[MetalliDragon]

You take a look at this picture:

Now would you explain to me how the heck an aircraft carrier is going to pass underneath a bridge with clearance that low and that narrow?

[MetalliDragon]

Here's a better picture:

That wide area you're looking at in the center has to be disconnected and towed out of the harbor before something as large as an aircraft carrier can leave. Sure, small ships can pass underneath it fine, but when something as large as a naval vessel needs to pass through, that bridge has to be moved.

[stayout]

You're looking horizontally in that picture. That perspective gives a false sense of the great height that you're at. Here is the proof from the company that did the seismic retrofit on that bridge: "The Coronado Bridge connects San Diego to Coronado Island spanning San Diego Bay. The port of San Diego is the largest Navy Port on the West coast of the United States and, because of this, the bridge was built to accommodate the large Navy ships that pass underneath it everyday. Its center span rests 205 ft above the channel."

[Freakazoid]

They let the air out of the tires.