This bridge in Japan looks like a rollercoaster
This bridge is not for the faint-hearted
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2015-05-08 11:54 GMT
If you're an experimental driver looking for a cheap thrill, you're best advised to drive your vehicle up the 44m-tall Eshima Ohashi bridge in Japan. This bridge doesn't boast with impressive spins or loops, but has an extraordinarily steep incline that can seem quite fun or terrifying when approaching it head-on.
The bridge is designed so steep as to let ships pass underneath, and because of the banks of the near-by Lake Nakaumi, the abrupt incline was necessary when this bridge was built. Eshima Ohashi is the largest rigid-frame bridge in Japan and the third-largest in the world, and drivers descending into Matsue or Sakaiminato (the two cities linked by the bridge) are treated with panoramic views of their destinations.
According to Huffington Post, the bridge, which connects the cities of Matsue and Sakaiminato, and is nearly a mile long, The bridge has a gradient of 6.1 percent on one side and 5.1 percent on the other.
Imagine a traffic jam on top of this bridge!
Watch drivers crossing this bridge on a busy day:
Experience the drive for yourself in this video: