2015-08-03

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Tom Scott

http://tomscott.com - http://twitter.com/tomscott - There are only a few transporter bridges still working in the world. What are they for? Why weren't there more of them? And why don't we build them any more? Those answers and more, from an unsettlingly high position fifty metres above the River Usk.

BONUS CLIP: Me, terrified, walking across the bridge! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wlsj9GUlHH8