3 Tree Root Bridge World's Most Unique

The bridge is one of the engineering infrastructure to facilitate the transportation of men. Bridges built on the site over the river, valley, or the sea that separates them. But somewhere in this world, the bridges that connect the rivers were not built, but alive and growing!

1. Root Bridge in India In the depths of south India, in one of the wettest locations on earth, the bridges are made in a very strange and unique.

Growing from the roots of rubber trees, the people Khasis in Cherrapunjee using areca nut tree, splitting it and removing its contents to create what is called "root pointer". When the spread and reach the other side of the river, they began to incorporate them with the roots from the soil. Over time, the bridge is sturdy and life began to take shape.

Root bridges that some in anatarnya reached 30 meters, takes 10 to 15 years to be able to function fully, and make it very sturdy. Some can withstand loads of up to 50 people at once.
One of the most unique structures in Cherrapunjee known as "Umshiang Double-Decker Root Bridge." Bridge consists of two layers, above and below. Because these bridges are still alive and continues to grow, making it more sturdy. Some of the old root bridge has been used every day by people in the villages around Cherrapunjee since more than 500 years ago.
 

2. Bridge vines in the Iya Valley, Japan One of the three valleys of the "hidden", in Japan, West Iya is the place foggy canyon, the river clean, and the roofs of straw or leaves, such as describing the Japanese centuries ago. To cross the river that flows along the Iya valley slopes, the robbers, the kstria, and refugees make a special bridge made of vines. Below is a picture of a bridge of vines in 1880:

First, the two plants Wisteria - one of the most sturdy vines - planted until the very length of both sides of river. When the plants reach a sufficiently long, then woven together with the board to make a living botanical engineering, soft but very sturdy.
Bridges that have no sides, and a source of Japanese history shows that the bridge is unstable plants, and who tried to cross the first time are often frozen in place, unable to proceed further.
Three of these bridges still exist in the valley Yes. Although some (not all) of the bridges were reinforced with wire and strip the sides, it is still scary to cross. More than 42 meters in length, with a board that is placed every 6 to 8 inches, and the fact that one fell into the water from a 4.5 story, making it suitable for people with acrophobia (fear of heights).
Some people believe the bridges that still exist vines was first built in the 12th century, which makes some of the examples in the world's oldest living architecture.

3. Root Bridge in West Sumatra, Indonesia This is now the mainstay attractions of South Coastal District which is one of the most unique bridges in the strong dunia.jembatan and to liaise between the two regions Jorong (Hamlet) and Lubuak Puluik Puluik-Glare, Glare Lubuak Village, Northern District of Bayang, South Coastal District, West Sumatra.
From the information that was summarized a community leader and chairman of the public nature of youth-puluik, Herman Datuak Bandaro Rajo, the bridge was made because of a scholar who was named Pakih Sokan pity to see students from the public nature mengajinya-puluik often do not come because the stream overflowed often stem shadow .

In 1916 Pakih Pohan planted two sticks ox-ox (a type of broad-leaved banyan tree), ox-ox trees were planted at two locations-one in the public nature of puluik and another in the area Lubuak Glare rods separated by shadows. Then the roots are hanging woven bamboo which is used as a bridge as the root bridge of bone. After 3 years the roots of two trees ox-ox are linked but not impassable.
Then Pakih Pohan held mandabiah goat (goat) and mandarai aka (giving blood at the root of that link). "It's a sign of thanksgiving that the ox-ox roots are connected already linked, as a sign of engagement will happen again," added Herman.
To make a bridge that can be passed requiring time for 20 years then the bridge can be taken Puluik-puluik citizens who want to want to Lubuak Glare.
Until now the bridge has a length of 30 meters and 1 meter wide with a height from the surface of the stem shadows about 10 meters and the current age of the bridge is already 93 years and still can be passed from the public nature of citizen-puluik as many as 25 heads of households as well as citizens who want to stricken area -puluik public nature ...