Hey! I am excited for this series, I commented on the va bridges a couple weeks ago. I seem to have missed part 1 and 2. Glad to get here by part 3 though! Much love to you from Richmond Virginia!
I was surprised there was no mention of Washington's floating bridges, but the ones mentioned are good choices. Being from there, I can add the tree that fell down to become a very walkable bridge over the South Fork Sauk River on the hike to Monte Cristo. It replaced a steel car bridge that washed out decades ago. Which makes nice segue into... Washington is also known for its bridge disasters. Everyone knows about Galloping Girdie, but there's also the old floating bridge that carried US 10 and later, I-90 over Lake Washington, that sunk in a windstorm. Fortunately, drivers were using a new span as it was being renovated to be the new eastbound span when it happened. The line, "Don't let your pontoons fill with water!" still sticks with me. Another one is the I-5 bridge over the Skagit River that collapsed when an overheight truck clipped it a few years ago.
I'm going to speak on the Spuyten Duyvil bridge's behalf. 🙂 It's so low bc it was the first railroad to come to Inwood in the mid 19th century, opening up that part of town as a country getaway. It's beat up, but it won't be burned, it won't be pushed around. It was clearly built on a budget, but it keeps its head low and has survived year after year for almost two centuries. What New Yorker couldn't respect that? I'd give it a 'C' like the nineteen swing bridges received. An 'F' bridge to me would be one that fails to do ANYthing, and the SD bridge has a lot of history. Fun video, my guy.👍👍👍👍 Edit: Your pronunciation was fine, and fyi Spuyten Duyvil is old dutch, loosely meaning, 'spit in the Devil's eye'. Back when we were jolly New Amsterdam, the first guy to try to swim it drowned. Second guy made it and said it was so rough, it was like he spit in the Devil's eye right before he got in the water. Colorful, so it stuck.
That's a great defense of the bridge. I do think it looks ugly regardless but I understand why it's so low. I do think it's one of the worst bridges covered in this video so maybe I'd be willing to budge to a D tier. I just got a ton of crap for pronunciation on a prior bridge so I wanted to do better
@@Engineers_Perspective Ugly as sin, not always a bad thing in nyc. We can live with 'D'. One of the achievements in GTA IV was to fly under every bridge in Liberty City. I immediately thought of Spuyten Duyvil. 😬😬😬😬😬😬 Wasn't in the game, thank God. Be well. 🤘
I just subscribed. I love bridges and the history behind them. I also have bad anxiety. Your voice and humor put me at ease. I feel okay right now. I’m from Richmond Va, and we have some cool bridges here if you ever wanna deep dive it. The mayo bridge and the old Lee bridge are interesting as well as the old viaduct (now the Martin Luther king) it’s super fascinating. Thanks for getting me outta my own head and I can’t wait to watch more!
Thanks for watching! I appreciate it! I have actually started going state by state and going more in depth. I'm starting with Florida and moving up the coast so Virginia will actually be covered 5th. Thanks for the suggestions and I'll make sure to take a look at those bridges once I get there. I try to keep a schedule of a new video every 2 weeks as that's the fastest I can work haha.
What about the other bridge to the Rockaways? The Cross Bay Bridge? I live in the Rockaways and use it all the time. I even drove over it today. It is a rare bridge because it starts and ends in the same county and requires paying a toll.
@@Engineers_Perspective Speaking of pronunciation, you learnt me somethin'. I have been mis-pronouncing "Ole". I thought it was O'hlee. Goes to show you're never to old tl learn something new!
You did a Great job, Grahtles. You have a pleasant voice, I am hard of hearing and was able to understand everything you said. Look forward to hearing you in the future. 👍
Good question, was it the longest of it's kind when it opened up? Did it use new techniques that helped design later bridges? Is it breaking any records at all? I think that's what makes a bridge historically significant.
Surprised ND didn't get a couple more honorable mentions. If you don't know it, another one not noted in previous comments is the Hi-Line bridge in Valley City, one of the longest railroad bridges in the US. I always thought it was pretty cool.
I didn't want to mention all of them in this video when I'm planning to go state by state eventually. I'd like to save some bridges for that video haha
Pennsylvania - I grew up in Pittsburgh, but I am sorry to say, the Benjamin Franklin Bridge is by far a better feat of engineering than any of the bridges in Pittsburgh. Spanning the Delaware River, this suspension bridge connects Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Camden, New Jersey. The bridge was dedicated as part of the 1926 Sesquicentennial Exposition, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence. From 1926 to 1929, it had the longest single span of any suspension bridge in the world.
As an infrastructure nerd who binges on YT engineering videos, I have to say this was one of the best I've seen. I love your attention to details and use of cost and dimension stats. Great job!
For Wyoming, a lot of the bridges across the Snake River in the Jackson Hole area are rather nice, but the one that carries WYO-22 is, I'm my opinion, one of the cooler ones to cross because you can see the Tetons from it
Thanks for the suggestion! Unfortunately every bridge in north dakota, south dakota, and Nebraska could be considered "Middle of nowhere" haha. It is a nice looking bridge and it's interesting being a pin and hangar bridge. My state of North Dakota has had so many problems with pin and hangar bridges
@@Engineers_Perspective Very tall, poorly maintained and expensive but you had no choice either pay or go through some of the roughest neighborhoods the south side of Chicago has to offer. Built in '58 and still havent paid the thing off.
It is 'Canyon' City, as the n has a tilde ("enya"). Surprising that BNSF is planning to improve its infrastructure by replacing a bridge. I always knew the bridge in Rhode Island as the Jamestown bridge. My father wouldn't walk out on the Rio Grande Gorge bridge with us kids. We were thrilled to see the Rio Grande so far below (about 600 ft. I think) that it looked like a piece of yellow string. He wasn't quite as thrilled.
You could do a video for each state. Of course, you should learn how to pronounce Fayetteville, Potomac, and Monongahela. 😂 Did you know the Monongahela River goes through Monongalia County?
You missed the Wheeling Suspension Bridge in Wheeling West Virginia. The first bridge to span the Ohio Rivera and was located on the historic National Road.
Former Indiana DOT here. I've worked on the Sherman-Minton more than I care to think about. It has been in various states of major repair with all, or multiple lanes closed for more than half the last 15 years since it was struck by a barge in 2009. Fracture Critical is a term I have become very familiar with. The Current contract has been ongoing for well over 3 years. There were plans to tear off the upper deck and build a new structure alongside, but Kentucky wasn't willing to pay their half, so we are currently on another $200 million + rehab. Locals (myself included) are not amused. PS: Indiana is responsible for maintenance of the bridge, but only about 300-400' is in Indiana. Ind & Ky have an agreement to split up the crossings.
Oof that sounds rough. I'm getting experience with stuff like that between Minnesota DOT and North Dakota DOT with the Red River. There's a ton of bridges all up and down that river but we have an agreement to split the responsibility of each bridge crossing the border. I had gone to a class on how to inspect and identify fracture critical bridges recently, and they hammered in our heads to call it a bridge with Nonredundent Steel Tension Members (NSTM) instead of fracture critical. We also talked about that bridge in the class as well
I have a peech impeddlemint. I have trouble pronouncing my own name.🤪 Your snide remarks makes this video enjoyable. Worst Dakota being the best. Being from New England we make snide remarks about each state. Like Massholes, Maineiacs,Vermonsters, or Cow Hampshire.
I was just about to say I agreed with everything, but then, the Spuyten Duyvi Creekl Bridge. Thought you ranked it a little low. Maybe because it's a Railroad Bridge. I do have to concur... It is pretty damned ugly. Thanks for the Videos👍
I've been asked to do railroad bridges by others as well so it is a future video that I will cover. I just want to get some more videos out in the meantime but I will get to railroad bridges eventually
I’m from Oklahoma that’s why I talk funny, 1987 I was driving a truck & had to cross the Huey P Long bridge in New Orleans hiway 3125 it was a little scary & I’m being polite, in Oklahoma I would’ve used Pack Saddle bridge HyWay 283 across the Canadian River. I’m glad that you included Galloping Gurdey in Washington, the New River bridge in WV is interesting, when you are standing under it & know that on bridge day it’s legal to jump off of it I’ll subscribe to your channel & look forward to more
Thanks for the suggestions and I hope you enjoy my videos! I plan to go more in depth with each state eventually so I'll take a look at your suggestion for Oklahoma
I'm not blaming you but we can see how they lie about inflation. There is a 0 % chance you can build these bridges today for the adjusted for inflation price.
@@Engineers_Perspective Is it that the inflation calculator is wrong, or building costs have skyrocketed in addition to the inflation? I spent 10 years in DOT leaving a few months ago and the latter is 💯 true. When I started, we built new roadway for $1 million/lane mile. Now it's $5-10 million.
