Crossing over...Bridges
 

I was looking at family photos on The Golden Gate and began to think about the bridges that I've crossed in my travels,
beginning with the so, so many covered and suspension bridges of my childhood in OH and PA...
The Brooklyn, NY
The Rainbow, Tokyo
Ponte Vecchio, Florence
The Rainbow across The Niagara
Mackinac, MI
7 Mile, FL
Chesapeake, VA
Bay Bridge, CA
Skyway, Tampa
Walnut St, Chattanooga
Castel Sant Angelo and The Bridges over The Tiber in Rome
...and on, and on.

Where have you "crossed over"?

Given the international (non-United States) locations named and the general topic this really is, wouldn't the "Other" forum be more appropriate for this discussion?

Capilano Bridge, Vancouver
Brooklyn, NY
Rainbow, Tokyo
Ponte Rialto, Venice
Ponte Vecchio, Florence
Castel Sant Angelo, Rome
Alexander III, Pont Neuf and all other in Paris
Wooden Covered Bridge, Sighisoara, Romania
Covered, painted Bridges, Lucerne
Chaine Bridge, Budapest....

Wow, too many bridges to count..but I loved thinking about them , thank you for this post :)
In no particular order:
The Golden Gate Bridge
Verrazano Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge NY
George Washington Bridge NJ/NY
Tappan Zee Bridge NY
A few London bridges
A few Ponts in Paris
The scariest in recent memory is the Rip Van Winkle Bridge in Hudson / Catskill NY.
About 7 bridges in Jacksonville Florida..no names to remember, but one of them was blue :)

one's I've not crossed but have seen & wondred

Ponte dei sospiri, Venice
http://tinyurl.com/9j99f

Poughkeepsie RR Bridge (1880s)
http://tinyurl.com/d32nk

I suspect most Fodorites are rolling their eyes at this thread, but I just love bridges.

Here are some I have crossed that I remember well, even many years later. Most are historic, some are just memorable to me.

Blue Wonder, Dresden
http://tinyurl.com/ccnlp

Triboro, Whitestone, Throgs Neck, Bear Mtn Brige, NY

Foot bridge in Salzburg (bounces in the middle)

Tower Brigde, London

Coronado Bridge, San Diego

Pulaski Skyway, Goethals Bridge, Kosciusko Bridge, NJ/NY


Here's a list of notable US bridges for the curious
http://tinyurl.com/cnlod

Also, haven't crossed the Millenium Bridge, London

The Golden Gate Bridge
Verrazano Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge NY
George Washington Bridge NJ/NY
Chesapeake
Seven Mile Bridge, Fl Keys
Silas Pearman, Charleston
Grace Memorial Charleston
Ravenel Charleston
Tampa Bay (what is the name? Both new and old one)
Walt Whitman


Hmmn. I know there are more. My head will blow up if I try and count all the famous bridges outside the US I've crossed.

I can't remember them all! but here's what I have...

Brooklyn B
George Washington B
Chesapeake Bay
Golden Gate
Delaware Memorial B
7 Mile Bridge, FL
The Peace Bridge (Canada / NY)
Rio Grande Gorge B, NM
Coronado Bridge, CA

And various bridges overseas... the large bridge / tunnel north of London that crosses the Thames in England and Tower Bridge as well as various bridges in Paris, Salzburg, Belgium, Amsterdam... Oh, and the bridge in the Bahamas that links Paradise Island with Nassau.

I remembered our favorite bridge experience...standing on a bridge in Edinburgh, Scotland on the last night of Tatoo watching the fireworks exploding into the sky and cascading down the side of the castle like a water fall--what an amazing night that was.

Too many to list. My favorite is the Mackinac Bridge and I have a website devoted to it mightymac.org

Keith

Another bridge lover here. I've crossed many of the more famous bridges in the US. Too many to list, but some of my favorites:

GW - It's just massive. Double decked. Huge.
Verrazano - For its length
Golden Gate - No need to state reason
Bay Bridge - combined length of all the spans
Cheasapeake Bay Bridge/Tunnel - uniqueness
New River Gorge, WV (US19) & Perrine Bridge, Twin Falls, ID (US93) - beautiful steel arches
Sunshine Skyway, Tampa Bay (I275), & Fred Hartman Bridge, Baytown, TX (TX146) - both new, very large but elegant cable-stayed bridges
Ponchatrain & Atchafalaya (I-10) causeways - the length and their straigtness are mind-numbing

Internationally:
Clifton, near Bristol, England - precedes the Brooklyn Bridge and model for all modern suspensions
Firth of Forth, Scotland - massive steel truss rail bridge which I only saw but didn't cross
Tsing Ma and Rte 3 bridges, Hong Kong
... and many more...

Thanks for reminding me of a couple that I'd not recalled. I figured it'd be a fun way for some of us to stir memories. After all, for me, the lifetime meories are the greatest benefit of travel.

Sunshine Skyway
The little covered bridges in Iowa
Royal Gorge
Seven mile bridge in the Keys
Mackinac
Brooklyn
Tower Bridge, London
Chain Bridge, Budapest

Lots of little stone and wooden bridges in many places that bring back good memories, even if they didn't have names.

Valtor, Sighisoara in Romania is a favorite place of mine. Was wondering if you were remembering the wooden covered stairway up to the church or if I'd missed a covered bridge (I may well have). There's another covered stairs like that at Beirtan too that was cool.

I'm surprised nobody (incl myself) remembered

Charles Bridge, Prague

Hands down favorite, the big Mackinac - sooo many family memories of Michigan vacations. My grandfather was afraid to cross it - never would.

Yeah, I remember being so excited crossing Mackinac as a child with the family on the way to camping in the UP- and on the way home. Some years later, following a girl with stars in my eyes for a long weekend on The Island. Same place different "places". Just what I meant about travel memories.

Great question! Here are a few I like

Ironbridge, Shropshire, UK - the first iron bridge.

Armstrong Bridge, Jesmond Dene, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

The bridges on the Backs in Cambridge.

My kids enjoyed trying to name all of the bridges we've been over. I apologize for any misspellings. Here goes...

Henry Hudson
George Washington Bridge
Throgs Neck Bridge
Whitestone Bridge
Triboro Bridge
Verazzonno Narrows Bridge
Bear Mountain Bridge
Walt Whitman Bridge
Delaware Memorial
Rainbow Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge
58th Street Bridge
Betsy Ross Bridge
Cheasapeake Bay Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge
Bay Bridge
The bridges on the Backs in Cambridge
Tower Bridge
The "singing" bridge in New Hampshire

Plus there are other bridge that I cannot remember the names of - mostly in Florida.

By the way, I hate driving or walking on bridges ever since I was a little girl. :D

I'll use this thread to plug my photography website, PortlandBridges.com. Although my site focuses on Portland (Oregon) Bridges, I have photos of several other terrific bridges on my site, including the London Tower Bridge and the Chain Bridge in Budapest, as well as the Golden Gate and the Brooklyn Bridge. I've walked across all of those bridges, too, by the way. (walking across them is very different than driving over them!) Some of you mention great American bridges that I've yet to photograph.

In Portland, the bridge to see is the St. Johns Bridge, even though many Portland visitors never see it. It's a fabulous, dramatic suspension bridge about 10 minutes northwest of downtown Portland; unless you happen out Highway 30 toward Astoria or something you'd never see it.

Andrew

Andrew - I'm a lazy person, so I've walked across very few bridges. But one of them is in your 'hood. I walked from Vancouver, WA back to the Oregon side across the I-5 Columbia River bridge. It was pretty amazing to walk across a large river like that. [But the bridge is not too special, IMHO.]