crazy steep bridge near Baton Rouge

[@billmorris2613]

I believe the I-10 bridge in Lake Charles, LA is even steeper and that area is also very populated with petro / chemical plants.

[@RiVer-Parish]

It's called The Sunshine Bridge.

[@swampghost72]

Deffinatly the sunshine bridge..Named after the song by governor Jimmy Davis you are my sunshine..

[@jakedrago7805]

The bridge itself is decent bridge ,wide lanes usually enough to accommodate the traffic Just the name alone can strike fear after the 1980 Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster in Tampa

[@dogilives2347]

@@swampghost72my only sunshine

[@renj6531]

AKA the bridge to nowhere and it has been for the past 60 years since it opened in 1964

[@Osy-73]

This is the Sunshine Bridge over the Mississippi River on LA Hwy 70.

[@SteveCarras]

NOT to be confused with another very steep,ill fated bridge the Sunshine SKyway in Florida..

[@daevonthesavage7483]

Even though it's the Sunshine, a bunch of us where I live call it the Rollercoaster 😭 and one time we were caught in traffic on it while on a school bus and felt it Swaying. That bridge is INSANE

[@noahvoris3637]

The Mississippi is VERY large and wide down in lower Louisiana by the delta. Large container ships and barges have to go through there. That’s why the bridges down in that vicinity have to be tall and long!

[@astrinymris9953]

I nominate the canopener bridge over Gregson St. in Durham, NC. Now *that's* a dangerous bridge... if you're driving a high-profile vehicle and take no notice of the multiple warnings that you're too tall to fit under this particular bridge. SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH, followed by the Drive of Shame to the truck rental company or your employer to explain that you're an idiot.

[@johnharris8191]

Durham is a shithole period.

[@oneoftheordinary]

this is in an area called Cancer Alley. a youtuber by the name of Tyler Olivera did a documentary about it and why its called that and it's really interesting (not surprising hint: it has something to do with the oil refinieries)

[@billmorris2613]

The cancer alley reputation is actually a myth. The facts I’m about to post comes from the Cancer Registry that tracks ALL Louisiana cancer cases. I understand that the registry is a public record. 0:02 There are no more cases of cancer in South Louisiana than there are nation wide per 100,000 population. There are more deaths. Mostly due to a very large uneducated, poor population, with diets that are conducive to causing cancer. Also a large portion of that population does not have medical insurance. When symptoms begin occurring they don’t seek any medical attention? When they do seek medical attention a vast majority are already in late stage 3 or stage 4. At this point there is not much that can be done to cure the cancer.

[@billmorris2613]

Information from the cancer registry for Louisiana shows there are no more incidents of cancer than there are nationwide per 100,000 population. There are more deaths due to the reluctance of a large part of the Louisiana population not seeking medical attention with the onset of symptoms. When they do seek medical attention they are usually in late stage 3 or 4 with very little chance of a cure.

[@rhondatrue761]

My husband is down there working in the first refinery you passed.

[@billmorris2613]

You are coming into Donaldsonville, LA. I am a retired Locomotive Engineer and worked a job in Donaldsonville that switched all those plants.

[@garyb6219]

The Mackinac Bridge is another. Michigan to the U.P. It's steep, it's high and the two center lanes are steel grates, you can see down through the bridge!

[@cosmiccharlie8294]

There is a top notch bridge contractor down there called Coastal Bridge.

[@jocelynharris-fx8ho]

Here are a few more Bridges to consider ; The Eugene Talmadge Bridge over the Savannah River in Georgia. The Commodore Barry Bridge over the Delaware River and the Royal Gorge Bridge over the Arkansas River in Canon City, Colorado. By the way, the Royal Gorge Bridge held the world record as the highest suspension bridge until a bridge over in Asia surpassed it.

[@johnschneider4160]

Hey, Yankee! Get over to the right lane!!

[@tomg1480]

That's funny because I seen him pass everybody and nobody has passed him.

[@newtoncooper4085]

Yes, only rebels are allowed to park in the left lane, right next to another car for 40 miles. (I-81 in Va.)

[@cosmiccharlie8294]

That would be bad in the winter.......

[@sashaconrad3939]

There’s a really steep looking bridge in Japan, I think it’s called Ohashi Eshima or something like that.

[@danielduggan526]

This would be so terrifying on a motorcycle

[@lynnerhea302]

I was thinking about that too.

[@rizon72]

Last time I drove I-10 in Louisiana there was a cop about every 10 miles just waiting for someone to be speeding.

[@renj6531]

use to cross this bridge daily when I had to commute from Gonzales to Napoleonville

[@dirtfarmer7472]

Try the Huey P Long that’ll get your attention, especially in a truck, right lane only, the curb is black where trucks have been rubbing their tires.

[@johngolden891]

For those of challenged by steep, high, narrow-laned bridges, I'd probably travel at 50 MPH in slow lane with slow vehicle blinker lights on. It would take me about 2 minutes to go over it, I would count each second!

[@billmorris2613]

The lanes are really not narrow. With no shoulders on either side it makes them look like they are narrow.

[@johngolden891]

@@billmorris2613 thanks for info

[@bobjohnson1710]

Too bad you never got to experience the joy (and terror) of driving over the Huey P. Long bridge! That bridge you're driving across is the Sunshine Bridge built in 1963 under the administration of Governor Jimmy Davis. At the time it was built, it was considered to be a "bridge to nowhere" because the road didn't connect to any major roads on the East bank of the river until after the bridge was completed. It was considered to be a political boondoggle by many in Louisiana!

[@user-rz8bu6vl8x]

I drove across that bridge many years ago during a thunderstorm. I immediately went into panic mode! I avoid all bridges over water, if I can 🤢

[@bobjohnson1710]

@@user-rz8bu6vl8x If you're driving in South Louisiana, avoiding bridges over water will get you no where pretty quick! Try driving over the Huey P Long while a train was going across at the same time! Another favorite is the I-10 bridge in Lake Charles across the Calcasieu River.

[@billmorris2613]

Look at it now. A very important bridge over the Mighty Mississippi River. The Lutcher / Gramacy bridge was also, “a bridge to no where” until it got connected the other highways.

[@billmorris2613]

Since 2013 the Huey P. Long Bridge is now a very wide bridge. If you think it is ruff driving the HPL before it was widened with a train going over it, you would not believe how it felt to be parked in a train on the bridge just outside of the super structure with 18 wheelers goin by. It feels just like being in an earthquake. Much worse than driving over it with a train going by. I retired before the bridge was widened so I don’t know if it still feels the same. But I’m guessing since the highway is now on its own superstructure it would be more stable and less shaky. The highway was just hung on the side of the railway bridge. The original bridge design was just for trains.

[@user-rz8bu6vl8x]

@@bobjohnson1710 been there, done that! Major panic attack, I avoid as many bridges as I can. I fly and get an Uber so I won't have to drive across bridges!

[@elaineandjohn9599]

Oil refineries are probably what you saw

[@kfelix2934]

@01:23 had to laugh at that . BR has the 4th largest oilrefinery in the world. So yes your guess it right ;)

[@jamesborden4805]

These kinds of cameras always seem to exaggerate the speed of the vehicle! He is NOT doing about 60 or 65 mph!

[@tailwalker84]

Watched a few tractor trailers anda bunch of cars slide backwards down that bridge in the ice storm around New years 2017

[@daevonthesavage7483]

People were really trying to cross this Rollercoaster when that happened???(I don't watch the news so I never knew) WTF 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@veronicathomas1877]

WHYYYYYYYYYY would they even attempt that?! Stewpid at its finest!!!!!

[@billmadison2032]

At 14 seconds you wonder what kind of plant that is. How the hell do you not know that that is a refinery?

[@DTD110865]

I've seen some bridges in Jacksonville, Florida over the St. Johns River that are surprisingly steep.

[@MaxChampagne69]

I've no strong opinions about this. I'm far too busy living the high life.

[@paulcarpool2288]

How about the Rainbow Bridge in Port Arthur TX?

[@roderickwilliams8372]

That bridge is waaaay steeper than the sunshine bridge

[@SteveCarras]

@@roderickwilliams8372 Yes, very big. But then it's Texas.

[@basketballspinner]

That’s the Baton Rouge New bridge. They call it that because it is newer than the Huey P. Long bridge a few miles away. Not steep for my Corolla.

[@Sugaa50]

This may be the Cancer Alley Area of Louisiana.

[@wrongway100]

bridge at La Porte of Houston Texas that is eight lanes and it's bigger than this bridge I know I got brake checked halfway up in a semi

[@scottarivett496]

Engineer 1: “let’s go with a nice gradual 1-2% grade on both ends of the bridge” Engineer 2: “ok a 1/15 grade it is”

[@Steve007124]

One going from Freeport into Surfside Texas is wayyyy steeper!

[@truthtellerbelievethat1813]

That's Donaldsonville Louisiana

[@cajunamerican2417]

I’ve Crossed That Bridge A Many A Times 👍

[@paulhunt4690]

Been over it many times

[@soundofperserverance3363]

try port Arthur rainbow bridge

[@Christopher-hx6xm]

Do not run out of gas,you can cause a traffic jam and at the wrong time of day you could get hurt

[@larrythiel691]

Why are you driving in the wrong lane?

[@truthtellerbelievethat1813]

Yes it's the Mississippi River

[@gedstrom]

Put down your camera and concentrate on your driving! That is FAR more important!

[@user-jj5mh1zi4j]

That Bridge is not steep at all there is a bridge in Chesapeake City Md. Cecil county that is a lot steeper then that

[@jehovahuponyou]

THAT BRIDGE IS SO VERY HIGH TO AVOID FLOOD WATERS, THAT WAY TRAFFIC CAN STILL CROSS OVER IT, HOPE THIS EXPLANATION HELPS, GLAD TO BE OF SERVICE!!!!!!!

[@rafeone9808]

For ship traffic

[@jakedrago7805]

@@rafeone9808bridge height is for marine traffic which the port of southeast Louisiana must accommodate large deep water vessels up to Baton Rouge

[@sundownerwhoopwhoop5016]

Yes it’s nothing about flood water it’s about the ships that have to go under it

[@jehovahuponyou]

@@sundownerwhoopwhoop5016 BUT WITH THE RIGHT FLOOD WATERS THE SHIPS COULD JUST GO OVER IT!!!

[@nleezie895]

You sir are officially better than me 😮

[@kentmummau5455]

why do you say that?

[@nleezie895]

@@kentmummau5455 lol cause I don't have the guts to take on that bridge

[@kentmummau5455]

@@nleezie895 let me give you my trick. I trust the engineers and the people who have gone before me. This bridge was nothing. I climb tall steel structures, walk across narrow beams 80 foot up. Any fear, I push away and replace it with " if he, she can do this. so can I." Now, if I don't see evidence that the engineering is solid and sound.....I would probably not do anything that seemed extremely risky

[@nleezie895]

@@kentmummau5455 Cool 😎. Thanks for the advice.

[@toxic1venom]

Oh my

[@eggchin9721]

Is this 190

[@elaineandjohn9599]

Just watched your two videos, Be careful Christians and on Civil war Monuments, (apologies for commenting here when you have good reason to close them on those videos themselves), and just wanted to say we agree with your sentiments and continue to use the brain God gave you as well as you have been.🙏

[@kentmummau5455]

thank you

[@brianpilette6308]

Rainbow Bridge in Port Arthur Texas