Bridges, Vol 2
Pulaski Skyway
The twisted hulking bit of metal was once the longest elevated road in the world. An extension of US 1&9, the Skyway was an ultra modern [1923] superhighway. Now its rusting away and is more an impediment to traffic than anything else. One thing we've learned: never take the Pulaski Skyway. The road is narrow and easy for bad drivers to snarl traffic, not just at rush hour. And worse yet, once you are on the road, you are on until the end.
The Skyway crosses the Passaic and Hackensack Rivers; other bridges in the area are still antiquated drawbridges, including the PATH train bridges.
George Washington Bridge
We once watched a documentary where people from [of all places] Texas thought the GWB was a "covered" bridge. What perhaps they didn't realize was that there is an upper and a lower deck. Its hard for such a traffic causing nightmare to be romantic, but we suppose it is.
Of course, one of our favorite books when we were younger was The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge about a small lighthouse underneath the GWB.
Rumors are that the George Washington could hold another entire layer of traffic or a rail line if the Port Authority ever chose to build it. Or Both. The bridge was built to handle many times more weight than engineers originally thought it can handle.
Bourne Bridge
Access to Cape Cod! The Bourne Bridge is one of two vehicle bridges that connects Cape Cod to the mainland, sliced off when the Cape Cod Canal was built at the turn of the century.
There really isn't anything special about the bridge except that it means you are on Cape Cod. Why would you need another reason?
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel
A Tunnel? A Bridge? No its both. How cool is that? The Bridge Tunnel is both a bridge and a tunnel for one important reason: the Navy. Sure, bridges can be high enough to let boats in and out underneath them, but if a bridge were ever to be attacked and destroyed, the debris could impede the route ships would take to the open water, hence the tunnels.
This is one of the longest bridges we've ever ridden on; its long, trust us. There is even a rest area half way across. Of course, if it weren't for the tunnel part, this would just be an ordinary bridge not worth mentioning.
The twisted hulking bit of metal was once the longest elevated road in the world. An extension of US 1&9, the Skyway was an ultra modern [1923] superhighway. Now its rusting away and is more an impediment to traffic than anything else. One thing we've learned: never take the Pulaski Skyway. The road is narrow and easy for bad drivers to snarl traffic, not just at rush hour. And worse yet, once you are on the road, you are on until the end.
The Skyway crosses the Passaic and Hackensack Rivers; other bridges in the area are still antiquated drawbridges, including the PATH train bridges.
George Washington Bridge
We once watched a documentary where people from [of all places] Texas thought the GWB was a "covered" bridge. What perhaps they didn't realize was that there is an upper and a lower deck. Its hard for such a traffic causing nightmare to be romantic, but we suppose it is.
Of course, one of our favorite books when we were younger was The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge about a small lighthouse underneath the GWB.
Rumors are that the George Washington could hold another entire layer of traffic or a rail line if the Port Authority ever chose to build it. Or Both. The bridge was built to handle many times more weight than engineers originally thought it can handle.
Bourne Bridge
Access to Cape Cod! The Bourne Bridge is one of two vehicle bridges that connects Cape Cod to the mainland, sliced off when the Cape Cod Canal was built at the turn of the century.
There really isn't anything special about the bridge except that it means you are on Cape Cod. Why would you need another reason?
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel
A Tunnel? A Bridge? No its both. How cool is that? The Bridge Tunnel is both a bridge and a tunnel for one important reason: the Navy. Sure, bridges can be high enough to let boats in and out underneath them, but if a bridge were ever to be attacked and destroyed, the debris could impede the route ships would take to the open water, hence the tunnels.
This is one of the longest bridges we've ever ridden on; its long, trust us. There is even a rest area half way across. Of course, if it weren't for the tunnel part, this would just be an ordinary bridge not worth mentioning.
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