As a kid me and some friends road across the MLK bridge in the 70s many times on our bicycles to go to the island from west port arthur during the summer. Once we road over the rainbow bridge to bridge city when it was a two lane . Got a good start on the 10 speed and kept pumping going down was crazy as hell. Slowed traffic down but no cops came. We would have did it more but the ride was to far from westside of Port Arthur. True story rip to my friends back then that road together. I'm 61 years old now I also work on the stratosphere in Las Vegas 90s all the way up to top off. That structure is solid concrete. Remember con air Nickolas Cage. That's it.
This is similar to the Sunshine Skyway here in Florida. I was in the delivery business here for years and as I got older I would sometimes get panic attacks when driving over bridges. Didn't have to use it much ,but when I did I would pull over into the rest area. I would get out walk around and take some deep breaths. I would wait until there was no traffic coming before I would proceed over it. I would get in the left lane do about 45 mph . As I got toward the top I would feel less panicked and get back in the right lane. Only way I could do it.
@@michaelwashington2682 same. I was sooo adventurous when I was younger, but once I became a mother I started getting scared, like if something happens to me, what happens to my baby?😬 Who will be there for him? Lol, I know I mind-fucked myself though, so I'm gonna face my fears and cross a bridge this summer!💪🏾 (But I'm not gonna drive myself, I'm gonna get somebody else to drive me. Baby steps 🙄🤣🤣)
I drove the other bridge heading east to Orange. Said nope, I'm going through Beaumont to head back to Houston. Wasn't expecting either one of them as they loomed up in the distance. 😬
We had to drive the Rainbow Bridge as part of drivers education...I wouldn't drive it now ... last time. I had a panic attack about halfway up ..Never again !!!!!!
Wonder what it's like for a construction worker to be sitting in one of those porta pots hearing the traffic buzz by and hoping no idiot veers off hitting it ?
Until the bridge beside it was built it was incoming and outgoing traffic.these bridges get hyped up and they ain’t nothing, it’s not the tallest bridge in tx. the pecos river bridge in comstock is even older and a woopinh 374 feet high and 1,310 feet long. That’s the highest longest and most narrow scariest bridge in tx bridge
Try riding a motorcycle across the Mackinac Bridge, or over the New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia. Been there done that. Hang on in either case, but the Mackinac Bridge has a metal grate roadway, and the New River Bridge has a low guardrail and about 800 feet plunge
New River gorge you can't even see over it it's a joke right there Summerville I've done that a million times there's nothing to that person in the River gorge even
@@Thadude701 yeah I've been there for the parachute jump once or twice as far as bungee jumping I believe that's illegal off of New River gorge and you can only do that one day a year and that's bridge day it's a big celebration
It was originally built so the tallest naval ship at the time, a dirigible tower, could pass under. It was never utilized for that, but that was the original justification.
If I had support my family By working on that bridge. I would tell them let's find the nearest Park. Because that will be our new home . Because we're be homeless. LoL that is so scary 😱
Lol🤣glad to see someone feels the same way I do about these CrazY Bridges 🌉🌉🌉, and the sky high🎇 high overpasses🎢 🎢🎢, I panicked going over the 🚢ship channel at night in the 🌧rain with scratched up eyeglasses 👓🌫 & what happens? my windshield wipers break, on the TOP of that crazY high bridge ⚠️ Finally got over & down to the toll booth🛃, they informed me I was not headed in the right direction for where I was headed and told me I had to go "BACK OVER" it again! WHAT!🤯 I had my treasure "grandson"🧑🎁 in the car seat in the back so I had to make it over, only by looking out the window🪟 with rain storming in my face....up, over & down📈📉 Finally... only to end up driving onto the beginning of a huge overpass, Oh Nooo!😳, had to Creep, creep, creep, up..over & down , when I finally got off...had to stop to breathe🌬🌬🌬🌬(hyperventilate),.. when i got my bearings to go again... i of course got LOST🤪...↩↪🔃⤴️⤵️ it was the nightmare that wouldn't end 🛑 ‼️OMGSH😱 🛐I was praying & smoking 🚬 Lol! 😂 Bye👋 CrazY 🏙🌃🌆🌇 Houston 🧳🚀 I'll only ever want to see you in my review mirror🌞🪞
According to Wiki: The Fred Hartman Bridge has one more foot of clearance than the Rainbow Bridge. The Hartman cable-stay structure is most likely taller than the Rainbow truss structure, as well.
@@kimberlyamerican717 I can relate. Whenever I would drive from Hobby Airport, I would tell my wife I'm on the big Azz bridge and she knew I was about an hour out.
I cross the Hartman Bridge regularly. Due to its more subtle incline versus the Rainbow Bridge, I am nowhere as stressed out, also the 3 lanes help to space out the traffic, nice bridge actually.
@@hoppermantis7615 Well Partner, anytime you think you can come and take on this 100% Texan you just come on over and let just see how Big An Ass Whipping you can take!!!! Ain't NO MEXICAN IN THIS TEXAN!!!!
@@johnweidler6672 yeah I remember that old bridge. That thing would creak and rattle worse than my 67 year old knees. Horrible day when it got run into by that ship in the early 80s.
As a kid me and some friends road across the MLK bridge in the 70s many times on our bicycles to go to the island from west port arthur during the summer. Once we road over the rainbow bridge to bridge city when it was a two lane . Got a good start on the 10 speed and kept pumping going down was crazy as hell. Slowed traffic down but no cops came. We would have did it more but the ride was to far from westside of Port Arthur. True story rip to my friends back then that road together. I'm 61 years old now I also work on the stratosphere in Las Vegas 90s all the way up to top off. That structure is solid concrete. Remember con air Nickolas Cage. That's it.
This is similar to the Sunshine Skyway here in Florida. I was in the delivery business here for years and as I got older I would sometimes get panic attacks when driving over bridges. Didn't have to use it much ,but when I did I would pull over into the rest area. I would get out walk around and take some deep breaths. I would wait until there was no traffic coming before I would proceed over it. I would get in the left lane do about 45 mph . As I got toward the top I would feel less panicked and get back in the right lane. Only way I could do it.
Skyway is why we never visited the beach while in tampa
@@veronicathomas1877 that's too bad but if you were in Tampa you didn't have to use the Skyway to go to the beach.
I understand 🤣 Sometimes I feel like I'd rather crawl over a bridge than drive.
I was like that. Didn't bother me when I was in my 20s but now that I am older bother the hell out of me 😁
@@michaelwashington2682 same. I was sooo adventurous when I was younger, but once I became a mother I started getting scared, like if something happens to me, what happens to my baby?😬 Who will be there for him? Lol, I know I mind-fucked myself though, so I'm gonna face my fears and cross a bridge this summer!💪🏾 (But I'm not gonna drive myself, I'm gonna get somebody else to drive me. Baby steps 🙄🤣🤣)
Avoid this westbound bridge if at all possible 😳
I drove the other bridge heading east to Orange. Said nope, I'm going through Beaumont to head back to Houston. Wasn't expecting either one of them as they loomed up in the distance. 😬
I’m clostaphobic! I was not ready to feel that closing in !!
Holy smokes that’s tall, I would be exhausted if I was to ride my tricycle across this!
We had to drive the Rainbow Bridge as part of drivers education...I wouldn't drive it now ... last time. I had a panic attack about halfway up ..Never again !!!!!!
They're finished with the reconstruction now..A great route to take if you have to bypass I-10's Beaumont/Winnie contruction zone!..
Wonder what it's like for a construction worker to be sitting in one of those porta pots hearing the traffic buzz by and hoping no idiot veers off hitting it ?
I've been in them porta potties on construction sites with heavy equipment rolling by scares the s*** out of you
I'm sure it speeds up the process
Not bad actually worked on that rehab for 2 1/2 years it feels just like you are in the ground.
If there were ever traffic on that bridge I'd hate to be stuck at the top...I'd lose my shit...
Got that right!!!
Only 2 lanes…nowhere to buffer from the edges
Until the bridge beside it was built it was incoming and outgoing traffic.these bridges get hyped up and they ain’t nothing, it’s not the tallest bridge in tx. the pecos river bridge in comstock is even older and a woopinh 374 feet high and 1,310 feet long. That’s the highest longest and most narrow scariest bridge in tx bridge
This looks scary and it's cleary in Texas for those who don't no
Omg ! As a passenger, I’d be under the seat..
That’s how my Aunt Mary would be
Been over it multiple times. Definitely a nice view from the top
Did it on a highway scooter in December. I would have been scared out of my mind with all that construction.
I. Don't know why but it was scary as hell though that tunnel at top of bridge
Trivia- Standing at 230 feet tall, the historic truss bridge is the largest in Texas. For a time, it was the second-highest in all of America!
Try riding a motorcycle across the Mackinac Bridge, or over the New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia. Been there done that. Hang on in either case, but the Mackinac Bridge has a metal grate roadway, and the New River Bridge has a low guardrail and about 800 feet plunge
I've ridden across the gorge in west Virginia,and jumped off it ,with a bungee of course.
I've been across both of them. Ive also crossed the George Washington Bridge in NYC and the Ambassador bridge in Detroit.
@@epistte been across Ambassador bridge in a car, neat old black truss bridge?
New River gorge you can't even see over it it's a joke right there Summerville I've done that a million times there's nothing to that person in the River gorge even
@@Thadude701 yeah I've been there for the parachute jump once or twice as far as bungee jumping I believe that's illegal off of New River gorge and you can only do that one day a year and that's bridge day it's a big celebration
Why the height? Battleships travel beneath it? Obviously they felt they needed it that tall? Why?
It's an entrance to the intercoastal waterway. So, yes, there are some huge ships that come and go.
Obviously because big, tall ships need to go through that waterway.
Because they wanted to?
It was originally built so the tallest naval ship at the time, a dirigible tower, could pass under. It was never utilized for that, but that was the original justification.
What they don't tell you is most of us do 80 over it.
If I had support my family By working on that bridge. I would tell them let's find the nearest Park. Because that will be our new home . Because we're be homeless. LoL that is so scary 😱
😂😂😂
Keep your McDonalds job then.
@@philwhipple4557 don't work there! Plus I don't see why you would think so!
Lol🤣glad to see someone feels the same way I do about these CrazY Bridges 🌉🌉🌉, and the sky high🎇 high overpasses🎢 🎢🎢, I panicked going over the 🚢ship channel at night in the 🌧rain with scratched up eyeglasses 👓🌫 & what happens? my windshield wipers break, on the TOP of that crazY high bridge ⚠️ Finally got over & down to the toll booth🛃, they informed me I was not headed in the right direction for where I was headed and told me I had to go "BACK OVER" it again! WHAT!🤯 I had my treasure "grandson"🧑🎁 in the car seat in the back so I had to make it over, only by looking out the window🪟 with rain storming in my face....up, over & down📈📉 Finally... only to end up driving onto the beginning of a huge overpass, Oh Nooo!😳, had to Creep, creep, creep, up..over & down , when I finally got off...had to stop to breathe🌬🌬🌬🌬(hyperventilate),.. when i got my bearings to go again... i of course got LOST🤪...↩↪🔃⤴️⤵️ it was the nightmare that wouldn't end 🛑 ‼️OMGSH😱
🛐I was praying & smoking 🚬 Lol! 😂
Bye👋 CrazY 🏙🌃🌆🌇 Houston 🧳🚀
I'll only ever want to see you in my review mirror🌞🪞
@@pinkkinkade7757 now that is some bad luck! I never experienced anything close to that. Glad you made it. 🙏💗
Been there, don’t wanna do it again !
Damn they got rigs that hang you over the edge.
That covered was scary as hell hated that
Awesome totally awesome gonna ride that.
Been on it hundreds of times.. Was worse when it was a two way...
It sure was. I went over it in 1980 and the traffic coming towards you was scary. No room for error.
@@danlmarlow5446 we would go over it xmas eve at night in fog or rain.. Then it was one lane each way...
@@danlmarlow5446
My driving class in high school we had to go over it...1980
No ma'am. No sir.
Makes the Houston Ship Channel bridge look small
I’ve been across that old bridge many times
According to Wiki: The Fred Hartman Bridge has one more foot of clearance than the Rainbow Bridge. The Hartman cable-stay structure is most likely taller than the Rainbow truss structure, as well.
Shut up, Mr. "Try" to know it all!!!
Fred Hartman is a tall azz bridge to . Been across both of these so so many times live not far from my either one .
@@kimberlyamerican717 I can relate. Whenever I would drive from Hobby Airport, I would tell my wife I'm on the big Azz bridge and she knew I was about an hour out.
I cross the Hartman Bridge regularly. Due to its more subtle incline versus the Rainbow Bridge, I am nowhere as stressed out, also the 3 lanes help to space out the traffic, nice bridge actually.
Why is this in my recommended, and why tf did I watch it?
Idk....don’t watch it
@@MsSasukerules I thoroughly enjoyed it👍
Thank you!
Because, curiosity gotcha!
Stop complaining, Karen!
Looks like the tallest bridge on earth lol.
I guess that you haven't been across the Mackinac bridge have you? That bridge will spook many people.
I live in bridge city which is right next to that bridge
I like your pfp SS
I'm not far from those bridges
They are always doing some kind of construction in Texas. Smh.
It was more exciting when it was 2-way traffic at 50 mph!
Hey Brittany Taylor we know this bridge huh? 🤣🤣
That looks like that bridge in Bridge city TX.
Rainbow bridge.
It is.
It sure is
Right near Port Arthur
Been over it many many times
Bravo 👏
Nope! Did the Chesapeake on U.S. 50 WB in a big truck at 30 mph! Darn did I get yelled at on the CB!!!
I live 20 miles from the bay bridge
Texas 87 Rainbow Bridge
I've seen taller.
What's the bridge called
Rainbow bridge in Port Author, Texas
Port Arthur
@Aliona Y The name is the video title
the bridge from hell
Thanks now I know the bridge is called Port Author.
WELL U NO WAT THEY SAY EVERYTHING BIG IN TEXAS EVEN THE BRIDGES
That was when Texans were 6'2" plus... RH Negative, Norman Heritage. Not when the average Texan has Mexican in them and 5'2"
@@hoppermantis7615 Well Partner, anytime you think you can come and take on this 100% Texan you just come on over and let just see how Big An Ass Whipping you can take!!!!
Ain't NO MEXICAN IN THIS TEXAN!!!!
Big is a "big" STATE OF MIND Here in Texas.
It fell this Friday
Bidens fault
I do not know why this is a video🤔
Whew Chile
Oh hell no!
Similar to the Sunshine Skyway here in Fla.
It looks like the old sunshine skyway which was way scary!
@@johnweidler6672 yeah I remember that old bridge. That thing would creak and rattle worse than my 67 year old knees. Horrible day when it got run into by that ship in the early 80s.
Already rid over it...