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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:00:28 PM EDT
 Rainbow Bridge (Port Arthur, TX) westbound That's pretty damn steep, lol. |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:04:11 PM EDT
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I pulled a 5th wheel over that bridge. It wasn't that bad.
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:07:45 PM EDT
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As I read the thread title, I thought to myself - probably TX. Many on and off ramps with high pucker factor. Many cloverleafs around DFW made me wonder who thought these were fine...
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:09:34 PM EDT
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I've been over that bridge many times..... it's the approach that freaks you out.
When I was a kid, driving over the old Skyway bridge was a terrifying experience 
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:10:49 PM EDT
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Let's put someone on a skateboard and see.
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:10:53 PM EDT
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I'll be the guy riding the dotted white line right in the middle going 30mph.
Fuck bridges. Everything should be tunnels. Tunnels have a nice comfortable feeling with a warm glow at the end of them. Kinda like the birth canal. |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:11:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I've been over that bridge many times..... it's the approach that freaks you out. When I was a kid, driving over the old Skyway bridge was a terrifying experience https://www.floridamemory.com/fpc/DOT/DOT2168.jpg I still have the Newsweek magazine from when that bridge collapsed after being hit by the freighter. |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:11:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I pulled a 5th wheel over that bridge. It wasn't that bad. Try riding a single speed bicycle over that motherfucker, it is that bad. Ask me how I know. Oh and if y'all want to know how to kill yourself real quick, just coast down that motherfucker on the same bicycle. Ask me how I know that too. |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:12:11 PM EDT
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Drive the Mackinac Island Bridge on a motorcycle if you want pucker factor.
In high wind. |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:13:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Try riding a single speed bicycle over that motherfucker, it is that bad. Ask me how I know. Oh and if y'all want to know how to kill yourself real quick, just coast down that motherfucker on the same bicycle. Ask me how I know that too. You rode a bicycle over that thing??? 
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:14:54 PM EDT
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I drove that bridge every day for about 4 years, it's steep af.
i also drove the entire thing with my boat unlatched at the hitch. I didn't notice the hitch lock sitting in my console until I was at the top, talk about pucker factor on the way down. 
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:16:45 PM EDT
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I've driven over that bridge hundreds of times.
When I was a policeman back in the day, I worked a wreck near the top of the bridge that blocked both sides. That was kind of exciting.  |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:18:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Try riding a single speed bicycle over that motherfucker, it is that bad. Ask me how I know. Oh and if y'all want to know how to kill yourself real quick, just coast down that motherfucker on the same bicycle. Ask me how I know that too. I'm glad you got better!
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:18:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Try riding a single speed bicycle over that motherfucker, it is that bad. Ask me how I know. Oh and if y'all want to know how to kill yourself real quick, just coast down that motherfucker on the same bicycle. Ask me how I know that too. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I pulled a 5th wheel over that bridge. It wasn't that bad. Try riding a single speed bicycle over that motherfucker, it is that bad. Ask me how I know. Oh and if y'all want to know how to kill yourself real quick, just coast down that motherfucker on the same bicycle. Ask me how I know that too. |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:21:37 PM EDT
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Old route 9 bridge in south amboy nj over the raritan river was pretty steep. New one is lower.
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:21:49 PM EDT
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Ive never been here but this looks like fun. Chesapeake Bay Bridge in a thunderstorm
 Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:24:50 PM EDT
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I drive over it every day.. nothing to it now that all the traffic in both lanes heads south..
Prior to the Memorial bridge being built adjacent to it to handle North bound traffic it was a regular cluster.. It had one lane heading north and one lane heading south.. no divider or barrier between the lanes.. as a kid following an 18 wheeler up one side was a crap shoot if he was gonna clack mirrors with another 18 wheeler coming the opposite way.. those when it was truly exciting, although I does claim a couple lives a year now.. Daily drive..  |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:25:24 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:25:41 PM EDT
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Bridge from Astoria Oregon across the Colombia River to Washington was steep and narrow enough to impress me the time I went across it.
 Crossing the narrow Astoria bridge |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:25:53 PM EDT
[#19]
The new one on a motorcycle is fun.
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:26:06 PM EDT
[#20]
The one on 17 outside of Brunswick Georgia that goes over the Turtle river is a pretty steep one as well.
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:30:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You rode a bicycle over that thing??? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Try riding a single speed bicycle over that motherfucker, it is that bad. Ask me how I know. Oh and if y'all want to know how to kill yourself real quick, just coast down that motherfucker on the same bicycle. Ask me how I know that too. You rode a bicycle over that thing??? Yes. Yes I did. I thought I was a badass when I was 17 and playing highschool football. |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:30:42 PM EDT
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Yep, that’s a fun one. The view from the top is great.
Wait, isn’t that one in @OnlineAllTheTime ‘s backyard? |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:32:32 PM EDT
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Drive over it all the time. Used to daily when I worked.
It was much scarier when I was a kid because it was 2 way traffic-----and the lanes were narrower because there was a bike/walking path on the side. Every kid dreaded it come driver's test time.
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:32:32 PM EDT
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Harry Nice bridge. Fuck that.
 Harry Nice Bridge | SCARY POV Driving! |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:33:35 PM EDT
[#25]
Bet that's fun in the snow.
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:35:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yep, that’s a fun one. The view from the top is great. Wait, isn’t that one in @OnlineAllTheTime ‘s backyard? 
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:36:15 PM EDT
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When I was in drivers-ed in the late 70s it was one lane north one lane south, The last week of driver-ed included driving over it and back, good times
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:37:23 PM EDT
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All these new locals popping up.
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:38:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: All these new locals popping up. |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:38:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm glad you got better! I am glad I did too. I was dead for about a year and a half. As I was going down I almost got hit by 3 or 4 cars that were coming up. I was all over both sides of the road. I couldn't keep the bike in a straight line. One of the only real times I thought I was going to die. |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:40:03 PM EDT
[#31]
There's one in Tampa that looks pretty steep. Looks steeper from a distance that when you are actually driving over it though.
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:40:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Bridge from Astoria Oregon across the Colombia River to Washington was steep and narrow enough to impress me the time I went across it.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7TFDHl60QA |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:43:43 PM EDT
[#33]
My wife screams like a high school girl when we drive over it.
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:45:02 PM EDT
[#34]
Damn check out this one in Japan.
Looks like one of those gunny sack slides at the fair. 
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:45:31 PM EDT
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When I lived in Orange & worked in Port Arthur, I rode over the "Rainbow Bridge" on my motorcycle daily. It was 2-way traffic then. It was "stop and go" for a few months when it was being painted in the early 80s (that was something waiting for the flagger to give you the GO signal). Pretty wild times for sure.
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:46:27 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:47:10 PM EDT
[#37]
Used to live in the vicinity and drive that way to HEB. It's not bad.
IIRC, it was built that way so the navy's airship tenders could fit under it. |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:47:25 PM EDT
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I do have a bit of a bridge phobia. Several recurring nightmares featuring bridges throughout my life.
There was a bit of hesitation when we discussed moving *way over here* and how it would mean the bridges every day to and from work. Got used to it really quickly. If traffic allows I'm usually doing 80 with my music blaring and it barely registers. Foggy days are kind of crazy though. You get up there and it's like you're in the clouds. Literally can't see anything but the road ahead of you and a blanket of white covering everything else. Pretty surreal. |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:48:33 PM EDT
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Gov Thomas Johnson Bridge, between Calvert and St. Mary's Counties in MD. 135ft up and back down over 1.5 miles. 2 lanes, no overhead structure.
 Thomas Johnson Bridge at Solomons |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:49:12 PM EDT
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I grew up in Maryland and the rest of my family is in Sarasota. I would have said the Chesapeake bay bridge or the Skyway (the new, the old was just insane) over Tampa Bay would be the steepest. They are pretty wicked to go over.
ETA. I am not scared of bridges, but this one terrified me. I have been over it maybe a half dozen times in my life. New River Gorge 
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:49:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Used to live in the vicinity and drive that way to HEB. It's not bad. IIRC, it was built that way so the navy's airship tenders could fit under it. What I was told was it was so the tallest ship in the navy at the time could pass under it. And that for whatever reason by the time it was built there was no need for that ship to do so anyway. Guess wiki interviewed my mom about it too.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Bridge_ |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:50:12 PM EDT
[#42]
Average grade is 2%, which is nothing. I rode a 2 mile long 2% grade "hill" just today. I did not even down shift when going uphill.
This is a visual perception issue. It starts at sea level and goes up 170 ft, then back down but it is almost 2 miles long. |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:52:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yeah small world Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: All these new locals popping up. Not all that new.. looks like all the TX posters here are 2008/2009.. Could be a bunch of 13'ers, geeesh lol How close were y'all to the TPC explosion? I Got a bunch of good pictures from top of the Rainbow.. |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:52:35 PM EDT
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I'm not really scared of high bridges but I have had some weird dreams about really high exposed bridges where I was terrifed.
In real life, not so much. weird. What's really scary about the Sunshine skyway bridge is knowing that once it was broken by a large ship and people just drove off it into the water and died as you go over it in the fog. https://weather.com/news/news/2020-05-09-sunshine-skyway-collapse-40th-anniversary |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:55:10 PM EDT
[#45]
 Columbia River Astoria bridge |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:55:15 PM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Try the Longview bridge sometime! I drive over the Longview bridge fairly often- not too bad. The Astoria bridge stresses me out & I avoid it. |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:55:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Average grade is 2%, which is nothing. I rode a 2 mile long 2% grade "hill" just today. I did not even down shift when going uphill. This is a visual perception issue. It starts at sea level and goes up 170 ft, then back down but it is almost 2 miles long. Not quite. Height is 230 ft. he bridge that features road length of 7,700 feet, 5 percent grade, main span clearance of 680-foot (210 m) and water clearance of 177 feet |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:55:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I've been over that bridge many times..... it's the approach that freaks you out. When I was a kid, driving over the old Skyway bridge was a terrifying experience https://www.floridamemory.com/fpc/DOT/DOT2168.jpg 250cc sport bike in windy conditions 
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:55:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Ive never been here but this looks like fun. Chesapeake Bay Bridge in a thunderstorm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AOPfXoH9vsWe drive it all the time on on the way to our beach place in ocean city md. It's 18 miles over the water and 2 tunnels. Insane. |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 9:57:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Not all that new.. looks like all the TX posters here are 2008/2009.. Could be a bunch of 13'ers, geeesh lol How close were y'all to the TPC explosion? I Got a bunch of good pictures from top of the Rainbow.. Sorry, meant new as in I didn't realize were locals previously. I knew several who've posted were (Willmar, Old_Painless, Smokie, JAG2955) but the rest of y'all are new to me. ETA For TPC 7 miles as the eagle flies. Close enough that I bolted out of bed thinking either a plane had crashed or a plant exploded. Our couch was covered in bits of drywall texture that had gotten knocked off. Sister lives a few streets away from TPC and they got to come stay here for a few days when they evacuated. |
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