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elleng

(136,071 posts) Mon Jul 31, 2023, 11:28 AM Jul 2023

The first span of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge opened on this date in 1952!

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The first span of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge opened on this date in 1952! (Original Post) elleng Jul 2023 OP

That bridge scares the bejeebers out of me Effete Snob Jul 2023 #1

Agreed. The waters seem a little closer with each passing year. GreenWave Jul 2023 #2

Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)

1. That bridge scares the bejeebers out of me

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Mon Jul 31, 2023, 11:39 AM

Jul 2023

If it had more credible-looking side barriers, I would probably use that route more often than going across the Susquehanna much further north.

I crossed that bridge in a storm once many years ago and it still gives me the shakes.

GreenWave

(9,189 posts)

2. Agreed. The waters seem a little closer with each passing year.

Reply to Effete Snob (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 31, 2023, 11:46 AM

Jul 2023

If I move to the mountains I am taking highway 58

Oh, oh, oh
For the longest time
Oh, oh, oh
For the longest

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