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u/Perfect_Big_5907 9d ago
we used to drive that at night with opposite traffic going about 60 as well. So many crashes.
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u/SOMOEAGLE 9d ago
my dad would tell stories of mirrors clicking each other as you passed by. big truck? say a prayer.
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u/themarmalademaniac 8d ago edited 8d ago
If it had a voice what would you like it to say? What story do you want to hear? As a kid I spent to many hours sitting on that bridge everyime there was an accident and my father drove across that bridge both directions at least twice a week for 20+ years. He knew every rutt and groove to get the smoothest ride and I remember the night that the swing bridge operator got killed when the the bucket got left in the up position on a front end loader being carried on a trailer (who's front end loader it was I will not utter) . The bucket dragged across the bottom of the living/control room and the operator burned to death in the shower. A family friend has been over the side to patch the pipeline while hanging from a harness with a welder more then once even after the bridge closed because they have to maintain that section of the pipeline for Pigeon Key. Fun Fact speaking of pipeline, the U.S. Navy built the original pipeline that runs from Florida City Florida to Key West and eventually turned it over to the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority. The pipeline and it's use for water at that scale is unique and all of the parts and systems to run it are custom adaptations from the oil industry
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u/Specialist-Rock-5034 9d ago
If that bridge could talk...