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15 Terrifying Bridges People Actually Use
Destination Seeker ^ | 5-15-14

Posted on 05/15/2014 5:50:48 PM PDT by kingattax

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Here’s a video of the Royal Gorge bridge. They apparently still drive over this thing. When I was a kid, there was a line of cars that went over it - insane.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fycJsImDMNw


81 posted on 05/15/2014 8:21:02 PM PDT by WorkingClassFilth
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To: cripplecreek

I remember driving across after the lady in the Yugo went over the side. I had a load of veneer logs going to Sing Sing.


82 posted on 05/15/2014 8:26:41 PM PDT by crz
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To: central_va

Did you know that the Memorial Bridge is a draw bridge?


83 posted on 05/15/2014 8:32:46 PM PDT by CJinVA
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What makes Key Bridge and Jimmy Carter alike?

They both go in and out of Rosslyn.

84 posted on 05/15/2014 8:41:42 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Mad Dawgg

When I was there way back when there was an Ex Vietnam Helicopter Pilot that flew a Tour in a Hughes 500 I believe. He flew it under the Bridge.

I’ll have to check and see if he’s still there. I couldn’t talk my Brother into doing the Tour with me but there was a two person minimum so it was a no go.

My Brother was an A & P Mechanic. If it doesn’t have Wings, he won’t get near it.


85 posted on 05/15/2014 8:59:48 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Nobody owes you a living, so shut up and get back to work...)
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To: kingattax
Mackinac Bridge never scared me. I crossed it several times. I actually walked it a couple of times at the annual Labor Day Bridge walk. It does sway and can be dangerous if the winds are high. One driver likely committed suicide driving off the bridge. The wind infamously took a Yugo off a bridge once.

I was a lot more uneasy with some of the mountain driving in the Smokeys than I was on that bridge, and even more uneasy when I'm back in the Roscommon area driving at night when the deer are all out running around, hopefully not in front of my car.

86 posted on 05/15/2014 9:21:44 PM PDT by Darren McCarty (Abortion - legalized murder for convenience)
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To: First_Salute
Saginaw Bay Bridge, Michigan

Zilwaukee Bridge over the river? That was a pork barrel disaster. It was built because there used to be a drawbridge there that opened up for freighters. Too bad when it opened, the freighters no longer went that far inland.

87 posted on 05/15/2014 9:24:02 PM PDT by Darren McCarty (Abortion - legalized murder for convenience)
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To: kingattax
Foot bridge located on the Cornell University campus:


1913


Today

The lawyers are after Cornell for bridge suicides. Some kid managed to jump over the railing below, and now his lawyer dad wants $168m.


88 posted on 05/15/2014 9:28:28 PM PDT by cynwoody
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If a suspension bridge for traffic on foot counts, this one can be scary when the wind’s up, as it frequently is up there. Gorgeous view, though.

http://youtu.be/EV40mQChf_4


89 posted on 05/15/2014 9:39:10 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: central_va

No more waiting for the boats to pass.


90 posted on 05/15/2014 9:46:05 PM PDT by USAF80
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To: Chode
Just be thankful the TZ isn't on your daily commute...

"one of the most decrepit and potentially dangerous bridges" in the U.S. ("Falling Down" New York Magazine, January 27, 2013. )

91 posted on 05/15/2014 9:48:16 PM PDT by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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The signs on Golden Gate says that jumping form this bridge may be fatal, ya think? They also have a hotline to crisis counselors.


92 posted on 05/15/2014 9:54:25 PM PDT by USAF80
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To: central_va

“Route 301 bridge over the Potomac. You actually pay money to scare yourself to death.”

Only have to pay going south (at least the last time I crossed it). Kind of like charging you a fee to escape Maryland.


93 posted on 05/16/2014 4:31:07 AM PDT by fredhead (Join the Navy and see the world.....77% of which is covered in water.)
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94 posted on 05/16/2014 4:50:03 AM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: Darren McCarty

Yeah, Zilwaukee Bridge. I remember the drawbridge (infrequent trips). Even though the new Zilwaukee Bridge opened ... for a long time, I would go the greater distance to get around it.


95 posted on 05/16/2014 5:34:08 PM PDT by First_Salute (May God save our democratic-republican government, from a government by judiciary.)
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