Japan’s crazy ‘rollercoaster bridge’ has terrifying descent

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This terrifying ‘rollercoaster bridge’ forces drivers to navigate down a steep decentso ships can pass underneath.

The Eshima Ohashi bridge in Japan – the third largest of its kind in the world – twists and turns for over a mile long.

The concrete road bridge spans cross Lake Nakaumi and links the cities of Matsue and Sakaiminato.

The incredible slopes – a gradient of 6.1 percent – makes it look more like a rollercoaster than a bridge.

But it’s still not the most terrifying in the world.

The Sidhue River Bridge in China holds the top spot.

At an incredible 1509ft high, it’s the tallest bridge in the world and connects the cities of Shanghai and Chendo.

The Millau Viaduct in France comes in at number two.

When it was opened in 2004, this was the world’s tallest vehicular bridge and it is still taller than the Eiffel Tower at its highest point.

Number three goes to Monkey Bridges in Vietnam.

Made from one single bamboo log for your feet and another for an unsteady handrail, they get their name from the monkey-like posture of poeple trying to cross.

This article was originally published in the Mirror.