Scariest bridge you've ever driven across

[dave1013]

As a child - Delaware Memorial Bridge (when it was still a single span).  Just something about it looked spooky.

As an adult - Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Sunshine Skyway Bridge (the new one).  Re the latter, when I drove over and got to the top of the span, marine haze prevented me from seeing the other end of the crossing and that *really* freaked me out.

[CNGL-Leudimin]

The collapsed bridge in Genoa, Italy. Of course, before it went down. I crossed it in 2010 by coach.

[webny99]

The collapsed bridge in Genoa, Italy. Of course, before it went down. I crossed it in 2010 by coach.

It's probably only scary in hindsight; as opposed to you being scared during your actual crossing.

[mrsman]

The collapsed bridge in Genoa, Italy. Of course, before it went down. I crossed it in 2010 by coach.

It's probably only scary in hindsight; as opposed to you being scared during your actual crossing.

True.  Have they determined yet whether the cause of failure was due to design or due to maintenance issues?  If due to design, then your crossing in 2010 was not safe and you are lucky to have survived.  If due to maintenance, then it may have been perfectly fine in 2010 and failure of maintenance has led to the collapse.

[D-Dey65]

As a child - Delaware Memorial Bridge (when it was still a single span).  Just something about it looked spooky.

As an adult - Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Sunshine Skyway Bridge (the new one).  Re the latter, when I drove over and got to the top of the span, marine haze prevented me from seeing the other end of the crossing and that *really* freaked me out.

I must be some kind of freak, because none of those bridges scare me at all.

[danthecatrafficlightfan]

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.0390421,-120.4551459,3a,75y,83.61h,83.46t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sPo4WHaRedqApfEKpNgRXwQ!2e0!5s20180501T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en this one was scary i was in sixth grade then and it was two laned bridge over an almost dry lake in a 200ft long shuttle bus

[D-Dey65]

In September 2015 I took a couple of pictures of a bridge over the LIRR Montauk Branch:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NB_River_Avenue,_Eastport,_NY;_Narrow_Bridge.JPG

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NB_River_Avenue,_Eastport,_NY;_Wooden_Bridge.JPG

That's River Avenue.


Over three years later, I took these pictures of the Centre Street Bridge over the Metro-North New Haven Line and Northeast Corridor in New Rochelle, New York.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Centre_Avenue_Bridges;_New_Rochelle,_NY-1.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Centre_Avenue_Bridges;_New_Rochelle,_NY-4.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Centre_Avenue_Bridges;_New_Rochelle,_NY-5.jpg

Both bridges have weight limits of three tons, but despite the fact that the Eastport bridge is made of wood, I'm actually more afraid of crossing the bridge in New Rochelle. That one has more traffic and a greater risk of being worn down.

[mrose]

4. Highway 47 over the Missouri River in eastern Missouri. Super old and narrow cantilever which I think has been rated structurally deficient for some time now.

Went back and found my old post.

This one is now gone-ski.

[CoreySamson]

https://www.google.com/maps/place/3636+FM+2611,+Brazoria,+TX+77422/@28.9514301,-95.5536635,3a,75y,254.94h,90t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1scpCW1kxfIC4wAFx8hNJ7RQ!2e0!4m2!3m1!1s0x864047e657025931:0xf100da4a9c606255

Since I just started driving last year, my scariest bridge may not be so scary to some, but to a 16 year old driver, a narrow bridge signed at 60 mph is a nightmare.

[paulthemapguy]

Possibly one of the various wooden covered bridges of Parke County, Indiana, driving my mom's red dodge caravan as a 17-year-old.  This isn't one of the jankiest ones, but it's one of the few I can view in GSV: https://goo.gl/maps/ST6aAB6wyaQWeCMr9

[bwana39]

The Huey Long Bridge in New Orleans, because it feels like it sways. It's currently under reconstruction so I hope it will be better.

No really scary, but the U.S. 80 bridge between Vicksburg and the Louisiana border is very narrow.

The Huey P Long Bridge was indeed scary before they widened it. I have been across it before during and after the construction.

The US 80 bridge at Vicksburg was another narrow one. I never crossed it with two way traffic. I did however cross it with westbound I-20 traffic detoured across it. I did get passed by an 18-wheeler. I was going 50 + MPH and I was 16.  Traffic was barely slowed down crossing Washington Street and were at Highway speed all the way to the turn near I-20 at Delta LA. 1976 or 1977.

But me the worst one was US-59 at Index (the Red River north of Texarkana). I never drove across it, but it was narrow. I once saw two trucks clip each others' mirrors.  Dad was a nervous wreck.

[D-Dey65]

The Fort Madison toll bridge. I had the misfortune to be stuck on an approach when the middle was open for ships.

This one?




I thought it was a blast to drive.

I was going to start a thread on the driving experience on this bridge, but the fact that it's on this list is enough for me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Madison_Toll_Bridge

Somehow, I don't think there would be enough about it to scare me.

[Flint1979]

I hate those narrow Mississippi River bridges that lack a shoulder.

[Flint1979]

From what I said in my previous post I still hate those long narrow bridges with no shoulders. Well I crossed the Ohio River on US-45 last night and just went the 25 mph speed limit, as I was about halfway across I thought this isn't too bad but I don't like this bridge. It's obviously a single lane in each direction and the deck is steel grated.

I crossed from Kentucky into Illinois on I-24 but coming back I had Paducah as my destination so I used the US-45 Brookport Bridge.

[roadman65]

https://nypost-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/nypost.com/2020/11/30/mta-shuts-down-verrazzano-bridge-amid-wild-winds-and-rain/amp/?amp_js_v=0.1&usqp=mq331AQHKAFQArABIA%3D%3D



This bridge I have driven across but not like this. So it counts as scary.

[1995hoo]

https://nypost-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/nypost.com/2020/11/30/mta-shuts-down-verrazzano-bridge-amid-wild-winds-and-rain/amp/?amp_js_v=0.1&usqp=mq331AQHKAFQArABIA%3D%3D



This bridge I have driven across but not like this. So it counts as scary.

That video makes me think of the incident in the 1970s when the huge US flag was hung from the cables and the wind then ripped it apart.

[kphoger]

From what I said in my previous post I still hate those long narrow bridges with no shoulders. Well I crossed the Ohio River on US-45 last night and just went the 25 mph speed limit, as I was about halfway across I thought this isn't too bad but I don't like this bridge. It's obviously a single lane in each direction and the deck is steel grated.

I crossed from Kentucky into Illinois on I-24 but coming back I had Paducah as my destination so I used the US-45 Brookport Bridge.

At night?  Crap!  Yeah, I wouldn't want to drive that bridge after dark.

[Flint1979]

From what I said in my previous post I still hate those long narrow bridges with no shoulders. Well I crossed the Ohio River on US-45 last night and just went the 25 mph speed limit, as I was about halfway across I thought this isn't too bad but I don't like this bridge. It's obviously a single lane in each direction and the deck is steel grated.

I crossed from Kentucky into Illinois on I-24 but coming back I had Paducah as my destination so I used the US-45 Brookport Bridge.

At night?  Crap!  Yeah, I wouldn't want to drive that bridge after dark.

It was later in the afternoon starting to get dark out. It kind of feels creepy crossing it. I didn't mind the steel deck but the lack of shoulders was annoying.

[davewiecking]

https://nypost-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/nypost.com/2020/11/30/mta-shuts-down-verrazzano-bridge-amid-wild-winds-and-rain/amp/?amp_js_v=0.1&usqp=mq331AQHKAFQArABIA%3D%3D

This bridge I have driven across but not like this. So it counts as scary.

And for awhile on Monday, the Verrazzano was doing this:
https://twitter.com/firenzemike/status/1334164629778477059

(Edited to add second z; thanks)

[Rothman]

Verrazzano...and I'd rather have it flex than not.

[kkt]

Looks like the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.

[roadman65]

Verrazzano...and I'd rather have it flex than not.

I believe it was designed to flex under wind stress to avoid collapse, especially Hurricanes..

[Flint1979]

I think I'd avoid the Verrazzano just because of the price of the toll. It's like $20 to cross it but only in the Staten Island bound direction so going towards Brooklyn you don't have to pay but coming back you get nailed with a $20 toll.

[roadman65]

I think I'd avoid the Verrazzano just because of the price of the toll. It's like $20 to cross it but only in the Staten Island bound direction so going towards Brooklyn you don't have to pay but coming back you get nailed with a $20 toll.

It is back to two way tolling courtesy of semis shunpiking for good reason.  They were using streets of Lower Manhattan to get to NJ creating problems. So they reinstated two way tolling again.

[Flint1979]

I think I'd avoid the Verrazzano just because of the price of the toll. It's like $20 to cross it but only in the Staten Island bound direction so going towards Brooklyn you don't have to pay but coming back you get nailed with a $20 toll.

It is back to two way tolling courtesy of semis shunpiking for good reason.  They were using streets of Lower Manhattan to get to NJ creating problems. So they reinstated two way tolling again.

That's good. Hopefully they off set the price of the toll and don't charge $20 in each direction, should be $10 which I still think is too high. Seriously if you live in Staten Island or Brooklyn you should be able to cross the bridge for a lower rate.