Tell me your bridge anecdotes, please?

[spiralsheep]

Every walker has tales of terrible bridges they've confronted while out and about. I posted one of mine, from last year, to amuse my circle. Share yours?

(Why, yes, this is a transparent attempt to ease this community into more activity!)

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[rydra_wong]

I ... have no terrible bridge anecdotes. *sadface*

Your bridge is magnificent and makes me seriously contemplate visiting it. Possibly sooner rather than later, before the trees finish eating it.

[spiralsheep]

Most of my failed water crossing anecdotes involve one of the two following scenarios:

1. These stepping stones are much more slippery than.... *SPLASH*

2. That rotten and wobbly single plank plonked over that stream doesn't look good but it's on a public footpath so.... *SPLASH*

The bridge in my post was an interesting challenge to my bus-coordination skills but I especially wanted to visit it because there's also a 600m disused railway tunnel very nearby. I suspect there are more interesting and safer Victorian climbing frames around, even some with public rights of way. As a shameless and persistent rambler, I confess I tend not to be too worried about that as long as I'm not doing anything problematic though.

[0jack]

Weather permitting, I will take some pictures of the underpass under the highway near me—I couldn't even make it to the underpass the goes beneath my own street today. It's where the walking trail and a stream duck under the highway to get to the dog park. I love underpasses like that. They make me think of hobbits and trolls and things. This being an area with a lot of wetlands, we tend to have them here and there.

[spiralsheep]

A photo post would be lovely! We also have culverts/storm drains/underpasses that weren't necessarily designed to be used interchangably but are in practice. I know people who can't wait for minor flooding so they can go for a paddle, heh. And, yes, I always think of trolls under certain sorts of bridges.