Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Maryland- One of The Scariest Bridges in the US??
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- Chesapeake Bay Bridge- Offical named the Gov. William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge after William Preston Lane Jr. who, as the 52nd Governor of Maryland
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I have driven over this bridge several times and it is VERY scary. In fact it is the only bridge I am scared to cross. In one direction, the side barriers are metal bars that you can see through. There is a gap at the edge of the pavement and you can see the water far below. The bridge is VERY HIGH. As you approach it you're at an angle and you can see how high you are going to be and my thoughts are, "I'm going up THERE??" It is also a very long bridge. What is the WORST is that sometimes if there is really heavy traffic, they will allow two way traffic on one of the spans to help alleviate the heavy traffic. You are trapped on that bridge - you must keep going. There are no shoulders. If someone going the other direction ever hit you, you would have no place to go. I try to avoid it.
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I have a fear of heights, to a degree, and a serious bridge phobia. I couldn't even think about doing this....as a driver or even a passenger. Forget it.....wow.
If you are stopped on the bridge, especially on the top , you can feel it swinging back and forth.
@@guymerritt4860 I am the opposite; as an autistic woman who could bore for Team GB (I'm British) about them, I have no fear of and am completely, irrevocably OBSESSED with long-span bridges. In short, I'm addicted to crossing them! I live approx. 1 hour 40 mins from the Humber Bridge, which connects the counties of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire and has a high water clearance of 30 metres. Tower to tower, it's 1410 metres long. Love it. My 'Happy Place'. Would I cross the Chesapeake Bay Bridge? Yes, definitely! AND, what's this epic decadence of crossing one suspension bridge one way over the bay and another in the other direction? Jeez... Excuse me while I faint... I'm too excited. ** Faints **
I ived in Annapolis from 2008 to 2016 and can back up everything you've written. The best part of this bridge is when you're finally off of it!
Try crossing the Mackinac Bridge (I-75) in Michigan. It's longer and has a span that, shoreline to shoreline, is just 28 ft short of 5 miles of open water. On a windy day, it'll test your nerves.
yep we have a bridge in hamilton ontario and when i drove truck and was empty i would never cross it when windy but use the bottom route over a lift bridge because it was safer, these types of bridges with a strong wind are dangerous and when you watch trucks on an open road with strong winds getting blown around its amazing
Hey, that's my comment to without reading yours. Mackinaw Island bridge is by far the scariest bridge I have ever driven on. The bridge sways with the wind and your car will sway too. I am surprised of the great engineering because it's hard to believe that bridge hasn't fallen apart yet.
@@RG-xi3rd open metal grate for road surface you look down into the water
Years ago some woman driving a tiny car - called a "Yugo" (they don't even make 'em anymore) got blown off that bridge in a high wind. I've driven across it numerous times but as I've gotten older I've developed a serious bridge phobia. I couldn't even drive across the thing, now. To be honest this bridge looks worse because the lanes are really narrow. I wouldn't cross either one...as a passenger or as a driver.
Oh he'll no..lol
The fees they charge to cross this bridge are scarier than the actual bridge itself. I'm a truck driver and it costs me $48 one way.
That's robbery.
@@RG-xi3rd EZ pass robbery.
@@RG-xi3rd Highway robbery. Heh..ya get it.
No I have crossed scared bridges than this out west. Yes I admit this is scary one. I am a retired over the road truck driver. I am very happy to be retired. No more having to fight with the 4 wheelers, no more having to drive in the ice and snow, no more having to sit in traffic for whatever the reason. I have paid my dues. Have at boys.
@normacotter3377 Funny you should mention traffic. I'm stuck in traffic on I 81 northbound right now with 37,000 lbs of frozen chicken in my trailer. I've been here for over an hour. Could be worse. At least I'm not stuck on some scary bridge.
I think I sailed under this bridge last September. I was on a schooner participating in the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race. Personally, the scariest roads are the tunnels under Norfolk. It was long ago but I remember thinking that all that water is above me so just stay calm and stay in your lane.
Thanks for sharing 😊
@Paul_Wetor - I think you might be referring to the "Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel", near Hampton Roads, Virginia. That is the one that has a combination bridge and tunnel, and it's span is almost 20 MILES! Oh, it is also a chest-tightening experience to cross...especially if you're on a motorcycle, 🙂. I crossed it once on a motorcycle...quite an event!! The bridge shown here is also "fun" to cross on a motorbike but I've found it easier (done it a few times to get to great riding and camping locations in MD) - you just have to be careful with the grates if you're on a bike.
No, Mackinaw Island bridge connecting the lower peninsula to the upper peninsula in Michigan was the scariest bridge I have ever driven on by far. It was insane because the bridge was moving with the winds, and you could feel it swaying.
Thanks for sharing 😊
I ran across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in Annapolis Maryland when they closed down the eastbound lanes for the road race every year in November they will have 2 way traffic on the Westbound lanes so they can close down the eastbound span for runners for the 10 k race!
@bridgetraveler …….
Must be a gorgeous sight ! 👏👏
Im from Maryland. I live in NC now.
As a child that bridge always scared the hell outta me .
But i miss my home town of Edgewater. I haven't been back since i was 26 im 62 now been a long time.
Im hoping one day ill get to go back .
Itll be nice to see how much its changed.😊
I am sure you will . Thanks for sharing your story. I have family in North Carolina and like it a lot there.
@@radhachetan742 I love NC too .
Everytime I do go somewhere I miss it so much.
I see the mountains in the way home and I cry ..
I’ve been across these bridges (eastbound and westbound) 30-40 times and never got scared. Sometimes the traffic will backup and come to a complete stop, so occasionally it’s frustrating, but never scary to drive across.
Thank you for the feedback😊
Not as bad as the Ponchatrain
@elainepryor8803 I just watched someone driving that 20+ miles across water.
It's super cool to run in the race across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in Annapolis Maryland in November. They used to call the race Across the Bay 10K but now they call it Bay Bridge Run!
Good to know. Thank you 😊
I did that run 🏃♂️ several years back ,, you can feel the bridge jumping up and down and swinging back and forth you can also feel that in your vehicle if you are stopped on top of the bridge due to traffic or an accident.
When does the scary part start?
At the beginning and half way through
@Woodysback
I’m not too sure this would be fun. more like a white knuckle ride. But the part of the CBBT that goes underwater would have me screaming I’m sure……
Yeah….
No
I had car trouble on this bridge. And had to walk halfway back.
Oh! You received no help from police or towing company?
I find the bridge beautiful more than anything else. The he view from up there over the Chesapeake Bay alone is worth the toll.
I remember (as a child) taking a ferry across the bay before the Bay Bridge was constructed. After the bridge was constructed I drove across it many times. I never thought of it being scary.
Try driving the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in Louisiana.
Oh that one is a piece of cake and only averages 10 feet above the water. The Huey p Long Bridge in New Orleans before they widened it was scary especially when a train was rolling over it. It shook badly.
Thank you for posting this 😊
You're so welcome!
I crossed it one Saturday morning in my truck. It was beautiful
I'm scared of the CLOWN' in the left lane goin' 35MPH!!!!!!
There are worse bridges...the one that bothered me the most is the new river bridge us-19 In west virginia...a long way down, just jersey wall, and when windy, rainy, or snowy just not fun for a truck driver...and I sometimes crossed that bridge 3-5 times a week...heck, in Maryland I'll note the i-95 bridge across the Susquehanna could sometimes be a cheap thrill...the Bay Bridge, no biggie...
Lived at sandy point seen it everyday fight next to the marina when i was 20 i was a merchant marine went from norfolk to Baltimore under the bridge
Fla. Sunshine skyway ...that's scary
My sister hates that bridge. I have no issues with it tho.
Yeah and it sways when the wind is blowing…that bridge makes my toes tingle…not in a good way
We crossed it months before the ship hit it in the 80s yikes
I never had a fear of bridges until I was on the new bridge & was gazing into the bay & saw what was left of the old one. My eyes were following it because it ran parallel when it just ended! Emptiness & all I could picture was the Buick hanging off the edge. I'd already known about the accident because I knew someone in the Merchant Marines who worked it. Anyway, I've been a little timid about bridges ever sense.
@@artyfuffkin7805 Well, ships are a bridge's worst nightmare.
I'm from Newark , NJ and for me taking the Pulaski Skyway from Newark to Jersey City is an adventure! Especially in bad weather !😢😮
I am from New Jersey and I totally agree with you👍
Very pretty sight. Good video
Thank you very much!
Looks pretty scary. Nice video
Thank you 😊
well, there's certainly no bridge that long, here in the UK, but i don't see why that would make it scarey. it looks perfectly safe to me.
And it is perfectly safe . On the lower end of Chesapeake Bay is the Chesapeake Tunnel Bridge and I could see people being a little scared on that because you go under the water twice besides being on a total Bridge tunnel Runway of 17.6 miles. Now that's a long Bridge but I've always enjoyed going over that also
It’s not that big a deal.
it looks beautiful
BEAUTIFUL bridge!
It really is!
Old toll bridge St. Louis Ms. rvr. Was a rough bridge in my truck. Nice day ride my motorcycle to work. Asphalt over wooden planks, riding so close to pavement great view of missing asphalt, wood decking. Holes big enough to look at river dodge the next hole.
Where does in go to or from, please? I am familiar with the geography of the area as I was a British merchant seaman many years ago and used to go up the Chesapeake quite a lot and do love geography! Cheers from Australia.
Baltimore, Washington DC and Annapolis are on the west side of the Chesapeake Bay. The east side called the “Eastern Shore” is mostly farmland, seafood and small towns an eventuality gets you to the Atlantic Ocean.
@@jwoods5460 thank you for your reply. I remember visiting Fort McHenry in Baltimore and being taken for a visit to Gettysburg. Way back in 1958. Never forgotten.
@@jwoods5460Thank you 😊
Its not much fun driving over that bridge. Try it on a very windy day, if they haven't closed the bridge because of high winds. Always wonder how they open and close lanes depending on which hour the most traffic flows. Never been on the bridge when they do that. You got to be well awake in rain and fog driving over the bridge. Always glad to get back on solid ground and off the bridge.
Thank you 😊
Harry Nice Memorial Bridge- like an old carnival ride.
Not anymore.. it's been replaced
the Old Jamestown (RI) Bridge had this beat (but it is no more)
I wonder if it wouldn't be safer to drive on if they just set it up with two wider lanes and a shoulder lane for emergencies. Maybe even raise the speed limit to 55 with the wider lanes.
Is that the bridge that goes to Salisbury Md?
It is indeed scary but fascinating to cross.
So where do you pull over to in case of a blowout or your car breaks down?
You don't pull over! That is one problem. The other side westbound is only 2 lanes, much steeper and narrower. It has high sides which make you feel at times that you may be crushed against. I avoid this bridge and take a long detour (through Delaware).
The only time the bridge is scary is during Dense Fog bc of driver's poor driving behaviors. On Jan. 27th '24, there were two separate accidents on the Westbound direction with a total 43 vehicles involved in both incidents that shut the Westbound down for about 5 hrs.
OMG😱 ..
I used to have nightmares about this bridge when I was little…other than the Skyway Bridge in Tampa…this bridge is SCARY
I've been over that bridge 100s of times..nothing scary about it....try going over the Woodrow wilson bridge VA.Maryland...
Try the Astoria Megler bridge only two lanes. On the Columbia river
The audio portion reminds me of just about any calls I've made in recent years to customer service.
You are right 👍 I was the one who answered those call 🙂
Yeah that was terrifying. Try driving with the flow of traffic next time! You and the grey truck were easily going 15-20 MPH slower than all of the Normal traffic.
Where was the scary part? I missed it. 😄
Sitting in your chair watching the video isn't scary at all.
Driving on the bridge is a different story. Have you ever done it?
I've done it about 30 times and I still hate it!
Talk about the cops hiding in the cut at nightime after the bridge and the slow speed limit so they can easily ticket you.
Delmarva: the alleged hometown of the fictional series "Steven Universe". Beach City doesn't really exist, but it's a fictional location of places around Chesapeake Bay.
That's another bridge I cross all of the time besides the Key bridge which I half to go through the tunnel now to head down to the Atlantic Ocean ,, they better put Dolphin islands out their to protect this bridge because the Shipping lane goes under the highest part ships coming and going from Baltimore. The bridge is 40 miles down the Chesapeake Bay from Baltimore. Oh and for some reason if there's a accident or a lot a traffic on the bridge & you are on the highest part, well you will feel it swinging back and fourth.
For scary try the Ponchatrain Lake bridge in Louisiana.
This and the Key bridge hold a lot of memories for me as I pulled many a set of doubles across both of them. I had other drivers tell me it scared them to death. One said when I first saw it, I had to pull over until my heart slowed down. After crossing it I was headed to Money's truck stop to meet drivers from the north to relay.🦇
Thanks for sharing your experience🙏👍
I drove for Yellow Freight up until they ceased operations in July last year. Now I'm back in truckload hauling chicken in a reefer box. You ought to try crossing the I 10 bridge in Lake Charles Louisiana. It's really steep and goes up so high you can see the top of the Horseshoe Lake Casino (formerly Isle of Capri). And that building is 12 stories tall.
@@TheTallMan50Wow! Did you try to get on at other Teamster companies?🦇
@@dustbatABF and UPS weren't hiring in my area.
It's Old, it's narrow, there's no margin for error, no breakdown lane, or safe shoulders in the even of an incident. Maryland drivers aren't the safest people on the road. This Bridge should be replaced. They did finally replace the Harry Nice Bridge across the Potomac, but that was because of investment by a company and not the Maryland Government.
You get your wish, word is they are going to replace it.
It is certainly a drive, I agree
These bridges would only scare me if I were on a motorcycle and it was windy.
Scariest bridge I’ve ever been on.
How much has the toll increased?? It was $10 last time I was on that bridge. Aloha~~ from Hawaii~~ 🍍🤙🤙
The toll is $2.50 for Maryland ezpass and $4 for out of state ezpass .. only going eastbound
I don't get it. I thought it'd be like a roller-coaster or something.
Bridges are scary. And scarier as you get older.
Wonder why guard rails are not higher?
If you were so scared while driving over the bridge because the lanes were so narrow with no shoulder, why were you tailgating the truck in front of you?
I am not driving , you would notice it if you had carefully watched the video😊, I did show who was driving and we were not tailgating. It may appear that way in the video.
@@radhachetan742 I did watch carefully. The “you” I am referring to is not you personally but all encompassing as in you and the driver and the car. If you count the seconds ( one thousand one one thousand 2 etc )between when the truck passes a mark till you (all encompassing) pass that same mark, you ( all encompassing) it’s usually less than 2 seconds. That’s tailgating. There should be at least 4 seconds in good weather, longer in inclement weather.
It's not that bad, I crossed it every other week for over 4 years in a tractor trailer. Never had any problems.
That's the new part.
I fail to see why this bridge is scary.
Me either
I have driven over this bridge many times. I love it! It is not scary! And it is toll free! What are you on? Where was the toll booth in tour video?
Thank you for the feedback. There are toll lanes ( end of the video)
Yea this is one way only bridge. Wide lanes. Drive big truck on this bridge easy peesey. Not scary
Definitely NOT a toll-free bridge.
@@Dan-tp3py Right! Cashless tolls.. no toll booths.
@@radhachetan742 correct. Either photo generated, or EZ pass. Either way it’s one of the pricier tolls in Maryland.
The bridge isnt 4.4 miles long it is 2.2 each way combined its 4.4 miles,that 4 mile ride would have taken longer that it did,its more consistent with 2.2 miles Ive croased that bridge many times…
Does not look very scary to me…here in Sydney we have a lot scarier bridges take
“The Gladesville Bridge” as an example the road sits on top of a concrete arch crossing the parramatta river going into the suburbs of Canada Bay and Hunters Hill Sydney Australia check it out on Wikipedia there is a photo of it…this is not a Toll Bridge:
Sydney Australia:
The caption is misleading... Where is the scary part ?
It doesn't look scary to me. One of the 2 spans has a reversible lane. It may be scarier when that lane gets reversed, and both east-bound and west-bound traffic share the same span.
Where is the underwater tunnel?
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel is at the south end of the Delmarva penisula, maybe 100 miles from this bridge? It is an 18 mile crossing, mostly bridge, but some underwater. There are four tunnels in the Tidewater (Norfolk/Portsmouth/Hampton/Newport News) area under the Elizabeth River or the James River. Just don't think about the millions of gallons of water overhead while driving thru.
@@edwardpearce1138 Thank you for the info. 😀
Turns out the Key bridge is scarier
Drive from VA side it looks scarier.
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I guess you have to be there. I don’t see what’s so scary
I drove over that bridge in Sept. 2023. If you don't like bridges, especially one over water, you definitely will not like this bridge
My other thought is...how are you moving the camera while you're driving? Why is the camera in your hand while you're driving? Put the phone in your phone holder on your dash and leave it there to protect other people's lives, if not your own.
Thanks for the feedback. I am just sharing my experience. It’s not about my likings 😊Also, I am not driving . I did show you the driver’s face, probably you fast forwarded the video. Thanks for watching 😊
There is this thing called power steering, maybe you caught word of it. You can actually drive with one finger.
. Well I hope you are beside her the next time she's driving on the bridge with 1 finger and her power steering and recording. Mr. Smarty it's not about the capability of the car but apparently you missed that.
@@Caramel50 I am NOT driving , please watch the complete video before commenting
@@radhachetan742 I read your comment the first time. I was responding to Mr. Smarty Pants. Now you read my response to him before commenting.
To regenerate the bridge put guard rails on the bridge higher guard rails. Okay safety comes first the Maryland Department of Transportation MD Dot plus the US Department of Transportation the Chesapeake Bay Bridge does formerly the Maryland Turnpike years ago now we need upgrade the Chesapeake Bay Bridge ASAP
Not scary maintain safe speed and keep a safe distance
Сак в том числе в этом году не в курсе в этом месяце
Crossed that bridge many times when I drove a truck not that scary
That's not scary. It's like other bridges. A real scary one is the morman bridge in Nebraska. One wrong move and your in the river.
Thank you for watching😊
Fragile
its three lanes,not scary to me
Yes, but bit narrow lanes and some other external factors are considered too. Thank you for the feedback 🙏
That third lane to the left becomes oncoming traffic on busy weekends to help traffic
I'll ride the hell out of that middle lane
Those lanes are directional. Many times they will have two of those lanes only going one direction, and at least one in the opposite direction. The video does not do the bridge justice. It moves and rattles while on the bridge, the lanes are barely a car width. There is literally no breakdown lane, and the there is grating on the higher span sections.
Scary LOL. you better stay home...
Good one 😂😂
Its just another bridge people are just chicken
11foot8+8
Doesn't look very scary.
I don't think it's scary at all
I've been riding or driving over this bridge since the first span opened in the 50s. Thousands of trips. It is GREAT! I LOVE IT! What a great view, especially when ships are passing underneath. [It is also awesome from the water.] And no, I do not miss the ferry. Yes, I am OLD.
Yes, indeed a great view 😍Thanks for sharing!
I hate this bridge I been over it alot of times,it scares the crap out of me
not scary one bit
People. To me it’s not scary bridge it’s not. It people not knowing what.
True
It is not frightening at all my family went over it menny of times no problems what so ever
When it comes to infrastructure with roads and bridges, Joe Biden is the man for the job!
Saludos desde new York
Trump can make the Chesapeake Bay bridge, Maryland- one of the best looking non scariest bridges in the US!