Yes, I was a junior when it happened. Imagine the fear we felt as we had to cross over the Shadle Bridge the first day back to school and we could look over and see just the piers left of the Silver Bridge.
When we moved here I was struck by the fact that people would stop at the entrance to the Shadle Bridge if there was a lot of traffic on it, and nobody would blow their horn at them. Everyone was afraid to get on it if there was traffic. I was stuck on it a few times and it was not fun. The whole thing would shake rattle and roll. I’m scared of bridges anyway. Thank God for the new bridge. I watched the Shadle being blown to bits and cheered.