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re: Scariest bridge you have driven on.
Posted on 8/12/22 at 12:10 am to TheDeathValley
Posted on 8/12/22 at 12:10 am to TheDeathValley
As many have mentioned the Rainbow bridge in Port Arthur when it was two lanes.
I-10 in Lake Chuck. 2-10 is a breeze.
Underrated scary bridge is the one over the ship channel leading from Sulphur into Hackberry. It’s not tall but it’s a draw bridge and the middle is see through grating that grabs your tires and jerks the wheel. If you aren’t prepared it sucks arse especially if a 18 wheeler is coming the opposite direction.
I-10 in Lake Chuck. 2-10 is a breeze.
Underrated scary bridge is the one over the ship channel leading from Sulphur into Hackberry. It’s not tall but it’s a draw bridge and the middle is see through grating that grabs your tires and jerks the wheel. If you aren’t prepared it sucks arse especially if a 18 wheeler is coming the opposite direction.
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Posted on 8/12/22 at 12:13 am to PacoPicopiedra
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Yeah, that one sounds "fun". I think that's the bridge I once saw a TV news piece about how you can request assistance crossing if you are afraid to do so alone.
Several bridges have that. There are several businesses that will drive your car across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel if your gephyrophobia is too great to drive yourself.
Posted on 8/12/22 at 12:15 am to XenScott
On the road to Hana in Hawaii, the whole drive goes from 2 small lanes on cliffs to 1 lane around sharp turns and have to blow your horn to give notice to potential oncoming traffic.
It’s the most beautiful place I’ve been to, but it’s edgy!
Once you get to the 7 pools spot, it’s heaven on earth
It’s the most beautiful place I’ve been to, but it’s edgy!
Once you get to the 7 pools spot, it’s heaven on earth
Posted on 8/12/22 at 12:15 am to XenScott
Huey.
Some people in cenla were scared of OK Allen but it was fine.
Some people in cenla were scared of OK Allen but it was fine.
Posted on 8/12/22 at 12:15 am to SlickRickerz
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The causeway after the LSU national championship, the fog was so thick, it was one lane with 45 mph speed limit. I was scared to even do faster than 30 it was so thick and dark.
I-10 back to BR was too. We had a sober driver while us drunks had fast food in our faces. But we were still terrified between Laplace and Lutcha.
But we frickin won!
Posted on 8/12/22 at 12:19 am to PacoPicopiedra
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Rainbow Bridge between Port Arthur and Bridge City, TX, when it was still 2 ways. Also wasn't too thrilled driving over the 1-10 temporary bridge over Pensacola Bay after Hurricane Ivan knocked the permanent bridge out in 2004.
This! That old one heading south makes me hold my breath. Do that in the rain and it's terrifying.
Posted on 8/12/22 at 12:22 am to XenScott
Joe Wheeler
Posted on 8/12/22 at 12:26 am to tigerpimpbot
quote:Imagine how the men who built it felt.
This is easily the scariest bridge I ever drove on.
Posted on 8/12/22 at 12:27 am to XenScott
Shreveport has two scary shitty bridges.
Texas Street Bridge is a 4 lane with no shoulder.
And the Jimmy Davis Bridge connecting S. Bossier to S. Shreveport. It's a two lane bridge people fly over, it's rusty as hell, and looks like it could fall any day.
Texas Street Bridge is a 4 lane with no shoulder.
And the Jimmy Davis Bridge connecting S. Bossier to S. Shreveport. It's a two lane bridge people fly over, it's rusty as hell, and looks like it could fall any day.
Posted on 8/12/22 at 12:31 am to PacoPicopiedra
Just looking at that picture made me queasy.
Several years ago, inexplicably, while driving over the Dolly Parton bridge in Bay Minette, AL I had what I now know to be a panic attack. I started sweating and felt as if I would pass out. I Had driven over it and many other bridges without incident. From that day on I’ve found it increasingly dibilitating to drive over bridges. Honestly thought I was going to die on the Cochran Africatown bridge. 2 years ago I thought I was going to kill my family on the I-85 mid-bay bridge in Destin. I just avoid them now. There is a point where I feel I’m going to pass out; if I actually do, it ain’t gonna be good.
Edit: I’ve developed a fear of bridges - gephrophobia (sp); it’s not an uncommon phobia to develop after the age of 40.
Several years ago, inexplicably, while driving over the Dolly Parton bridge in Bay Minette, AL I had what I now know to be a panic attack. I started sweating and felt as if I would pass out. I Had driven over it and many other bridges without incident. From that day on I’ve found it increasingly dibilitating to drive over bridges. Honestly thought I was going to die on the Cochran Africatown bridge. 2 years ago I thought I was going to kill my family on the I-85 mid-bay bridge in Destin. I just avoid them now. There is a point where I feel I’m going to pass out; if I actually do, it ain’t gonna be good.
Edit: I’ve developed a fear of bridges - gephrophobia (sp); it’s not an uncommon phobia to develop after the age of 40.
This post was edited on 8/12/22 at 12:39 am
Posted on 8/12/22 at 12:40 am to WinnaSez
Tibbee Bridge about 10 miles east of MS State campus near John's Grocery beer store
Posted on 8/12/22 at 12:53 am to WinnaSez
I suffer this too. I had a bridge incident which involved mechanical trouble on a very tall bridge, at night. The bridge issues got worse and then I started feeling woozy going over overpasses. I had to get help after I avoided driving on the freeway for several months. It has gotten better since i tried EMDR therapy, but I still can't drive over some bridges and there's no way I'm getting onto Beltway 8 from I10 or onto 99 from I10. Why did TX decide to build their interchanges so freaking high up in the air?! It's not necessary.
My worst bridges were all posted here except one. Richmond-San Rafael bridge in the Bay Area. The top deck collapsed and crushed people during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. 30 years after it was rebuilt, chunks of concrete were falling onto cars on the bottom deck from the top deck. They blocked off the shoulders for a freaking bike lane. I've almost blacked out on it several times.
My worst bridges were all posted here except one. Richmond-San Rafael bridge in the Bay Area. The top deck collapsed and crushed people during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. 30 years after it was rebuilt, chunks of concrete were falling onto cars on the bottom deck from the top deck. They blocked off the shoulders for a freaking bike lane. I've almost blacked out on it several times.
Posted on 8/12/22 at 1:08 am to tigerfive
I’m going to look into that EMDR therapy. Unlike you, I didn’t have a precipitating event - it just came out of the blue.
Posted on 8/12/22 at 1:16 am to Tigerbythetale
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The interstate bridge over the Grand Canyon at the Hoover dam is at a very high elevation, prolly 500 feet above the canyon
It's 820 feet at the highest point. I drive over it often and they built it so that you can't see the dam or how high you are when you drive over it. You only notice those features when you go on the walkway facing the dam.
The new guardrails on the Golden Gate Bridge will starting "singing" if the wind is high enough.
Nothing beats the old Huey P. for getting your attention, though.
This post was edited on 8/12/22 at 4:27 am
Posted on 8/12/22 at 1:17 am to XenScott
Costa Rica. Bridge over a ravine connecting two mountains. It was what was referred to as a "Hallelujah Bridge", because as soon as you made it across, the everyone in the vehicle cried out "Hallelujah!".
The "bridge" was two girders laid across the ravine, no rails, and no filling. Just two girders about a vehicles width apart, with about a foot of support on the inside of the tire, and a foot on the outside of the tire.
We went across it in a 15 passenger van driven by a local driver we hired to drive us around the country. That shite was scary, especially after driving the mountain pass, and looking out the windows to see about two feet of road, then a thousand foot drop. We thought that was intense, until we got to the bridge.
The best part was we thought it was crazy that we were doing thhis in a van that size, until we noticed that behind about a few hundred yards (basically two bends back in on the mountain road) was a fricking BlueBird Bus, doing the same thing, with less room for error.
I still consider the driver of that Bluebird as one of the top ten drivers of all time.
The "bridge" was two girders laid across the ravine, no rails, and no filling. Just two girders about a vehicles width apart, with about a foot of support on the inside of the tire, and a foot on the outside of the tire.
We went across it in a 15 passenger van driven by a local driver we hired to drive us around the country. That shite was scary, especially after driving the mountain pass, and looking out the windows to see about two feet of road, then a thousand foot drop. We thought that was intense, until we got to the bridge.
The best part was we thought it was crazy that we were doing thhis in a van that size, until we noticed that behind about a few hundred yards (basically two bends back in on the mountain road) was a fricking BlueBird Bus, doing the same thing, with less room for error.
I still consider the driver of that Bluebird as one of the top ten drivers of all time.
Posted on 8/12/22 at 2:12 am to XenScott
The old wooden bridge going to Slim's Fish Camp on Lake Okeechobee in Belle Glade.
Posted on 8/12/22 at 2:30 am to craynagin
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Old US 80 Bridge in Vicksburg
I agree, especially when a train was on it
Posted on 8/12/22 at 3:03 am to tigerpimpbot
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Huey P Long bridge
When a train is going by and the traffic is packed it seems like that damn thing sways and is freaking crazy.
Posted on 8/12/22 at 3:11 am to XenScott
Every once in a while I have this dream that I have to take a bridge that’s so steep that I’m convinced my car will top over and fall down.
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