beer Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 The world's tallest suspension bridge opened in Mexico Thursday spanning a ravine higher than New York's Empire State building and Paris' Eiffel Tower.At 403 meters or 1,322 feet tall, the Baluarte Bicentennial Bridge connects between the northwestern states of Sinaloa and Durango in the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains.Officials with the Guinness Book of World Records were present as was President Felipe Calderon for the opening ceremony.Open: Baluarte Bridge in Mexico is the highest suspension bridge in the worldThe bridge features four highway lanes celebrated for cutting transportation time between the two regions by an estimated six hours.Without including the Empire State Building's lightning rod, the bridge can easily fit its towering height from head to toe or the height of Paris' Eiffel Tower which stands at 324 meters or 1063 feet.Its price tag for that height?After four years of construction, the Baluarte Bicentennial Bridge is priced at 2.18 billion pesos or 158.98522 million U.S. dollars.It's so named as the country celebrates it's bicentennial independence from Spain which was in 1810.Massive: The bridge connects the north-western state of Sinaloa with Durango and Mazatlan at 403 meters or 1,322 feet in heightCelebration: The bridge was celebrated with both their president and officials with the Guinness Book of World Records ThursdayThe Durango-Mazatlan highway newly constructed to reach the bridge cost its own amount of over 20 billion pesos or 1.45858 billion U.S. dollars.It had been deemed President Calderon's most significant transportation project during his six-year term according to the country's transportation ministry.'With developments in infrastructure, we'll continue to achieve the targets established during my term,' Mr Calderon said Thursday according to TheAge.com. (source)What if you were driving on it and there was an earthquake :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonar Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 bunji jump anyone? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beer Posted January 7, 2012 Author Share Posted January 7, 2012 I thinbunji jump anyone? :DI think there are people who plan to jump without the cords :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tucker Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I thinbunji jump anyone? :DI think there are people who plan to jump without the cords :lol:BASE Jumping yeah! :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonar Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I thinbunji jump anyone? :DI think there are people who plan to jump without the cords :lol:BASE Jumping yeah! :thumbsup:It looks a long way back up to get out of that canyon "you probs have to walk 20 mile to get out" LOL - atleast with a bunji rope u can come back up :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beer Posted January 8, 2012 Author Share Posted January 8, 2012 I thinbunji jump anyone? :DI think there are people who plan to jump without the cords :lol:BASE Jumping yeah! :thumbsup:It looks a long way back up to get out of that canyon "you probs have to walk 20 mile to get out" LOL - atleast with a bunji rope u can come back up :Dguys, I was referring to people who are ready to suicide :lol: Like the Golden Gate Bridge was a glorious hot spot for suicides. I guess some people just find it more glamourous to jump off bridges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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