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Ever felt your knees buckle just from looking down a tall building? Now imagine crossing a bridge that's made of glass... and it pretends to crack beneath your feet! 😨
From psychological warfare disguised as tourist attractions in China to icy daredevil walks across the Swiss Alps, we’re diving into the most terrifying bridges in the world—the ones that’ll make your palms sweat and your heart pound.
🚧 Whether it’s the East Taiheng Glasswalk that fakes its own shattering, or the Living Root Bridges of India that literally grow, these aren’t your average pedestrian crossings. These are adrenaline-spiking, gut-wrenching paths that test your fear of heights—and your will to live.
📍 Featured Scary Bridges:
East Taiheng Glasswalk, China – Glass cracking illusion 😱
Titlis Cliff Walk, Switzerland – 10,000 feet above the ground ❄️
Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge, Northern Ireland – Built for salmon, terrifying for tourists 🪢
Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge, China – Inspired by Avatar, feels like a panic attack 💀
Pilatus Railway Trestle, Switzerland – Train tracks on a vertical cliff 🚂
Kakum Canopy Walkway, Ghana – No railings, all ropes, total chaos 🌳
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ever stood on a bridge and suddenly felt
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your knees go weak not because it's
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unstable just from looking down now
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imagine crossing a bridge so terrifying
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so high up so see-through you're not
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even sure if it's real or just a prank
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on your brain well buckle up or better
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yet don't look down because today we're
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diving into the most terrifying bridges
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on earth that you seriously wouldn't
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want to cross unless you're into that
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whole flirting with death kind of vibe
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and hey if you think crossing a bridge
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is just about getting from a to b wait
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till you see
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these let's kick things off with a
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bridge that literally pretends to break
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under your feet okay first off glass
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bridges are already a no from me dog but
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the east taihang glasswalk in hube china
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that's on another level of nope imagine
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walking calmly across a bridge when
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suddenly crack you hear glass shatter
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beneath your feet you freeze your soul
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leaves your body and you're already
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writing your will in your head sounds
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like something from a nightmare right
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well that's exactly what this bridge
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wants you to feel this twisted walkway
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is built with fake cracking effects yeah
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motion sensors detect when you step then
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boom visuals and sound effects make it
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look and sound like the glass is
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breaking that's not a prank that's
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psychological warfare now to be fair
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it's not actually cracking it's built to
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be solid but get this it's suspended
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nearly 4,000 ft above sea level that's
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higher than the burj khalifa yep if your
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legs weren't jelly before they are now
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needless to say this bridge caused a
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media frenzy after some poor souls legit
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panicked mid crossing officials had to
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issue an apology and later closed the
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attraction along with 30 other similarly
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terrifying glass bridges in the province
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lesson learned maybe don't combine
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acrophobia with special
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effects
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imagine standing on a bridge where one
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wrong step could send you plummeting
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into a frozen
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abyss yeah welcome to the titless
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cliffwalk in switzerland you're nearly
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10,000 ft up in the freaking sky
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surrounded by howling winds and blinding
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snowstorms sounds cozy right this icy
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beast stretches across a glacier in the
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swiss alps and is europe's highest
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suspension bridge if the altitude
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doesn't knock your socks off the wind
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chill definitely will now you're
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probably wondering how the heck did they
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even build something like this way up
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there well it wasn't exactly a walk in
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the park every single part had to be
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airlifted yep airlifted by helicopters
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or dragged up on cables imagine being
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one of the builders clutching icy
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railings trying to screw in bolts with
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numb fingers no thanks but wait here's
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the kicker despite the white out
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conditions icy terrain and bone rattling
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cold this thing is solid it's made of
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steel built to sway with the wind rather
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than fight it and it's got graded
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flooring so the snow doesn't pile up and
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turn it into a skating rink still with
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visibility dropping to near zero during
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storms crossing it feels less like
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sightseeing and more like a
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dare but maybe you're thinking "okay
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that's wild." but at least it's built
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with proper engineering fair point let
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me introduce you to the caracar reed
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rope bridge in northern ireland a
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swinging rope bridge that looks like it
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was built by a pirate who flunked wood
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shop spanning just 66 ft between rocky
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cliffs over the wild atlantic below it
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doesn't sound like much but the real
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horror kicks in when the wind starts
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howling and the whole thing sways like
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violently one step two steps and
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suddenly you're gripping those ropes
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like your life depends on it because
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well it kind of does now here's the
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funny part fishermen originally built
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this thing to get to a small island and
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check on salmon nets yeah salmon
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nowadays it's mostly tourists testing
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their nerves and trying not to drop
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their phones while pretending they're
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not completely freaking out spoiler
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alert they are even better once you get
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to the island there's nothing there just
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you your fear and the howling wind
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congrats you just crossed a death trap
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to
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nowhere all right brace yourself china's
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back at it again with another glass
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terror walk this time we're heading to
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jong ja glass bridge in hunan province
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picture this a thrillseker's runway
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stretching a whopping 1,410 ft long and
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984 ft high suspended over a lush canyon
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that looks like something straight out
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of avatar yep this bridge was actually
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inspired by the floating mountains in
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the movie but unlike pandora this place
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has gravity and your stomach will
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absolutely remind you of that when you
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look down through the glass floor here's
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the wild bit before it opened to the
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public officials smashed it with
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sledgehammers and even drove a car over
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it to prove how safe it was that's
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either next level confidence or straight
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up madness but hey it worked sort of
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people still lose it halfway across legs
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jellying some even drop to the floor and
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crawl the rest of the way and who could
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blame them it's one thing to see the
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view another to feel like you're
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floating above it on a sheet of
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ice okay buckle up we're hopping onto a
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bridge that's technically meant for
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trains but people walk it anyway yeah
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welcome to the pilates railway trestle
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bridge in switzerland it's narrow it's
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steep and it looks like it was designed
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during someone's fever dream now this
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bridge is part of the steepest cog wheel
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railway in the world a mind-blowing 48%
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gradient that's not a typo it's
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basically a vertical climb trains inch
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along like they're defying gravity and
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if you're on board don't drop anything
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seriously you'll never see it again
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here's the worst part the bridge curves
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along the side of a mountain with almost
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no shoulder room it clings to the rock
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like it's holding on for dear life one
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small derailment and by gone forever but
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don't worry the swiss engineers are
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brilliant probably still for most of us
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just looking at this thing causes a mild
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panic attack imagine hearing the creek
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of the steel as you slowly crawl across
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it feeling every gust of wind shake the
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train that's not sightseeing that's a
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slow motion heart
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test now let's switch continents and
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take you to a bridge so sketchy it looks
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like it was built during a dare i'm
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talking about the kakum canopy walkway
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in ghana nestled high in the treetops of
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the kakum national park this beauty
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hangs between giant trees 130 ft above
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the forest floor with rope sides and
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wooden planks that's it no solid
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railings no safety net just ropes boards
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and vibes good luck when the wind picks
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up the entire thing sways hard your
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whole body shifts with it like you're in
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some weird jungle roller coaster with no
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seat belts and the boards let's just say
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they've seen better days every creek
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sounds like your final moment here's the
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kicker it's insanely popular people line
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up to cross it you'll see tourists
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laughing nervously gripping the ropes
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like they're in an indiana jones movie
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while trying not to look down at the
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jungle floor yawning beneath
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them okay now let's talk about one of
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the most controversial bridges out there
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kapalano suspension bridge in british
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columbia canada it's a 450t long beast
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hanging 230 ft above a river sounds
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scenic right sure until the bridge
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starts swinging like a hammock in a
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hurricane built originally in the 1800s
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it's had some history like the people
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falling off kind of history but don't
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worry it's been rebuilt and reinforced
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still nothing prepares you for the
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moment you step on it and feel it move
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under your feet and then someone behind
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you decides to bounce why do people do
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that there's always that one guy the
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worst part you're mid bridge surrounded
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by hundreds of tourists and now you're
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stuck no turning back just 450 ft of
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motion sickness and regret at least the
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views are pretty while you
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panic all right we're leaving steel and
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concrete behind and heading deep into
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the jungles of megallaya india home to
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the living root bridges yes you heard
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that right these bridges are made from
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actual living tree roots local villagers
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train the roots of rubber fig trees to
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grow across rivers it takes decades to
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build sometimes over a hundred years and
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yet somehow they're strong enough to
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hold dozens of people at once nature one
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engineering zero but here's the deal
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they're alive which means they're
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constantly growing shifting and changing
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slippery when wet that's putting it
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mildly you don't walk across you tiptoe
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every step is like walking across a wet
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noodle strung over a cliff also did i
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mention no guardrails one slip and
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you're sliding into a jungle creek that
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may or may not have venomous snakes
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beautiful yes safe not even a
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little next up we have a bridge that
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disappears seriously welcome to the
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pasarel de tues also known as the bridge
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of three countries it connects germany
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france and switzerland sounds diplomatic
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right well not when it vanishes during
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floods the bridge is beautiful and
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modern curving gracefully over the ryan
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river but it was built super low to
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maintain a sleek design so when the
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river rises during heavy rains poof the
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whole base is underwater that means the
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world's most peaceful border crossing
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becomes a water park ride locals love it
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engineers probably sweating bullets
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every rainy season if you're on the
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bridge when the waters rise well hope
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you brought
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floaties now let's talk about isolation
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ever heard of the caracar reed rope
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bridge in northern ireland this thing
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links the mainland to a tiny rocky
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island used by fishermen but here's the
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twist only one person can cross at a
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time it's made of rope and wooden planks
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stretches 66 ft long and hangs almost
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100 ft above crashing waves there's
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nothing but ocean below you and that
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rope sways like it's got somewhere
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better to be and the best part if the
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wind picks up too much you're stuck on
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the island no boat no alternate path
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just seagulls cliffs and existential
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dread tourists still cross it daily why
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because it looks cool in selfies got to
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love that priorities
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list we've crossed rope steel roots and
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bridges that vanish into floods but the
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final section that's where the nightmare
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fuel really kicks in one bridge is made
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entirely of chains one's over a lava
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field and the last one well it shouldn't
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even exist we're going big for the
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finale folks first up the jang ja glass
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bridge in china it's a bridge entirely
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made of glass over a 1,000 ft drop let
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that sink in you're walking on a
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transparent floor with absolutely
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nothing between you and the bottomless
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abyss if that doesn't make your knees
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wobble i don't know what will not only
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is this glass bridge terrifying for the
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height factor but the glass is designed
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to crack under pressure just to remind
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you how fragile life really is and for
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the grand finale the chinese government
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even set up a stunt where they had the
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bridge crack in front of visitors i mean
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what's more relaxing than glass breaking
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underfoot as you dangle in
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midair next we're talking about iya
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valley's vine bridge in japan but this
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one's different it's made from vines
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which sounds quaint but here's the
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kicker it spans across a massive gorge
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with jagged rocks and lava fields below
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yes lava fields this thing isn't just a
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cute rustic bridge if you fall here it's
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not a 20ft drop to some water below oh
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no you're looking at rocks jagged cliffs
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and the possibility of lava burns if
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you're unlucky the vine bridge was built
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hundreds of years ago by local villagers
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as a method of crossing rugged terrain
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while it may have worked back in the day
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in modern times it's basically an
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obstacle course with a little too much
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risk finally let's wrap things up with
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the stoisendette bridge in norway at
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first glance this looks like any other
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coastal bridge right not quite this
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bridge has a serpentine design that
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makes it look like it's simply falling
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into the sea built with such an optical
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illusion it appears to be an undulating
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roller coaster track going straight into
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the water but here's the kicker while
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it's entirely safe every driver crossing
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feels like they're driving off into the
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abyss the stoaundet bridge is iconic for
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its jaw-dropping visuals and terrifying
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bends it's more than a bridge it's a
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mindbending trick on your
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senses and there you have it folks the
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scariest bridges from around the world
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some will make your heart race others
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will have you questioning your life
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choices and a few will have you laughing
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nervously just to keep your cool but no
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matter how daring you are you've got to
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admit crossing these bridges that's not
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for the faint of heart so would you dare
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to cross them or is it safer to stay on
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solid ground let us know what you think
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in the comments
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below stay tuned for more heartpounding
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adventures in engineering and remember
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keep your eyes on the bridge but never
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forget to look
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