Saturday 31 August 2013

The world's scariest bridges

cnn.com - (CNN) -- It's called Gephyrophobia: fear of bridges.The anxiety disorder sends shivers through travelers faced with crossing high bridges that millions of drivers use every day.National headlines about bridge accidents don't help -- like the collapse of Washington's Skagit River Bridge last May and July's collision that sent a driver and her car tumbling off Maryland's Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Bridge disasters feed larger fears about whether the people we trust to inspect, repair and replace our critical infrastructure are doing their jobs.

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