The Zolotoy bridge in the Russian city of Vladivostok is the world’s 12th longest cable-stayed bridge. Built in preparation for the 2012 APEC summit held on the nearby Russky Island, the bridge spans the entire Zolotoy Rog Bay and has a length of about 1.3 kilometres.
In 2015, the Zolotoy bridge was closed to pedestrians, banning people from crossing on foot. The government provided safety concerns as the primary motivation behind the rule, citing a number of suicide attempts and walkways that were too narrow to abide by transport and anti-terrorism protocol.
Anyway, it appears that some residents of Vladivostok disagree with the bridge being shut off to pedestrians. As RT reports, there have been protests since 2015 by those who argue that it is faster and more simple to reach the city centre by crossing the bridge on foot. As it stands, the rule has not been lifted, and passage across the Zolotoy bridge remains accessible only to vehicles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsR9sDyFNsA
Now, a group has come up with what is likely the most creative answer to the ban yet. Footage taken by an amused passenger has emerged of four people “dressing up” as a yellow cardboard bus and attempting to cross the bridge. After navigating traffic for a time, the group are apprehended by a security guard relatively early on who demands they turn back around.
A woman in the video is heard speaking in Russian, according to the Moscow Times she’s saying “Where did they come from? This is beautiful. It’s art.”
“Why are they kicking them out?”she asks after the group is ordered to turn back around and escorted by the security guard.
While their creative plan may have failed, it’s garnered a huge amount of support online, and is a very amusing video nonetheless.
If you’re not done with your fix of illegal bridge activity, here is a video of a wallaby crossing the Harbour Bridge in Sydney back in January.
