Beautiful view of bridge

Cool pic.
We have the Tappan Zee bridge here, that crosses the Hudson river. Its like 3 miles long. They are currently building 2 new ones next to it(one eastbound one westbound

 

One of my favorite things, because I know within a few minutes I will be in the UP. Crossed that bridge many times in all kinds of weather. I actually suffer from a serious short bout of depression when i have to drive south across it going home. Hopefully in a few years I can call the UP my home !

 

Wow! No way could you ever get me up there.

 

It's fun in a semi, when the wind is gusty.

 

Motorcycle also.

 

It's a fun walk on Labor Day.

Plus, from a truck seat you can see straight down through the steel grates without having to get out

I've had to kill a few hours before, waiting for things to calm down so high profile vehicles could cross.

 

In fact, a couple years ago we crossed about two hours before this storm. Which was okay, because we watched the storm from our little beach on Lake Huron. It was about ten miles to the north and an awesome, humbling sight.

 

I am always so conflicted crossing the Mighty Mac. Drive in the outside lane on the pavement and worry about going off the side or drive in the middle on the grates and look down at the water the whole time and have the grates grabbing my tires and swinging the car around. Classic Scylla and Charybdis situation. Usually, I just let the wife drive and I close my eyes and curl up like a baby. BTW, I saw on a TV show once, that they have designated drivers who will drive your car over the bridge for you if you can't take it. I'm not that bad, but it does get my heart rate up for sure.

 

I meant up at the top, presumably by walking the cables! Eeek!

 

Holy wah! That is terrible.

 

I remember back in '89 when the girl in the Yugo got blown completely off the bridge and into the Strait. That was a horrific tragedy.

 

It's fun to drop a coin off it to the water!

Gary

 

The driver is probably still squatted in a corner somewhere, mumbling to himself, maybe drooling a bit.

 

Theres an old railroad bridge here in pk, thats like 200' high thats open to the public to walk across the hudson. Its like 5 mins away, maybe i should check that out some time lol.
Its not 3 miles maybe 1/2 mile.
The longer bridges are more south towards NYC

 

The Big Mac is the only way we have to send the trolls back home every Labor Day!

Yes, we use the militia also to keep the stragglers in order....

 

Dave, Make sure you keep an eye out for them Blue Helmet's invading from Canada, eh?

 

I have driven across the Mackinaw Bridge at least a dozen times. I was not aware of the walking across on Labor Day. Just added something new to the bucket list.

 

Seems like a good place to post my favorite acrophobia-inducing video, of Russian teenagers doing some ill-advised climbing at the Russky Island Bridge, without safety equipment.