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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:08 PM Original message |
This bridge has always scared the hell out of me |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. If civilization collapsed tomorrow, that bridge would be unsafe in 20 years or less without repairs |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. Looks very cool. |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. there are two tunnels |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. It would all be over with very quickly. |
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insane_cratic_gal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 01:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
122. those tunnels use to terrify me! |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. The one to PEI is like that but shorter. The one that scares me is |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. I almost lost my cookies on that bridge. DH had |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. JVS and I can trump that one... |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Doesn't look too high off the ground. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. black duck tape? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. I use that bridge whenever I go into Oakland or Sq Hill |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 12:12 AM Response to Reply #7 |
75. Dp you remember the OLD 62nd Street Bridge? |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
8. I've always been terrified of this one. |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. are those trolls I see under there????? |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 09:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
53. I see these guys... |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 06:31 AM Response to Reply #10 |
97. Nahhh -- the troll's under *THIS* one... |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. That one scares me the least... |
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JohnShadows (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 12:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
116. Aw, c'mon. Only a liberal sissy couldn't get his .. |
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woodsprite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
11. Thanks guys! We're driving on that one tomorrow |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
13. I was always afraid of the Cypress and in 1989, it pancaked in the quake |
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Garbo 2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 11:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
63. I NEVER trusted that...as a little kid I used to freak when my parents drove on the lower deck. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 12:28 AM Response to Reply #63 |
77. I was only a few weeks out of being there exactly when the quake hit. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
14. I've done that one ... D.C. to Baltimore and back. Fuuuuun! Coool! |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
15. Here's the bridge I don't look forward to using .... |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Ok, Trumad Jr. |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Here's a bridge I bet you wouldn't mind riding on.... |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I was more partial to his dad |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #23 |
37. Shirley, you jest. |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 08:15 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Heh!! |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. LOL |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
16. This one scared me big time |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 09:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
55. That bridge replaced another famous callapse. Ths Sunshine Skyway collapse in 1980 |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 06:53 AM Response to Reply #55 |
99. My sister told me about that disaster |
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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 01:48 PM Response to Reply #55 |
121. That bridge used to terrify me as a child |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 10:51 AM Response to Reply #121 |
136. My Dad insisted on driving over that one when I was a kid, and I know what you mean. |
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UnyieldingHierophant (249 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 02:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
123. Went across that one just two weeks ago* |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
17. Portland,. Oregon |
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windbreeze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 11:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
65. St. Johns????? scary...absolutely scary...n/t |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 12:53 AM Response to Reply #65 |
85. Not sure |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 07:40 AM Response to Reply #85 |
100. Sounds a little like Marquam Bridge, that is part of the I-5 |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 12:36 AM Response to Reply #17 |
80. They have (or had) a bridge in the Twin Cities called 'high bridge' |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 12:42 AM Response to Reply #17 |
82. the Marquam? |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 12:46 AM Response to Reply #82 |
83. or this? |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 01:09 AM Response to Reply #82 |
87. Pretty sure it's this one! |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
19. Nugggggggggh ughhhhhhhhhh. Would never get on dat thing! |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
22. That brings back some fond memories! I have about |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:50 PM Original message |
I was born in Portsmouth |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
30. I grew up in Newport News and then moved to Texas. |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 08:02 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. There is nothing |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. You betcha |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
25. In my dozens of trips to the Washington D.C-area, have never had the guts to travel |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
26. You ought to see it when there's a Gale blowing. It will scare the shit out of you. |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:53 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. speaking of strong winds |
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smokey nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 09:54 PM Response to Reply #29 |
57. Yes. |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
28. I've always gone on route 13 just to use it. |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
31. I didn't like the Chesapeake Bay Bridge from Maryland to the Eastern Shore |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
32. I Drove That Once |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 08:04 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. holy shit!!! |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 08:06 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Millau Viaduct |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 10:43 PM Response to Reply #35 |
61. The Royal Gorge Bridge had that beat for height |
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InkAddict (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 11:27 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Been there, done that Royal Gorge. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 06:34 AM Response to Reply #62 |
98. We were there a couple years ago and it was stll wooden planks |
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windbreeze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 12:13 AM Response to Reply #35 |
76. I'm so sorry...I'll take the curvy mountain every time... |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 04:30 AM Response to Reply #35 |
90. I just TiVo'd a boatload of Bridge shows from Nat Geo |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 06:09 AM Response to Reply #35 |
94. That Millau Viaduct |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 07:52 AM Response to Reply #94 |
101. You Know How Boys Are |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 08:11 AM Response to Reply #101 |
102. Oh yeah... |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 09:04 AM Response to Reply #102 |
106. I Was Mainly Thinking |
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Longhorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 12:33 PM Response to Reply #94 |
115. Apparently, it saves about an hour of driving time. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 01:29 PM Response to Reply #115 |
118. Seems to me |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 08:08 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. I think there are just some places we aren't supposed to go. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 09:15 PM Response to Reply #32 |
49. not photoshop? |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 12:28 AM Response to Reply #32 |
78. POOPSTICKS! |
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LTR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
39. Here's a scary one - the Hoan Bridge in Milwaukee |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 08:15 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. So THAT'S where that car chase was filmed???? |
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King Coal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 09:01 AM Response to Reply #41 |
105. Have you ever seen the 32nd Street bridge in Durango? |
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likesmountains 52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 04:51 PM Response to Reply #105 |
139. agreed, but the Main Street bridge is pretty cool.. |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
40. I loved the drive over that bridge |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
43. when I was a kid going to Rehoboth with my parents |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
44. The Clays Ferry Bridge on I 75 in Central Kentucky. What scares me is |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
45. Yep! I've been thinking about that bridge all day. One scary looking ride. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
46. I actually prefer that one to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in Annapolis |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 12:47 AM Response to Reply #46 |
84. oh yeah! |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 04:31 AM Response to Reply #46 |
133. Agreed... |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
47. I'm not too crazy about this one |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
48. I've been over it in a snow storm...(at night) once |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 10:26 PM Response to Reply #48 |
60. oh yeah |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
50. I went over the tunnel part when I was in the Navy... |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
51. The Mackinac Bridge is 50 years old this year. |
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Siyahamba (890 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 11:56 PM Response to Reply #51 |
68. I knew the Mighty Mac would show up in here sooner or later. |
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Longhorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 12:03 AM Response to Reply #51 |
72. I've heard some people hire professional drivers to take them over that bridge! |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
52. I drove over that once... |
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smokey nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
54. This is the Bayonne Bridge. My husband and I cross it everytime we visit my mother-in-law in |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 10:17 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Oh yes, the Bayonne Bridge |
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smokey nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 10:23 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. It hasn't been hit by a cruise ship....yet, it was a commercial barge like the one in the picture. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
56. There's a bridge in Montréal |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
64. Tacoma Narrows anyone? |
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opiate69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 11:58 PM Response to Reply #64 |
69. Yeah.. but the new one's pretty nice! |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 12:01 AM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Beautiful with the lighting. |
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opiate69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 12:03 AM Response to Reply #70 |
73. Yeah.. I'm really hoping they can come up with the money to keep it lit.. |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 04:38 AM Response to Reply #73 |
134. I think the lighting was only for construction purposes... |
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opiate69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 04:45 PM Response to Reply #134 |
137. True, however.. |
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Kool Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 12:39 AM Response to Reply #64 |
81. Poor Galloping Gertie! |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 04:31 AM Response to Reply #81 |
91. That's the one! It was on NatGeo this AM, along with |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 04:42 AM Response to Reply #81 |
135. FWIW, the older of the two current Tacoma Narrows bridges... |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 04:08 AM Response to Reply #64 |
88. The History Channel's Engineering Disasters had that shoddy bridge covered. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
66. We used to cross a bridge in Panama that had piles of planks |
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Longhorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
67. How about le Viaduc de Millau in France? |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 09:06 AM Response to Reply #67 |
107. up thread discussion |
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Longhorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 12:24 PM Response to Reply #107 |
114. Oh, I missed that. Thanks! nt |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
71. A few more scary ones... |
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opiate69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 12:05 AM Response to Reply #71 |
74. Oh yeah..that Petronas Tower skywalk is NUTS! |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
79. Scary bridges: Charleston's old highway 17 drawbridge (to Mt. Pleasant), and |
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JohnShadows (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 12:38 PM Response to Reply #79 |
117. The old Charleston bridge .. |
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RexDart (106 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
86. Fernbridge in California used to spook me. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 04:19 AM Response to Original message |
89. What? No SF-Oakland Bay Bridge??? |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 05:00 AM Response to Reply #89 |
93. I lived on the Penninsula in the 90s - and if I had to cross the Bay - |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 06:22 AM Response to Reply #93 |
95. The Timing Of This Is So Ironic... |
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VTMechEngr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 04:42 AM Response to Original message |
92. One correction Catwoman - Virginia Eastern shore, not Md. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
96. The scariest bridge was the old 7-Mile Bridge in the Fla. Keys. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
103. Catwoman this is a wonderful thread |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
104. I hate various skyway bridges where you can't see any support structure from the road... |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
108. It scares me too |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
109. Here's the one I drive nearly every day that scares me |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 02:19 PM Response to Reply #109 |
126. That one is a big one. Coming up on the Northbound ramps is hairy. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
110. Here's a REALLY scary bridge in Los Angeles |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
111. Rio-Niterói Bridge |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
112. It's a white knuckler for sure.. |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
113. Interesting news and review of several bridges in the link below: maybe one near you |
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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
119. Did anyone see the movie "The Sorcerer?" |
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beastieboy (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
120. I recommend you keep a centerpunch on your visor. |
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insane_cratic_gal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
124. I have all of these bridges to look forward to |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
125. Try the Coronado Bridge in San Diego. NOT for the faint of heart! |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 04:36 PM Response to Reply #125 |
129. But the view is fantastic! |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 04:17 AM Response to Reply #125 |
132. I've been over that one, too! I was scared and insisted that my friend stay in the inside lane. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
127. This one's my favorite. |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 03:20 PM Response to Reply #127 |
128. oh |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 04:51 PM Response to Reply #128 |
130. The pictures don't do it justice. |
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opiate69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 04:49 PM Response to Reply #127 |
138. A couple friends of mine climed out to the middle of the understructure... |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 04:13 AM Response to Original message |
131. I went across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, years ago, with my father. I sat in the back, on the floor. |
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