“Oh honey we’re speeding!” That was priceless

Love that bridge. It's actually 5 different bridge types. The first one that she says is a suspension bridge is actually a through-truss cantilever span. Thanks for posting your crossing.

Many many years ago (more than 50) sometimes during the summer when the traffic was backed up in one direction - they would stop traffic in one direction and reverse the flow on those lanes. At that time there were bridge sections that were two-lane, two way. When they would get the traffic stopped in the one direction, a police officer would drive down the closed lane standing on the saddle of his Harley (doing about 50 mph) and wave you into the lane behind him to show that it was ok to use both lanes in the one direction. I can still recall that cop standing in that saddle. That, to me was one of the most impressive things that I’d seen.

Okay, some are confused. This IS the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. It’s not to be confused with the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel.

My favorite drive in the whole country is across this bridge!!! So many happy family travel memories came back with this video!! Thank you!!!

One hasn’t experienced true fear until you’ve crossed through lake Charles on i10. That bridge has and never will be up to code

We used to take this bridge to ocean city but my mom always had panic attacks going over. I am terrified of heights and the low side barriers freak me out

You definitely don't want to be on the bridge in bad weather!!!

I have been over this in a big truck with high winds. Thats a scary experience 😳

I've rode over this bridge plenty of times as a kid going to Ocean City.

I must have missed the scary part.

Loved it, my wife kept her head down the whole time. She doesn't like heights but will fly in a jet at 30k. Go figure.

What IS Scary is NOT the BRIDGE but IS the DRIVERS on it and ON EVERY MILE of the AMERICAN ROADWAY SYSTEM. sdh in CT where I have been a licensed driver for 55 years

I drove over that bridge years ago when my nephew graduated from the airforce. Didn't really know how high and long that bridge was until I got on it! It took 5yrs off my life lol 😆only could do 10 miles per hour driving over it.

Try the Mackinac Bridge in the winter...or any time it's slightly windy or just on any day!!!

On a family vacation around 1970, I remember we were following a truck with an "EXPLOSIVES" placard on its back. When we got close enough to read it, I think everyone freaked. This did really happen, too. That's why I can't forget this bridge, because if the truck went, you would be a paint splatter in a loud noise.

I greatly enjoyed watching this video. My family used to travel on this bridge all the time en route to and from Concord, NC. This bridge actually scared the hell out of some of my relatives.

Been over this bridge 100+ times and really don't get why it's so scary.

I agree. Scariest bridge I ever drove over. However, the bridge authorities will assign someone to drive you and your car over for those who are too scared to do it themselves, and the service is free.

The wind on the bridge bats your car around. Scary. And years ago the guardrail was even lower and you thought you’d fall into the water.

I would have been mutilating my trucks steering wheel, not to mention I would have only been doing 10mph.....LOL...........I can NOT stand heights.

I've traveled across the Bay Bridge numerous times going to Ocean City MD and Delaware, No problems here.

This brings back so many memories running back and forth from south to north. Gotta love it.

This drive is very scenic! Very nice video.

I've been over that bridge quite a few times and I really don't like it

I love the Chesapeake Bridge! It’s so high, almost feels like your flying!

I lived in Grasonville, Maryland and went on the bridge many a time. It's not scary at all, unless you don't like heights.

Beautiful scenery. But what is it so scary about this bridge?

The bridges in & around New Orleans too me are the scariest bridges in America ..

The bridge is beautiful but the height and allllllllll that dang water is what makes it scary as hell. I think I wouldnt ever make it home if I had to cross that bridge. Cool vidro tho.👍

This bridge terrifies me! And when I learned how many people have gone off it, it just made it worse! You should see the other Chesapeake Bay Bridge, from Virginia Beach into Southern Maryland. It's worse than this one.

Thank you! I hope you folks are safe and well.🙏🕊️

I remember back in the day, it was 10:00 pm and I was on a Greyhound Bus crossing the Mackinac Bridge from Mackinaw City to St.Ignace during a electrical storm. The bus tinted windows and the lighting was very bright. The lighting lit up the bus.

I just recently drove on this bridge. Not scary.

I drove over this bridge in a tractor trailer. It gives you a very strange feeling being very high over such a large waterway!

Pretty neat how they have not only have a suspension bridge but also the Arch bridge on one side and a cantilever bridge on the other

Been over it 150-200 times. Love it.

Thanks for the ride! I enjoyed it. It would be awesome to actually cross this bridge.

Been driving over this bridge for over 40 years. Started when there was only 1 bridge 1 lane each direction. Drove double trailers over it 2-4 times a night for 6 years. Never had any issues. Most problems and accidents because of not paying attention to road conditions and traffic.

Thanks for the lift!

The bridge that was scary for me was the old hwy 17 bridge coming into Charleston SC. The road bed was metal grate that seemed to pull your vehicle to the side and the guard rail was so short. It has been replaced with the Arthur Ravenal bridge (not sure about the spelling of the name).

The old bridge on I-10 in Lake Charles Louisiana is more dangerous.

Love Maryland, and have been on that bridge a couple of times. 😁

Walked the east bound side 10 times on bridge appreciation day when they would let you. Good time.

This bridge is a walk in the park compared to that New River Gorge out off RT 19 in WV.

I live in Hampton Virginia..and I have to say..I've always been freaked out driving on the Chesapeake bay bridge....we avoid having to drive on this bridge

Bridges don't bother me but the westbound Bay Bridge does. You have to actually drive it to experience it. A few years back there were construction upgrades made to this bridge and they never installed the cement jersey walls. The effect is you can drive right off the edge. In some spots near the trestles the jersey walls are still there and the bridge then momentarily feels more secure. Now its creepy but before it was just another bridge.

We drive across and back whenever a big storm hits! It’s very neat!

The scariest bridge I ever drove across was the Tappan Zee bridge near New York City. That was because of the wind.

No Shrimp there, try Maryland Blue Crab, Ships from Baltimore, not Washington. Love this bridge. At 200 feet at the highest point over the Bay, there is no draw bridge.

Crossed that bridge many times. Quite scenic.

Thank you for the bridge tour :)

Interesting looking bridge.

I agree I was on at once I found it absolutely frightening. I have a fear of the ocean sure that didn't help

The old metal Cooper River Bridge in Charleston, SC was much shorter, but it was narrow and the rusted metal girders added to its scariness ..

I thoroughly enjoyed driving an 18 wheeler over this bridge when they were doing repairs on the other bridge & had only one running 2 way traffic. It was especially awesome on the curve when cars didn't want to stay on their side of the yellow lines.

This bridge is scary when it’s windy

You want to really experience the Bay Bridge? Walk it! I don’t know if they still do it, but years ago they would close down one side and open the bridge to walkers. You can really feel the sway when you’re a pedestrian!!!!!

Scariest bridge I've driven on was the Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge. It's two lane steel deck combined with the wind and rain that day was an experience I won't forget.

Drove that bridge a lot going to/from the Eastern Shore to Balto. Two worst times was in a truck and on a motorcycle. Truck had to stay in the far right lane. Sitting up high in a truck, you don't see a guard rail or anything except a real long drop into the drink. Talk about fear of heights. The other time I was on my motorcycle and the wind at the high point on the bridge was crazy. It literally pushed me two lanes over. I thought I was going over the side since there wasn't a whole lot there to keep me top side.

And why exactly is this "the scariest"? I've used it many. I live within 90min of the bay. I think the narrator telling the driver "...oh we're speeding...its speed limit 50".... was the most scandalous part.

If you think this was scary, imagine what it was like before the second span was built. The old bridge, the current east-bound span, had one lane in each direction.

I love crossing this bridge. When you've crossed the Bay Bridge you know you've been on a certifiable road trip adventure.

I was stuck on this bridge for 45 mins during an accident.swayed back n forth freaky.

I've been on this bridge dozens of times and tbh never scared me

I've been over that scary. I would never drive it. I close my eyes sometimes lol.

I live in Maryland for 50yrs always fun to drive this bridge. Good videos 4 people who have never driven over this

I have crossed this bridge on my semi truck numerous times. Never had a problem . Beautiful views.

I don't see where the scary part is. Lady, you should have tried the old Huey P. Long bridge in New Orleans, it's the longest railroad bridge in america, that was once a very scary bridge to cross before it was rebuilt.....

No, I wouldn't call this the scariest bridge in the W-O-R-L-D.

As a child living in Portsmouth, NH, in 1971-'72 we would drive down to visit friends of ours in Bowie, MD. We took the Chesapeake Bay Bridge route to avoid Baltimore. At the time, the span they were driving over in the video was under construction, so we were on the bridge to the left, going to and going from. The span they drove over in the video opened in June 1973, about a year after we moved to Washington State.

This bridge gave me anxiety when I went across it 😓😓

And this is scary, how?

I go this way from Va. to Philly and this bridge scares the hell out of me every time.

I been on this bridge in the winter. If i remember correctly the rails were only two high. I was co driver on a 18 wheeler. I had rather used tunnels and bridges combined. Plus we were restricted to right lane. This was late 70s. Take care

I was petrified the 1st time going over and after that realizing that this is an intense drive over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge every time I crossed over it.

I drove across the Chesapeake bay bridge a week ago going and coming back from vacation in chincoteague VA, it’s not scary at all!!

been going over both of them my whole life. awesome, yes. scary? no.

I'm originally from that area and driving over this in a car, I have no problems. But I used to drive a tractor trailer OTR and everytime I would be going West, I would stay in the middle lane because I didn't trust other drivers not to do something stupid. Give me the ticket! I'll be saving this video as it reminds me of home and trips to OC!! Thanks for the tour! 🙂♥️

I was driving there too, few times and 2x by myself - ok..It is big and beautiful view...

Im deathly affraid of any high bridge...i had to stop driving transport because i might pass out driving..rarher not kill anyone..hello walfare..

Please know the difference between non-suspension and suspension bridge. Noi Shrimp in the bay Crab Fish Oysters Scallops, etc.

I remember driving on this bridge it was raining bad and my work truck air wasn’t working so my windshield was foggin up… at night! Talk bout fun lol

I went over that bridge 4 years ago. I wasn't scared.

It's not spooky at all. Been on it lots.

the sky way bridge in tampa st pete is worse

What a beautiful view! 😍

I love this bridge. I do miss the ferry crossing though, was restful and more fun.

Glad I ain’t married to this woman she calls you out for driving four miles over the speed limit Jiminy Christmas

The Bay Bridge also carries U.S. 301 as well

Very nice video! I travel this bridge occasionally to visit my folks on the eastern shore.

I have hated that bridge along with the one down in Virginia with the tunnels. Imagine going across in a big truck and there isn't a brakedown lane and you have to watch ahead and your mirrors at the same time.

Mackinac bridge going to upper peninsula of Michigan

I don't think that's the Chesapeake bay bridge. The Chesapeake bay bridge is VA is 17 miles long!

I find it funny that people think this bridge is scary. Not making issue with people who have legitimate fears of bridges, heights etc.. it’s just that I grew up there in Annapolis Maryland and have probably driven over this bridge hundreds if not thousands of times. During a period of 6 yrs I was a delivery driver for a large produce company and drove a freight liner (18 wheeler) across and back 12 times a week for service to the eastern shore of Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey. To me the Bay bridge conjures up good memories in a time when life was easier for me and much more enjoyable. Getting old sucks giant ducks 😜

I believe that if you drive in the inner lane you can see the water down below through the steel grating. It really spooked my wife but she was able to switch lanes and got over the bridge okay. Thereafter, I always drove when we used that bridge.

Get somebody who knows what they're looking at to describe it. sheesh!

yes its pretty scarie its too long

I remember reading a news story last year about a truck that was blown off this bridge on a bad windy day, and the driver died :-( Apparently that happens more often than you may think on this bridge

I've flown over this bridge many times flying from LAS-BWI. Also, the first bridge was a cantilever bridge, the second span is a suspension bridge.