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user-inactivated  ·  3726 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 20 beautiful bridges

    This is mostly a list of "mundane bridges in pretty places."

I disagree -- there's an art to fitting the bridge into the locale. The bridges aren't technically impressive (except maybe the one constructed from roots?) but they certainly aren't mundane.

I think they were going for a fantasy theme and Maillart looks more like scifi.





kleinbl00  ·  3726 days ago  ·  link  ·  

To be fair: they titled it "20 mystical bridges that will transport you to another world." Which Maillart will never do. He was a poured concrete dude, and Swiss besides.

You titled it "20 beautiful bridges". I checked it on my phone and didn't look at the title they used. You're right - by their criteria, Maillart doesn't belong.

But I still insist that Maillart's actual bridges are more beautiful than these. These bridges are largely mundane. And they're all footbridges.

user-inactivated  ·  3726 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm old fashioned so I like footbridges, but I still would never associate 'lack of technical proficiency' with 'mundane'.

Also -- disclosure! -- I liked the list because I've crossed one of the bridges.

I saw a large bridge this weekend, crossing the Rio Grande west of Taos. Nothing extra-special about it, but any well-made bridge that spans a thousand foot deep canyon is pretty damn cool.

kleinbl00  ·  3726 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Damn hard to get around New Mexico without bridges. All them buttes and mesas.

I shared it. They're pretty. That first one was in Legend, I'm pretty sure.

user-inactivated  ·  3726 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Doesn't surprise me, basically any of them could be.