Most Iconic Bridge in Each Metro Area

[Flint1979]

Metropolitan Mackinaw City/St. Ignace, Da Mackinac Bridge.

[GaryV]

Metropolitan Mackinaw City/St. Ignace, Da Mackinac Bridge.

I sorta beat you to it.  See reply 15.

[Flint1979]

Metropolitan Mackinaw City/St. Ignace, Da Mackinac Bridge.

I sorta beat you to it.  See reply 15.

LOL and I replied to that post too because you mentioned the Zilwaukee Bridge too. I live about 7 miles from the Zilwaukee Bridge.

[US 89]

Every time I read Zilwaukee, I spend a good 20 seconds thinking "I think they misspelled Milwaukee". I can't be the only one.

[kkt]

I drove across it a month ago and in the time between my southbound trip to a nearby beach and my northbound return, someone had managed to wedge their car over the sidewalk railing.

Sounds like they were drunk

Maybe but hate to judge without actually knowning anything.  Maybe the driver had a seizure or something.

[Flint1979]

Every time I read Zilwaukee, I spend a good 20 seconds thinking "I think they misspelled Milwaukee". I can't be the only one.

Because that is exactly how Zilwaukee got it's name. They named it Zilwaukee with hopes it would confuse immigrants coming into New York thinking they are going to Milwaukee.

[roadman65]

If it hasn't been mentioned before, it's the Cabrillo Bridge for San Diego, though the Coronado Bridge comes close second.

Grants Pass, OR it's the Caveman Bridge of course.

[Georgia]

in Atlanta, it is the 17th street bridge. 

[Chrysler375Freeway]

Nashville: Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge or the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge

[tolbs17]

I'd go with this one because of the piers... They are square and not rounded.

[SkyPesos]

I'd go with this one because of the piers... They are square and not rounded.

Highway overpasses don't really scream "iconic"  at all, unless it's something like I-65 over IN 46 in Columbus, IN, and that's the only notable bridge in the city.

[Chrysler375Freeway]

NYC: Brooklyn Bridge
Nashville: John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge
Northern Kentucky/Cincinnati Metro: John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge
Detroit: Ambassador Bridge
Pittsburgh: Three Sisters Bridges
Philadelphia: Benjamin Franklin Bridge
Los Angeles: Sixth Street Viaduct
San Francisco: Golden Gate Bridge

[Big John]

Los Angeles: Sixth Street Viaduct

Will the new one still qualify?

[wanderer2575]

Detroit: Ambassador Bridge

Fortunately soon to be overtaken in this category by the Gordie Howe Bridge.  The only thing iconic about the Ambassador Bridge is the complete civic assholes that were/are Matty Maroun and his Detroit International Bridge Company.

[wriddle082]

Nashville: Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge or the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge

The Korean Veterans Memorial Bridge should also be considered, though it's usually overshadowed by the Seigenthaler.

For Columbia, SC, it's the Gervais St Bridge carrying US 1 over the Congaree River.

For Greenville, SC, it's the Liberty Bridge (pedestrian) over the Falls of the Reedy River.

I don't think Charlotte, NC really has an iconic bridge since it's the probably the largest city in the country not on a major river.  So maybe the I-77 south to I-485 outer fourth-level flyover?   

[KEVIN_224]

Hartford: The Bulkeley Bridge, although I would nominate the Bushnell Arch if the Park River were not buried underground.  If you want to get out in the sticks, I'll include the Cornwall Covered Bridge.

New Haven: The Pearl Harbor Memorial ("Q") Bridge.

Great Connecticut choices! The Bulkeley carries I-84 over the Connecticut River. The Q-Bridge in New Haven carries I-95 over the Quinnipiac River. The West Cornwall bridge spans the Housatonic River and connects to US Route 7 on the Sharon (western) side.

Another notable bridge in the region would also be the Memorial Bridge over the Connecticut River between Springfield and West Springfield, MA.

Providence: The Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge

[Occidental Tourist]

Los Angeles hasn't gotten a mention yet; although not particularly known for its bridges, the most iconic -- if now replaced -- would have been the 6th street viaduct, which not only bridged the L.A. River, but all the major rail lines coming into town along its banks, plus a big chunk of the warehouse/industrial area east of downtown.  I'm definitely making a trip back down to see its rather uniquely-designed replacement once it opens for traffic.  But in the interim, the only L.A. bridges that would warrant mention in the same breath are the Vincent Thomas suspension span (CA 47) between Terminal Island and San Pedro, and the new Gerald Desmond bridge replacement between that same island and downtown Long Beach (the southernmost reaches of I-710).  And, currently, that's about it! 

I'd also consider the Colorado Street viaduct over the Arroyo Seco (former US-66, then CA-134) in Pasadena.

And the Hyperion Avenue bridge over I-5 and the LA River.

[skluth]

Palm Springs doesn't really have bridges. Probably one of the viaducts over I-10 like at Date Palm. Technically we're part of the San Bernardino-Riverside metro which probably has an iconic bridge or two, but it's hard to think you're in the same metro when the other cities are an hour away with lots of nothing in between.

[rte66man]

For Oklahoma City, it would be the old US66 bridge at Lake Overholser
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lake+Overholser+Bridge+Route+66/@35.5146212,-97.6632658,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipMY9O3x5tNAIVtAEXMuESq4wAKvYJNeOUiZYlf3!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipMY9O3x5tNAIVtAEXMuESq4wAKvYJNeOUiZYlf3%3Dw114-h86-k-no!7i4032!8i3024!4m5!3m4!1s0x87b205999c0c0c95:0x161a9e990dfd7972!8m2!3d35.5146212!4d-97.6632658

In Tulsa, the old US66 b ridge across the Arkansas River. It hard to see as it is between the SW Blvd bridge an I244.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1443478,-96.0030659,3a,75y,273.15h,95.6t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1snjXSaifUq0uXFg2F7mTMPw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

[oscar]

In the outer reaches of the Des Moines IA metro area are the covered bridges of Madison County, made famous by the "Bridges of Madison County" book and movie. I visited five of the six surviving covered bridges on my way back home from the Sacramento meet. I've uploaded my bridge photos to Flickr (just to try out that photo hosting service), and might later post them on this board.

Most of the bridges are closed to passenger cars. Here's the one exception, the Cedar Bridge on a gravel county road northeast of Winterset, with a three-ton weight limit:

[Scott5114]

Women who came to Reno for quickie divorces supposedly had a tradition of going to that bridge after the divorce was granted and chucking their wedding ring over the side into the river.

Then people started trawling the river for all the discarded rings so they could resell them. Which is why you now have to pay the state $10 for a permit to trawl the Truckee River.

The obvious candidate down here in Las Vegas is the Hoover Dam bypass bridge over the Colorado River, which ended up being so important it more or less caused a 2di to spawn into existence. Of course, that's in Boulder City, which is part of the MSA according to the Census.

If you don't consider Boulder City part of the Las Vegas metro, the options narrow quite a bit, since...well, we don't have much water so there's not much in the way of cool bridges. (A cool bridge over a dry wash just looks pathetic.) You could make a case for one of the pedestrian bridges over Las Vegas Blvd., but there's several of them and none of them particularly stand out. If you're going for a darker take on Vegas, there's this, which barely registers as anything when you're in a car. But it's where Flamingo Wash enters the infamous drainage tunnel system under the Strip where a considerable chunk of the city's homeless population lives (and dies, should they not be made aware of a rain event).