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the smug little span that lets you cross without getting your shoes wet or your soul crushed by traffic.
means A narrow bridge built for people on foot, not vehicles, crossing a road, river, railway, or ravine.
from A plain compound of two old Germanic workhorses: "foot" (Old English fōt, kin to German Fuß and Latin pēs) and "bridge" (Old English brycg, a cousin of German Brücke). English has glued "foot" to things for centuries to mark the human-scale, walk-it-yourself version — footpath, footstep, footstool — and a footbridge is simply the bridge sized for your two feet rather than a cart or a car.
- resonance risk
- Marching soldiers must break step or shake them apart
- oldest survivor
- Greek Arkadiko bridge still walkable after 3,000 years
- glass nerves
- China builds clear-bottom spans over terrifying canyon drops
- wobble fame
- London's Millennium Bridge swayed alarmingly on opening day
millennium bridge — pedestrian bridge in london that wobbled on opening day in 2000 with 90,000 people crossing it
pont des arts — iron footbridge in paris built in 1804, famous for love locks until they were removed in 2015
carrick-a-rede rope bridge — suspension footbridge in northern ireland connecting to a small island, 30 meters above water