What's "The Bridge" in your city?

[HEyHEY]

Here in Glass City it's the Lions Gate. It was built in the 30s by the Guiness Family cause they bought a shitload of land in North Vancouver they wanted to access.

[ohiosmith]

1. Nada! I live in Vegas. Just overpasses.

[Ptah]

2. The Snake

[KitchenWitch]

3. The 4 level interchange near downtown L.A.

[DBoon]

94. or the Vincent Thomas bridge?

[ronnykmarshall]

117. I love that bridge.

[JVS]

4. There are way too many for there to just be "the bridge"

[HEyHEY]

5. When I say "The bridge" I mean the most notable one

We've got shitloads here too cause we have a river, and downtown is a penisula due to the ocean.

[JVS]

7. Still too many here. The most notable one could depend on where you need to get.

Look.


And there are bridges not shown, like the Homestead Highlevel bridge, without which many people would be fucked.

[HEyHEY]

16. What I mean is which is more well-known

The oldest, or most storied, or most whatever.... We have at least ten major ones in Vancouver, but the Lions Gate (Even though it isn't the busiest) is the most well-known just because of its age and design and history.

[JVS]

19. still too many

See those 3 identical ones on the left, they're known as the three sisters and are the first 3 self-anchored suspension bridges in the US.

That one up front on the left was incomplete (the highway it was headed to was delayed) for a long time and known as the bridge to no-where. Someone once drove their car off of it accidentally but landed safely on the other side.

The Smithfield street bridge is the oldest and most ornate.

The hot metal bridge used to be part of a steelmill which as its name indicate carried hot metal. Now it takes you from the university zone to a neighborhood filled with taverns.

The Washington's Crossing bridge was where George Washington crossed in his campaign here in the French and Indian war.

None is really the most well-known.

[dropkickpa]

70. 30 river crossing bridges within city limits

29 more within the county, and roughly 940 (non railroad) total bridges within the county. Crazy!

Usually "the bridge" is just the nearest one to where you are. "I'm just going across the bridge to pick up some things at the store" or "They live just over the bridge".



Smithfield Street Bridge

[BurtWorm]

23. You got some nice bridges in that town!

I knew you must be from Pittsburgh!

:toast:

[doc03]

37. The view when you come out of the Fort Pitt tunnel

is beautiful. The south entrance to tunnel is a wooded hillside then when you come out the other side you get that great view of downtown a city with a front door..

[RetroLounge]

106. You have bridges in Pittsburgh?

Who knew?



:shrug:

RL

[sakabatou]

6. We don't have one near here, but a few miles away we have the...

the



and the

[DS1]

8. Route 1 to Salisbury

photo credit: me

[Bucky]

9. What a gorgeous photo! Good job on ya!

[DS1]

10. thanks

next time I'm at Staples I'm picking up the one ink color I ran out of and going to try a 3 sheet across print for my room.

It'll be about 63" wide when done. :bounce:

[Bucky]

12. The prettiest bridges in Houston are some old Edwardian eras spanning Buffalo Bayou, butt

But in Houston, when you say "I crossed the bridge" you've probably just returned over this flatland eyesore returning from Galveston



It's the Galveston Causeway.

[HEyHEY]

14. I assume that's the Charles River?

[DS1]

15. Merrimack River

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=merrimack+river,+ma&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=49.624204,79.101563&ie=UTF8&ll=42.814796,-70.848341&spn=0.045269,0.077248&t=h&z=14

[Magrittes Pipe]

11. The Daniel W. Hoan Memorial Bridge

[Connonym]

64. is that the abominable snowman in your avatar?

whose face is it?

[Magrittes Pipe]

68. I have no idea what you're talking about.

:shrug:

[Connonym]

85. Have I ever told you that you are evil?

and it cracks me up?

[jane_pippin]

93. Aren't we fancy! Did you mean to say "da hone," as it's really called?

Or do you have to be all formal and such when you Talk Bridge?

:D

[AlCzervik]

13. Tower Bridge

Sacramento

[PeaceNikki]

28. Oh, that's a pretty bridge!

[XemaSab]

17. The Sundial Bridge

"Bridge Out of Nowhere Leads a Town to Its Future"

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9806E4D6123DF93AA25751C0A9629C8B63&sec=&spon=&&scp=2&sq=redding%20bridge&st=cse

[racaulk]

18. Here is a link for several in Atlanta.

http://tk-jk.net/tksguide/bridges.html

Unfortunately, none are over major rivers. :(

[KG]

20. Sunshine Skyway is the landamark

but the Howard Franklin is the people mover

[Inchworm]

21. Lansing Bridge - old hangout of the "bridge crew"

It's up there by the red light :D



:hi:

[kedrys]

22. The Champlain Bridge is pretty happening

Of course, we're on an island, so bridges are everywhere. Bilingual signs refer to all the bridges as "Pont Bridge", so that's the generic name for all of 'em. :P

[HEyHEY]

49. I thought I recognized that one

Then saw you were from Montreal and was like "AHA!"

Ex- Trois Riverieres Habitant here.

[kedrys]

67. It's getting replaced with a new one in the next 5 years or so

I need to hop on the train and see your neck of the woods out west someday. :hi:

[bbernardini]

24. When I hear "the bridge," I immediately think of the Billy Joel album.

This Is The Time, Baby Grand, Big Man On Mulberry Street, A Matter Of Trust, Modern Woman...good stuff.

[TrogL]

25. The High Level

but there's a whole ratsnest of them in the river valley

[u4ic]

39. And a gawd-awful one at that

not only to look at, but to drive across.

[CreekDog]

26. In San Francisco, "The Bridge" is almost always The Bay Bridge -not the Golden Gate

The Bay Bridge is more heavily used (busiest toll bridge in the world I think)
The Bay Bridge has terrible traffic meaning that crossing it is more noteworthy and thus comes up in conversation
If someone is swearing about a bridge, it's definitely the Bay Bridge
Caltrans workers (California's Dept. of Transportation) on the Bay Bridge call the Golden Gate Bridge "The Other Bridge" :rofl:

[Gormy Cuss]

76. Yeah baby!

The bridge = Bay Bridge

Otherwise, how could they call us "the bridge and tunnel crowd?"

[Sequoia]

27. Wohler Bridge

The Wohler Bridge and Wohler Road connect the two main roads along the Russian River. Eastside Road runs along the Windsor side of the Russian River valley and has fewer wineries, but many large commercial vineyards. It's the quickest way to Healdsburg from Guerneville and Forestville. Westide Road begins near Forestville and is a more scenic and winding road with vineyards and wineries interspersed with redwoods and dairies. Wohler Road connects these two important wine country roads which are both worth exploring.
http://images.google.com/imgres?

imgurl=&imgrefurl=http://www.sonoma.net/tour/wohler_bridge.shtml&h=335&w=450&sz=63&hl=en&start=2&usg=__s9rcJL5mkeuvPDLWcLf0CvBn7o4=&tbnid=E2gE4_TZhw9lXM:&tbnh=95&tbnw=127&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhealdburg%2Bbridge%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den

Most people take the 101 to get from town to town but this backroad (the original way) is VERY beautiful to drive along.

[Duncan Grant]

31. Wohler Bridge -- everything you say is true (and more).

I had no idea you were from that area. :thumbsup:

[Sequoia]

88. Yep, I am now.

Used to live in good ole Los Angeles with all the overpasses. That's a cool bridge though. Everytime I see it I think it could be used in a horror flick because down there at the end it's dark from all the shade. I like these old bridges, so beautiful in their design.

[Sequoia]

29. Here's a few from movies

Tallahatchie Bridge (the one Billy Joe McAlister jumped off of)


Chattooga River Bridge, from the movie Deliverance

[TZ]

30. Just for sheer notoriety

Its probably the 14th street bridge..The bridge in DC that the Air Florida flight hit..Planes do fly really low over it still.

In terms of biggest and most important for commuting reasons..the under construction Woodrow Wilson Bridge...I think its gonna end up being like a 20 lane bridge!

[Aristus]

32. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge. The original, known as "Galloping Gertie" collapsed into Puget Sound

in 1940. They rebuilt it, and now there are two bridges parallel to each other running across the Narrows.


Personally, I prefer the 21st Street Bridge. A beautiful new cantilever bridge spanning the tideflats to downtown:

[SeattleGirl]

61. I finally got to drive over the new bridge last week.

It was kind of weird, seeing both bridges side by side, but it was definitely a necessary addition, given the growing population in the Tacoma/Gig Harbor area.

[Duncan Grant]

33. The Golden Gate...

[leeroysphitz]

34. The Gateway "Bridge" on the way into Detroit.

It's actually a double arched suspension bridge used as an expressway overpass. I have no Idea why.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

35. We have too many of them. But lately "the bridge" often means

the one that collapsed last summer.

[doc03]

36. The oldest operating suspension bridge in the world

and the first bridge to cross the main channel of the Ohio River. The Wheeling Suspension Bridge runs between Wheeling WV and Wheeling Island.
http://www.gribblenation.com/swparoads/essays/nationalrd/wheeling.html

[petronius]

38. The Stenner Creek trestle! (It's actually a bit attractive)

http://www.railpictures.net.nyud.net:8090/images/d1/9/4/8/3948.1165546800.jpg

Lion's Gate is a beautiful bridge - I was living in the Bay Area when I first visited Vancouver, so I had a pretty high standard where bridges are concerned, but I was extremely impressed...

[Arugula Latte]

40. Well, Portland is called "Bridgetown" so we've got a lot -- maybe a dozen.

You can see a bunch of them here(with the arching Fremont Bridge in the foreground):


The middle part of the Hawthorne Bridge raises up to let ships pass under:


Steel Bridge:

[SeattleGirl]

62. The one in the foreground of your first pic is my fave Portland bridge.

Especially at night; the lights on it are beautiful.

[Arugula Latte]

74. That's a good one. And crossing it gives you a great view of the city.

P.S. LOVE Seattle! :hi:

[Twillig]

87. Steel Bridge was always my favorite

Trains travel on the lower level, cars and light rail above. That has always pleased me since I was 10. (not the light rail, of course. That's relatively new in Twillig years)

I always prefer, when heading up north, to take 405 and the Freemont instead of the damn Marquam.

[rockymountaindem]

41. Colorado Springs has mountains rather than bridges

I guess Pike's Peak would be "the mountain", although there are far too many for anybody to ever refer to just one.

[doc03]

47. I agree your mountains are beautiful. When I was out there a

few years ago in September the gold aspens mixed in with the evergreens were spectacular. I was also was impressed with your Royal Gorge Bridge, when I walked across it there was a train going through the Gorge it looked like a toy from the bridge.

[MrScorpio]

42. The Ambassador Bridge

[jobycom]

43. In Austin it's the Loop 360 Bridge (technically the Pennybacker Bridge).

It's not exceptional, really, but it's in a neat location, right on the edge of a bluff and a plain, so you can view it from a hundred angles and it looks different every time. Plus, you can see it from a lot of different vantage points.

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There's also the Congress Avenue Bridge, but it's mostly famous for the colony of bats living under it.

[baldguy]

44. The Peace Bridge

Which they've been promising to replace for the last 20 yrs



and - how could I forget - the Godawful Skyway:




then there's the Grand Island bridges

The south pair:



and the north pair:



And in Niagara Falls

the Rainbow Bridge:



The Whirlpool Bridge:



the Queenston-Lewiston Bridge:





There isn't just one "The Bridge" in Buffalo.

[grannylib]

45. Veterans' Memorial; connects 'Kato and North 'Kato and

Blue Earth and Nicollet counties.

[Ikonoklast]

46. The Detroit-Superior High Level

The Detroit-Superior Bridge, renamed the Veterans' Memorial Bridge several years ago.

It is a massive structure (opened in 1917) that crosses the Cuyahoga River just west of downtown Cleveland, Ohio.

At the time of its opening, and for many years afterward, it was the world's largest double-deck reinforced concrete bridge.

Until 1954 when the city streetcar system shut down, it carried streetcars on the lower deck.

The lower deck and subway tunnels have been closed since then and the present rapid transit system uses a 1929 viaduct nearby that was built for the Union Railroad Terminal.

Twice a year, on Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends, the county engineering department opens the lower deck and subway station and tunnels at the west end of the bridg for self-guided walking tours.

This is a photo of the east end of the Detroit-Superior, taken from the west approach of the Old Viaduct, its predecessor.

The Old Viaduct was built shortly after the Civil War, with massive stone arch approaches and a swing bridge across the river.

The west approach still stands, strong as ever.

Fifteen years ago, it afforded a classic view of the Cleveland downtown skyline and the entire Detroit-Superior bridge.

Recent development and construction have impinged on the view.

[Throckmorton]

48. Niantic River Drawbridge

Nothing to write home about.

[fizzgig]

50. we don't really have bridges...just a few over a narrow river

or in my state, really. but we do have this:

the royal gorge bridge. i've never been over it, but i'm not sure i'd be too hot on that idea

[tismyself]

80. holy galloping gertie

I just googled that because I thought you were making that thing up, had photo shopped it or some damn thing.

Do they have 24/7 freak out assistance for it?

[fizzgig]

81. lol!

i know, it looks pretty unbelievable, doesn't it?

[tismyself]

82. Twice in my life I have lost it just from looking at a bridge

- the first time was that new horror they put over the Cooper River in Charleston.

The second time was from looking at the photo you posted - I'm serious, I thought you had created it in photo shop.

[Eyes_wide_ open]

119. Aw ... I love the Cooper River Bridge

How come its a 'horror' to you? Yeah, and I know they call it the Arthur J. Ravenel Bridge now ... but I'm a rebel, it's still the Cooper River Bridge to me.

[tismyself]

120. YeeeEEEEeeeeeee

I can't put my finger on it. It's so big, it's open, it's so high. I like to feel (and be) a little more enclosed and/or secure. But not too much, then I get claustrophobic. I rely almost completely on visual cues to keep my balance, and there are not enough vertical lines to go with the horizontal ones.

I could happily spend the rest of my life in a hobbit house - and the Cooper River Bridge ain't a hobbit house!!

[vixengrl]

51. The Tacony-Palmyra Bridge is exceptionally well-advertised!

It is known of far and wide, in counties outside of Philadelhia, and to people who provide custom to the active liquor market just outside of PA limits--ie--the other side of our border, which is a river, and therefore, serviced by a bridge, and the one where you're best finding the liquor superstores.

If we (PA) ever took down our weird ideas about booze, and they (NJ) taxed cigarettes less , and we all did away with the New Jersey exit tax (bridge tolls) we'd nearly be one state.

[RushIsRot]

52. We seem to have only "low water" bridges in NW Arkansas.

That means that water flows OVER the pavement or non-pavement and impedes progress after a heavy rain.

I tried to find a photo and couldn't.

[auntAgonist]

53. Bluewater Bridge. Sarnia Ontario Ca. to Port Huron MI.

[Project Grudge]

54. Louisville Bridges

Sherman Minton Bridge


and the 2nd Street Bridge

[PittPoliSci]

55. shit i live in pittsburgh, there are too many to choose...

The Roberto Clemente bridge.

it is so much fun to go to Pirates games when this thing is packed full of Pirates fans just eager for ANYTHING to happen. I love the march to PNC Park, it is so much fun.

[Jamastiene]

56. Jerry E. McGee bridge.

It's right down the road from me, literally. It used to be a sharp left hand curve going into it, and a sharp right hand curve going out of it with a huge steep hill of about a 50 foot elevation difference. Now, it is a sharp left hand curve going into it, and a sharp right hand curve going out of it with a slight hill of about 25 foot difference. It's not nearly as fun to ride through it really fast like it was when I was a kid, but that's only because they "fixed" it. I enjoy the hell out of flying through it though. It's probably a good thing they "fixed" it or I'd be dead and haunting that bridge by now. :evilgrin:

[pinniped]

57. Here's the world famous Golden Gate Bridge.

[SeattleGirl]

63. Last time I was in San Francisco, I biked across the Golden Gate.

It amazed me that while I was biking, I didn't get buffeted by the winds. It was only when I stopped that I felt them. And btw, that bike crossing was the first (and so far only) time I crossed it. It was stunning!

[Phillycat]

58. Well, there's Tower Bridge, London Bridge, The Millenium Bridge.

We've got a couple.

[Lucian]

59. "The Bridge" in my city is nothing compared to that one.

It's just a tiny bridge that spans the top of a small dam.

[SeattleGirl]

60. We have two; both floating bridges.

The 520:




And the I-90:



Both go across Lake Washington, between Seattle and the eastside communities.

[cemaphonic]

65. Funny, if I had to pick one, I'd pick the Aurora Bridge

Guess it depends on your commuting patterns.

Seattle's sure got a lot of bridges, though.

[SeattleGirl]

66. That's true.

I picked 520 and I-90 because I don't think a lot of cities have floating bridges.

[Tom Kitten]

100. those are kind of creepy

I've been over I-90 one (I think), the one that goes to Issaquah. It's weird being right at the water level, and don't they break up and sink every so often? I'd hate to be on a bridge if that happened.

[Blue_Tires]

69. we have a few around here

this is the most used:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampton_Roads_Bridge-Tunnel

[Tommy_Carcetti]

71. Where I grew up, it was the Thomas Johnson Bridge

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_lI8Ksp_YGdE/R8IjoLoKkyI/AAAAAAAAFMU/y3M35VOc2Mo/Thompson+bridge.jpeg

[Patiod]

72. Ben and Walt

The attractively-lit Ben Franklin, whose moving lights star in the 4th of July and New Year's fireworks shows


And the prosaic Walt Whitman

[spinbaby]

73. I live in Pittsburgh

Lots and lots of bridges everywhere you go

[JVS]

96. yeah, we got into that above.

[1gobluedem]

75. The Broadway Bridge

But I'm afraid it's not very impressive, the Huron River isn't all that wide...

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

77. This.

http://tinyurl.com/cpdoldrio01

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio-Niter%C3%B3i_bridge

[kwassa]

78. 14th Street Bridge and the Roosevelt Bridge, DC

but we have a few others, too, and not enough, across the Potomac. The real tough ones are the Beltway bridges, the American Legion, and the Wilson.



The prettiest one is the Key Bridge heading into Georgetown

[TZ]

86. I see we think somewhat alike..

I mentioned the 14th street bridge..but also the Woodrow Wilson bridge..when thats done its gonna be a monster huge bridge!

[kick-ass-bob]

79. It's a walking bridge (part of the City's Greenway)

over the highway :)

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

83. I don't live near the Mighty Mac

but it needs to be in this thread!The Mackinac Bridge in winter.

[MissMillie]

84. "Where's that confounded bridge?"

:hi: Hi LynneSin

[LibDemAlways]

89. In LA we have the little-known Vincent Thomas Bridge

which connects San Pedro with Long Beach.

[Initech]

92. We also have a movie theater called "The Bridge"

[Zomby Woof]

98. Vincent Thomas

It appears in so many movies and commercials, that it may be the best-known unknown bridge in America. :-)

[ceile]

90. We have 3 actually: 360, Congress and Lamar.

The most picturesque being the 360.

[Writer]

91. We don't have one. We just have a lot of mountains. n/t

[jmm]

95. We've almost got as many bridges as Dunkin Donuts in my city.

My mom called me recently when we were suppose to meet to say she was running late but was near "the bridge." By the time we figured out which bridge she had been near she was at my place.

This may not be in my city but it's close and it's the closest well known bridge.

[cemaphonic]

97. What, no Scots here?

Me either, but this is a seriously awesome bridge:

http://www.brucebeaton.co.uk/resources/_wsb_472x348_Forth+Bridge+at+Night+LR.jpg

[mwooldri]

118. I spent 4 years in Dundee...

... and we had this:



Now Dundee and Edinburgh share one thing in common: the rail bridges are called the Tay Bridge and the Forth Bridge. The road bridges are called the Tay Road Bridge and the Forth Road Bridge respectively.

Here's a nice shot of the two Forth bridges together:

[skygazer]

99. No particular bridge where I am now but

When I lived in Dummerston, Vermont it was this one -

[BrklynLiberal]

101. NYC has many bridges, but the oldest, and therefore the most glorious is the

Brooklyn Bridge.
Centennial Celebration


walking across the Brooklyn Bridge


At sunset

[Mutley]

102. I have a few

There's the Chesapeake Bay Bridge


The 19 mile long Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel


There are also two bridges going into/out of Ocean City, but I can't seem to find any pictures.

[Xipe Totec]

103. Zakim Bridge - Boston

[WorseBeforeBetter]

104. Mile High Swinging Bridge at Grandfather Mountain, NC

Not my city (since my city doesn't have any bridges of note), but my state.

[Lethe]

105. It's that thing that James Brown was always looking for

Take me to da bridge. Have you seen the bridge? Ow!

[pokerfan]

107. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places

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

[RetroLounge]

108. In Milwaukee? This is my favorite...

:hi:

RL

[Left Is Write]

109. We don't have bridges, unless you want to count the freeway overpasses.

[deepthought42]

110. Chesapeake Bay Bridge

It's only 2 miles from my neighborhood, so when traffic on the bridge gets backed up....ug! Still...nice view. :)

[Jokerman]

111. Bridges? We don't need no stinking bridges.

Actually, have a bunch of them but none of them are large enough to be particularly notable.

Flat land, narrow rivers and streams.

[tigereye]

112. we have tons of them

they often hold national bridge conferences here....


http://pittsburgh.about.com/cs/pictures/l/bl_bridge_1.htm

[HopeFor2006]

113. In Minneapolis

Has to be the new I-35W bridge

[enigmatic]

114. High Level Bridge

I get to see it from my job everyday:

[TankLV]

115. Peace Bridge - Buffalo

The place of my birth and forever my hometown, no matter where I live.

Existing:




Proposed Replacement:


Choice Number 1:



Choice Number 2:

[Ellipsis]

116. In Duluth - Being a former resident...

The Bong Bridge






or the aerial bridge

[lightningandsnow]

121. The Prince Edward Viaduct.

It's really not that impressive.