If you look straight onto the Eshima Ohashi bridge in Japan, the ridiculously steep incline makes it look more like a roller coaster than a road for cars to drive on. I mean, come on, would you want to drive on that road? It’s basically a highway to outer space, a shortcut to vomiting from nausea.
The bridge is the third largest ridge bridge in the world (largest in Japan!) and stretches about a mile long with a height of about 144 feet and a 5.1% and 6.1% grade on each end. This picture from the
But thanks to the wonders of civil engineering and expertly employed high fences, the roller coaster bridge doesn’t look that scary to drive on:
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