I found some mistakes or mispronunciations in this video, the ones I had the most trouble with are: 1) The Mackinac Bridge is pronounce Ma-kuh-naa, I have driven over this bridge several times and have enjoyed the sound of my tires on the steel deck. 2) The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel is in Virginia NOT Maryland as it crosses the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. The tunnel portion is so ships can enter and exit the bay. The thrumming of a ships propeller is a sound you don't forget as you go through the tunnel. There is a Chesapeake Bay Bridge (Gov. William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge) in Maryland, but there are no tunnels as far as any maps or the state show.
It's a bridge/tunnel that goes from eastern Maryland to Virginia Beach..I loved it unless an accident u will be stuck until the accident is clear..I've traveled with my husband who was a truck driver but he's deceased now but i got to see our beautiful country..I loved seeing those BIG ships too 😀
@@kathrinelaws1359, I know what the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel is as I also traveled through it on U.S. 13. It travels from the Little Creek/Norfolk area to the Eastern Peninsula of Virginia. My father was stationed at the D&S Piers at Norfolk Naval Station, and my Scout troop went camping at Savage Neck Dunes Nature Preserve so we could assist in cleaning up the area and we traveled from Virginia Beach where my troop was based. Some of the scouts would see who could hold their breath through each tunnel section.
Yeah, 2 completely different entities altogether. Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel is like 15 miles long with 3 tunnels. I don't know about the Maryland one. But, I've traveled the CBBT several times and it's $15 to cross it. So there's the biggest fear you'll face.
@@commonnons3ns316 The Chesapeake Bay Bridge (she didn't even get the name right, although we do call it just the Bay Bridge) is about 4.5 miles long and almost 200 feet high at the highest point. She's right about the weather--when fog or heavy rain hit, it's hard to even see the road ahead as you go up and over the top, you feel like you're going to just drive off into nothing. Scary AF. I can't drive over it; I have to ride with somebody else. At least it's only $4.00 to cross. 😉
I agree with the narrator. I'd much rather take the long route than take a chance on some of these bridges. The video alone was just about as much as I could handle. I've driven over the Tappan Zee bridge many times and never felt insecure. But I have traveled the Chesapeake Bridge, a singular bridge, and have felt terror as a child seeing it from a distance and then going over it.
Hold up, not only are some of these bridges not scary at all, there also many safe bridges on this list. The Chesapeake bay bridge is not only a fun and scenic route to take, but it also may be one of the safest roads in America.
Only thing I can really say is that “scary” is a relative term. There’s a bridge in Texas that goes from mainland to (I believe) Padre Island. It’s close to Corpus Christi I think. I’m scared of heights so damn near worked myself into a panic attack when I heard we had to cross it. Totally safe, just scary for me
The US military have been drilling 7 miles of tunnel per day since the 1960s, they are called d.u.m.b. deep underground military bases, research it. Underground cities that you are not invited to attend when the shi# hits the fan.
The Chesapeak Bay Bridge in Annapolis, MD has always terrified me. I will go the long way around to avoid that Bridge! It used to have very low side railings and you could see the water through the road when you drove. I think they've changed it now. It also doesn't help that a truck was blown off the bridge from heavy winds not too long ago.
Funny how different people react differently. I love that bridge, and was disappointed when they reinforced the sides so you can no longer see the water as you drive. They also used to have annual bridge walks-shutting down one span to traffic-and I did the walk one year, on a magnificent Sunday in May. I’d love to do it again!
The "Chesapeake Bay Bridge" that connects the east and west parts of Maryland near Annapolis does NOT have a tunnel. The tunnel is the part of the "Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel" between Maryland and Virginia at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay.
The narrator says 'Mackinac" bridge. We, who live in Michigan, pronounce it Mack-i-NAW Bridge. It's a little scary looking as you approach it, but once you're on the bridge it's really not that bad.
Number 11 was two different bridges. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge or the “Bay Bridge” is in Maryland with no tunnels but is pretty tall. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel is located in Virginia and is 17 miles long with two one mile long tunnels.
I actually have a fear of bridges. I don't kniw frim whence it comes, but it started when I was young and was riding over the Macinac Bridge. It's really not funny.
If you need to drive the Mackinac Bridge, (pronounced Mack in awe) you can get the bridge authority to get you a driver, I think now they started charging for the service)
You have two bridges confused: the Chesapeake Bay bridge runs as you say between the western and eastern shores of Maryland. I have driven it, and even at night, sometimes in the wind, it is not scary, unless you are a real scardy cat. You talk about the tunnel in the bridge, that is not this bridge, that is the Chesapeake Bridge Tunnel. That bridge runs from the lower tip of Delmarva (in Virginia) across to the Virginia Beach, Virginia area. The trip on this bridge is rather cool, sometimes you are above the Chesapeake other times you are below it.
#9 Correction. The narrator has her bridges confused. There are 2 bridges in Maryland called Chesapeake Bay Bridge and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. The first is as the narrator states connects Maryland's Eastern Shore and Western Shore (Annapolis to Kent Island). The narrator claims this bridge has an underwater tunnel. The Bay Bridge does NOT have a tunnel. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, as the name suggests, has the underwater tunnel. It spans across the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia Beach , Va to Cape Charles, Va.
At 5:05, Macinak Bridge is pronounced Ma-kin-aw Bridge. Safe since day 1. It is on Lake Huron's north side (tummy of the Michaigan 'rabbit' shaped upper peninsula. All 5 Great Lakes produce hefty storms. Just keepin' it real.
I'm not sure how we go from #3, a mile long tattered bridge a hundred feet above a rushing river to #2, a 10 foot bridge with a one foot drop into a stream.
The bridge mix up there is the Chesapeake bay bridge tunnel on Eastern shore to Hampton roads, you showed the Chesapeake Bay bridge in Maryland two different bridges one has tunnel and is longer. The other has 3 lanes and is higher.
They confused the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in Maryland, near Annapolis, with the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, in Virginia, at the mouth of the Chesapeake. They showed pictures of the former, and it is a scary bridge - very high, takes a turn in mid air, and it just looks rickety. The first time I went over it was foggy, and up top, looking down on the fog, we could see the top of a Navy vessel coming under the bridge. They have signs as you approach saying that they have people to drive you and your car for you, because every day they get people white knuckling and just stopping in the middle of the thing. It does NOT have an underwater tunnel section. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel in Virginia has a long causeway over water, a tunnel between two artificial islands and a tall span over a shipping lane. The tunnel is for some of the large ships that don't fit under the tunnel. Some can only pass over the tunnel section at high tide.
You’re right that the bridge shown in the video is the Bay Bridge, but I drive it regularly, and I don’t agree that it looks rickety. In fact, I did the annual bridge walk one year and got a close look at the bridge. It’s quite sturdy, although I think it was wise of them to reinforce the side rails.
Orion 18 when I was on the Chesapeake bridge this person in front of my car slammed their brakes, and my dad almost crashed into it, so I started crying bc I was terrifyed😂
Same here. She can pronounce all the bridges in Asia but not Mackinac? I’ve driven across this bridge in gale force winds. And they closed it right after I crossed. It was amazing.
What about the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, the one that connecting Virginia Beach to Virginia Eastern Shore. It’s over and under water. Let me remind you that I witnessed 2 trucks fall off the bridge due to weather. I have to go across the bridge 3-5 times a year from Brooklyn to Virginia Beach and Norfolk. The vid only showed the Bay Bridge in Maryland
I used to not be scared of bridges... Now I am. In 2007 one of our major bridges, the 35W bridge in Minnesota, collapsed. After the collapse there was more attention focused on bridge safety and repair. Minnesota has over 1200 bridges that are deemed structurally deficient. We learned that a large amount of bridges were unsafe, some bridges weren't monitored/repaired ever, the funding for urgent bridge repairs or replacement bridges is hard to find. What is scary is that Minnesota ranked 40th in the country for the percentage of bridges deemed to be deficit... So we are one of the best states for "safe" bridges. So yes, bridges are scary to me.
I went over that bridge like 45 minutes to an hour before it collapsed I thanked God for leaving work early that day and prayed for those who lost loved ones
We, in Michigan, also have an annual Bridge Walk. Monday, Labor Day morning, the bridge is closed to through traffic and you can walk the entire span. Up to 100,000 people do it. If you want to be scared,, the two center lanes are a steel grid to relieve wind pressure. The grid squares are quite wide,, about 2.2 inches, 6 cm, . You can look down the 200 feet directly beneath you to the water as you walk. The only year that I know of that the Bridge walk was cancelled, it was cancelled because of high winds, 25 to 30 knots? Mostly at your back. The Bridge Walk began as usual at exactly 7AM, and 20 minutes later it was closed. The bridge was swaying laterally so rapidly and so far that if you stopped, you were immediately knocked down, your feet taken sideways out from under you. However,, as long as you continued to walk,,, and laughing,, not look down,, you felt like it was a drunk walk. Don't look down,, it was disconcerting to see the bridge going sideways under your feet, and don't stop walking. At the center of the mainspan, the bridge was shifting laterally almost a full 8 feet ,but rather slowly, gracefully, 10 or 12 second period? And on a 3,800 foot mainspan,,, 8 feet is really nothing. In a car you would never notice. It was a fun walk.
This is beautiful bridge to drive. The pity was ,people rushed me. But I stopped the traffic behind me to steal some pictures. It was early Sunday and did not feel guilty. Mackinac Bridge and New River Bridge WV are my favorite in the country.
What is described as terrifying in this video, is actually a daily way of life for a lot of people. There is nothing terrifying if you do it on a everyday basis....
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Seems like it. I thought this video was gonna be about treacherous bridges in general, not "Oh I'm afraid of this bridge and that bridge, and I'm afraid to live life!"
She keeps saying we are not doing it when talking about crossing bridges and heights ? Does she say we meaning me,myself and I like she's three people ?
I've just watched a video from a guy crossing the Chesapeake Bridge in the pouring rain. It looked absolutely terrifying! I was so frightened just by watching him 😢
#9 The bridge over the Chesapeake Bay with tunnels is in Virginia 200 miles away from the scary Bay Bridge in Maryland. An "F" for confusing these separate bridges!
@@farmshark3634 you're very brave. I believe I crossed over that bridge on my way to Baltimore in 2004, and as I approached the bridge, two words came to mind: "HOLY SHIT!"
I live in Maryland and yes, I am scared going across the Bay Bridge. I almost cried the first time I had to drive across. Heights and me don't mix very well
#9 Went over the Chesapeake Bay bridge more times then I can count. it is absolutely my favorite part of the drive to my grandmother's house in Currituck County NC. My only suggestion is if you suffer from motion sickness take medicine before-hand. 30 years ago the bridge was one way up and 1 way back so if there was a disabled car on the bridge it would hold up traffic forever Now there are 2 bridges 1 that goes up and one that goes back with 2 lanes on each part...Well at-least that is what I remember I haven't been on it since 2003.
My family was about to go on the Millau Viaduct going from Perpignan to Reims the other day until we realised that it would add another 2 hours to the journey. But overall, since that August 31st is the busiest travel day in France, it would’ve been quicker since that the 8 hour journey turned out to be 12 hours. So it would’ve been 2 hours faster to go via the Millau Viaduct if all was well.
I was walking across a wooden bridge high above the water... *my foot got stuck in between the gaps* i knew i would spend the rest of my life there, at the end i wasnt stuck i just rested my foot in the gap and watched too many movies
No its not. Mackinaw is an actual town. The bridge is right by Mackinaw and called the Mack-i-naw bridge because of it. The actual name is pronounced mak-i-nak.
I hate to be that grammar nazi & a hardcore Michiganer, but the Mackinac Bridge is actually pronounced "Mack-i-naw", not "Mack-i-Nack". The c is actually silent. Everyone good? Okay, bye-bye now, i'll be going.
I grew up in Ohio and know it's pronounces Mack-I-naw. I rode across it when I was a kid and didn't think it was that scary, just cool. And I live in Wyoming now so 30 mile an hour winds aren't all that bad.
I miss doing the bridge walk every Labor Day after camping in the UP for the week before. Was always a lot of fun. Would swear I would never do it again as I was walking it but at the end always said I would be back the next year.
Lame click bait. If you have a fear of bridges, then most bridges are scary. And if you don't, then the only scary bridge is one that's actively failing down.
Yeah it's pretty lame. Why is she so scared of bridges when would be what's preventing her from falling to the water below? It's like saying "I don't want to die from frostbite, thus I am afraid of heaters." Humans, right?
Horrible analogy.. it would be more akin to someone being afraid of heights and choosing not to jump out of airplanes with a parachute. They're not afraid of the parachute itself, they're afraid of entrusting their life with the state of its integrity...
That Kuandinsky bridge is not a wooden bridge, it’s what used to be known as a box girder bridge and it was not built for vehicles. It was a railroad bridge that was abandoned when the newer truss bridge in the background was built to carry heavier rail traffic. The wood on top is simply the old bridge ties that the rails were fastened to. Nobody is ever going to maintain that bridge-it’s been abandoned.
Such an interesting subject matter, such a shame for badly written commentary - it sounds like a high school project, together with mispronounced names and irritating voice to boot.
ASTA I actually found the voice a lot better than many of the voices on this kind of channel. It’s also refreshing to finally have a woman narrate this sort of thing, I was getting sick of only men narrating them. Just my opinion though, not trying to argue ☺️
@@micaela7255 I agree, her voice and narration was 10,000 times better than the usual jagoff 20 y/o boy trying too hard. She sounded professional like a news reporter.
I live in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and have driven over the Mackinac Bridge several times. It really isn't that bad to be honest, except for the one time that a freak thunderstorm came up as we were crossing it and I honestly thought we were in the middle of a tornado. HORRIBLE crossing! and BTW, It's pronounced Mack a NAW not mack a NAC. it's French.
this is the funnest video i seen in a while really sounds like somebody has issues with bridges.. none are scary only to the maker of his video looking for hits
ken wildman why are people not seeing the whole video? Some of these were really scary! Remember that there are real people making these videos, they can see rude comments.
So you’re gonna ignore the bridge that doesn’t even have a fence protection, and the thin threads bridge the bridge that literally falls throughout the year
At 5:50 you begin to mention that the Chesapeake Bridge (Bay Bridge, U.S. Route 301/50) does not have a tunnel. You are confusing this bridge with the Chesapeake Bay Bridge & Tunnel in Virginia (U.S. Route 13).
They really should have checked the facts before publishing. Also, there really is no big deal going underwater and it is actually kinda cool the first couple of times!
What i keep on thinking about here is this woman repeating, “you couldn’t pay me enough to go on this!,” whole showing pictures of people who have no choice but to do so.
5:59 and 6:01 are two different bridges, One is called the Bay Bridge and it is near Annapolis, Maryland, The Other one is called the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel and it's in Virginia, near Norfolk.
take it from a michigander, even though it's spelt `mackinac', it's pronounced `mackinaw'. i'm not all that great on bridges, however, i've been on that bridge before, and there isn't anything wrong with it. i even walked across it on the annual `labor day walk' across the bridge. if ya glimpse down when at the start of the bridge in the center area, there's a grating in it that runs the suspension where one can see the right below them into the water
I only got a little nervous when my family went on a camping trip and we crossed the bridge because our camper is 31 feet long and it's a travel trailer.
Sadly the scariest bridge I’ve been on did not make it in this video so #0 The Atchafalaya Basin Bridge The Atchafalaya Basin Bridge is a 14 mile long bridge that stretches over swamp lands infested with alligators. Even though you have a low chance of falling off the bridge or the bridge collapsing it’s still scary enough to keep you on edge while your on it.
Please, the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge on I-10 is nothing. The Mississippi River and Lake Charles bridges both have that beat in terms of how scary they are...
It's pronounced "mak kin naw". I've been over it 100 times and my dad would let me put my head out of the window so I could look down at the water through the metal grates. I loved it!!
I don't do bridges either...when we used to absolutely have to go over one, I panic and start crying and have to hide under the seat...I tell the driver to please stay in the middle Lane so we don't fall off...I've been over the Tappanzee bridge many times over the Hudson River...and I'm surprised the Throg's Neck bridge in NY as well...and the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco!!!! With all that damn fog!!!! Never!!!! I will never do it!!!!!
The only times the lake pontchartrain bridge is really scary is during fog or storms. It’s really the weather to be afraid of. Once I saw a waterspout not far from the bridge and close lightening. But other than that the drive on the bridge at points can be pretty chill.
@@katiethomas775 As a Kid i used to always put my head down when Crossing that Bridge. To this day i don't go to Galveston unless i desperatley have to
@@Crip52Crazy I'd roll the window down. I just knew that bridge was gonna collapse when I was a kid. Galveston is great, but I preferred keeping my butt in Texas City without that nightmare bridge.
@@katiethomas775 Yea i Said the Same i rather just stay in Lamarque than having to Go over there for anything. A couple Months ago i had to Go visit a Relative at UTMB and it was a Wrecc on the Bridge. When i found out it would take atleast 45minutes to clear it My anxiety shot through the Roof and i had a Panic Attacc. I vowed to this day nothing could get me bacc over that Bridge.
It also depends on how one is traveling. Crossing California's Antioch bridge by bicycle will have it running down your leg. Looking down hundreds of feet through the roadway grating to the Columbia at Astoria will also elevate one's breathing rate.
I've crossed the Astoria bridge a few times. Even in a car it can get very disorienting, especially in fog! I remember when there was no bridge, we rode a ferry boat across.
Chesapeake Bay Bridge (the one pictured here) and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (the one that actually goes underwater) are two different structures in different states. Although, the names are easy to confuse.
Hold up, the first pic you put was of the Chesapeake bay bridge which is 4-5 miles long and has no tunnels, the second pic you put was the bay bridge tunnel which is 17 miles long and has 2 tunnels. Y’all don’t know what you’re talking about.
I was waiting for someone to bring this up, I used to live like 20 minutes from the Chesapeake bay bridge and going over it is nothing to me anymore lmao all of my friends are terrified of it though
The Westgate Bridge crosses the Yarra River, near Melbourne, Victoria. It is the third longest bridge in Australia. The bridge's length, including the approaches is 2,582.6 m (8,473 ft). I personally have cycled over this bridge while going to & from work during some of the strongest winds throughout the year. As far as I know now cyclists are not allowed on the bridge anymore because of high winds.
I live in Michigan. I've been across the Mackinac Bridge least 10 times. You can drive yourself or you let someone drive you like you said. The highest point is 150 ft above the water. The Mackinac Bridge is the only toll item in Michigan you have to pay a toll to go across the bridge. Also the Mackinac Bridge is part of Interstate 70. The Mackinac Bridge is an experience you would not forget. Only one thing makes original special. A car maker went out production because of the Mackinac Bridge and the EPA. One of the worst cars ever made the Yugo. Thank you Mackinac Bridge and EPA the worst cars ever made.
I just want to say that you got your Bridges mixed up. You got the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel which is located in Virginia mixed up with the Bay Bridge in Maryland the Bay Bridge in Maryland does not have any tunnels. However both Bridges are scary as hell. Also on your video you should have mentioned the fact about how many tractor and trailer trucks had gone off the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and tunnel within the last few years.
@@vanessajones3945 Someone I went to school with was killed on the Bay Bridge when her car broke down and she started walking back toward the toll booths. A driver didn't see her in the dark and hit her. I think about that and the trucks and cars that have gone off the bridge every time I have to go across (with someone else driving--I can't do it).
There are two chespeake bay bridges. There is the Chesapeake bay bridge-tunnel in VA, which is around 17 miles long, and there is the Chesapeake bay bridge in MD, which is around 200 feet tall.
The "chesapeake bridge"(The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel) #9 isnt in maryland its in Virginia and connects Va. Beach to the Eastern shore of VA.It has multiple sections of tunnel which are under the chesapeake bay.On one side is the bay and the other the Atlantic ocean.Good fishing spot!
The mackinack bridge is not anywhere close to scary and I have never heard of workers driving people's cars over for them. There is no place for where they could park their car for that to happen since it is just a highway with no place to stop until in the UP
They do indeed drive peoples cars over the bridge for them if people are to afraid to drive across, as well do escorts in both directions during HIGH winds and icy conditions.... Going North bound, you line up on the Nicolet ON-RAMP (LAST ON-RAMP BEFORE BRIDGE CROSS, and South bound you line up on the right should just after you pay your toll before the road merges back to two lanes of traffic! Apparently you don't have a cabin in Whitefish Point (Paradise, MI) and travel UP from Flint, Mi every weekend!
Yes the bridge is worse in winter, and l have crossed that bridge in a Motorhome. I was on top with my childhood friend, you know the top window. I was so nervous, and scared. But l am still here, l survived.
