Portugal opens world's longest suspended footbridge

[Mayhem]

Would you walk across this?

[Squid]

Totally!  Looks very safe.  The view must be incredible. 
If it were an old wooden, rickety footbridge, with slats missing and pieces falling to the earth, I don't think I would.  lol

[Mayhem]

It looks like it could get a little windy up there ..

[snowflower]

  YIKES no thanks

[Mayhem]

Not all of them are safe!




China tourist left clinging to 100m-high bridge after glass panels smash

A man was left stranded on a glass-bottomed suspension bridge in north-eastern China after sudden gale-force winds shattered the transparent panels around him.

The man was on the 100-metre-high bridge at Piyan Mountain in Longjing city, when it was hit by sudden strong weather, the local tourism department said.

Gusts of up to 150km per hour blew out several glass panels, trapping the tourist until he could be rescued by firefighters, police, and forestry and tourism personnel more than half an hour later.

[Squid]

Oh, my!  I think the designer needs to rethink his materials!

[Mayhem]

Yeah, it doesn't make sense to use glass on this.

If the wind was gusting that hard to break it, how did he manage to hang on?

[Squid]

In the right place at the right time?  The wind got the railings, too.  Lucky man

[snowflower]

Who was the great brain behind this bridge, anyone know?