Europe's Sweetest Bridges
 

What are your favorite European bridges - bridges in cities not the Millau type super bridges in the country but bridges in cities.

My Favorites
1- Tower Bridge, London (not so old but so unique)
2- Ponte Vecchio, Florence
3- Rialto, Venice
4- Charles Bridge, Prague
5- Hump-backed Wooden Bridge on Amstel, Amsterdam
6- sur the Pont d'Avignon (the part that remains)
7- Wooden bridges, Lucerne
8- Iron Bridge, Iron Bridge Gorge, UK - world's first iron span and a showcase for the use of iron anywhere
9- Railway bridge, Cologne (not gorgeous but the world's busiest train bridge with trains trundling across it incessantly; pedestrian walkway on it
10- Pont du Gard, France - really an aqueduct but called a bridge; otherwise would be number 1

Interested in your 'sweetest' bridges???

Near the scenic village of Lavertezzo in the Val Verzasca (Ticino), there's an ancient double arched stone bridge over the swiftly flowing stream.

Krämerbrücke, Erfurt (Germany, like Ponte Vecchio, only better ;-) )

Blue Wonder Bridge, Dresden

9 is called <i>Hohenzollernbr&uuml;cke</i>.

I like all of Brunel's bridges of Victorian England - such as

Royal Albert (Saltash)
Maidenhead
Grand Union Canal
Clifton

...and for pure late Victorian excess

Pont Alexandre III

1. Ponte Vecchio
2. Any bridge in Paris

Steinerne Br&uuml;cke, Regensburg
Lavertezzo, yes - thanks for reminding me, TuckH
Mostar before the war (haven't been myself, though)
Holtenauer Hochbr&uuml;cke in Kiel (nothing special but connected to certain childhood memories)

The Ha'penny Bridge in Dublin. It is a beautiful walking bridge!

Rialto, Venice
Pont Alexandre II, Paris
Charles, Prague
Tower, London

Here are favourites from my first trip to Europe last March:

Chain Bridge, Budapest
Ponte Sant'Angelo, Rome
Ponte Santa Trinita, Florence
Ponte Vecchio, Florence
Rialto, Venice
Bridge of Sighs, Venice (cheesy choice, I know but what can I say...)
Ponte di Mezzo, Pisa (not so much the bridge as the gorgeous view along the Arno)

Hopefully will see many more in the years to come!

Another vote for the Stari Most at Mostar. Destroyed in 1993, but since rebuilt using much of the original stone. Not quite as graceful in shape as the original, but it is still good and in a stunning setting.

Trivia Time!

A number of credible sources state that the people of Avignon danced <i>under</i> the Saint B&eacute;nezet bridge, not <i>on</i> it, as the song would suggest.

There is a road running along the river bank, and I have stood on it under the bridge, so the idea is entirely plausible to me.

What's already been listed, plus:

The Vigeland Park Bridge in Oslo with all the sculptures on it.

The Bridge of Sighs in Venice?

Le Pont Valentr&eacute; in Cahors, of course.

The Old Bridge in Mostar was a gem.

I just recently saw a TV documentary about rebuilding of Mostar bridge. Astonishing workmanship.

I love the:
1-Kapellebrucke in Lucerne
2-Queensferry railroad bride outside Edinburgh
3-The little bridge in Ramsau right across the street from the famous church
4-Rialto Bridge in Venice
5-Tower Bridge (no brainer)
6-Marienbrucke at Neuschwanstein.
7-Ponte Vecchio in Florence
8-Bridge of Sighs in Venice
9-Any Dutch-style Bascule bridge found everywhere in the Netherlands
10-Heidelberg Bridge

I guess I'm equally impressed by what the bridge passes OVER as much as the bridge itself.

1. Tyne Bridge in Newcastle. Too a geordie, who lives in the South, the sight of the bridge brings a feeling that can't be understood. One of safety and the knowledge that i'm home.

2. Charles Bridge in Prague

3. Ha'penny bridge, Dublin

4. Tower Bridge London,

Steinerne Brucke, Regensburg
Karlov Most, Prague
Oberbaumbrucke, Berlin
Milennium Foot Bridge, London

1. Tower Bridge, London
2. Magere Brug, Amsterdam
3. Devorgilla Bridge (The Auld Brig), Dumfries Scotland - 'cos it means I'm home
4. Pont Neuf, Paris
5. Charles V Bridge, Prague
6. Forth (rail) Bridge, Scotland

Never thought of a bridge as sweet, but among my favourites are Clare College Bridge, Cambridge, the Pont des Arts (Paris), and in London the Millennium Bridge and the Hungerford pedestrian bridges.