When I drove 18-wheelers, I went over BOTH Huey Long bridges, both New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The one in Baton Rouge is still to the original design with the road lanes cantilevered out in the open from the railroad truss. As such, I suppose I got to experience what it was like in New Orleans originally. The Baton Rouge experience was quite terrifying because, yes, you could feel the bridge moving as you drove along. Also, the outboard guard rail is ridiculously low, like coming barely above hubcap level on an 18-wheeler. So, from elevated seat in the cab, it looks to be only a tripping hazard rather than a safety device.
@@otpyrcralphpierre1742 Yeah, I did that, too, and mostly rode the zipper between the lanes. But you do feel more sway on a bike and also the effect of crosswinds wanting to take you over the side )
@@otpyrcralphpierre1742that’s bad but I’ve crossed it. Prior to the remodel in an 18wheeler in heavy traffic. As a passenger a that shit was wild. Looking out the passenger window there was no really even seeing the guard rail damn near. Was almost like it wasn’t there. Would have happily crossed on a motorcycle. Least it don’t take up an entire lane. But I have crossed it once at like 2am an it was pouring down like crazy. An the fuse to the wipers blew a few days earlier. An didn’t think we would have rain prior to getting another. Ac crossed it with no wipers. Couldn’t see anything. Luckily though barely anyone else was crossing. I hadn’t been across it since the remodel widening I don’t believe. I’m sure that’s an entirely different experience than what it was back than though no doubt
@@AquaTech225I was young when they started remodeling the Huey in JP. The original 2 lane was wild. Now it’s a 3 lane with shoulders on either side and higher barriers. Completely different
For many years, while working as a Surveyor for LADOTD, I would perform a survey of the river bottom from 600' upstream to 600' downstream of these (and many others) bridges biannually. The purpose of the survey was to monitor and evaluate holes near the piers due to scouring from the water currents. When moving water hit the piers, it would often cause a whirlpool effect and literally drill holes in the river bottom. When these holes reached critical depths, a barge would be sent with riprap (large rocks) to fill in these holes and prevent the piers from failing and falling over. We normally performed these surveys in small boats but because of the large boat traffic comprised mostly of large ships that can't stop quickly in the area, we used a tug boat. I had been surveying for a long time before doing this type of work that was so very different from anything I had done before but found it to be interesting, as well as made me realize how dangerous bridges could be without constant inspections and maintenance.
Welcome back and great job! The HP Long Bridge was no joke. Was 16 and after getting comfortable driving around Metairie, my dad then made me drive across that bridge and my a$$ didn't unpucker for 3-5 years. That thing was scary!!!
@@robriedel2438 did you happen to pass an 18 wheeler while crossing? Some people would freeze up and wouldn’t make that pass until off bridge and wider lanes! Lol 😂
I had a tremendous fear and fascination of big superstructure bridges growing up to where I had to hide in the floor with my eyes closed. I wanted to grow up to drive 18 wheelers like my dad so I knew I had to get over this. At 13, I rode with him on a run through New Orleans which took us across the Huey P. Long in its original construction. We were behind an oversized crane which took up both lanes and caused a stop and go situation. As a result I got an extended immersion in my terror where I had to stand up and look over to even see the guardrail from the cab! Alas, I made it across with a sigh of relief and newfound confidence in myself for having kept my eyes open the whole time. Two red lights later on solid ground, the clutch went out! Had it happened on the bridge I might not have beat my fear and eventually drive myself over the original construction, before the renovation. Still fascinated by them though!
In one of the Mississippi River groups on FB, some folks have found remnants of the St. Genevieve railroad ferry. I grew up along the Mississippi River but never had heard of the railroad ferries. Great video - thank you!
Back in the day, there were several time that I had the white-knuckle job of driving my tractor-trailer across the Huey P. Long bridge with an OVER-SIZE load . Talk about having a knot in your stomach !
Back in the early 90’s, around ‘92-‘93, I came from out of state and spent a month working at GNO #1 which is the southern bridge of the two. The bridge itself was having structural repairs and decking replaced. I worked on the resurfacing project on the approaches to the bridge on both sides of the river. One day the machine I was running broke down and I had to have a part air freighted in from back home. When I got the part I had to work on the machine at night to get it ready for the next morning. So here I am in the dark, working on the machine in the headlights of my truck, covered in grease and dirt, way up there on that bridge by myself, and probably around 9:30 at night, when a harbor patrol officer pulled up and inquired as to what I was doing. After explaining the story to him, and him verifying that I was legit, he asked me “are you crazy?” I asked him why and he said it’s a wonder that I hadn’t been robbed and stabbed already. I just told him hell I’m just working, With that he made me pack all my stuff up while he watched and escorted me off the bridge.
I remember crossing the Huey P for drivers education at 15. One hell of an experience. The new bridge has plenty of space now. Before, if you sneezed you were hitting the wall. 😂
Hated crossing this bridge especially while towing two vehicles. After having to replace a few simulators I started driving in the middle of both lanes and instructed my drivers to do the same. Now it's a nice calm ride across in one lane and no more having to pucker up.
This gives me anxiety, almost died on that bridge, I'm watching this to help me get over the fear and ptsd because I have to go over that bridge again next week.
Really enjoyed your video. My trip over the Huey P.Long bridge during my driver's education course was nerve wracking. The driver's ed car was a 1969 Chevy Biscayne in the pea green color which made the hood look like a football field. I wish you would have mentioned the 2 ft, jog in the roadways near the east bank where the main span met the supported roadway. My Dad said the surveyors screwed up causing the offset in the roadways but I do n't know if that is true. Anyway, that little jog always made the trips across even more interesting. I crossed that bridge many times in the early 70's while in college because I lived on the West Bank but had a summer job on Jefferson Hwy. near the bridge.
I began my commercial driving career in 1974, and crossed that bridge many times , as it was the "most direct route" to the Interstate at the time . I would intentionally "cheat the white line" and hang close to the center of the bridge , because of cars getting too close to me.
Right after I got my drivers license, around 1988 I had the white knuckle rite of passage over the Huey P, I can still remember to this day the anxiety and fear producing jaunt , from the West Bank and back. The narrow lanes, how they shifted a bit right after you entered and later, when a train was coming across the shaking of that entire structure (well that’s how it felt to me anyway). I actually had a friend with me the first time and I think we both kind of teared up a bit after we realized we made it across. Good times 😎
The Huey was no joke back before they widened it, especially that little jog the road took when you were nearly at the top. Definitely one of those bridges where you tell the kids in the back of the car to shut up so you could concentrate on your driving.
I have crossed all of them many times since I was living and working down there. Many times while the work on Huey P. was under way I would cross and a few times while a train was crossing....it would vibrate an shake and it was not fun...thank you very much for the history
Yep, I had to cross the Hewey P every couple of weeks or so, back in the 70s when I worked in the oil field. Often this was late at night. The lanes were too narrow and the traffic was tight. You can believe I drove with BOTH hands tightly gripping the steering wheel. That "Long" bridge certainly felt MUCH longer than it was.
As a delivery boy for my Uncle's office in the 80s, I had to drive over the Huey P nearly every day. I used to block the road to let the 18 wheelers drive with a clear road. I didn't want to gey crushed by them. I'm glad they fixed this problem.
1st and foremost to Loren Klein.....It seems there is another Footy fan here in New Orleans. I see your Carlton Football Club hat and raise you a Geelong Cats. Yes, the Huey P. Narrow could be a be-yotch to travel across. Then there was that little shift in the road as you approached the east bank side. Remember that? Now the bridge is amazing to drive across. The same goes for the Old GNO now Cresent City Connection...except, as you mentioned, the HOV lanes. We were told those lanes would help with Mardi Gras float traffic. It did but only for a little bit as Mardi Gras World moved to the east bank by the Convention Center. I'll say this much about the Old Mardi Gras World site in Algiers, I sure do miss them Mom's Balls when they were held there. My best Mardi Gras memories are of those years when Mom's was there.
Prior to the refurbishment of the Huey, trucks were restricted to the right lane and were not allowed to pass each other. Most of that kind of traffic was dump trucks hauling river sand. They were not able to fit in one lane, so the left lane was reduced to 7 ft or less. Nervous drivers typically couldn't handle passing a truck, and would just have to stay in line in the right lane. Without trucks though, it really wasn't that bad to drive in a car. I crossed it almost every day for years, with my first trip in Driver's Ed back in 1988 at 14 years old.
I only crossed it a couple of times pre-refurbishment, and I think in my case it would have been more a case of familiarity breeding more contempt than comfortability!
My aunt and uncle lived in Norco, LA just west of NOLA. As a child living in Iowa, I would visit them on occasion. This must have been around 1965….My uncle, a WW II combat veteran would often take me fishing below New Orleans at the Gulf. Coming back one day through New Orleans we ascended the Huey Long Bridge and as we got to the apex came to a dead still in traffic. Then a busting thunderstorm ensued…..lightening strikes and hellacious thunder! Clearly I was about ready to wet myself. My uncle casually turned to me and said…”what’s the matter Pete…don’t you know there’s people waiting in line to jump off this thing??”
~~~ FUN FACT ~~~ Our Gov Long built the bridge low enough to force huge container ships to have to stop & transfer their shipment to barges, trucks or trains in Louisiana. It’s the only part in the entire MS River system from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico that has the same state in both banks of the MS River. Louisiana was set up to succeed by our beautiful Governor Long’s choice in our lovely MS bridge!!
I remember commuting across the Huey Long bridge in the 1980's when a ship ran into it and effectively closed it for a few days and restricted flow for even longer.
There are a couple of videos out there , but this will give you a good look at what happened neverforgotten-nancye1962.blogspot.com/2010/01/1976-luling-louisiana-ferry-disaster.html
At 1:59 he says theres a "nerdy and suprisingly interesting story" about how trains used to cross the mississippi river by ferry. In the very next shot (2:06), hes damn near standing on the spot that they did it at. Theres also another surviving rail dock in Belle Chasse
As a "side note" , the Hale Boggs Bridge in Luling was the direct result of a catastrophic maritime accident on Oct. 20, 1976, on the river, that cost 77 people of the 96 aboard the Ferry their lives . The cause was finally pinned down to the Ferry Pilot, who also died in the sinking of the ferry, being intoxicated on the job.The Destrehan-Luling Bridge opened in October 1983.thereby terminating the Luling Ferry.
The Hale Boggs Bridge design started in 1970, with construction started in 1974. The replacement of the ferry may have been a factor, but not the ferry disaster as work started several years prior to the ferry sinking.
And my next video will cover this. I might have been a little clumsy in the script, but it kinda worked hand-in-hand, but the I-410 project had the bridge set up in Luling, and horse trading of miles allowed 310 to be built with the bridge.
It is legal to ride a bicycle across the Huey P. The emergency lane was designed as a bicycle path. It's about 6 foot wide. And the rain grates are bicycle friendly. I've riden it many times.
Putting a drawbridge below Algiers point would have been a terrible idea. It would have severely impeded river traffic especially in high water. The bridge would have been destroyed within months of completion.
I miss the old Huey P. Now its not as much fun to drive on its no different being on I-10. I liked it better when my mom would hide on the floor of the car the whole way across.
No museum, but your best shot would be the Historic New Orleans Collection. Richard Campanella, a professor of Geography at Tulane, writes lots of articles about bridges and infrastructure of New Orleans for their magazine.
The first time I crossed the HPL was in the early 80’s and it shaky because of the train was above us and on the way back to Mississippi we were really freaking out. I love bridges so my father was in Charleston and he told us to come up during spring break 1984 because he wanted us to cross the Cooper River Bridge. It was really scary at first because of the road was full pot holes and the clearance below was about 40 feet higher. Plus we were close enough to Savannah and we crossed it. I never was able to go to the Sunshine Skyway before the new one was built. The 2 bridges the HPL AND THE CRB were the best ones to cross but it’s never be able to
Did anyone else get super freaking excited when they saw this video drop?
A very well-done--and informative--video! It is great to see you pop back up. Happy New Year!
When I drove 18-wheelers, I went over BOTH Huey Long bridges, both New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The one in Baton Rouge is still to the original design with the road lanes cantilevered out in the open from the railroad truss. As such, I suppose I got to experience what it was like in New Orleans originally. The Baton Rouge experience was quite terrifying because, yes, you could feel the bridge moving as you drove along. Also, the outboard guard rail is ridiculously low, like coming barely above hubcap level on an 18-wheeler. So, from elevated seat in the cab, it looks to be only a tripping hazard rather than a safety device.
There's another Huey P Long bridge in Morgan city.
You think THAT's scary, try crossing it on a Motorcycle during Rush-hour!
@@otpyrcralphpierre1742 Yeah, I did that, too, and mostly rode the zipper between the lanes. But you do feel more sway on a bike and also the effect of crosswinds wanting to take you over the side )
@@otpyrcralphpierre1742that’s bad but I’ve crossed it. Prior to the remodel in an 18wheeler in heavy traffic. As a passenger a that shit was wild. Looking out the passenger window there was no really even seeing the guard rail damn near. Was almost like it wasn’t there.
Would have happily crossed on a motorcycle. Least it don’t take up an entire lane.
But I have crossed it once at like 2am an it was pouring down like crazy. An the fuse to the wipers blew a few days earlier. An didn’t think we would have rain prior to getting another.
Ac crossed it with no wipers. Couldn’t see anything. Luckily though barely anyone else was crossing.
I hadn’t been across it since the remodel widening I don’t believe. I’m sure that’s an entirely different experience than what it was back than though no doubt
@@AquaTech225I was young when they started remodeling the Huey in JP. The original 2 lane was wild. Now it’s a 3 lane with shoulders on either side and higher barriers. Completely different
For many years, while working as a Surveyor for LADOTD, I would perform a survey of the river bottom from 600' upstream to 600' downstream of these (and many others) bridges biannually. The purpose of the survey was to monitor and evaluate holes near the piers due to scouring from the water currents. When moving water hit the piers, it would often cause a whirlpool effect and literally drill holes in the river bottom. When these holes reached critical depths, a barge would be sent with riprap (large rocks) to fill in these holes and prevent the piers from failing and falling over. We normally performed these surveys in small boats but because of the large boat traffic comprised mostly of large ships that can't stop quickly in the area, we used a tug boat. I had been surveying for a long time before doing this type of work that was so very different from anything I had done before but found it to be interesting, as well as made me realize how dangerous bridges could be without constant inspections and maintenance.
Welcome back and great job! The HP Long Bridge was no joke. Was 16 and after getting comfortable driving around Metairie, my dad then made me drive across that bridge and my a$$ didn't unpucker for 3-5 years. That thing was scary!!!
@@robriedel2438 that'll learn ya 😆
@@robriedel2438 did you happen to pass an 18 wheeler while crossing?
Some people would freeze up and wouldn’t make that pass until off bridge and wider lanes! Lol 😂
I had a tremendous fear and fascination of big superstructure bridges growing up to where I had to hide in the floor with my eyes closed. I wanted to grow up to drive 18 wheelers like my dad so I knew I had to get over this. At 13, I rode with him on a run through New Orleans which took us across the Huey P. Long in its original construction. We were behind an oversized crane which took up both lanes and caused a stop and go situation. As a result I got an extended immersion in my terror where I had to stand up and look over to even see the guardrail from the cab! Alas, I made it across with a sigh of relief and newfound confidence in myself for having kept my eyes open the whole time. Two red lights later on solid ground, the clutch went out! Had it happened on the bridge I might not have beat my fear and eventually drive myself over the original construction, before the renovation. Still fascinated by them though!
In one of the Mississippi River groups on FB, some folks have found remnants of the St. Genevieve railroad ferry. I grew up along the Mississippi River but never had heard of the railroad ferries. Great video - thank you!
I used to drive Wireline trucks from Houma to oil fields in Mississippi and Alabama! The pucker factor was huge!
Back in the day, there were several time that I had the white-knuckle job of driving my tractor-trailer across the Huey P. Long bridge with an OVER-SIZE load .
Talk about having a knot in your stomach !
Back in the early 90’s, around ‘92-‘93, I came from out of state and spent a month working at GNO #1 which is the southern bridge of the two. The bridge itself was having structural repairs and decking replaced. I worked on the resurfacing project on the approaches to the bridge on both sides of the river. One day the machine I was running broke down and I had to have a part air freighted in from back home. When I got the part I had to work on the machine at night to get it ready for the next morning. So here I am in the dark, working on the machine in the headlights of my truck, covered in grease and dirt, way up there on that bridge by myself, and probably around 9:30 at night, when a harbor patrol officer pulled up and inquired as to what I was doing. After explaining the story to him, and him verifying that I was legit, he asked me “are you crazy?” I asked him why and he said it’s a wonder that I hadn’t been robbed and stabbed already. I just told him hell I’m just working, With that he made me pack all my stuff up while he watched and escorted me off the bridge.
I remember crossing the Huey P for drivers education at 15. One hell of an experience. The new bridge has plenty of space now. Before, if you sneezed you were hitting the wall. 😂
Hated crossing this bridge especially while towing two vehicles. After having to replace a few simulators I started driving in the middle of both lanes and instructed my drivers to do the same. Now it's a nice calm ride across in one lane and no more having to pucker up.
This gives me anxiety, almost died on that bridge, I'm watching this to help me get over the fear and ptsd because I have to go over that bridge again next week.
You don’t have to cross it.
I drove a 18 wheeler across the Huey Long Bridge when they were working on it. I had the white knuckles. Was glad once I got into Bridge City.
Great review, thank you!
This is SO interesting! Thank you 🙂
Really enjoyed your video. My trip over the Huey P.Long bridge during my driver's education course was nerve wracking. The driver's ed car was a 1969 Chevy Biscayne in the pea green color which made the hood look like a football field. I wish you would have mentioned the 2 ft, jog in the roadways near the east bank where the main span met the supported roadway. My Dad said the surveyors screwed up causing the offset in the roadways but I do n't know if that is true. Anyway, that little jog always made the trips across even more interesting. I crossed that bridge many times in the early 70's while in college because I lived on the West Bank but had a summer job on Jefferson Hwy. near the bridge.
I began my commercial driving career in 1974, and crossed that bridge many times , as it was the "most direct route" to the Interstate at the time . I would intentionally "cheat the white line" and hang close to the center of the bridge , because of cars getting too close to me.
I had heard the same thing about the 2 ft jog on the East side of the HPL bridge. 15:46
Right after I got my drivers license, around 1988 I had the white knuckle rite of passage over the Huey P, I can still remember to this day the anxiety and fear producing jaunt , from the West Bank and back. The narrow lanes, how they shifted a bit right after you entered and later, when a train was coming across the shaking of that entire structure (well that’s how it felt to me anyway).
I actually had a friend with me the first time and I think we both kind of teared up a bit after we realized we made it across.
Good times 😎
The Huey was no joke back before they widened it, especially that little jog the road took when you were nearly at the top. Definitely one of those bridges where you tell the kids in the back of the car to shut up so you could concentrate on your driving.
I have crossed all of them many times since I was living and working down there. Many times while the work on Huey P. was under way I would cross and a few times while a train was crossing....it would vibrate an shake and it was not fun...thank you very much for the history
Yep, I had to cross the Hewey P every couple of weeks or so, back in the 70s when I worked in the oil field. Often this was late at night. The lanes were too narrow and the traffic was tight. You can believe I drove with BOTH hands tightly gripping the steering wheel. That "Long" bridge certainly felt MUCH longer than it was.
Great job 👍
As a delivery boy for my Uncle's office in the 80s, I had to drive over the Huey P nearly every day. I used to block the road to let the 18 wheelers drive with a clear road. I didn't want to gey crushed by them. I'm glad they fixed this problem.
1st and foremost to Loren Klein.....It seems there is another Footy fan here in New Orleans. I see your Carlton Football Club hat and raise you a Geelong Cats.
Yes, the Huey P. Narrow could be a be-yotch to travel across. Then there was that little shift in the road as you approached the east bank side. Remember that? Now the bridge is amazing to drive across. The same goes for the Old GNO now Cresent City Connection...except, as you mentioned, the HOV lanes. We were told those lanes would help with Mardi Gras float traffic. It did but only for a little bit as Mardi Gras World moved to the east bank by the Convention Center. I'll say this much about the Old Mardi Gras World site in Algiers, I sure do miss them Mom's Balls when they were held there. My best Mardi Gras memories are of those years when Mom's was there.
i love the huey p long bridge. i love telling its story. i love that is has a story.
Hell of a bridge
Prior to the refurbishment of the Huey, trucks were restricted to the right lane and were not allowed to pass each other. Most of that kind of traffic was dump trucks hauling river sand. They were not able to fit in one lane, so the left lane was reduced to 7 ft or less. Nervous drivers typically couldn't handle passing a truck, and would just have to stay in line in the right lane. Without trucks though, it really wasn't that bad to drive in a car. I crossed it almost every day for years, with my first trip in Driver's Ed back in 1988 at 14 years old.
I only crossed it a couple of times pre-refurbishment, and I think in my case it would have been more a case of familiarity breeding more contempt than comfortability!
My aunt and uncle lived in Norco, LA just west of NOLA. As a child living in Iowa, I would visit them on occasion. This must have been around 1965….My uncle, a WW II combat veteran would often take me fishing below New Orleans at the Gulf. Coming back one day through New Orleans we ascended the Huey Long Bridge and as we got to the apex came to a dead still in traffic. Then a busting thunderstorm ensued…..lightening strikes and hellacious thunder! Clearly I was about ready to wet myself. My uncle casually turned to me and said…”what’s the matter Pete…don’t you know there’s people waiting in line to jump off this thing??”
Well done.
Wow! Great video!
~~~ FUN FACT ~~~
Our Gov Long built the bridge low enough to force huge container ships to have to stop & transfer their shipment to barges, trucks or trains in Louisiana.
It’s the only part in the entire MS River system from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico that has the same state in both banks of the MS River.
Louisiana was set up to succeed by our beautiful Governor Long’s choice in our lovely MS bridge!!
Believe me it is scary driving those bridges at night. Louisianans are sometimes known to have been drinking
Fun fact, there a couple of hundred feet in the middle of the original GNO bridge that's in Gretna.
I remember commuting across the Huey Long bridge in the 1980's when a ship ran into it and effectively closed it for a few days and restricted flow for even longer.
This one gets the lil dysentery seal of approval
I'd love to see a video about the Luling Ferry Disaster 1976. Not a whole lot out there on it
There are a couple of videos out there , but this will give you a good look at what happened
neverforgotten-nancye1962.blogspot.com/2010/01/1976-luling-louisiana-ferry-disaster.html
At 1:59 he says theres a "nerdy and suprisingly interesting story" about how trains used to cross the mississippi river by ferry. In the very next shot (2:06), hes damn near standing on the spot that they did it at. Theres also another surviving rail dock in Belle Chasse
The first bridge was finished in 1957 and the second bridge was finished in 1988.
You are behind Audubon Zoo.
As a "side note" , the Hale Boggs Bridge in Luling was the direct result of a catastrophic maritime accident on Oct. 20, 1976, on the river, that cost 77 people of the 96 aboard the Ferry their lives . The cause was finally pinned down to the Ferry Pilot, who also died in the sinking of the ferry, being intoxicated on the job.The Destrehan-Luling Bridge opened in October 1983.thereby terminating the Luling Ferry.
The Hale Boggs Bridge design started in 1970, with construction started in 1974. The replacement of the ferry may have been a factor, but not the ferry disaster as work started several years prior to the ferry sinking.
And my next video will cover this. I might have been a little clumsy in the script, but it kinda worked hand-in-hand, but the I-410 project had the bridge set up in Luling, and horse trading of miles allowed 310 to be built with the bridge.
It is legal to ride a bicycle across the Huey P. The emergency lane was designed as a bicycle path. It's about 6 foot wide. And the rain grates are bicycle friendly. I've riden it many times.
I'm not brave enough to ride it (I cycle), but one day!
Every road in Louisiana is unnecessarily narrow.
The Governor's name explains why there is no Hewey P SHORT bridge.
My family had a bunch of those ferries before they built the bridges
Putting a drawbridge below Algiers point would have been a terrible idea. It would have severely impeded river traffic especially in high water. The bridge would have been destroyed within months of completion.
I miss the old Huey P. Now its not as much fun to drive on its no different being on I-10. I liked it better when my mom would hide on the floor of the car the whole way across.
Note: St. Louis is on the Upper Mississippi, not the Lower😉
Is there a Louisian Bridge Museum or just a museum with history of the Huey P Long ? I have an item I would like to donate it to.
No museum, but your best shot would be the Historic New Orleans Collection. Richard Campanella, a professor of Geography at Tulane, writes lots of articles about bridges and infrastructure of New Orleans for their magazine.
@@lorencklein thanks for the info.
Actually, the Missouri River is the longest in North America.
Second longest river in the US
Missouri River is the longest. Not the Mississippi
The first time I crossed the HPL was in the early 80’s and it shaky because of the train was above us and on the way back to Mississippi we were really freaking out. I love bridges so my father was in Charleston and he told us to come up during spring break 1984 because he wanted us to cross the Cooper River Bridge. It was really scary at first because of the road was full pot holes and the clearance below was about 40 feet higher. Plus we were close enough to Savannah and we crossed it. I never was able to go to the Sunshine Skyway before the new one was built. The 2 bridges the
HPL AND THE CRB were the best ones to cross but it’s never be able to