World's Scariest Bridges

Trift Suspension Bridge(Switzerland)

Trift was built in 2004 to reconnect hikers to a hut made inaccessible by a retreating glacier. A replacement in 2009 gave this bridge higher handrails and stabilizing cables to prevent it from swinging violently in the wind.Trift Bridge is the longest pedestrian-only suspension bridge in the Alps. World's Scariest Bridge Built in: 2004
Location: Trift Glacier, near the town of Gadmen in the Swiss Alps.
Stats: 328 feet high; 558 feet long.

4. Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge(Northern Ireland)

A short coastal footpath leads to Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge.Traditionally fishermen erected the bridge to Carrick-a-Rede island over a 23m-deep and 20m-wide chasm to check their salmon nets. Today visitors are drawn here simply to take the rope bridge challenge! It used to be even scarier. The rope bridge eventually became popular with tourists seeking a thrill, and the National Trust replaced it with a sturdier structure with two handrails.

Built in:hundreds of the years ago.
Improved in year:2000
Location: Near Ballintoy in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Stats: 65 feet long; nearly 100 feet above the rocks below.

5. Capilano Suspension Bridge(Canada)

It was originally made of hemp ropes with a deck of cedar planks, and was replaced with a wire cable bridge in 1903. It draws over 800,000 visitors a year.The Cliffhanger attraction will allow visitors to climb across a series of suspended walkways attached to a cliff.


Built in 1955
Location: The summit of Aiguille du Midi in the Mont Blanc massif near Chamonix.
Stats: 12,605 feet above sea level.

2. Royal Gorge Bridge (Colorado)

America’s highest suspension bridge,hanging above Colorado’s wild Arkansas River, the Royal Gorge Bridge. Built in 1929 for $350,000, the cost today would easily exceed $15 million.
Built in:hundreds of the years ago.
Improved in year:2000
Location: Near Ballintoy in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Stats: 65 feet long; nearly 100 feet above the rocks below.

5. Capilano Suspension Bridge(Canada)

It was originally made of hemp ropes with a deck of cedar planks, and was replaced with a wire cable bridge in 1903. It draws over 800,000 visitors a year.The Cliffhanger attraction will allow visitors to climb across a series of suspended walkways attached to a cliff.

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