Millennium Bridge (London)

Pedestrian footbridge designed by Norman Foster, which opened in the year 2000 being the first crossing of the Thames for over 100 years. It is sometimes nicknamed the 'Wobbly Bridge' because soon after openeing, it had a tendancy to sway if too many people were on it. This was soon dealt with.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Bridge_(London)
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Coordinates:  51°30'34"N -0°5'54"E

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  • I found the girl of my dreams on this bridge... we met a couple of days later and really hit it off. Then two weeks later we got married at Gretna Green in Scotland when we found out that we were both from the bay area in California. We've been together now for almost a year. It was brilliant, that bridge is freakin magical!
  • Amazing in the early hours, stand in the middle all alone to feel very small. But dont stand there too long. Thats my ritual.
  • It was not simply too many people. It was just a few people at first who happen to be in step - all happening to use the upstream or downstream foot at the same time. Then other people would feel the first faint tremor and, much as sailors get used to walking on a heaving deck, the later people would almost by reflex fall into step with the first few. Quickly the "wobble" would grow until it could became a problem for people to walk at all. It comes from a bridge being too flexible and having the right stimulus to cause it to resonate. Look up the Tacoma Narrows Bridge or the military command, "Break step , March" given when crossing some bridges.
  • the millennium trampoline :>)