Uh-oh...
;-)
I'm terrified of bridges...but I don't let it stop me. But I tell ya, when the I-40 bridge collapsed here, it was like my worst nightmare. I'm terrified of driving off, getting blown off by the wind or some other way of plummeting into the drink.
I once nearly had a stroke when Steve was driving over a dam-type bridge and it was extremely windy (and I mean business windy...Okie windy)...Steve took one hand off the steering wheel to point out something and I went nuts! Took me 10 minutes to calm down afterward with Steve apologizing the whole time!
Normally they don't bother me even THAT bad, but that happened right after I had been driving along and got blown over into the opposite side of the road. And I had both hands on the wheel. My van is "high profile" and it just caught my van and pushed me over to the other side!
So I was still not over that incident...it was heavy on my mind and I could just see us getting hit with a gust of wind while Steve had one hand off the wheel pointing...
Kur-Splash!
I promise, I'll remain calm.
When you lived in Austin was it when you still had to drive across Mansfield Dam on 620? It used to freak Aunt Cheryl out to drive over that with me. My house was on the opposite side of the lake from where they lived at the time. She just could hardly handle it.
Well, if you do remain calm, look all around you when we're crossing it...it is an unbelievable view from there. Often there will be boats going under the bridge and they look like they're a mile below you (no, not that far, but you feel like you're way above everything). Coming from Gig Harbor into Tacoma, Mt. Rainier sits way above the City, and you can see south down the Sound nearly to Olympia. Hope for good weather!