ziggywas

lisnaholic thanks. since its a game and not a contest cheers to psy-fi for beeing the only one who played along!!

the esabanda video doesnt play in my country and all i found was a dub verion...

one more bridge-song (last one i think) i had in mind:
by Scott Walker when he was..mainstream.
may he rip.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgLfvwm4mg4

Psy-Fi

A bridge with quite a bit of historical significance that I haven't walked across in years but it used to be a favorite spot to occasionally visit with friends back in the 70's and early 80's.
The one in the photo is a reproduction of the original which was taken down 18 years after the start of the American Revolutionary War.

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Lisnaholic

^ That's a nice bridge, Psy-Fi, or perhaps more notably, a beautiful location. When you are out walking, the midpoint of a bridge is a place to instinctively take a rest and have a look around, isn't it? Here are two bridges I've paused at the middle of on several occasions.

^ Well, the full title of the song (Esa banda en dub) is Spanish for "This Band In Dub", so maybe you're hearing the original track after all

^ Never say "last one" ziggywas!

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Lisnaholic

.... and how could we have forgotten this bridge made famous by Bobbie Gentry:-

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ziggywas

1. agreed
2. you were right!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mSlcGoZTCk

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Chula Vista

The Brooklyn and Golden Gate were the two biggies when I was a kid but this was the first one that truly blew my mind at the time.

Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge - still the longest suspension bridge in the US.

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ziggywas

Chula, Lisnaholic and Psy-fi these are some nice bridges. i particularly like the 1st photograph in Lisna's post......

i cant believe i forgot (til now) the bridge of death.
before you cross it you have to answer some questions and its crossing is inevitable in the quest for the holy grail.......


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPOyOM7wxlE

Chula Vista

Quick side note: Read somewhere that it takes a crew just about a full year to paint the entire GGB - and as soon as they are done they start all over again.

Really? Again?

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and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

The Batlord

I think that's standard for longer bridges cause I remember hearing the same thing about the big dumbass bridge going to Wellesley Island in upstate New York.

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Lisnaholic

^ Good call on this scene that I'd forgotten, ziggywas.

^ When I was about 11, we were taught the same thing about this bridge in Scotland: constantly being painted, but this one takes four years to finish before going back to the start again. Even a kid can see there's a lot of fiddly paintwork involved:-
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