I know a guy that goes through OR to get from So. ID to No. ID so he doesn't have to drive over the bridge on 95 just below Grangevill.
Now that's a bit of a detour for a bridge that's not that bad. That's the bridge after going down the Whitebird hill, over the Snake? or is it the Salmon?
Geno
I'm not sure. Either way like you say neither one's that bad.
He's the only person other than pahick that I I've heard of being afraid of bridges.
. The rest of the roadway is much more dangerous to your life, odds wise, than a bridge.
I"m to the point that I get vertigo during the triple digits of the summer when I"m up higher... last summer 5 floors up roping a stokes basket to lower a patient I had to sit down... Doesn't keep me from things like that though.
We all are going to die. Its not really all that big of a deal. Will bother the folks that are left behind more than its going to bother me.
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
I'm only scared of chit that any sane person is scared of.
Spiders, earth quakes, poisonous snakes, hookers with dicks, Tyrannosaurus rex, hairless cats, Russian mobsters, active volcanos, large groups of people listening to rap music, identity theft, urushiol, Alzheimer’s disease, Muslims, Joos, Californians, malformed root vegetables, clowns, needles, physically powerful obese women who find me attractive, midgets, Haitian voodoo, and condoms made from animal parts.
Originally Posted by 16penny
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
I was never scared of heights, but the older I get the more scared I am of heights. I HATE this bridge in MD. Crossed over it other week coming home from Ocean City and had to stay in the middle lane...lol.
Just read a trucker died on the other Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel in VA. That'n I never drove, but to go under water is a no no for me 😳
I've driven over both the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel many times when I lived in the DC and Virginia Beach areas. I have no problem with bridges, but was concerned (in 1966) when I was stopped for over an hour in the middle of the Delaware Memorial Bridge by an accident that brought all traffic to a halt. The wind was gusting to 50 mph and the bridge span swayed several feet in an oval pattern. And, the swaying was damped by the presence of hundreds of cars and many trucks! From that experience, I can understand your feelings.
I was driving my dad's Nissan Maxima diesel over Delaware Memorial bridge when the power steering belt broke halfway across. It was a bit exciting, could not find a belt at the service garage at the bottom of the bridge so I drove it to Florida without power steering.
Then it craps you out in bright sunlght next to a 2000ft dropoff
The wife and were on our way home from Zion. Last trip through that tunnel. The Park Service stops oncoming traffic when an oversized vehicle is in the tunnel.
There was an RV on the other end and had to wait for us, the ranger on my side let me and a BMW pass, said no on coming traffic. I rode that beemers bumper til he got the message. Kinda fun going 75 in that tunnel. When we got to the other end, that ranger said she didn't think anybody had ever come through that fast.
We even stopped at one of the cut-out windows and took a pic. Ride of a lifetime.
Back in my motorcycle days there were a couple of bridges on Interstate 10 in Louisiana that had steel grating sections
Nothing at all to do with height or water, just that friggin' cheese grater you had to ride across, combined with the knowledge or how very easy it woulda been to go down.
The absolute worst tho was crossing over the St. Lawrence River into Canada on a Ninja 750 with a woman on the back. I forget which bridge it was exactly but it was raining and windy, the road surface was sorta in the shape of an arch; uphill and then downhill and the friggin' road surface was TILES
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
Then it craps you out in bright sunlght next to a 2000ft dropoff
The wife and were on our way home from Zion. Last trip through that tunnel. The Park Service stops oncoming traffic when an oversized vehicle is in the tunnel.
There was an RV on the other end and had to wait for us, the ranger on my side let me and a BMW pass, said no on coming traffic. I rode that beemers bumper til he got the message. Kinda fun going 75 in that tunnel. When we got to the other end, that ranger said she didn't think anybody had ever come through that fast.
We even stopped at one of the cut-out windows and took a pic. Ride of a lifetime.
We waited about 15 mins for walter white heisenburg and mobile meth lab to make it thru to us before the all-clear
Funny thing all they way in from the entrance to the tunnel, some assclown in an f150 towing a pair of wave runners was riding my bumper , i used one turn out- then he pulled in too and also took a few pics Back on the road he rides my bumper all the way to the tunnel. Then we sat for the several long minutes. About an hour later after hitting up the museum and visitor center. I see same jet ski assclown getting a ticket along side the main road by park ranger.
I'm only scared of chit that any sane person is scared of.
Spiders, earth quakes, poisonous snakes, hookers with dicks, Tyrannosaurus rex, hairless cats, Russian mobsters, active volcanos, large groups of people listening to rap music, identity theft, urushiol, Alzheimer’s disease, Muslims, Joos, Californians, malformed root vegetables, clowns, needles, physically powerful obese women who find me attractive, midgets, Haitian voodoo, and condoms made from animal parts.
If that is a list of things you are skeert of............................
Get some help.
Soon
Before you get worse
I'll not say "Please"
Geno
PS, nothing in that list about bees, rapidly growing lawns, clouds, Hamptonites, powerful Noreasters, one winged ducks, brown shoes, and apple butter.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
I was never scared of heights, but the older I get the more scared I am of heights. I HATE this bridge in MD. Crossed over it other week coming home from Ocean City and had to stay in the middle lane...lol.
Just read a trucker died on the other Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel in VA. That'n I never drove, but to go under water is a no no for me 😳
If that bridge bothers you, go south on 301 in MD where it crosses the Potomac River going into VA. Goes straight up in a very high arch. I know several that turn around and won't go across.
I was never scared of heights, but the older I get the more scared I am of heights. I HATE this bridge in MD. Crossed over it other week coming home from Ocean City and had to stay in the middle lane...lol.
Just read a trucker died on the other Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel in VA. That'n I never drove, but to go under water is a no no for me 😳
Have crossed that bridge hundreds of times, as I've gotten older being boxed in on both sides with 3 lanes of traffic in one direction is less than thrilling. As old as that bridge is with the salt water corrosion i question it's safety. However great fishing for Stripers underneath the bridge up to the 90-foot channel use by the freighters to and from Baltimore.