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Lake Hodges Pedestrian Suspension Bridge is located about 1,000 feet from the I-15 freeway bridge over Lake Hodges in San Diego County. Built for pedestrians and bikers, this stressed ribbon-style bridge is 990 feet long and 12 feet wide and was designed by T.Y. Lin International. A stressed ribbon-style bridge can have a long span (in this case 330 feet) between piers, what means that only two piers need to be in the lake. In addition, this type of bridge has a narrow profile – it is only 16 inches deep. There are only four other stressed ribbon-style bridges in the entire western hemisphere. How high the bridge is over the water depends on the amount of rainfall in the area. When it rains a lot, the bridge crosses a fast running river, but when it is dry, the riverbed is covered growing weeds in what locals jokingly call that Hodges National Forest.
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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