Gion Bridge over the Machiyamaguchi River in Amakusa (Japan)

Is it clouds? Or mountains? Is it Wu? Or Yue?The water and the heavens separated by a single hair
After countless miles anchoring the boat in the Sea of Amakusa
The mist moving past my window, the sun gradually sinks.
I glimpse a giant fish jumping between the waves
The light of Venus, bright as the moon, strikes the boat.

Old poem by Rai San'Yo

Storseisundet Bridge on the road between Averoy and mailand (Norway)

The Atlantic Road zigzags across 12 low bridges that jut out over the sea, linking the islands between Molde (famous for its annual Jazz festival in July) and Kristiansund in the western Fjords. The Hustadvika is an infamous stretch of ocean and in storm it's fantastically dramatic. In calmer weather you might spot whales and seals.

Article in The Guardian about the most beautiful Roads Trips in the world, 1th April 2006

Moseltalbrücke over the Moselle River near Winningen, Rhineland Palatinate (Germany)

"In the wide German land

Many a stream flows

Of all those I knew,

One lies in my mind."

Moselle,

traditional song

Pont de la Corniche over the the Doubs River at Dole, Jura (France)

"We could have done it a little further by going to Choisey where there was less of a slope, but I think that would have been less of a problem for the town and we wanted to stay within the municipal territory. 100 meters from the current bridge, for example, there is the Château de Crissey and we would then have had to start thinking about it at the inter-municipal level."

Gilbert Barbier, major of Dole

Staadtbrücke (Town Bridge) over the Drava River in Villach, Carinthia (Austria)

Drifting – on the water flows,
Pacing – walking along the banks,
Racing – the mind wanders,
On what does ponder?
What time is there to reflect?
There is nothing left to contemplate,
save the very condition of the soul.

Poem An evening on the Drava River

by Zachary Isrow

Europabrücke over the Sill River near Innsbruck, Tyrol (Austria)

"Engineers broke new ground in the construction of this bridge. New construction techniques were used – unprecedented scientific experiments formed the basis for the technical implementation,"

Klaus Fink,

about Europe Bridge

Stadtbrücke (City Bridge) over the Salzach River in Salzburg (Austria)

 
"As a reminder and warning. In Salzburg, more than 230 gipsys fell victim to the National Socialist racial policy. Imprisoned in the so-called "Maxglan Gypsy Camp", they were forced to do forced labor as part of the Glan Regulation. In the spring of 1943, they were deported to the extermination camps."

Plaque in Stadtbrücke,

about gipsy slaves who worked

in the construction of this bridge 

Xiazigou Bridge in the Houcheng county, Xinjiang (China)

 "Robes of snow, crests of snow, 

and beaks of azure jade,

they fish in shadowy streams.
Then startling up into
Flight, they leave emerald mountains for lit distances.
Pear blossoms, a tree-full, tumble in the evening wind."

Old chinese poem

translated by David Hinton

Schlossbrucke over the Ruhr River in Mulheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany)

May makes everything new,
Makes the soul fresh and free.
Leave the house, come out!
Wind a bouquet!
Sunshine shines all around,
The fields and groves are fragrant:
bird song, horn sound
Sounds along the forest

Lyrics from May makes everything new

from Hermann Adam von Kamp, 

poet from Mulheim

Pfaffendorfer Bridge over the Rhine River in Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany)

"The Pfaffendorf Bridge needs to be completely renovated, and in some cases even replaced. Otherwise, the bridge will be completely closed - that's the clear message from the civil engineering department...The Pfaffendorfer Bridge, one of the main traffic arteries in Koblenz and a historic bridge over the Rhine, is being rebuilt. The old bridge, which opened in 1953, will be demolished and replaced by a new one in an expected five-year construction period."

Rhein-Zeitung, March 25, 2013

Slasko Dabrowski Bridge spanning the Vistula River in Warsaw (Poland)

... Some day, I will stop time.
Spread my wings like a bird.
I will fly like the wind
down to where my dreams
come true in Warsaw's multicolour streets

If you wish to see a Vistula dawn,
then come and ride along with us.
You will find out the glory that can be
a Warsaw day.

In the song A Dream of Warsaw

by Czesław Niemen

John F. Kennedy Bridge over the Meuse River in Maastricht (Netherlands)

The sky was clear, the morn was gay
In promise of a cloudless day.
Fresh flew the breeze, with whose light wing
Aspen and oak were quivering:
From flow’ret dank it dashed the dew,—
The harebell bent its blossom blue,—
And from the Meuse the mist-wreaths grey
That morning breeze had swept away, 

Showing such scenes as well might seem
The fairy vision of a dream.
For changing still, and still as fair
Rock, wave, and wood were mingled there;
Peak over peak, fantastic ever,
The lofty crags deep chasms sever:

Poem by John Ruskin

Pierre Pflimlin Bridge over the Rhine River between Strasbourg (France) and Kehl (Germany)

"La France et l'Allemagne sont essentiellement l'Europe. L'Allemagne est le coeur ; la France est la tête."

Victor Hugo

Jules Wijdenbosch Bridge over the Surinam River between Paramaribo and Meerzorg (Surinam)

Bosje brug, overzicht, snel naar Waterkant
Cool breeze met me dawet en fiadoe in me hand
T'is de city van Damaru, Jörgen Rayman en King Blaai
Lachen en prisiri en me brada sa y' e tai
Lekker in een tori bij 't vat abra Torarica
Zus en Zo y' e boro Palmentuin go richting Wanica
Srd-tjes in m'n zak gewoon in me patta
Mi e sen' a lobi gi wi ala mala
Paramaribo, Paramaribo-o-oo
Paramaribo, Paramaribo-o-oo

Lyrics of Paramaribo

by Kenny B.

Bridge over the Oker Reservoir near Neu Schulenberg, Lower Saxony (Germany)

Spectacular discovery in the Harz Mountains! A long-forgotten village has now reappeared after almost 70 years - in the truest sense of the word! Because the village of Unterschulenberg in the Harz Mountains had to make way for the construction of the Okertalsperre in 1954 and disappeared under meters of water. Now it's back. In 1954, around 300 residents were resettled in Neu-Schulenberg, further up the hill, the village buildings were demolished down to the foundations, and the village was flooded with water. Nothing was to be seen of Unterschulenberg.

Article in NDR News, 05/21/2021

Bridge over the Traunsee Lake in Gmunden, Oberösterreich (Austria)

"Traunsee, which so charmingly moves from the beautiful hills into the high mountains"

Writer Adalbert Stifter

Deutzer Bridge over the Rhine River in Cologne (Germany)

 

"The bridge has such a crazy attractiveness that you can't resist and you just have to go there once a year,"

Volker Zander, musicien,

about Deutzer Bridge cavity as a music hall

Europa Bridge over the Sill river near Innsbruck, Tyrol (Austria)

I'm so handsome,

I'm so great,
I'm Anton from Tirol
My giga-lean calves drive the girls crazy
My build is a wonder of nature.

I'm so strong
and wild, too.
I play it hot and ice cold,
when i wave my butt,
the snow bunnies scream SOS
and want Anton from Tirol.

Lyrics from Anton from Tyrol

DJ Otzi

Coronado Bay Bridge in San Diego, California (United States)

I can't sleep 'cause what if I dream
Of going back to San Diego?
We bought a one way ticket
So we could go see The Cure
And listen to our favorite songs in the parking lot
And think of every person I ever lost to San Diego

Excerpt from San Diego

song by Blink-182

Tasman Bridge over the Derwent River in Hobart, Tasmania (Australia)

Hold me now, Oh hold me now
'Til this hour has gone around
And I'm gone on the rising tide
For to face Van Diemen's land

It's a bitter pill I swallow here
To be rent from one so dear
We fought for justice and not for gain
But the magistrate sent me away...

Lyrics from Van Diemen's Land 
by U2