invitation for same sex relations or as negative towards anyone of another sexuality. -cam'ron (formerly "no homo")
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Jenmarie empty page Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 25	very intimidating stuff. visually stimulating and all..but no way would i drive on it.
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afterthefact invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,886	I never thought I would say this about a bridge, but it's beautiful. I would feel safe on it just for it's visual aesthetics, which in reality makes almost no sense at all. __________________ "She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind." - Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle
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Jenmarie empty page Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 25	my palms are sweating just looking at the picture.
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Pookie invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 9,877	Wouldn't it get a bit windy up there?
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pokkeherrie invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 4,289	that's a beautiful bridge. but terrifying? I think this Inca rope suspension bridge is much more terrifying.
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nicfit invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: banana boat Posts: 15,570	Well, honestly I think that when you're on it it wouldn't be that terrifying... I mean, thinking of standing on a little road 300mt high IS terrifying, but that bridge is huge and has (hopefully) well built protections on the sides... Even if you're afraid of heights you should not be too worried, like when you are on top of towers with that sort of "cage" to prevent suicides and objects throws... I think the perspective would change radically when on the bridge. that said, it looks really cool. I've been on the malmo bridge last summer and it is cool too, but way lower. __________________ 11:11 11-11-11 I Ascended.
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sonicl invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,527	It's only going to be terrifying if you look over the edge. If you just keep your eyes on the road, then it's just another piece of road. You wouldn't get me up there in anything more than a slight breeze though.
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