Manhattan Bridge sways with traffic

This time-lapse video shows the Manhattan Bridge swinging up and down as vehicular traffic and subway traffic go across it. I’ve been told that bridges are built to sway for safety reasons and that if they didn’t the bridge would crumble into the waters below in extreme weather. Neat, huh! [via]

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  1. Mike Cramer says:

    It looks like the train is the biggest part of the movement.

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