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We're all familiar with how many bizarre food flavors exist in today's world. I figured the same basic thread could be made for architecture.
The advantage to strange/interesting architecture over food is that it isn't subject to last only as long as the food does; buildings can last for many years, so theoretically you could visit just about any one of the buildings that will be posted in this thread without worrying about them being gone forever.
What strange/interesting buildings have you come across?
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I was looking up tall and large structures via Google search, and I came across the Millau Viaduct.
With a clearance below of 890 feet and a total height of 1,125 feet, this French bridge is the tallest bridge in the world. However, it does not have the highest clearance in the world. That record is currently held by the Sidu River Bridge in China, with a clearance of 1,627 feet.
I had no idea they had underground cities back then.
That's the idea.
I would imagine that the survival rate for jumping off any of THOSE bridges is... zero anything. =P
The title for world's longest bridge, however, goes to the Danyang-Kunshan Grand bridge in China...
This picture doesn't do it much justice, but it's actually over 100 MILES LONG! O_O
but it's a road bridge rather than a high-speed rail bridge
Ahh, that explains it... does it?
This architect liked bridges so much, he built a HOUSE on one...
If you ever want a unique bridge-walking experience, I suggest you look into walking across the Wind Tunnel Footbridge when someone finally decides to build one.
If you enjoyed that, as much as anyone could enjoy walking across a metal bridge, you might also be interested in one of Michael Jantzen's other designs, the Space Time Transformation Bridge:
Although neither of these strange bridges actually exist in the physical world (as far as sources tell me), they are still very interesting ideas, especially considering that they're interactive to their surroundings and one of them actually makes noise.
As far as strange bridge designs go, although there's nothing fancy or spectacular about it, the Nanpu Bridge in Shanghai is definitely an interesting design!
And of course, you can't leave out the Borneo-Sporenburg Bridge in Amsterdam, the bridge that looks like a roller coaster track segment...
Well that wouldn't be much of a roller coaster if it was one.
One of the wierdest bridges ever: Its called the Rolling Bridge
Regular form
Open
Henderson Waves
And the Langkawi Sky Bridge
Wonder what the percentage of people who jump off the that bridge and survive is.
Well that wouldn't be much of a roller coaster if it was one.
Not by itself, but it does look to me like at the very least a part of a roller coaster, even if it is just a part near the end...
What about this staircase that looks like a roller coaster?
Wonder what the percentage of people who jump off the that bridge and survive is.
How high off the ground is it actually?
the Nanpu Bridge in Shanghai is definitely an interesting design!
Interesting it is, but relatively simple compared to the MacArthur Maze right here in Oakland.
Amazingly, it's not as confusing to drive on any part of this freeway interchange if you know where you're going.
What about this staircase that looks like a roller coaster?
What do you do when you get to the loop? The laws of physics tell me that you can't climb stairs upside-down.
It is 700 meters off the ground and is at the peak of something called Gunung Mat Chinchang.
It's unfortunate how little information there is on this bridge, but all Wikipedia says is that it's 700 meters (2,300 feet) above sea level. It doesn't say exactly how high it is from the ground below, or how high the ground below is.