This broad river is Vitim River in Siberia, Russia. The bridge that’s provided to get you across is made of wood and not in a very good condition. It’s only wide enough for one car but it’s 570 meter (1870 feet) so it takes good 3 minutes to drive across it if you’re a skilled driver. If you’re not so skilled (female driver for example), you could be looking at a 15 meters drop into the Vitim River, which ain’t no fun.
In this video, a driver with the balls of steel cross the Vitim River Bridge in one go without any problems. The video gives good perspective of driver’s balls as it offers the vide of the front of a car as it passes along narrow bridge. The video makes it look pretty easy, but to keep the vehicle in straight line for such a long time while all you see on both sides is a 15 meters drop off into cold water is something else.
And that’s really nothing. Vitim River Bridge is in Russian Siberia. For those who don’t know, it get brutally cold there most of the year with temperatures way below Northern Ontario and everything covered in snow and ice. This bridge turns into an icicle with no traction yet locals drive up and down this bridge as it’s often their only way across Vitim River.
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What about that OTHER bridge? Right next to the rickety one? It looks much safer.
It was just old, closed rail road bridge. New one you can see on the right side.