Recreating REAL BRIDGES in Poly Bridge 3! 

More irl bridge episodes, please. You underestimate your capacity for Pseudo-educational material, RCE. Legit, you fully nerding out about your favorite bridges is some of the most genuine content you've put out there.

Woo! New River Gorge bridge is an absolute feat of engineering. Massive bridge spanning a massive gap. There's an annual event called Bridge Day where they allow people to base jump from the bridge to the river below. There are also walking tours under the bridge so you can really get a feel for not only the amazing engineering and scale, but an incredible view of the surrounding areas.

Nice ! Considering the golden gate : Given the size of the spans, I'd say that the side spans top "cable" (that you made out of steel) should be a lot less curved. They actually have a way greater role in tension to support the central span than to support the side spans. You can see that when pressing play, it's actually not the weight that's limiting in the first place but the fact that the towers bend inwards due to poor bridge balance ^^ Considering the great gorge : making the arch rely on only one anchor point per side would probably work even better :p

matt's content never disappoints 🔥

I'd love to see some fictional bridges to sort of test the work of the artists who designed them.

I'm really impressed that you legitimately got to the point where basically the only problem with your Golden Gate bridge was the roads popping from compression as the bridge settled. Really happy to see one of these old-form videos where you're doing real bridge recreations!

That last bridge was a beauty, both the original and your recreation. I'd like to see the Erasmus bridge. It's the most famous Dutch bridge, and also from my home town 😁

I'd love you see you do the Mackinac Bridge. 6 miles long, IIRC. It takes multiple years to repaint it, so when they're done painting, they start over immediately.

Amazing! My wife and I drove over the New River Gorge bridge earlier this year and it is both awesome and terrifying. I learned that I like being able to see the bridge structure as I'm driving over it 😅 Love ya Matt, great video!

Damn I didn't know Cable-stayed bridges and Suspension bridges were different! Both interesting, entertaining, and educational! Would love to see more videos like this!

Nice to see the New River Gorge Bridge from my home state of West Virginia again! It was, for a time, the longest arch bridge in the world! You did a good job of recreating it!

An interesting bridge to try and recreate: The Forth Railway bridge in Scotland, UK

That was cool! I think one interesting bridge to recreate is the Dom Luis I bridge in Porto, Portugal. It's a double decker iron bridge designed by Théophile Seyrig from Eiffel & Co (Before the Eiffel tower)

The Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa Bay is a great bridge!! :) One thing to know is that it is actually really long and pretty steep in real life. It's also pretty tall as it has to be tall enough for large ships to go underneath (theres multiple ports in the bay). A drawbridge wouldnt have worked because this road is a very busy highway. This bridge is actually the second version, the first was hit by a cruise ship that was probably too tall at high tide. Loving the appreciation for engineering in my hometown :)))

Some of the bridges going over gorges in the US are just insane. Two of my favorites from my childhood are the Glen Canyon Dam Bridge (Northern Arizona, at the root of the Grand Canyon) and Perrine Memorial Bridge (Snake River, Idaho, near Twin Falls). Honest to god, every time I see them I'm impressed by how graceful yet simple they are... and every time I go over them I'm surprised it doesn't just collapse 😅. It'd be a long way down.

As someone who wanted to be an engineer but cannot do math, these videos are really comforting to watch! Please do more of these kinds of pseudo-eductional videos, you're fantastic at them :D

This was a cool idea! You should try Japan's Eshima Ohashi bridge. It's unbelievably steep and long.

NRG Bridge is a very excellent new American bridge. My favorite unsung bridge would be the Chesapeake Bay Bridge (not the tunnel bridge). A massive and multi-faceted construction with over 4 miles of total length, although only has a longest continuous span of 1600ft (488m). It's a wild experience driving over, and they have services for people who are too scared to drive themselves.

Resident of WV here. We actually have a holiday on the third Saturday every October just called "Bridge Day" to commemorate the 1977 completion of the New River Gorge Bridge. Its always a good time with base jumping and rappelling off the bridge itself, along with lots of food and other misc events in the nearby towns, from cooking competitions to concerts. Even as someone who has been somewhat desensitized to the bridge in a general sense from having grown up within driving distance, it still an awe-inspiring thing to see in person, whether its the first time or the 100th time.

Do the Steel Bridge, Portland OR. The Steel Bridge is a through truss, double-deck vertical-lift bridge. Its lower deck carries railroad and bicycle/pedestrian traffic, while the upper deck carries road traffic and light rail, making the bridge one of the most multimodal in the world. It is the only double-deck bridge with independent lifts in the world and the second oldest vertical-lift bridge in North America.

You have to do the St Lois Eads Bridge across the Mississippi. It might not be the prettiest bridge, but we're not architects. It is so important historically for how long the spans were, how they built the foundations in the river, and using so much steel for the first time.

These are my favorite poly bridge episodes. The challenges of poly bridge can be amusing, but I just like seeing good engineering and beautiful bridges at the end of the day!

There's two old really cool bridges in Outlook, Saskatchewan that could be fun to recreate. One is a HUGE railway bridge that spanned a full kilometer 150 feet over the Saskatchewan river. It's closed down now, but standing on it you can look down and see BOB (Big Orange Bridge) a little way down the river with a very sexy 5-span Parker through truss made from bright orange steel.

Thank you for doing the Skyway bridge! I’ve driven over the Skyway many, many, many times! The Skyway bridge is 430 feet tall from its highest point to the water. From road to water the Skyway is about 190 feet and it is massive. Driving over the Skyway on a windy day is incredible, you can feel the bridge move and sway with the wind. Recently a mesh netting was installed along both sides of the bridge from the point of the fall being deadly all the way to the other side. The rate of people who would jump of the bridge to end things was so high that the net was petitioned and ultimately installed. The person who petitioned mainly for the installation of the net is actually someone I know personally. You can Google her name and Skyway bridge and find all sorts of articles about it. Tiffany Mills! She is the reason many lives have ultimately been saved due to the installation of the mesh netting.

Loved seeing the cable stayed bridge in action - seeing where the stress points are really demonstrates its effectiveness as a bridge design!

Now that Poly Bridge 3 is out we need a new Polylympics!

i love seeing the IRL bridges. there are some really neat ones out there! it's fun to hear you talk through your process, going from the realistic engineering to gameplay engicreating is rather interesting.

The sheer happiness I felt when you said the cable-stayed was the Sunshine Skyway, lol. I live in Pinellas, near the bridge, and can appreciate it (and not be scared on it) now thanks to you, lol. There’s a lot of fear for things people don’t understand, and your bridge enthusiasm and knowledge has no doubt helped many-including myself-to overcome fears like the fear of bridges. So thanks.

Do more! It’s so cool to learn the physics behind iconic infrastructure

Love these bridges. Would also love to see the Mackinac Bridge (pronounced Mackinaw), which connects the lower peninsula of Michigan or the upper peninsula. In fact, it is the longest suspension bridge with two towers between anchorages in the Western Hemisphere.

I grew up in Saint Petersburg, FL, I remember the accident that caused the original Sky Way bridge to collapse and the new one being built. You did it well sir. Great recreation.

Absolutely loved this video, it's so enjoyable to watch you geek out about bridges you love! And for a future video I would love to see The Great Belt Bridge from Denmark! A real BILF in my opinion. It's also the longest suspension bridge outside of Asia, and the third longest in the world :D

Really cool video thanks for this. Perhaps the Erasmus bridge in Rotterdam (The Netherlands) and the Point de Normandie (France) are interesting bridges to recreate.

As an engineer who is concerned about safety, why do none of the bridges you build include railings?

Went to the New River Gorge last weekend for rafting and got to see that beautiful bridge in person!! It was so cool to see you make it in Poly Bridge!!

Öresund Bridge between Sweden and Denmark! A mastercraft of Engineering! Its not just a bridge but a tunnel and artificial island as well!

The new river gorge bridge really reminded me of the “viaduc du garabit “ in France, a big arch bridge VERY similar to the river gorge, and made by Eiffel Also, a great example of a cable-stayed bridge is the “pont de Millau “ witch popped into my mind when you said it ( Another french bridge )

I think on of the issues with the golden gate bridge is that you didn't use actual cable (and used steel to match the red instead) and isn't that a lot heavier? Also, the main beams in the GGB are super thicc. I think you could have made it work.

Awesome. I love going over the New River Gorge, always a pleasure. They have an annual festival where they close the bridge for half a day and pack it with pedestrians and vendors.

Thank you for making the Sunshine Skyway bridge. Now design the old Sunshine Skyway bridge which collapsed in the 80s when a ship crashed into it

Did you see Skoottie do this? Was decent, and I'd enjoy seeing you do Tower Bridge with a bus going over it (also hydraulics!) 😇

Nice to see some real bridges!

The Golden gate bridge is 2.7km long. The Sunshine Skyway Bridge is 6.7km long. The New River Gorge bridge is 0.9km long. These are some BBBs (big beautiful bridges)

Ahhh hello from Tampa! The sunshine skyway is so beautiful and scary. If you park for longer then 5 minutes there’s a police car at the bottom on either side and they will come see what you’re doing since so many people jump.

Day 7 of asking Matt to play Mindustry.

Make the Quebec Bridge

I’d love to see you feature the ANZAC bridge in Sydney Australia on here! Nice to see you return to the real life bridge content!

Love this idea. Real world bridges in game is brilliant. I would like to see the Bayonne Bridge. It's an arch bridge that spans between Bayonne NJ and Staten Island. (NYC) Its sister bridge is the arch bridge in Sydney Australia. Edit: There are a lot of nice bridges that connect the 5 burrows of NYC. As well as a few that span between NYC and NJ.

The Georgetown Loop Railroad’s high bridge has always been one of my favorites. All the bridges and trestles they built in the Rockies for the mines are kinda crazy. Plus, you can still ride a steam locomotive across it

Hey! You built my home bridge! I have personally base jumped off the New River Gorge Bridge quite a few times! Awesome to see you recognizing somewhere that is so close to my heart. Thank you, Matt!

Thanks for giving the Skyway some love! I love driving over that massive thing. Nearly 200ft (60m) tall. Checkout what happened to the old bridge if you have time.

For the dutch bridges, can i request the “oversteek” in Nijmegen? Its build on the same place as where they crossed the Waal during operation market garden. There are 48 streetlights on the bridge, reminding people of the 48 fallen soldiers during the crossing. Its total length is 1195 maters long, but the main part is “only” 285 meters long. It is a arch bridge though, so good luck making it! For the other 2 Dutch bridges, i would recommand the “Erasmusbrug” in Rotterdam (im curious if it will stand, since its kinda architecture) and the “Magere brug” in Amsterdam (good luck with the hydraulics!)

I absolutely loved this. Hopefully he makes more real bridge episodes.

Can’t tell you how many times I rafted under or drove over The New River Gorge Bridge during my time at WVU. As you were making it I had to think if there were any other bridges like that or if i was biased. Awesome.

The New River Gorge bridge reminds me of another similar bridge. Though only 238 metres or 728 feet in length, the French King Bridge in Greenfield Massachusetts is something I used take a ride over during Autumn to see the sights and get terrified from looking over the railing. Aside from the dimensions of the bridges, the top of the French King Bridge to the bottom of the Connecticut river underneath is about 82 metres/ 270 feet deep. The height of the bridge is almost the same as the depth of the river.

This was a very fun video! I'd love to see you build the Hell Gate Bridge in NY, it's a very old rail bridge that served as the inspiration for the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Opened in 1917 with electrification from day one (though only 2 of 4 tracks to start with) It's in need of some restoration today, but politics are preventing it from happening. It is currently in active use by Amtrak, CSX, as well as Providence & Worcester trains.

I love when you do these kind of realistic, amazing bridges, would enjoy more of this

"What is an architects dream is a hell for Enginers and Construction workers."

I think you should build the Kessock bridge in Scotland. It’s not a massive bridge, but it’s one of the ones my grandad engineered :). Loved the video as always mate thanks!

You definitely need to do more real life bridges in this game. Really cool to compare the physics of the real life bridge to the game physics. Also you definitely need to do a few bridges from Pittsburgh, PA… It’s the city of bridges

I think I might like this more than the usual gameplay to be honest. Not as an "all the time new direction" from the silly challenges but IRL bridge recreation challenges sprinkled in for sure would be nice. It's still fun and entertaining but I feel like I'm learning something that only someone with your particular life experiences can put together. Keep it up.

I've by 2 of the 3 bridges you made today! That's crazy!! I used to go climbing at the new river gorge, and then I just moved away from Tampa last year! Been on both bridges hundreds of times

I've always loved this series, seeing the real life bridges and explanations is so cool to me

this was really cool! as someone originally from Pittsburgh PA, a place known as the city of bridges, I would love to see you recreate some of those. maybe the Fort Pitt Bridge or the Fort Duquesne bridge or the Smithsfield Street bridge!

Hohenzollern Bridge in Cologne, Germany. Fun Fact about it: some sort of trend made couples attach padlocks with their names on it to the bridge's fence. Over the time, the weight of padlocks became so high, that the city needed to strengthen the bridge to prevent it from collapsing. Removing the Padlocks was no option, because they became a trademark of the city.

Now this is what ive been waitin for! I know it may be shockin, but i dont actually care much for watchin ppl do puzzles, and that includes puzzle games; but i love love love takin those physics puzzle games and makin things in them like this :3

I’d love to see a transporter bridge! It’s so unique using a suspended ferry to transport cars/ppl across, allowing ships (esp old sailing ships) to travel underneath. Super unique, loads of history, and a true engineering marvel for the time!

My fiancée took me to the New River Gorge Bridge when we went down too Bristol, Tennessee for my first ever NASCAR race. She is originally from West Virginia and she told me that every October they shut the bridge down so people can jump off the bridge, they call it Bridge Day. There is a little pathway where you can see the entire bridge and it’s a gorgeous view. Every time she drives over the bridge she gets very nervous because she’s scared of heights and the bridge is very high.

That is one gorge-ous bridge! Loved these episodes in polybridge 2 and this is just as neat in pb3. Please do more & layer in some educational content about the bridges and the engineering that goes into them!

Eshima Ohashi bridge looks quite interesting, it being the world's steepest bridge. Not sure how well that will translate to Poly Bridge but still curious.

It's good to see someone bring up WV. No one ever does! We literally have a holiday for this bridge.

This takes me back a ways to real life bridges in older polybridges, those were simpler times.

I *love* the IRL bridges episodes. It's an extra thrill when they actually work in the game

You should really check out the Worli Sea Link in Mumbai - It's a beautiful bridge with amazing engineering that took years to build but eventually not only served as a wonderful sight but also practically alleviated a lot of Traffic - a big W for the engineers!

The Sunshine Skyway Bridge! Thank you from Tampa for showcasing our beautiful bridge.

I've been to the New River Gorge bridge and it really is quite beautiful. Nice recreation!

Bro ive been missing out for years your such a good youtube damn!

This is the only reason i will study engineering, for playimg this kind of games, dude this is awesome 😂😂

Getting to see the New River Gorge Bridge in person was really cool, glad to see you appreciate it as well!

i loveeee going over the skyway bridge! so glad you did it!

I would love to see you try make the great Seto bridge in Japan. It’s actually a sister bridge to the Golden Gate Bridge. It’s a very long bridge so you definitely can’t make most of it in the game but maybe just a small section. It’s a double decked bridge, for cars on the top and trains underneath. It consists of cable stay bridges, suspension bridges, a truss bridge and viaducts. I went across the bridge when I was in Japan, biggest and longest bridge I’ve ever been on and it’s very nice. My favourite part was going to the service station on one of the islands, the off ramp makes a fun spiral down to the ground and then on the ground you can just look upwards and it’s just massive.

Great video Matt, it’s cool seeing you build the bridges and explaining how they work

as a mountaineer seeing our bridge i had to join as a patreon, drive across this bridge a few times a month and love it every time. come visit the USA third October of the year and you can see people jump off it.

I live near the New River Gorge, they used to parachute off it for Bridge Day but some people got in trouble and we aren't allowed to do it anymore. That doesn't mean it still doesn't happen, just not as often.

When you started to build the Sunshine Bridge, had a hunch it was JUST LIKE THAT BRIDGE 🤣🤣🤣 I’ve been over that bunches of times growing up and traveling from Tampa. When you said it was the Sunshine Bridge, I got really excited that my hunch was right but then it was filled with a bit of homesickness because I no longer live in the state 😕 glad to see you like the bridge though!

I used to live near Tampa and on occasion would go to the south side of the Skyway to do some fishing at night (If you don't know, the remains of the old bridge that collapsed was turned into fishing piers). I love the way the Skyway looks at night all lit up.

The lions gate bridge in BC! Such an iconic bridge. There's even a company in the film industry that's a pretty common name in movies, especially at the start of movies that's named after the bridge!

Not sure if it would work, but on the golden gate bridge, if the cables at either end where straight it might have held up better as you can see it is there it gives in :) Fun episode!

Neat to see the New River Gorge bridge, I've been to it many times. Lots of hiking, white water, even base jumping! It's in a gorgeous location too. Worth a visit for sure if ever in the area. Pictures do not do it justice at all, the sheer size of it is incredible

Ah, this brings me back to when I started following you... Crazy how much your channel has grown

RCE: "No, I dont want no arch". Also rce: Building an arch bridge and saying it's amazing Amazing video!

Love the recreating of bilfs! Gotta recommend the Sydney Harbour Bridge being Aussie.

Now I have a better understanding of your passion for bridges, the Sunshine Skyway looks amazing to me :O

Locally to me, we just had a replacement bridge built. The old "Twin Span" bridges were twin suspension bridges similar to the Golden Gate design. One of the spans was demo'd this past weekend. The replacement bridge is a basket handle design that is quite impressive. Check out the I74 bridge over the Mississippi if you're interested!

It'd be really interesting to see how you'd go about building a floating bridge. 4 of the 5 longest in the world are in Washington state and they're putting light rail tracks on one of them.

Thanks for the New River Gorge bridge representation. Sometimes people don't realize it that there's a massive piece of engineering in the middle of the beautiful wilderness of West Virginia

Man you are amazing, I'm also engineer and I love how you try to explayin everything, and I understand your opinion on architects, I have so much work bc of them and thiers crazy ideas

I am so happy that you chose the Sunshine Skyway Bridge! I am rather biased to favour that one and as you were building it (before you confirmed it), it was on my mind. I kept thinking, "surely RCE is building some other bridge instead of this one I love in Florida!" A very pleasant surprise indeed.

The New River Gorge is beautiful! I went to see it last year. They have tours where you can walk the entire span underneath it. Very cool!

Thank you. I missed your real-life engineering stories from your past jobs. IMHO, that is what makes you "real".