Skypark Sochi: the longest suspension bridge in the world

I've heard and read a lot about Skypark AJ Hackett Sochi, now I've watched it and formed my own opinion.

Skypark AJ Hackett Sochi is a complex of extreme entertainment at altitude, located in the Adler district of Sochi.
The park opened recently, in June 2014. They have already recruited both stars and bloggers.
So I won't show anything new.

The main part of the AJ Hackett Sochi skypark complex is suspension bridge with observation platforms from where you can see the sea and mountains. This is the longest hanging pedestrian bridge with the largest rope jumping system in the world. Unique in size and architectural forms The project is included in the Guinness Book of Records.

2. First stop - inspection of the suspension bridge from the bottom of the canyon.

3. The SkyBridge, according to its creators, is so reliable that it can withstand a magnitude 9 earthquake (the bridge project was previously tested in a wind tunnel with a seismic load of magnitude 9).

4. An international team led by New Zealander A. J. Hackett (A.J. Hackett Company) worked on the creation of the bridge - it was he who, together with his friend, invented an elastic rope for making safe jumps from heights in the 1970s. Design work took three years, the bridge itself was built over two years.

5. Prices for entertainment.

6. Contraindications! Be attentive to such signs and don’t say I didn’t warn you.

7. The ticket gives you the right to be on the bridge all day without leaving it.

8. Gallery leading to the bridge.

9. Unfinished.

10. SkyBridge has two observation decks, one at the beginning, the other in the middle, and is intended both for walking through a mountain gorge and for extreme entertainment. The BUNGY 69 m attraction is already operating on the first site: the length of its rubber rope, with which daredevils jump down, is 69 meters.

12. The cables appear to be reliable.

13. On one side of the bridge there is a view of the Caucasus Mountains.

14. Trout hatchery.

15. There are only a few such attractions in the world.
In the future, the number of extreme entertainment in the park will increase. The organizers plan to launch jumps in tandem, on skis, bicycles, snowboards and even in a wheelchair.

16. For those who don't jump, walk across the bridge.

23. View of the Black Sea.

28. Autographs.

30. In the city of Sochi, dark nights.

Moving bridges, stone bridges, new bridges, historical bridges, world-famous bridges, bridges you've probably never heard of - they're all here. This list even includes a bridge that floats in water and a bridge through which water flows. These are the top 30 most impressive bridges around the world.

At the time of its opening in 1937, the bridge, which took four years to build, was the longest in the world (main span - 1280 meters) and the highest suspension bridge. Golden Gate held these records until the 1960s. Also known for its color, the bridge is partially painted "international orange" to match the warm coastal surroundings and stand out against the skyline for boaters.

The oldest bridge in Florence. Rebuilt after a flood in 1345, renovated in 1565. After this, the bridge over the Arno River was filled with workshops and houses, which sometimes exceeded the dimensions of the bridge itself. The Ponte Vecchio is the only historical bridge in Florence to survive World War II.

The water bridge across the Elbe, connecting two important canals: the Elbe-Havel and the Central German canal, through which communication with the industrial region - the Ruhr Valley - is carried out - the longest navigable aqueduct in the world with a length of 918 meters. The concrete water bridge near Berlin provided a new convenient route for ships. Before its opening in 2003, ships were forced to make a twelve-kilometer detour through the Rothensee lock, along the Elbe and through the Nigripp lock.

Sydney's largest bridge, one of the largest steel arch bridges in the world. The length of the arched span of the bridge is 503 meters. One of the main attractions of Sydney. Because of its remarkable shape, the bridge received the comic name “Hanger” from Sydney residents. It was opened on March 19, 1932. Contains six million rivets. With a width of 48.8 meters, it is considered the widest arched steel bridge in the world, although de facto it is almost twice as wide as the Blue Bridge in St. Petersburg, which is 32.5 meters long over the Moika riverbed with a width of 97.3 meters.

At the time of its construction, the Millau Viaduct, opened in 2004, was the tallest traffic bridge in the world, one of its pillars is 341 meters high - slightly higher than the Eiffel Tower and just 40 meters lower than the Empire State Building in New York. York. The total length is 2460 meters.

One of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States, its length is 1825 meters, it crosses the East River and connects Brooklyn and Manhattan in New York City. At the time of completion (1883), it was the largest suspension bridge in the world and the first bridge to use steel rods in its construction. The bridge is built from limestone, granite and Rosenthal cement.

Twice entered the Guinness Book of Records: as the longest suspension bridge (main span - 1991 meters, total length - 3911 meters) and as the highest bridge, since its pylons are 298 meters high, which is higher than a 90-story building. Subsequently, it was surpassed in height of the pylons by the Millau Viaduct. If you stretch out all the steel threads (5.23 mm in diameter) of the supporting cables of the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, then they can encircle Earth more than seven times. Design steel bridge takes into account earthquakes strong winds and strong sea currents.

The most famous bridge in Venice and one of the symbols of the city. It was originally made of wood and collapsed several times. IN late XVI century, a new stone bridge was erected, which has survived to this day. The bridge consists of one powerful arch 28 meters long, its maximum height in the center is 7.5 meters, the total length is 48 meters. Built in bottleneck Grand Canal, the bridge rests on 12 thousand piles driven into the bottom of the lagoon. On the bridge, in the arched galleries, there are 24 benches (6 benches on each side), separated in the center by two arches.

10. Bay Bridge (Oakland, California)

Suspension bridge across the San Francisco Bay between the cities of San Francisco and Oakland. It consists of two parts: the western suspended (2822 m) and the eastern cantilever (3101 m), which are connected by a tunnel under Yerba Buena Island. The bridge is one of the longest bridges of this type in the world. Opened in 1936, it replaced a seismically unstable bridge.

11. Pontoon Bridge State Route 520 (Seattle, WA)

The longest pontoon bridge crossing Lake Washington is 2,350 meters long. It is based on 77 concrete pontoons.

The longest vertical lift bridge in Europe - 670 meters - rises 77 meters above the Garonne River. The four pylons that serve to lift the span vertically light up blue when the tide is high and green when the tide is low.

Reproducing the contours of DNA, this bridge offers pedestrians 280 meters of architectural and acoustic intrigue. Construction material- steel various types. Has five viewing platforms.

The Nanpu Bridge, with a total length of 6.5 km and a width of seven breakwaters, which stretches over the Huangpu River, is remarkable for its twisted overhead part.

15. Tower Bridge (London, UK)

A 213-meter pedestrian bridge located 70 meters above the canyon. Not for the faint of heart.

The cable-stayed bridge in Vladivostok across the Eastern Bosphorus Strait connects the Nazimov Peninsula with Cape Novosilsky on Russky Island. The second tallest bridge in the world, its height is 324 meters. It has the world's largest span among cable-stayed bridges with a length of 1104 meters.

Ancient stone bridge over the Vltava river. Construction began in 1357, opening in 1380. The length of the bridge is 520 meters, width - 9.5 meters. The bridge rests on 16 powerful arches, lined with hewn sandstone blocks. It is decorated with thirty sculptures of mainly religious content.

19. Tilikum Crossing (Portland, USA)

Portland's first new 518-meter bridge over the Willamette River since 1973, the Tilikum Crossing, opened in September 2015. The building is notable not only impressive design with 33.7-meter towers and five spans, but also because the bridge is not intended for cars, which is atypical for the United States. Trams, buses, cyclists and pedestrians can move across the bridge.

20. Hangzhou Bay Bridge (Zhejiang, China)

This is one of the longest transoceanic bridges in the world - its length is 33.6 km. Opened in 2008, it connects the cities of Shanghai and Ningbo. Traffic along it is carried out in three lanes in each direction. Travel speed is up to 100 km/h, service life is more than 100 years. After the completion of the bridge, the route between Shanghai and Ningbo was shortened by more than 160 km. Halfway across the bridge, an island platform with a service center has been built, where drivers and passengers can rest, have a snack and take advantage of a wide range of services.

Fully automatic "flying" drawbridge. Raises and lowers from one pylon. Has a deck of 15x5 m.

22. Confederation Bridge (Borden-Carleton, Canada)

Connects Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick on the Canadian mainland. It was opened in 1997. At 12.9 km including access roads, it is the world's longest bridge built over ice-covered water. Relies on 62 supports. 44 spans are the main ones, each 250 meters long. The width of the bridge is 11 meters, the height of the bridge above sea level in the Northumberland Strait is 40 meters, in the central part intended for the passage of sea vessels, it reaches 60 meters. The bridge is built with a slight double curve in the shape of the letter S. This is done so that drivers do not lose their vigilance on the road.

23. Millennium Bridge (Gateshead, UK)

The world's first "tilt" bridge, opened in 2001. The base of the bridge is two steel arches. One of them rises 50 m above the water surface. The other, located almost horizontally, is used by pedestrians and cyclists, and small vessels can pass under it. When a tall vessel approaches the bridge and is unable to pass under the horizontal part, both arches as a single unit rotate 40° around the axis connecting their ends: the pedestrian and bicycle deck of the bridge rises, while the upper arch, on the contrary, lowers. The turn lasts no more than 4.5 minutes, depending on the wind speed. When it is completed, the two arches are in an "equilibrium-raised" position, in which top points arches rise 25 meters above the surface of the water. This maneuver earned the bridge the nickname "Winking Eye".

The fifth longest bridge in the world and one of the longest bridges crossing water. The length of the bridge is about 42.5 kilometers. Built in 2011, the bridge is divided into six road lanes and supported by more than 5,200 pillars. The structure is strong enough to withstand a magnitude 8 earthquake, a typhoon, or a collision with a vessel up to 300,000 tons.

25. Lupu Bridge (Shanghai, China)

The second longest steel arch bridge in the world. The total length of the bridge is 3.9 km. The length of the arch across the river is 550 meters. The height of the roadway above the water is 46 m. According to the project, the bridge is capable of withstanding a 12-point hurricane and a 7-point earthquake on the Richter scale.

This bridge, opened in 2008, is 290 meters long and 138 meters high. The only bridge in the world in the shape of the letter "X". The cross-shaped support supports two transport tracks, the lower of which is at a height of 12 meters, and the upper of which is 24 meters above the ground. The bridge design is complemented by an illumination system; multi-colored LED bulbs are built directly into the cables.

27. Royal Gorge Bridge (Cañon City, USA)

Opened in 1929, this tallest bridge in the Western Hemisphere is located 291 meters above the Arkansas River. between the towers and has a total length of 384 meters (the span of the suspension bridge is 268 meters). Steel basic design covered 1292 wooden planks. It is used by pedestrian tourists; only passenger cars can travel on it.

The cable-stayed bridge over the lake, located in the new administrative center of Malaysia over the lake, is interesting for its design, reminiscent of a sailboat. The inverted Y-shaped concrete and steel pylon rises 96 meters at a 75° angle to the 165-meter span and is supported by cables (21 pairs on the land side, 30 pairs on the span side) and two supports.

This bridge has won numerous awards since its opening in 1998 for its innovative design and aesthetics. appearance. Designed by Christian Menn, the curved Sunniberg is 526 meters long and 12.3 meters wide and features a unique Y-shaped support structure.

A suspension bridge connecting the two historical parts of Budapest - Buda and Pest. Became the first permanent bridge across the Danube. Created by the English engineer William Tierney Clark, the bridge was impressive with an abundance of cast iron and stone and, with a length of 375 meters, was one of the longest at the time of its opening in 1849. Despite the fact that in 1945 the bridge was almost complete destruction by the Germans, its bridge towers were preserved, which allowed for its reconstruction in 1949.

And post-Olympic Sochi is back in touch! New revelations, intrigues and scandals. Let's leave Krasnaya Polyana for a while with , where people come one day to look at the built beauty in the summer and also go skiing in the winter, but where there is still no life, and we will move closer to Adler, to the old road from Krasnaya Polyana.

Although even with the new one this building can be seen from afar. Some incomprehensible structure appears on the horizon, and you don’t immediately understand that it is a bridge.

Not just a bridge. MOOOOST! Sochi knows how to surprise not only with negativity and cutting. And also the longest suspension bridge in the world. Where you can jump from. And even survive!

1 Here, even without a bridge, there are excellent views, on the left is the new combined road-railway route from Adler to Polyana, on the right you can barely see the old route, oh, and there were traffic jams there! And in the distance you can see the sea. I can’t say what these beautiful lakes are, maybe you know better?

2 The bridge itself was not built to improve the lives of local aborigines moving from one cliff to another through a deep gorge, but solely for entertainment purposes. Very soon, an active recreation center for extreme sports enthusiasts, Skypark, will open here, and the suspension bridge plays a major role in it.

3 The length of the bridge is 520 meters, and today it is the longest such structure in the world. It’s interesting that no one set a record on purpose: the park was planned here many years ago, and at first they were going to connect the “banks” of the canyon at the narrowest point: it would have been a good hundred meters less. But while they were sorting out the formalities, looking for investors, and preparing, the sweet spot turned out to be occupied, a power line was built here, and the bridge had to be “thrown” a little to the side.

4 High!

5 But for some reason it’s not scary.

6 The walk along the narrow suspension bridge itself is also an adventure, because many are afraid of heights. They exhale only when they step on the “other shore.” But the views are worth it!

7 View in the other direction.

8 It would be better to write how to protect yourself from these wasps!

9 While you walk a kilometer back and forth across the bridge, you burn a lot of calories, including from the stairs.

10 The “Skypark” project is a joint Russian-New Zealand project, but we’ll talk about this a little later. The bridge itself was completely designed by the Russians, and the parts for it were manufactured at Energomash.

11 The structure is held in place by eight cables, each of which can withstand there are some thousands of tons there. The authors of the project claim that the bridge is capable of supporting even one such cable, and the chances that all seven will break, as you understand, are minimal. Some seismological tests were also carried out. Wind and snow and rain should not interfere with operation, although the park, of course, will not operate in severe frosts. And the PR manager of the amusement park boasted that it was able to withstand a load of 30 thousand people. Which simply won’t fit here :)

12 Visitors are delighted; just a walk is a whole adventure. You can also jump off a bridge and still be alive and well!

13 Now the park is operating in test mode, when all the attractions open, there will be a restaurant and a cafe on the other side, the cost of a day ticket will be a thousand rubles. For this money you can walk back and forth across the bridge a hundred times. And some activities like climbing around a rope course will apparently be included there. Well, compare with 950 rubles at a time to climb the cable car in Krasnaya Polyana in the summer.

14 I’m not afraid of heights at all, but I know that for many people this is a problem. I saw that for some visitors this is a whole ordeal. It’s easier for children, they perceive a lot as a game, and besides, they don’t see all the fear because of their small stature.

15 Now about jumping from a bridge. No, this is not a joke, but extreme entertainment. This is called a “toy” bungee jumping, and it was invented in New Zealand by a man named AJ Hackett. An avid traveler had seen enough of the local aborigines having fun on giant bungee jumps, jumping from a height into a cliff, and decided to try it too. Among the natives, this had some kind of ritual character, and Hackett decided to turn it into entertainment, and at the same time his life’s work. The idea is simple: you are tied by your legs to a long rubber rope, and then you simply jump down.

16 Yes, just like that, straight into the abyss! Bang - the ground disappears under your feet, you remember that you didn’t take spare panties on the trip... but you’re already flying, fear gives way to bewilderment, and then delight. But that will happen later. With your head you realize that the thing is safe, but the sphincter contracts more and more... After the maximum stretch of the rope, instead of hanging in the air, you begin fall up!!! It’s impossible to express it in other words, it springs back into you, and only then you are left hanging, tied by your legs with a rope. Introduced?

17 Chair - yes, dental. And the park staff are real New Zealanders who ate not a single kangaroo. There are Russians too. However, no one could persuade me to take this leap, I just understand that life is fun without it.

18 “First-timers” have to be persuaded just before the jump. Already dressed and wearing shoes, ready to jump. But taking the first step is very difficult. Making a decision looking from the outside does not mean stepping into the abyss!

19 I made up my mind!

20 The lady with the tiger even turned away so as not to lookto this horror

21 Compare the girl’s face before and after the jump.

22 martin At first I was also afraid...

23 And then he took it and jumped! By the way, this is not a cheap pleasure at all - the first jump costs 5 thousand rubles, the next ones are cheaper, and in any of the AJ Hackett bungee jumping centers, and there are twenty of them around the world. But people easily give this money for impressions, because emotions and memories are much more expensive.

24 Dmitry is one of the people who built this bridge: he also persuaded Hackett to open the first such bungee club in Russia. But in appearance he doesn’t look at all like a hardcore extreme sportsman :)

25 In short, in the mountains around Sochi there are many much more interesting things than stillborn resort towns with unsold apartments :) And I’ll tell you about the very unusual sights of Greater Sochi in the next report.

It’s not primitive for you to throw a log across a river. Large suspension bridges take 10 years to build. One is left wondering how these graceful hundreds of thousands of tons of steel are kept suspended along with cars and sometimes even trains, even knowing that steel rope with a diameter of only 0.25 cm, it can hold half a ton of weight.

1. Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, Japan

The longest suspension bridge in the world. Photo: takahito / flickr.com

Connects the islands of Honshu and Awaji over the Akashi Strait. The longest bridge since 1998. The length of the central span, that is, the suspended part of the bridge, is 1991 meters. According to calculations, it should have been 1990 m long, but such a symmetrical number was achieved because due to an earthquake during construction, one pylon moved 1 meter. 3911 m - the total length of the bridge. A trip across the bridge - expensive pleasure: 2300 yen or 30 dollars one way.

2. Xihoumen Bridge, China

1650 m - the main span, the length of the entire bridge is 2.6 km. Opened in 2007 and on this moment is the second longest in the world.

3. Great Belt Bridge, Denmark

Great Belt Bridge. Photo: Erik Underbjerg / flickr.com

The main span is 1624 meters, the total length of the bridge is 6790 m. This is the longest suspension bridge in Europe, passing through the Great Belt Strait.

4. Zhunyang Suspension Bridge, China

Crosses the Yangtze River in Jiangsu Province, connecting the cities of Yangzhou and Jenjiang. The main span is 1490 m.

5. Humber Bridge, UK

The bridge over the Humber Estuary was built in 1981. The length of its span between the supports is 1410 m, the total length is 2.2 km. It was the longest suspension bridge in the world for 16 years.

6. Jiangyin Bridge, China

Jiangyin Bridge. Photo: Alex Z Huang

The hardworking Chinese built this bridge right on time - just in time for the 50th anniversary of the proclamation of the People's Republic of China, which took place in 1949. The length of the central span is 1385 m.

7. Tsingma Bridge, Hong Kong

Qingma Bridge. Photo: Kai Yan, Joseph Wong / flick.com

This is the largest suspension bridge in the world, which can be used by both vehicles and metro trains. Its “hanging” length is 1377 meters.

8. Verrazano Bridge, USA

Verrazano Bridge, New York. Photo: puzzler4879 / flickr.com

It was the longest in the world from 1964 to 1981 with a suspended part length of 1298 meters, only 18 more than the next two bridges.

9., USA

Golden Gate Bridge. Photo: mindwalker / flickr.com

The length of the main span of the bridge is 1280 m. It is one of the five most recognizable, photographed and beloved bridges in the States.

10. Yanluo Bridge, China

The total length of the bridge is 2757 m, the length of the suspended part is 1280 m, just like the Golden Gate Bridge.

Skypark AJ Hackett Sochi is a complex of extreme entertainment at altitude, located in the Adler district of Sochi. The opening of the adventure park at altitude took place quite recently, in June 2014.

The main part of the AJ Hackett Sochi skypark complex is a suspension bridge with observation platforms from where the sea and mountains are visible. This is the longest suspended pedestrian bridge in the world with the largest rope jumping system. The project, unique in its size and architectural forms, is announced in.

1. The park is being completed, but is already functioning.

2. The bridge is located in the gorge towards Krasnaya Polyana.

4. A bungee jumping center has been set up in front of the bridge.

5. From here I jumped with a rope 67 meters long!

6. We go out onto the bridge.

7. Walking there and back takes more than a kilometer.

8. Let's look down. Not scary?

9. Visitors to the bridge.

10. Safety net so that no one drops theirs.

11. Fall down more than 200 meters.

12. Recently, on September 5, they opened the opportunity to jump down with a rope 207 meters long! This is the highest height for bungee jumping in Russia and Europe. There are only a few of these in the world.

13. The bridge is held in place by eight metal cables weighing 700 tons. Total weight The bridge structure is 120 tons, the length of the suspended part is 439 m.

14. Do not smoke while jumping.

16. The total length of the bridge is 520 meters, height - 218 meters. There are observation platforms on the bridge from where you can see the sea and mountains.