Maybe it's just me, but that amount of water + the boardwalk going through it all makes this absolutely terrifying. Awe-inspiring to be sure, but I'm not sure I'd want to go out there.
It should be terrifying. Growing up next to a large river with lots of mountains taught me that the real danger is below the water. One (or many) large tree stumps at the wrong angle, and that bridge is gone in no time. There is no reason to experience all of this on a bridge.
Sounds like you have a healthy respect for the sheer power of water.
Even on normal conditions, with the tremendous roar and wind they make, the power of these waters is clear even from afar.
(Source: been there)
Yeah, I've seen bridges that look sturdier than that wash out in floods before. Would not want to go out there lol.
It's not just you, fuck that, I'll observe the water from the shore
Hell no. I'm not getting on the bridge while the water is at that current.
I've seen way too many videos like this that do not have good endings... you couldn't pay me to cross that.
It's one of the reasons I hate seeing disaster videos banned for disturbing content. They are a way to learn from others' mistakes, so I hope to make better judgment calls one day if I ever need to.
These people are placing a LOT of faith in engineering…
It’s not a bad altar for one’s faith. The contractors that actually built it though…
All I can think of is the bridge getting undermined
Same same, I’ve seen way too many vids of bridges letting go in flood for crossing anything remotely similar…
Same, I’m in vermont where we’ve gotten some pretty bad flooding and I’ve seen whole highways get washed away from raging rivers that are normally babbling brooks
That's gonna be a no for me
How does one even build something like that? I'm guessing the water is usually a bit calmer, but still must have been hard to sink pillings into.
You divert the river upstream, build your structures, then let the water back.
One wave and its over
Or a tree gets washed down river...
This isn't the sea. There are no waves LOL
Waves can form on anything, even a rain puddle, just need the right forces.
You can see rapids swelling, and those can cause waves.
Undermining is more likely.
It could take the front right off.
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