[OXENinFLA]

OMG!

[OXENinFLA]

Ivan aftermath ping.............

[mnehring]

What tractor trailer driver would have the guts (or lack of brains) to go across that bridge in the middle of a hurricane?

[Heff]

holy buckets!!!

[ken5050]

Most likely the wave action eroded the footings of the pilings, and they collapsed..

[Mamzelle]

Wow. Did the driver get out OK?

[OXENinFLA]

Thu Sep 16,10:33 AM ET
A bridge over Escambia Bay north of Pensacola, Florida is cut in two by Hurricane Ivan with a tractor-trailer rig swallowed by the gap, September 16, 2004. Hurricane Ivan slammed into the U.S. Gulf Coast early Thursday with devastating winds and pounding waves that ripped homes apart, flooded deep inland and spawned tornadoes that killed at least eight people. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

[RonF]

I wonder how long it'll take to rebuild that bridge?

[elfman2]

I’ve driven across that thing a few times, at least once wondering how it would fair in a big hurricane.

[chuknospam]

Index for later.

No matter how many times you tell people to get out of the way, they still won't believe you.

[Mo1]

I saw the video of this on TV .. I thought is was just under water .. I didn't know the bridge was destroyed

[b4its2late]

Yikes.

[detsaoT]

Isn't this the bridge that they took forever to rebuild because it was sinking? Or is that bridge the one that goes through Milton? (or is on the other side of Milton - been a while since I lived down there)

[OXENinFLA]

[Blue Scourge]

Wow...last time I was in Florida visiting my girlfriend we drove across that bridge to go to the beach.....creepy

[devane617]

I believe the US98 bridges were taken out also. I-10 is the "main" east/west route in the south. I travel the I-10 route between TX and FL all the time, and now will have to face this mess.

[OXENinFLA]

Descending from the crest of the Escambia Bay bridges over the navigational channel below toward Exit 17/U.S. 90. This is the first U.S. 90 encounter of Interstate 10 in 175 miles since last intersecting the highway west of Tallahassee. U.S. 90 itself in east Pensacola is designated Scenic Highway, a name for which it attains along the bluffs of the westshore of Escambia and Pensacola Bays. Photo taken by 12/06/03.

[SeeRushToldU_So]

Is that the west bound or eastbound lane? I am guessing it is westbound.

[Repairman Jack]

Is that what they call "Three-Mile bridge" or is that another one?

[petitfour]

Now why wasn't that bridge closed BEFORE some idiot tried to drive across during a hurricane????????

[rawhide]

Do you see thoes street signs on the bridge, looks like they were pancaked shut in the direction the hurricane was blowing. I'm surprised the semi did not blow off the bridge!