The Sunshine Skyway Bridge - Florida's Tallest & Scariest Bridge ! Tampa Bay to St. Petersburg.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ต.ค. 2024
- Ride along with Chris as he drives over the Sunshine Skyway Bridge from Tampa Bay to St. Petersburg, Florida. This is Florida's tallest, and scariest bridge, along with having a lot of history. You will enjoy this video !
Chris G. Georgas
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This was built the year I was born. Been going over and under it for 66 years . Truck, cars, motorcycle. Under in boats. Love it
This bridge (replacement for the original) was built well after you were born.
The only thing scary about this bridge are the idiots who weave in & out doing 80, 90 mph or higher!
A great Brigde ride 👍👍👍😂
I worked there for a month in St. Pete and had to cross that thing 2 times a week, always in the inside lane and fought panic attacks everytime. I don't know why I watched this as I am twiching now just remembering
You should have driven the old bridge, and maybe you did, you didn't say, but the old bridge was even more terrifying.. It was much steeper, and it was a dual bridge. The first bridge built was only two lanes and opened in 1954, the second bridge was added about 15 year later, opening in 1971. One of them was hit by a a freighter ship, causing the collapse of the mid section. There were several fatalities when traffic drove off the bridge, not realizing it had collapsed. The replacement bridge, the one in the video opened in 1987.
@@MarinCipollina I couldn't agree with you more about the old bridge being even more terrifying. I went to Sarasota every year for vacation and had the 'pleasure' of driving over it several times....which is how I learned to drive with my eyes closed! Even more terrifying was riding over the old bridge, AFTER the accident, on the one span that was open...at night! Thank God I wasn't driving then.
Thank you for helping me grapple with my fear of this bridge! ❤
I'm glad you enjoyed the video, and that it was helpful for you.
The old span of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge was featured in "Smokey and the Bandit II" in the montage of the Roy Rogers song "Ride Concrete Cowboy Ride".
I didn't know that Thomas very nice. Thanks for watching.
I couldn't do this. I'm terrified of bridges. My worst nightmare is going over the railing of a bridge into the water. In Maryland there are guys who have a business where they will drive you in your car over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
Your not alone Dee....Interesting about the Chesapeake Bay Bridge I didn't know that !
Same, not usually afraid of heights but there is something about this bridge that scares the heck out of me, now the Chesapeake Bay Bridge does not scare me, I guess because its not tall and intimidating as this one!
@@barbsinclair7352 its interesting what scares us and what doesn't.
I am with you on that. I'm not a fan of crossing bridges either. This Sunshine Causeway Bridge looks like the worst.
Thanks for the tour
Hi Levar...I'm glad you enjoyed it.
The origonal bridge was scary, because the center span floor was see-through as it was built of steel rods not concrete.
Wow...Yeah that would be Scary.
Anybody who describes the present structure as "scary" has, obviously, never seen the original Skyway. My buddies and I used to love crossing it on our motorcycles. There was about 1000 feet of steel grating (like you see on drawbridges) at the top. It was an absolute rush to look straight down and see water 180 feet below. The current structure is way cool; no doubt about it. But the concrete railings and less-steep incline provide nowhere near the same experience.
I guess it has been a long time since I've been across it. The chainlink fencing is "new". Apparently to reduce the number of suicides. Do they still have the suicide counseling hotline phones at the top? I've crossed this bridge (and the previous structure) hundreds of times since we moved to Florida in 1968. It never gets old.
I don't know the answer to that question about the suicide hotline phones. But they should have kept them.
I thought I was the only one nervous about this bridge. I moved to Florida more than 5 years ago from Connecticut after retirement. I have never crossed this bridge and I NEVER will. Just watching this bridge on TH-cam makes me hold my breath. But, this man's video is very good and interesting. Good day to everyone.
Hi Kimberly, and thanks for watching. Knowing the history of this bridge also makes it scary, a lot of people feel the exact same way you do.
@ChrisG.G-Videos-Movies Hi, Chris. I hope you will be posting more videos about your adventures traveling in Florida. Will you be traveling to the Florida Keys one day? Thank you again for the great Sunshine Skyway video. Good night, and be safe.
Hi Kimberly, Yes, I will be going down to the Florida Keys for the first time hopefully pretty soon. Plus, other areas in Florida, and outside of Florida also.
Supposedly, the bridge is haunted. Given the history of why the present structure even exists to begin with, I believe it. That bridge gives me the heebie-jeebies just LOOKING at it.
Haunted LMAO....where you hear that from smh
@@pauljohnson5347 Well, the Summit Venture accident killed dozens, and there have been over 200 unsurvivable high dives taken from the thing. That much death in one place, would probably do that.
Besides, I'm local. People talk. ESPECIALLY this time of year.
This bridge is very tall and picturesque. As far as scary. It is pretty scary. But nearly as scary as the old cantilever bridges that were the predecessors to this bridge. I remember as a kid riding over the old 1954 bridge and seeing the 1971 span completely knocked out at the top. When the Summit Venuture crashed into pier 2s of the southbound span it took out a 1,200 ft section of the bridge. They considered at 1st just repairing the existing bridge at the time. They decided to build this bridge up to interstate standards. They already had plans to retrofit the old bridge until May 9 1980 when the accident occurred. After that they postponed putting the i275 shields up till after the new bridge was built.
That is a scary bridge-I had to have a friend dive me over that one! I opened my eyes once- just saw the sky. Not for me!!!!
A lot of people have that issue with this bridge.
Having conquered the Mackinac Bridge (which also offers assistance to drivers) and having also walked on Big Mac, I might be able to handle this one.
Which is Big MAc?
Big Mac is the local nickname for the Mackinac Bridge (the judges also would have accepted Mighty Mac).
This bridge doesn't look like that when you are on it . Almost flat you never know you are on it
One giant brigde 😂😂😂😂
At least they have some fencing
No wreck, no flats, can’t get off . Forget it.
Yes Sandra, those are things to consider when crossing this Bridge.
No eating, no night time, never. Just want see this place.
Forget it
More? Jesus Christ
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