This Amazing Bridge Concept Moves Like A Japanese Fan

There are quite a few beautiful bridges in the world, but the vast majority of them are just infrastructure to get you across that river or crevasse without plummeting to your death. This one is different. And that's because it's breathtakingly gorgeous.

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The Zipper Truck Lifts Thousands Of 1,500-Pound Blocks In Minutes

For years, San Francisco's iconic Golden Gate Bridge was a deathtrap. Cars would zip past one another at 65 MPH, separated by a thin line of yellow traffic cones, and head-on collisions were routine. However, a new barrier system—laid by a massive vehicle known as a Zipper Truck—will keep passing drivers from landing…

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Tokyo’s New 'Dinosaur' Bridge To Nowhere

You're looking at Tokyo's newest landmark, the 'Dinosaur' Bridge. Officially known as the Tokyo Gate Bridge — providing a link from the capital to a landfill — it shows what actually happens when a government succeeds in spending $1.4 billion on a bridge to nowhere.

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Google Earth’s bridges on drugs

Mix 2D satellite and aerial imagery with 3D terrain data in Google Earth and you end up with road infrastructure that looks curiously like the tail end of a Deadhead party. Artist Clement Valla has compiled a great collection of these loopy bridges and Dalí-esque canyons. Click through them all and the very watch will…

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