Made for Walking: The World's Most Aesthetic Footbridges (Photos)

A bridge can be much more than just a convenient way to get to and fro. From Singapore to London, these spectacularly designed footbridges show that the water-spanning structures can be a work of art and innovation as well as a means of transportation. Just don't look down.

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This twisting bridge, modeled after the DNA structure, holds the title of the world's first curved bridge. Linking the Marina Bay and Marina Center in Singapore, the three-year-old Helix Bridge symbolizes life and continuity with its intertwining steel frame. It also hosts five viewing platforms to take in the city's skyline.

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Managing to simultaneously represent a breaking wave and a whale skeleton, the award-winning Te Rewa Rewa Bridge in New Zealand crosses the Waiwhakaiho River.

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Extending across Malaysia's Mount Mat Cincang, the Langkawi Sky Bridge is one of the world's highest at 2000 feet above sea level and is accessible by cable car.

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The Gateshead Millennium Bridge loops over Gateshead and Newcastle, England, spanning the River Tyne.

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Like a modern drawbridge, London's Rolling Bridge unfurls to connect workers and residents to two sides of the Grand Union Canal without obstructing boats.

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The rolling, steel-ribbed Henderson Waves is Singapore's tallest pedestrian bridge and connects two of the city-state's parks.

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Old Tbilisi and the new district are connected by the Bridge of Peace, which spans the Kura River in Georgia's capital city.

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The "Slinky Springs to Fame" bridge winds around meanderers as they take a sunset stroll over the Rhine-Herne Canal in Oberhausen, Germany.

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This dipping Borneo-Sporenburg pedestrian bridge is one of three that connects Amsterdam with Borneo Island. Its unusual shape lends it the name "Python Bridge."

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Costing around $63 million, Australia's Kurilpa Bridge is the world's largest solar-powered footbridge and links Brisbane's business center with an up-and-coming arts neighborhood.

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Made for Walking: The World's Most Aesthetic Footbridges (Photos)

From a bridge high above the Malaysian forest to a modern drawbridge, get from one place to another in style on one the world's coolest walkways.