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Lansing, West Virginia

Bridge Walk

In West Virginia, you can walk across the longest single-arch bridge in the Western Hemisphere.
Rome, Italy

Arco dei Farnesi

This unassuming bridge is most likely one of Michelangelo's unfinished masterworks.
Brembilla, Italy

Ponte del Cappello

Can you see the face staring out at you from the buttress of this bridge?
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Jorullo Bridge

A 1542-foot-long suspension bridge offers scenic mountain views.
'All Greatness Stands Firm in the Storm'
Glasgow, Scotland

'All Greatness Stands Firm in the Storm'

A unique art installation located on what was once considered the widest railway bridge in the world.
Tasmans Arch
Eaglehawk Neck, Australia

Tasmans Arch

A natural rock bridge towers above the sea.
Itinerary

6 Natural Wonders to Discover in Austin, Texas

Supplement your tacos and brisket with plenty of flora and fauna.
Harvard Plaque on the History of the Smoot.
Boston, Massachusetts

Harvard Bridge Smoot Measurements

In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.
The Charles de Gaulle Saxophone Bridge
Dinant, Belgium

The Charles de Gaulle Saxophone Bridge

A whimsical bridge uses saxophones to pay tribute to two great men and the European Union.
Birds flock around the bridge on a summer evening.
roads

Swarms of Summer Birds Are Lowering the Speed Limit on a North Carolina Bridge

When purple martins moved into the William B. Umstead bridge, the laws changed.
Cara Giaimo July 13, 2018
Arial view
Netzschkau, Germany

Göltzsch Viaduct

The largest brick bridge in the world.
Hörnbrücke up
Kiel, Germany

Hörnbrücke

The world's first and only three-segment bascule bridge folds up into the shape of a capital "N" to let boat traffic through.
Casselman's River Bridge today
Grantsville, Maryland

Casselman River Bridge

This beautiful stone arch bridge wasn't even expected to stand for one day, but people have been crossing it for centuries.
Seneca Falls, New York

Bridge Street Bridge

A near tragic event on this bridge helped inspire the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life."
From here it looks like a cave, but guess what? It's a bridge.
Pine, Arizona

Tonto Natural Bridge

The largest natural travertine bridge in the world is nestled in a small canyon in central Arizona.
The Hal W. Adams Bridge
Mayo, Florida

Hal W. Adams Bridge

Florida's first suspension bridge.
The Fremont Bridge, future home to an infrastructural poet.
bridges

Fleeting Wonders: Seattle is Looking For a Poet to Live in a Bridge

Cara Giaimo January 18, 2016
Ponchatoula, Louisiana

Manchac Swamp Bridge

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.