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To: BFW

Reminds me of the good ol’ days in Tampa when the old, 2-lane “Howard Frankenstein” bridge was brought to a halt by a car breakdown. The entire bridge turned into one big street party. ... No harm, no foul!


5 posted on 04/01/2026 8:31:04 PM PDT by The Duke (Not without incident)
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To: The Duke

I can pick up the conservative talk radio station over in Paducah, KY, and Paducah is home to the Irvin S. Cobb / “Brookport” Bridge: An almost 100 year old 10 span steel deck narrow (8 ft. vehicle width restricted) bridge over the Ohio River. Per the radio station’s news reports and traffic alerts, that bridge gets “plugged up” all the time. Usually the cause is an accident, and usually the cause of the accident is some fool semi driver who ignores the several “no semi’s” and lane restriction signs at the approaches from either end of the bridge. But, sometimes things get creative, as they did several days ago when someone tried to pull a large camper over the bridge. It took the police a few hours to get that sorted out. Other people just hit the rails along the sides of the bridge, and so on.

There are a bunch of vids about this bridge on You Tube: Here is a good one -

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=brookport+bridge

The part I like best are the views from below, looking up THROUGH the deck cars are driving on.


9 posted on 04/01/2026 11:12:59 PM PDT by Paul R. (Old Viking saying: "Never be more than 3 steps away from your weapon ... or a Uriah Heep song!" ;-))
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