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02-NOV-2013

Sky bridge

Extending 65 meters in length, the sky bridge is a steel structure weighing around 300 tons, sitting on top of the 302-meter-high tower and overlooking the whole of Riyadh. The trip to the sky bridge is on two elevators, one to the 77th floor and the second to the 99th. Each one takes around 40-50 seconds.

These are the somewhat dusty views looking out from either side of the sky bridge:

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Lieve Snellings24-May-2014 23:30
amazing views you have from this beautiful bridge... V
Dan Greenberg23-Dec-2013 16:17
Wow! So glad you are the one to see, capture and show this to us all. ~BV~
Carol Rollins13-Nov-2013 12:58
Wow. What an impressive shot of the Sky Bridge and both views are super. I just wouldn't
have imagined these sights from you other photos. It looks like any city from there. ~
Gary A. Rich (GRainelev)12-Nov-2013 23:11
What a terrific view. I am glad that you took this image. I do not like heights!!! I don't think that I could be up there. Funny thing, I can travel on plane, the height doesn't bother me. Great work. V.
Zoltán Balogh12-Nov-2013 08:45
Great photo Helen, I love it! V
Raymond Ma12-Nov-2013 06:46
Great shot of this amazing walkway and the views are breathtaking if not
dizzying. V
Gill Kopy12-Nov-2013 01:50
You'd need a head for heights here !! Love your shot of this bridge - the engineering is difficult to imagine ! V
bill friedlander12-Nov-2013 00:32
Ultramodern architecture and engineering, and what a great view! V
woody3412-Nov-2013 00:02
A fantastic structure, you have captured it and the surrounds so perfectly, lovely work...V
Ali Majdfar11-Nov-2013 23:26
Fantastic bridge capture; views are great, if only it was not so dusty. ~V
Karen Stuebing11-Nov-2013 21:27
Love that wide angle view. Very modern and almost industrial looking in a very clean way. V.
Barry S Moore11-Nov-2013 20:48
What an amazing structure. The strong curve certainly works to inspire your confidence that the structure is strong. Vertigo suffers might disagree with those sloping windows and the downward views though! Thanks for sharing these wonderful shots. ~v~
Sam Rua11-Nov-2013 20:42
Nice POV and comp, Helen. The views from this perch are breathtaking.
Peter Sussex11-Nov-2013 20:30
I can not believe Helen, I leave for a short while and you move immediately:)
This fine curvature and unbelievably lean columns are something to compensate. Someone sometime said, that a bridge was nice if you could see how it worked. I feel the same here. V
Colin Storey11-Nov-2013 20:07
Fantastic image of the bridge and the great views from it. v
Bill Miller11-Nov-2013 19:13
What a curvaceous bridge and view.
Tom LeRoy11-Nov-2013 18:53
AN amazing structure, you have a perfect POV to show the curve. My, what view! B
John Hamers11-Nov-2013 18:08
Excellent well composed image of this sky bridge Helen. Love the perspective and light !!V
Being Me11-Nov-2013 17:31
Love the curve of the bridge. Fantastic views! V
Will Hoskins11-Nov-2013 17:08
If I hadn't read the caption I would have bet this was taken with a super wide angle. Beautiful capture of this amazing structure. V
Milan Vogrin11-Nov-2013 16:51
Great pov!V!
Martin Lamoon11-Nov-2013 16:21
Excellent composition to capture the curve of the walkway.
V
Walter Otto Koenig11-Nov-2013 16:18
Great perspective and lighting. Very cool futuristic looking image, I like the curviness and whited out windows. "V"
Bill Klein11-Nov-2013 15:58
Fantastic wide angle shot, Helen! BV!
globalgadabout11-Nov-2013 15:42
absorbing view rife with immediacy...Riyadh is certainly immense, and very dry looking..
Stephanie11-Nov-2013 14:20
Fascinating upper image! Love the wide-angle symmetry! V
Jim Coffman11-Nov-2013 13:33
Absolutely amazing,Helen! WOW!!
Sheila11-Nov-2013 13:20
What a crazy, wonderful perspective!
Gerard Koehl11-Nov-2013 13:07
Superbe cadrage. V
danad11-Nov-2013 13:05
Once again, a perfectly composed image. V.
Kim11-Nov-2013 12:41
Great composition and great architecture! V
fotabug11-Nov-2013 12:12
A real attention grabber! Wow! Great views up there too! V
Jola Dziubinska11-Nov-2013 11:31
Excellent capture, Helen, I like the wide perspective. V.