Chesapeake Bay Bridge - America's SCARIEST Bridge - Annapolis - Maryland - 4K Infrastructure Drive

Eastbound drive across the Bay Bridge near Annapolis, MD. Many say it is America's scariest. You be the judge.
Filmed: July 2022
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From Wikipedia:
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge (also known locally as the Bay Bridge) is a major dual-span bridge in the U.S. state of Maryland. Spanning the Chesapeake Bay, it connects the state's rural Eastern Shore region with the urban Western Shore, between Stevensville and the capital city of Annapolis. The original span, opened in 1952 and with a length of 4.3 miles (6.9 km), was the world's longest continuous over-water steel structure. The parallel span was added in 1973. The bridge is officially named the Gov. William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge after William Preston Lane Jr. who, as the 52nd Governor of Maryland, initiated its construction in the late 1940s finally after decades of political indecision and public controversy.
The bridge is part of U.S. Route 50 (US 50) and US 301, and serves as a vital link in both routes. As part of cross-country US 50, it connects the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area with Ocean City, Maryland, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, and other coastal tourist resort destinations. As part of US 301, it serves as part of an alternative route for Interstate 95 travelers, between northern Delaware and the Washington, D.C., area. Because of this linkage, the bridge is busy and has become known as a point of traffic congestion, particularly during peak hours and summer months.
The bridge's role in transportation was filled by ferries prior to the first span's construction. An annual 10K run across the bridge has been organized on-and-off since 1975. The bridge's economic impact on the areas it connects has been significant, with both Queen Anne's County and Ocean City expanding significantly since the bridge's construction. Future expansion of the bridge has been discussed since 2004, with a task force being formed to investigate the possibility of building a third span.
Because of similar names, it is often confused with the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, a bridge-tunnel linking the Eastern Shore of Virginia with the Hampton Roads region and the rest of Virginia.

[@wc5436]

Living in AA County I have travelled this bridge many many times. The bridge isn't scary but the way people drive is terrifying.

[@sandasturner9529]

You win the internet for today

[@sandy89107]

So true 😆

[@dentalnovember]

Came here to say it is just another bridge. Scary is traffic related.

[@realtalk37851]

Yall are used to it.I never liked it

[@mancityontopfrfr]

I don’t live there but I live In the area. Not scary.

[@thomaslane7576]

I drive this bridge almost 3 times a week . The scary part is when traffic is going both ways on one bridge.

[@r.d.r7658]

this is a concearn but it dose not scare me but if your smart stay in the right lane eastbound and you will never have to deal with the 2 way traffic when i started riding this bridge it was only one bridge

[@Piper-Down-EZ]

That happened to me last Friday, my hands were shaking, looking at the length of the bridge and the on coming traffic

[@thomaslane7576]

Yeah R.D.R. I stay to the right now lol no matter what.

[@chandellmonroe5254]

For this video, the driver should have taken the trip on a windy day so people could see the sway in the bridge which makes it so scary. It's been years since I was on this bridge. They only had fencing at the time so you could see down into the bay, it was pouring down raining and windy so the bridge was doing it's swaying thing, one lane east and one lane west, and I had a jackass driving a semi on my bumper the whole time. Swore I'd never get on that bridge again.

[@ESPLTD322]

Why do they do that???

[@rmanning1588]

I remember as a kid watching this bridge being built from the ferry that you previously had to use to cross the Chesapeake. Yes, I am that old.

[@anewman1]

The 301 bridge had me puckering up! But this bridge is a cakewalk. Except in high winds.

[@scottwright388]

@@anewman1 I will agree with that. What's more scary than any bridge, is the drivers around you.

[@patodonald7075]

And I'm even older than You. They were not even building the bridge in 1956 when I used to drive from Boston to Norfolk Va. & had to use the Kiptopeke ferry to cross the bay to get to My ship at the Naval Base in Norfolk.

[@anewman1]

@@scottwright388 Agreed!

[@tracytallent4739]

They stopped the ferry system in the middle of the 1970s and I was like age 3 or 4 and my parents took us out to the last ferry ride and my aunt who lives on Kent island pick us open and we took the last ferry ride back and think they should offer it back to help improve bay bridge traffic in the summer. Because of summer traffic on Fridays I never go visit my mom or my family in Kent island because of that mess.

[@sirarnie9837]

It is so scary for some that there is an escort service that will drive your car over the bridge for you. There is even a special pullover area before the toll booths where you can wait for your escort. I know a guy that use to do that and he said he'd typically make 200 bucks a day just driving people over the bridge.

[@ryanearles2024]

Is that Escort Service for the Bay Bridge still a thing, even after the toll plaza has been removed?

[@dentalnovember]

@Ryan Earles Yes it is.

[@realtalk37851]

Yup a guy started doing it by himself years ago and now it's a booming business

[@juliuscaeser9834]

A colleague just told me about that service today as I narrated my ordeal of crossing the bridge twice yesterday. Yesterday was my 8th time of crossing that bridge but you know what, I still feel nervous; I have driven on bridges in Pittsburg but Bay bridge in MD is at another level 😆

[@sirarnie9837]

​@@juliuscaeser9834 I know a person that won't go over the bridge even if someone else is driving. They literally will added hundreds of miles of driving, up through MD and down Delaware, to avoid taking the bridge on the way to Ocean City.

[@aaronmiles3306]

I cross the Bridge on weekends, normally. It only gets scary for me during inclement weather. High winds can be terrifying on the Bay Bridge, but they'll close the Bridge when the winds reach a certain mph. It's not too pleasant when traffic has completely stopped and you're at the top feeling the Bridge sway.

[@Mothbean]

As someone who has gone across this bridge countless times in my life (my mother and I used to visit my grandparents on the eastern shore every week), I find this bridge to be incredibly beautiful during the day, but it can be scary as hell when going over it at night. It's super dark up there, and combined with that rumbling, it can be pretty nerve-wracking. Scariest thing about it is still the traffic though.

[@questtech7148]

The scariest thing about this bridge for locals is trying to cross it on a Friday afternoon in the summertime. We have nightmares about it.

[@wifeoftheparty9839]

Or God forbid...if traffic backs up. Now that is SCARY!

[@Sky1]

First thing my wife would say after getting on the bridge is "I have to pee".

[@InkaBall]

@@Sky1oh hell nah

[@InkaBall]

@@Sky1your wife is screwed

[@davidfreeman3083]

Just drove back on Memorial's Day via this bridge this year. Don't really miss ANY of that!

[@joannecollins135]

I applaud all of those who are not scared crossing this bridge. It terrifies me for various reasons. In the 40yrs that I’ve lived in this area, I’ve only driven across it once. (I took the long way home😂)

[@MrSmith8593]

Wow how manny additional hours did take ?

[@emmawilliams9731]

It terrifies me to

[@mark03061956]

Used to drive it in the 1970s when the steel deck was not yet paved over. Lotsa fun with semis coming at you a few feet away, on a rainy foggy day. It was a real sphincter-tightening experience.

[@JasonSmith-qe3vb]

I've driven across this bridge once in my life. I'm from los Angeles. My step mom lived in crofton MD. I went to her graduation in 2012. We took a road trip to Annapolis and Chesapeake bay. My aunt had her eyes closed the whole time we went across and back. Its just such a massive bridge.

[@itsjustJen7304]

I have driven it often with traffic coming opposite direction on same side of bridge. That is another level of concentration.

[@michaelwarren2391]

That, to me is the scary part - especially at night.

[@edwardmiller5237]

I have done it with my worktrucks

[@JR_SupportOurHeroes]

I noticed this happens frequently after 8pm October through April when they frequently close the West Bound Bridge for evening construction. I met a bunch of the construction workers that work underneath the Chesapeake Bay Bridge at night. They go to the Ram's Head in Stevensville Maryland during break talk about having no fear 👍😎👍

[@sstritmatter2158]

YES

[@scpatl4now]

It doesn't seem that scary now, but 30 years ago when I drove over it it seemed a lot scarier. I remember it having a steeper incline than in the video, but maybe that is just my own memory. The Cooper River and Wando River bridges on I-526 in Charleston seem a lot scarier. Also after the Bay Bridge as I recall, every little town you go through you better heed the speed limits. That area used to be full of speed traps in every little town on the way to the shore.

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Oh yeah I saw plenty of people getting pulled over on the way to Ocean City

[@markvargus6519]

I grew up in the SF Bay Area and drove over the San Mateo bridge dozens of times. That bridge is similar in that it just has the concrete barrier walls to prevent a fall, although it travels near the water level for a much longer distance before arching over the water. I can't say that watching this scares me, although I can say from having driven the Chesapeake Bridge in the last year that it was definitely not in my top ten list of experiences I want to repeat often.

[@krystalgardiner5591]

Yup I got a ticket on that stretch lol

[@alexandertebo4011]

Living in the Delmarva region, 15 mins from Salisbury and 40 from Ocean City. Having driven Rt 50 a million times since 2006, there aren’t really any speed traps. If you’re not going 80 on 50 from Salisbury to OC, you’re going too slow. Really the only place to watch out is going through Cambridge MD. Otherwise, it’s free for all. Rt 13 from Seaford to Salisbury is the same way. You can go 100mph and people still pass you. Delaware State Police for some reason don’t patrol that 16 mile stretch at all.

[@jamesjoseph5707]

@@alexandertebo4011 Yep. I got a Ticket entering Cambride. 69 in a 35. I lived 100 miles away and guess the Cop didn't think I would come all the way back to come to Court. I did. The Cop didnt. Ticket Dismissed. 😁😁😁👍👍👍

[@crabbyturtle1594]

I grew up in Annapolis, it was always a treat for me as a kid and adult to travel on this bridge. Having said that, on inclement days it can be a bit more nerve racking driving on it.

[@VASparky]

When you cross this bridge, you feel the weight of all the heavy traffic from DC and Baltimore lift right off...until you get to Ocean City and Rehoboth.

[@jackremy2015]

When you get across the bridge heading to Ocean city, its like leaving Hell, after driving on I-95.

[@bidadash]

I grew up 10 min from this bridge and the very first time I went driving with the drivers ed instructor. He made me drive across this bridge. I’m proud to say I made it across.

[@kelleymcbride4633]

Definitely the scariest bridge ive ever seen! I drove over some big ones in Pennsylvania and upstate New York and also over the Mississippi but this tops them all!

[@chadwaldron3568]

I remember that bridge and how pleasing it was to drive over it. Maryland countryside was beautiful.

[@garrylogan5995]

Here's one for the faint of hearts. In my very first rookie year of driving a tractor trailer, I was dispatched on a load going to Hurlock, Md.(45,000 lbs plus on trailer) So I left late on a Sunday evening, raining moderately as the skies darkened. As I got close to the bridge, mind you with rainy weather after passing through Annapolis, Md. ( US Rt 50 East/ West ) Approaced the bridge rainy, now heavy, thick fog as I go up on the grade, after the toll booth. Once to the top which I realized probably near center span. Can't see NOTHING, totally blind crawling until getting down the other side, shaking scared as a cat like hell. The only way I had to see the road was to watch the edge of the deck, little ass gaurdrails in place to stay on the bridge not driving off it. The next morning, delivered the load in Hurlock, Md. after sleeping and calming down my nerves. Sunny day the next day after making my delivery, came back across THAT bridge again. I realized in the daylight, cleared skies the brutal truth and terror of the bridge crossing the bay. Greatful to live and tell about it. Yes, it's the scariest bridge ANYWHERE at least in my opinion here in the East.... Can't beat the views of it though on clear sunny days.

[@TimEssDub]

Scariest for me was the Chicago Skyway during its renovation in Summer '04: Single narrow lane. If you want scary, try the Mackinac Bridge during white cap winds.

[@heaveno7775]

Yeah, I have seen the videos for that one. Looks a little scary. LOL!

[@jimroscovius]

The Macinac is scary even on a nice day!!

[@bentley4446]

👍

[@keithmetcalf5548]

If ur into scenic sunsets this is the best bridge. Looks awesome going down over the water from the bridge 🌉☀️

[@landonvazquez1404]

I’ve been on this bridge only once when we were staying in Annapolis and we were driving to Rehoboth Beach, DE. This bridge didn’t scare me at all though, I can understand the people who are terrified of big bridges being a little scared but big bridges don’t tend to scare me.

[@DR_AERONAUTICS]

Great video! I would argue the Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge carrying MD4 across the Patuxent River in Solomons/California Maryland is also a contender for scariest bridge. Take the Eastbound Span of the Bay Bridge as a starting point, reverse the left lane's direction, double the gradient, then get rid of everything that isn't a jersey wall.😁

[@MileageMikeTravels]

I’ll have to check that one out.

[@michaelwarren2391]

I cross the TJ bridge regularly, and I agree with you.

[@Kbizzle0083]

From a boat if your there long enough you will see pieces of concrete fall into the water from the TJ bridge in Solomons

[@2adunny733]

The Tj is nothing compared to this especially at night yikes 😳

[@NobleSavage44]

Yeah gives you the sense of the start of a roller coaster. Up, up and away. I’ll take Bay bridge over TJ every time.

[@Railfan56]

Most vivid experience when I was 12 (1968) and only one bridge (today's eastbound) with my grandfather at the wheel. Traveling toward NJ and seeing that that huge hump of a span out in the middle was frightening, worse with oncoming traffic and my grandfather pointing left and right which equals taking his eyes off the road. Also they had railing on the sides, not todays jersey dividers. Years later I had another experience on a Greyhound bus, this time I felt like we were floating over it, as you only see water.

[@cherylperry2910]

I get on floor of car when going over this bridge, it is so frightening!

[@zeldaforester8580]

Went over this bridge on a school bus once; it was so foggy we couldn’t see anything. Was definitely an interesting experience as most of the other kids were freaking out.

[@robminch8592]

It's the combination of things that make this scary. It's tall and narrow. It's exposed. It's heavily traveled. It's almost 5 miles across. One end is steep and curved. The speed limit varies across the bridge. Traffic patterns are frequently changed to accommodate traffic volume and maintenance. Traffic is extremely heavy at rush hour during the week. In the warmer months, weekend traffic jams can be hours long and stretch for miles. The lack of alternate routes makes this inevitable. The lanes can be shifted to route up to four lanes in one direction at a time, meaning that you will encounter two-way traffic on either span. Also, one span will close for maintenance at night. Next, the older span in the video has smaller lanes, but features concrete barriers on the sides. The newer three lane span has wider lanes, but also has "open" metal railings on the sides, allowing for an spectacular view down to the waters of the bay. This is especially exciting to view when driving westbound in the left lane as you descend on the curving surface toward the land. And let's not forget about the weather. Summer storms can form quickly and will move quickly over the open water, especially in the evenings. Besides, that, winds will naturally funnel up or down the bay, making a crossing into an adventure. I remember crossings where you could feel the bridge swaying in the wind.

[@brucematheson404]

I worked on this bridge when resurfacing was being done on the east bound lanes,i actually fell through in between the girders when we were about 60 ft up,god wzs watching over me that day because there was many pieces of rebar sticking up out ot the water ,but i escaped any injury because i could have been skewed,i just ended up soaking wet,went home got dry clothes on and went back to work,i was 23 then

[@lovematters7122]

Love this bridge, but you didn't show the water down below!!! There is an annual Bay Bridge walk across it that's really a great 3 mile workout!

[@tracytallent4739]

I grew up 10 minutes from this bridge and as an adult I actually had a job for 5 years on the other side of the bridge and drove thru sunny days, high winds days, rain and hail and of course snow. I have family that lives on the Queen Anne's county side. I even been stuck in traffic for people who were starting their vacations on their way to Ocean City Maryland and I been stuck in traffic for bridge jumpers who did it for fun and suicide. I even have walked this bridge in 1995 and 1997 yet because of bridge work and over population I don't think that they allow bridge walks anymore. Yet I never considered this bridge scary. I been on the largest bridge in the southern parts of this great country in Louisiana called Pontchartrain bridge which ever 7 miles has opened areas for cars to pull over on and that bridge is over 20 miles long. I also been on a bridge outside Sleepy Hollow New York that actually had signs everywhere on that bridge saying LIFE IS WORTH LIVING to stop suicide jumpers. Yet one of the scariest bridges I ever drove over is the tiniest metal bridge connecting Anne Arundel county and Prince Georges in Maryland where this tiny bridge only has 1 lane and for safety you have to drive only 10 mph and only 1 car at a time and you have too watch out at either side to avoid head on collisions and for me that's scary bridge in Maryland and it's been shut down for reconstruction for years now. The other scary bridge I been on was a bridge in Georgia and made of wood and in the movie Green Fried Tomatoes and it still blows my mind that a wooden bridge holds 1 ton cars and trucks. Yet most of the scariest bridges are in south American and Asia. Yet you think that the Bay bridge connecting A.A. county and Queens Anne county is scary is laughable

[@silverbells24]

This bridge doesn't look too bad! But in thunderstorms, it's pretty horrifying

[@jneale5204]

The video doesn't give the full effect. I had to drive across it in white out conditions. That was not fun

[@silverbells24]

@@jneale5204 doesn't sound fun at all

[@jneale5204]

@@silverbells24 no it wasn't

[@t-rozbenouameur5304]

​@@jneale5204I'm surprised they didn't close it.

[@cowgirl9014]

I cross it on occasion either to visit family or vacation, mostly to vacation since my grandfather passed away 13 years ago. It never frightens me but to be fair I never crossed it in bad weather. That part of Maryland is so so beautiful!

[@TheYouTubeTeam]

The annual Chesapeake Bay Bridge run/walk is coming up on Sunday, November, 13, 2022. It's a fantastic walking experience (I've never participated in the run) that I've enjoyed many times over the years starting in the early 1980's. Edit: FYI The walk/run is held on the eastbound span (as seen in this video) while it's closed to vehicular traffic.

[@ericlburch]

I really enjoyed the walk, I did it many times. You realize that the bridge is designed to sway a little in the wind, and different sections sway with different wind speeds. It is an inch or two in a light breeze, and on one windy day it was about a foot! You probably don't notice while driving.

[@TheYouTubeTeam]

@@ericlburch yeah, and you haven't lived until you stand over one of the expansion joints on the deck surface and look down through the bridge to the water far, far below!

[@Nicksonian]

Done the run once when it wasn’t so complicated and the walk maybe a dozen times. My question is, why the middle of November? Stupid time of year. Unfortunate that the run was taken away from the Annapolis Striders and given to some commercial racing outfit.

[@norms3913]

That's the other Chesapeake bay Bridge in Virginia that does that

[@TheYouTubeTeam]

@@norms3913 What is your malfunction? There is one Chesapeake Bay Bridge. It's in Maryland. There is one Chesapeake Bay Bridge - Tunnel. It's in Virginia. I have driven both, but I have only walked across one - The Chesapeake Bay Bridge in Maryland. Are you saying that I somehow made a wrong turn on my way to walk the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in Maryland (on several occasions) and ended up in Virginia walking the Chesapeake Bay Bridge - Tunnel by mistake? Do you even think about what you're saying before posting it for the world to see?

[@scottdove4461]

I travel this way for work most every Wednesday and as of today 8/9/22 have been over it 893 times! ( yes, I keep track!😁) Its always a highlight of the week for me as I love this area.

[@psychshell4644]

I love Annapolis ❤️ I pass 4 hospitals to go to AAHS. I am so glad that I moved to the area.

[@rjmcallister1888]

The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway and the I-10 bridge in New Orleans are in this class, as is one on Queen Elizabeth Way over Lake Ontario on the way to Toronto. My sister would not drive this bridge after her first time. My mother wouldn't drive it at all. So, every time I would visit DC, I was recruited to cross it to assure safe passage to Rehoboth Beach. The many 18-and-20-foot-wide bridges I drove over the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers were good training grounds.

[@MichaelSmith-hs5iu]

I'm from the Syracuse,NY area, I had to cross that bridge pulling a 5th wheel camper to work at the nuclear plant "Calvert Cliffs". Yes. that bridge scared me! As a journeyman carpenter, i could only imagine that this bridge was built out of a 1950's erector set.

[@cherylbusch6236]

That’s the description I was looking for: “erector set”!! (Thank you!) The design alone doesn’t make one feel safe-even in a video it feels like it’s made out of aluminum. Not, reassuring!!

[@catcher2473]

Drove over it a few years ago, I loved it, my wife hated; she hates bridges. Stopped in Stevenson for some crab cakes, made her happier. Not scary at all to me.

[@madera7272]

Not sure if they still do it, but they used to close off the bridge for pedestrians once a year. You would take a bus from Annapolis to the Queen Anne’s side and walk back. I did it once in the late 80s. It was really a cool experience.

[@user-p97g6mvbh]

I have driven over this bridge many times and not one time I thought it was scary.

[@eddiewinxs1737]

The westbound side of the bridge is scarier; especially the downhill curve into Annapolis. When it is raining it gets slick and can get rather white-knucklee if there is two-way traffic on that span.

[@sherimowery3251]

I'm from Baltimore, and have travelled over this bridge many times going to Ocean City and to visit friends in Delaware. I never thought it was scary to drive over, but never had the nerve to do the walk over it!

[@JayTheGreat_Gaming]

Like I said before, this is one of America's Greatest Bridges next to the one in Virginia, the George Washington Memorial Bridge, and other famous beidges.

[@ChatGPT1111]

Oh, you're the one who said that. I've been reading hundreds of thousands of comments on this page to locate you and see what other words of wisdom you have. I can see my countless hours have paid off 😂😂😂

[@peggy8526]

I absolutely love this bridge. I have driven it so many times.

[@TremainFisher]

I love the Bay Bridge. It signals vacation time for me! I feel once I’m over the bridge driving from Baltimore I’m so much closer to the beach!

[@hewhohasnoidentity4377]

I can say that has a truck driver, this was the scariest bridge in the country for me personally. The worst part was that there the tunnel has an alternative. Neither one was pleasant, but if I end up in the water in the tunnel there is no chance of survival, so I took the bridge. Regretted it every time.

[@mannixishandsome]

It's been about 5 years since I've driven it in a semi, and from what I remember is that those barriers just didn't even like they were there. Sitting so high did not make it a fun time

[@SMichaelDeHart]

In the late 80's I lived in Annapolis and worked in Greenbelt, MD. So I crossed the Bay Bridge many times going over to Cape Henelopene and Rehoboth Beach. Hated Friday afternoons trying to get home to Annapolis from Greenbelt with all the beach bound traffic from NoVa and the DMV.

[@barrymccreary9565]

I remember crossing it is an amazing bridge

[@dave1956]

I remember using this bridge once, over 30 years ago when we visited Annapolis. My wife still occasionally mentions how much she disliked it.

[@coltoncasey5886]

I’ve went on this bridge and the CBBT. Great video!

[@wilsonthuo9639]

I use this road every day

[@marc11467]

Excellent video. Prepared me for my trip across. Now i remember what to expect. Scared the hell out of me a few years ago .A couple years ago it wasn't as bad. Getting used to it:)

[@shaynestephens]

I drove over this bridge back in 2019. Not scary at all. It's a beautiful bridge in a beautiful area. I am curious as to why you find it scary.

[@scpatl4now]

I think they have added the concrete guard rails since I drove over it. Without those, even the slightest amount of wind would pull on your vehicle.

[@heaveno7775]

@@scpatl4now it was enough accidents that happened and I think that is why many were scared. Yeah the rails have made a difference.

[@MileageMikeTravels]

It wasn’t scary to me myself but I’ve seen several videos and read about a lot of people considering it scary.

[@4funJust4you]

Glad to see the most scariest bridge in all of Maryland.

[@Mapmaker1559]

The Chesapeake Bay Bridge really isn't scary at all. I absolutely love it.

[@r.d.r7658]

i agree

[@MattWolfe1019]

I used to drive on this bridge to go to my trailer/beach house that I owned in Delaware especially on weekends I would go there. Sometimes I miss having that vacation home but unfortunately I had no choice but to sell it. The first time I drove on that bridge it never scared me at all. As a matter of fact my mom actually told me that one of my ancestors actually helped build that bridge.

[@abstracts2004]

This bridge is pretty nice to drive across for me because of the height. Drive across it going east at sunrise and its pretty cool. Now the old 301 bridge was the one that really scared people. It was very high, narrow and the traffic moved fast.

[@josephbarone428]

Driven over this bridge many times over the last 30 years, heading down to Lewes, DE. It can get a bit scary, if you are driving in really bad weather (they do close it down periodically due to high winds). The only other time it can get scary, is when you drive east bound on the west bound span -- yes, they do reverse one lane on the west bound side during the summer months (Fridays and Saturdays), to relieve beach travel congestion. Now, if you want to talk scary, then you should have driven over the old Goethals Bridge going from New Jersey to Staten Island (NYC). That was scary. Note: It was torn down a few years ago.

[@ronaldwilliamson7963]

It's a smooth straight bridge that's a pleasant drive. If you can't go over it, you can't go over any bridge.

[@pde442]

Awesome video and couldn’t agree more!

[@notRCrosleyHacked]

Drove it to work for 2 years straight. It's scary to me when the storms come you can't see the wind blows and tractor trailer accidentally slides into your lane. I've had to break fast or speed up to get away from tractor trailers that are sliding around in the wind

[@DakotaFord592]

This would be so much fun!! Just imagine you are in Mario karts!!! ❤

[@roypatterson9910]

I'm from Baltimore and I live in Carroll County MD now, but I can't tell you just how many times I've crossed this bridge.

[@QuickHittinEm]

When the weather is bad on that bridge it’s horrifying, I’m a trucker and I’ve had more than a few close calls going over that bridge

[@NateInDC]

I used to live 5 miles from Sandy Point and drove across that bridge dozens of times, I feel safe going eastbound, it's the westbound lanes that scare me, particularly when the far left lane is used for eastbound traffic, I don't drive across during bad weather or during a heavy wind gust, on a side note I ran a 10k across it 7 years ago and felt more comfortable crossing on foot than driving...lol

[@jerrybarone9899]

traveled this bridge several times...try doing it on a Friday night in a thunder storm. white knuckle time

[@marylandemergencyresponses]

Definitely more scary when the other part of the bridge shut down so all traffic is on one bridge going back-and-forth

[@renostubbs8504]

My first time was pretty awkward because nobody warned me,i traveled on BayRunner shuttle from BWI, felt like it took forever to get to the other side. Then at other times, the bridge that was one way each side,turn into a two the next day...strange

[@postersm7141]

I’ve been across this bridge so many times, living in Northern Virginia, and traveling to Ocean City, not to mention other parts on the Eastern shore for work. My only regret is, I haven’t had the opportunity to do it on my motorcycle yet!

[@robertvosburgh7540]

Nevermind I thought it was the other one with bridges and tunnels, I think US13

[@shaynestephens]

You were thinking of the Chesapeake Bay BRIDGE-TUNNEL. Yes, indeed - US 13.

[@DTD110865]

I'm not afraid of that one either.

[@kcmon3437]

Been working on the other span of the bridge for about a year and a half. I run a crane up there at nighttime and set new signal structures. Definitely took me some time to get used to it.

[@Papershields001]

This bridge is only scary when it’s two way traffic on one bridge. Add that to at night or bad weather, then it’s scary.

[@nathanmohn4272]

5 miles. That’s cute, try the 18 mile Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Its a bridge that crosses 18 miles of ocean and has not 1 but 2 tunnels within it.

[@t-rozbenouameur5304]

It's also a lot lower. Hell, theres a gift shop at the midway point.

[@nathanmohn4272]

@@t-rozbenouameur5304 there’s a gift shop because the bridge is 18 MILES long over open ocean.

[@hippynothipster]

I rate it as pretty scary but only when one span is closed and it's bidirectional on a single span, especially at night. Takes some serious concentration.

[@boondoggle4820]

This bridge always makes me nervous. I’m glad that I don’t have to drive to the eastern shore very often.

[@lilpxpcorn745]

Nice looking bridge to be so scary. Nice video Mike! 👍

[@Sobolady89]

My friend use to change the lightbulbs on that bridge in the middle of the night. The scariest part I found was having to sit in traffic for 3 hours to cross the bridge.

[@loriwitmer6596]

I've been over that bridge many times. The scarey part is some drivers on the bridge. And, one time it was so foggy u could hardly see in front of me and as I was driving on it - Adele's Rolling In The Deep - was playing on my radio. I will never forget that.

[@AD25-h3v]

This video doesn’t capture the HEIGHT. If you are afraid of heights, this bridge will get ya. I actually prefer it at night because it’s not as obvious how high up you are. Living in Maryland now for 30+ years I’ve driven this plenty, but while I used to be fine, the older I get the more I don’t like it.

[@beautifulflorida]

Nice video, thank you for sharing!

[@dianelawrence1087]

A wonderful resturant, gift shop and fishing pier. You can get off in either direction

[@t-rozbenouameur5304]

What?

[@CaydenPowell-c5j]

This bridge gave me and my mom a heart attack because it was so scary and the bridge is so tall that the accident that happened with that 18 wheeler scared me so much

[@LawrenceMarkFearon]

Catching up on your Maryland videos tonight. Been driving the Bay Bridge for 30 years but don't understand why people are so scared crossing it. Were you at all intimidated by the Bay Bridge?

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Nah it wasn’t too bad in my opinion. I saw another video here on KZbin calling it scary so I wanted to see for myself.

[@peterscott4597]

The eastbound older bridge has simlar design ques from the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge. The suspension span has a simlar style to the SFOB span. The cantilever span is similar as well to the old eastern span of the SFOB minus being a double deck.

[@SoundScientist1]

I've driven across numerous bridges all up & down the U.S. East Coast. If you've got any anxieties about bridges or fear of heights, the Rte 13 bridge (FURTHER SOUTH) that takes you from Maryland's Eastern Shore to Tidewater Virginia will most certainly bring them out. It's one helluva piece of engineering work, but a bit unnerving. Sat. 3/30/2024

[@Dvenchy]

I went across that bridge and back a long time ago. I don't believe it had those jersey walls back then. You could easy see the water and how far your fall would be if you went over.

[@bluemoon472]

I can barely handle watching the video let alone actually drive it! And I used to drive over bridges all the time, no problem. I don’t know why I can’t now.😫

[@willybeama1]

I have to drive this on Friday and I’m trying to watch videos to prepare myself.

[@usstiger_cd4165]

I'm honestly surprised the Bay Bridge-Tunnel in Virginia isn't scarier.

[@tantebaguette]

Not having margins on a bridge brings out my fear of heights. Add a truck next to me, I'm ready for a cocktail.

[@illusionh]

Currently I’m going to ocean city and I’m terrified of this bridge but last summer in 2023, when I was going to ocean city I watched this video to cool my nerves, doing that again for this year and right now, I’m gonna hope everything will be okay.

[@Travelerspence]

i took a road trip and when i went to Washington dc i went over that bridge coming from deleware

[@isrj1111]

Who's here after bridge collapse

[@Kitty99655]

It was the France’s Scot bridge not the Chesapeake

[@justinallan5037]

I cross the bay bridge on my daily commute. I see this bridge very differently since the key bridge fell. Still not really scary unless there's high winds

[@robertvosburgh7540]

How is a hazardous material tanker going across? I thought certain things couldn't go through tunnels

[@heaveno7775]

This is not that bridge. You are thinking about the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel.

[@-eikh-2340]

Do you see a tunnel?

[@robertvosburgh7540]

@@-eikh-2340 you do realize i added another post, where I said wrong road? I thought it was the bridge tunnel on US 13. Connecting Delaware to Virginia. Simple mistake, dang.

[@t-rozbenouameur5304]

​@@robertvosburgh7540it connects Virginia Beach to the Eastern Shore. No Delaware.

[@InkaBall]

Imagine if there is agreesive drivers and the west bound bridge closes down and traffic is backed up due to a truck blocking the way. 💀💀💀

[@chiefjoes.wiggumindonutswe5662]

reckless drivers from Miami, florida, dude 🐯

[@lmsummers1299]

I love this Bridge...Because ya always know you were heading Ocean City... Years ago they had a day where you could walk across the Bay Bridge...that was fun!!!...😃

[@lisawicks8205]

I felt my anxiety rise just looking at this😆 I’ve been on ships and boats many times and I’m not bothered, so IDK why this bridge unnerves me so much

[@tamaraeldridge5996]

I'm getting anxiety just watching this video. By the way I'm terrified of bridges

[@marykosmas8783]

I live in Anne Arundel county and your so right this bridge is scary af

[@rayfridley6649]

The proper name for this bridge is The William Preston Lane bridge. Its route numbers are not only US 50. It is US 50-US 301 concurrent.

[@flydragon7256]

At least the 24-mile Causeway in NOLA has emergency shoulders...

[@oracleloki12]

Between this and the Mackinac bridge both are terrifying. Just in different ways.

[@JustCookIt813]

Been stopped on this bridge then feeling the swaying. Was on westbound the newer bridge in left lane. Always felt safer on the older bridge though. Maybe cause I watched the second one being constructed.