Worst bridge you’ve crossed?
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Mototom, Jul 27, 2019.
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I've crossed the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel exactly twice, once going northbound, the second time was on the return trip southbound. I'm not a fan of it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay_Bridge–Tunnel
I'll throw out a couple that have not been mentioned yet, both in Louisiana.
First up,
Lake Pontchartrain Causeway (is advertised as the world's longest bridge and it basically goes north out of New Orleans across Lake Pontchartrain to Covington on I-12).
When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, for a long time afterwards, the Causeway Bridge going east-to-west from Slidell to New Orleans was out of commission due to it being damaged and had to be rebuilt. The quickest was for trucks delivering into NOLA from the east was to stay on I-12 and take the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway bridge south back into New Orleans.
I've crossed it several times, but only once in the fog and that time wasn't fun.
Lake Pontchartrain Causeway - Wikipedia
The other:
The Huey P. Long Bridge that connects the East Bank of the Mississippi River to the West Bank of the Mississippi River in New Orleans.
This bridge is 3 lanes each way, but those lanes are narrow and it has a train track separating the northbound side from the southbound side. Trucks have been known to take each others mirrors off as one truck passes another and law enforcement has no issue writing tickets if you take up more than your lane.
I've crossed it once, and there was a train crossing it at the same time. I've learned how to completely avoid that bridge because I'm not putting myself in a position where there's even a chance to be on that bridge with a train again.
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I actually like the 18-mile Bridge through the Atchafalaya swamp. Nice change of scenery. Of course, I only have to drive it a few times a year, now.
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Richmond had some old bridges. Blown up now.. so nothing to say on them.
One bridge i keep coming back to at home would be the Papermill in Cromwell near Baltimore. A older iron bridge built at the turn of century. Eventually banned from cars in my teenage years, closed to my adult years, rebuilt as a memorial because it's not able to carry any weight anymore much. But it will be around a while.
They don't build them like that anymore.
Another would be Conowingo Dam on US1 above the Tydings. I think during one of the hurricanes early on the river overflowed the east end by 8 feet completely over the walls. All 50 gates over flowed and the power house allowed to take what it came at that end 5 feet over the pavement. It stood that fairly well.
It's getting to the point that they may have to detonate that old Dam because the river has managed to fill in itself behind it almost as high as it stands with dirt down below. Going back 10 miles upriver. -
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I had that bad wreck one night on a bridge in front of a oversize at 55. Figures that would be the way to go. But he fixed it fast. That was the end of it. I tried to see about it about 5 years ago out of sheer gumption but the winter winds showed I could not stay warm as I used to. Ha.
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