Major bridge collapse in Baltimore

Early reports state the construction crew whose members are MIA was compromised of Hispanic immigrants.

 

I've driven over some bridges that made me a bit nervous, but nothing major. Tunnels, however, scare the hell out of me. I'm claustrophobic, and if I can't see light at the other end, I tend to freak out a bit. I hope I never have to drive in another one.

 

Here's the Charleston area bridge that's freaky steep.

 

I don't know why, but I've gotten worse driving over bridges than I used to. I used to enjoy getting into the right lane and looking over whatever expanse. Now, I get to the right lane and go as slowly as I'm allowed. Everything just feels so tight.

I've done the NC-NYC drive a few times over the last few years for my daughter, and while I don't mind seeing the skyline when I do the Verrazzano, I don't exactly love it, especially getting on and off, and any of the city bridges are nightmares for me. I've even gotten worse with the tame Delaware Memorial Bridge. But that one might be more the people going too fast in every lane.

 

(Correcting to the proper thread)

I have only feared one bridge in my life.

In college I was coming back from Gulf Shores in the mid 90s with a buddy who grew up deep in the country in West Alabama. He wanted to show me this famous catfish restaurant in a neighboring county.

We did not find the restaurant. Instead we wound up driving on what we immediately dubbed “The Bridge of Death.”



For those of you keeping score, that’s a one-lane vertical lift bridge shared with a railroad track. It felt and looked like driving on a wooden roller coaster. (The bridge is now for trains only.)

https://www.ruralswalabama.org/attraction/old-naheola-bridge/

 

Reminds me of Sorcerer. BTW - the Lions Gate Bridge in Vancouver is kinda freaking - two way traffic on a high bridge in the midst of some of the most fantastic views you've ever seen. Very distracting. Like Golden Gate Bridge before the moving barrier distracting.

 

Three Ready Reserve Force vessels now bottled up in Baltimore. Just saying.

 

My mom's first husband was killed in a bridge collapse. He was driving a big pan/scraper across a bridge, and it gave way, sending him into the river.

 

We have some events over at Bay Creek on the Eastern Shore, so I head over that bridge/tunnel semi-regularly. It's a beautiful drive, but you're struck with the fact that you're absolutely fucked if anything happens that would send you over the edge or plunging down. Extremely deep water, no land to be found. No one is surviving that.

 

The Vincent Thomas Bridge from Long Beach into San Pedro weirded me out as a kid, not sure why.

 

Does that mean you wouldn't be here if not for that collapse?