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Scariest bridge you've ever driven across

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Ian:

--- Quote from: Duke87 on June 15, 2010, 07:51:17 PM ---The Tappan Zee Bridge is only scary knowing that about a third of the weight of the main span is supported by buoyancy, so if one of the caissons were ever to spring a leak...

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Yeah, they talked about the bridge on what I think was Crumbling America on the History Channel and explained this. Ever since I saw it, the bridge seems more scary.

xcellntbuy:
I remember driving across (crept, might be a better word) this ancient bridge in my old home in Columbia County, NY back in 1979 when it was still open:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaw_Bridge

One lane, very low over the Claverack Creek where there are large old swampy willows, dark dense and heavily forested.  Damn scary!  Never crossed it again.

Jim:
The bridge at Matanuska Glacier:



But realistically, I was more concerned that the road would slide off the side of the hill on the other side.

Hot Rod Hootenanny:
Any bridge that requires me to look down more than a 1,000 yds at whats below.

agentsteel53:

--- Quote from: golden eagle on June 15, 2010, 07:47:00 PM ---
No really scary, but the U.S. 80 bridge between Vicksburg and the Louisiana border is very narrow.

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I believe that bridge is closed.  At least, it was in 2008 when I was last there.  I don't know if they permanently want people taking the I-20 bridge, or if at the time it was just closed for maintenance.

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