Nooooo you didn't pick my troll bridge in Delaware!
@epicredteardrop400Күн бұрын
Do you think about doing long island bridges?
@Engineers_PerspectiveКүн бұрын
Working on part 3 of New York City Bridges which will include some long Island bridges as well.
@erbewayne6868Күн бұрын
You bet,eh!!!!
@EthanNealКүн бұрын
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
@Engineers_PerspectiveКүн бұрын
Thanks for the suggestions! I'll have to check them out
@FellzuКүн бұрын
No love for the Bryan bridge in Nebraska? It's beautiful. Too beautiful for being in the middle of fing nowhere
@Engineers_PerspectiveКүн бұрын
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
@carolinaelevatorseasКүн бұрын
The Cape Fear Bridge is definitely my favorite bridge in NC, I go over it almost every day since I live in Leland across from Wilmington
@hifijohnКүн бұрын
Use to take the Chicago skyway all the time.
@Engineers_PerspectiveКүн бұрын
I've never been to Chicago. What's it like?
@hifijohn21 сағат бұрын
@@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.
@TheLordOfNothing2 күн бұрын
FJ Torres Causeway is my favorite bridge in GA.
@tommunyon28742 күн бұрын
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.
@troys69652 күн бұрын
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?
@boomernoname30322 күн бұрын
And the mt saint Helens bridge 🌉 in Washington state beautiful and on a moon light night like heaven
@dougmoore52092 күн бұрын
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.
@ramman57843 күн бұрын
I drove across the Royal Gorge bridge in 1988 in my personal car
@LarrySkylines3 күн бұрын
Fell asleep watching this
@Engineers_Perspective3 күн бұрын
Congratulations buddy
@DoverRoblox193 күн бұрын
I got 311 subscribers
@JarboBombay3 күн бұрын
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.
@Engineers_Perspective3 күн бұрын
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
@LarryDickman13 күн бұрын
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.
@DaCheese_Wendigo3 күн бұрын
As a Minnesotan, I was not expecting the "moving onto the worst side of the red river"
@Engineers_Perspective3 күн бұрын
Gotta throw in jokes and jabs whenever I can haha
@petexkinggodzilla3 күн бұрын
revisit Tennessee it has 4 major cities on the river Knoxville Chattanooga Nashville and Memphis
@franks94323 күн бұрын
St. John's bridge in Portland, Oregon deserved a mention.
@adamstein57734 күн бұрын
Fairview bridge is the coolest bridge in North Dakota!
@An_Economist_Plays4 күн бұрын
That's a lotta swing bridges ya got, there. 🙂
@Engineers_Perspective4 күн бұрын
That's an insane amount of swing bridges that I don't want to talk about them for awhile haha
@ron.owensby4 күн бұрын
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👍
@Engineers_Perspective4 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching! It's all good to have a differing opinion than mine! What would you have ranked that last bridge as?
@ron.owensby4 күн бұрын
Been looking forward to this. Two of my favorite things are Bridges and Trains. Here's a thought 🤔 A video about Railroad Bridges.
@Engineers_Perspective4 күн бұрын
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
@terryfronk95074 күн бұрын
Omg your pronunciation is atrocious
@leocornett34284 күн бұрын
The roebling bridge is in ky,not cincinnati
@cub35guy4 күн бұрын
I’m surprised Iowa didn’t showcase the covered bridges of Madison county.
@TheRagingPlatypus5 күн бұрын
Check out the Liberty Bridge in downtown Greenville SC. Awesome pedestrian bridge with great views of a waterfall and downtown.
@Engineers_Perspective4 күн бұрын
Oh wow, thanks for the suggestion! That's a nice stunning view and an interesting bridge!
@dirtfarmer74725 күн бұрын
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
@Engineers_Perspective4 күн бұрын
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
@TheRagingPlatypus5 күн бұрын
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_Perspective4 күн бұрын
I happen to agree with you on that. The inflation calculator seemed a little off for this video and I haven't used it since
@JarboBombay3 күн бұрын
@@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.
@Revan_ishh5 күн бұрын
30:46 Ah yes my homestate bridge I-26. That's a peak looking bridge!
@mcmobius15 күн бұрын
Colorado bridge so high like everything else is in Colorado including some of the people. LOL.
@DNSKansas5 күн бұрын
Florida: Sunshine Skyway is superior. Engineering marvel, especially after the catastrophic incident in May 1980 where 35 people plunged to their deaths when a barge struck a support on the old structure. The current bridge has "dolphins" which deflect the force of a ship strike, but those are very rare, considering the bridge is high enough to accommodate most marine traffic.
@DNSKansas5 күн бұрын
Mississippi's best bridge, to me, is the cable-stayed Greenville Bridge across the Mississippi River on the border with Arkansas.
@DNSKansas5 күн бұрын
The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is an engineering marvel, no doubt. To build a 39-kilometer bridge across a lake not once, but twice, is mighty impressive. However, as a Louisiana native, I believe the best bridge is the John James Audubon Bridge, a beautiful cable-stayed bridge across the Mississippi north of Baton Rouge. The Hale Boggs Bridge, another cable-stayed bridge crossing the Mississippi west of New Orleans, is also quite attractive. The cantilever bridges in Baton Rouge and New Orleans are just carbon copies of each other. It's true. The first bridge at New Orleans opened in 1958, then Louisiana dusted off the blueprints to build the one at Baton Rouge which opened in early 1968. Same with the second one at New Orleans, which opened in 1988. The Huey Long Bridge has railroad tracks in the middle and was expanded from two very narrow lanes without shoulders to three wide lanes with shoulders from 2006-13.
@robillingworth85035 күн бұрын
Have trouble pronouncing "Idaho" or "Udaho"? That's ok if you saw "I Dream Of Jeannie" where she tried to invent a town she was from: "Ohidaho". When the guy gave a strange look she tried again: "Ohiowa"? Another weird look made her cough, "Chicago". 😊
@lylehull8265 күн бұрын
You didn't mention the great river bridge between Iowa and Illinois in Burlington Iowa.
@wilfred83266 күн бұрын
If you're gonna mention "The Bridge of Flowers" in Massachusetts why not mention what it was built for (Trolleys)? And if you're mentioning the Bourne + Sagamore Bridges over the Cape Cod Canal whilst previously mentioning "Your love for moving bridges" why not mention the "Buzzards Bay Railroad Bridge?" All 3 were built contemporaneously in 1933-1935 and if looking at the Bourne Bridge you either see both the Bourne + RR Bridge or you turn arround....
@revolutionaryliberation92506 күн бұрын
Dude, You Bring Up Pittsburgh, But Don't Talk About The Commodore Barry Nor The Walt Whitman
@indetigersscifireview43606 күн бұрын
Fellow engineer here and just want to help with some pronunciation. No disrespect intended. Potomac River is Poe-toe-mick Monongahela River Is Ma-non-gah-he-lah Narragansett Bay is Nair(like hair)-ah-gan(like tan)-set Also DC has the post tensioned concrete box segmented Woodrow Wilson Bridge. It replaced the original drawbridge that was constructed in 1962. Virginia also has the Natural Bridge in Natural Bridge State Park. It is a natural rock formation. Francis Scott Key bridge is a great loss to Baltimore MD. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge is so frightening to some people that they are willing to pay someone else to drive their car across it. I walked across the bridge back when they had a Bay Bridge walk. A friend helped inspect the bridge a few years ago.
@Engineers_Perspective6 күн бұрын
Thanks for being respectful about pronunciations. I don't mind corrections but some people are just rude about it. I'm planning a separate D.C. video down the road similar to how I'm doing a New York City Bridges series right now to cover and highlight more bridges in the area. I saw the natural bridge and may highlight it when I go state by state I'm saddened by the loss of such a great structure but I'm also excited to see what will replace it.
@Denusa6 күн бұрын
I have traveled extensively through Wyoming and the three best bridges are very hard to access. Fremont Canyon south of Alcova is the best. 2nd has to be the suspension bridge in Thermopolis State Park. 3rd place the thru truss bridge on the Elk Mountain - Medicine Bow road.
@Engineers_Perspective6 күн бұрын
Thank you so much!
@alexibeshears75496 күн бұрын
Loved this. You chose a great bridge for Kentucky. Admittedly, I have a biased pick in the Martin Luther King Jr. bridge in Somerset, KY. While having no connection to MLK, the city built the bridge and named it after him for some reason. The bridge actually provided a necessary service by making a more direct route to downtown from the southern side of the city as, before, the railroad cut off that part of the city and required traffic to go through residential areas and small roads. I cant find any information on when it opened, but it was between 2005 and 2010. The most interesting thing about the bridge would be that it has a curved fence on the pedestrian side that curves over the walkway. Again, my biased pick. Great video.
@Engineers_Perspective6 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching and thanks for the extra information!
@renegadetenor6 күн бұрын
Actually, "Monongahela" is my favorite word to utter, and I'm jealous of those who have an actual reason to say it!:)
@Engineers_Perspective6 күн бұрын
I'm not, I still struggle to say it even with the pronunciation right there
@matthewjones121816 күн бұрын
Interestingly enough, for the Talmadge Bridge, you can actually see the old supports for the old Talmadge bridge still remaining on both sides of the river. Also, it was named after a HUGE racist family, just like in Alabama!
@Engineers_Perspective6 күн бұрын
Yeah I saw that. And wait really! I didn't do any research on the family so I had no idea. Thanks for the info!
@JWReichert6 күн бұрын
Actually you got Minnesota wrong. That's the 35W bridge, which replaced the old one that famously collapsed.
@KFB4LIFE86 күн бұрын
There is no good bridges in illinois. I feel like im risking my life every time i cross one. I hate this state.
@Engineers_Perspective6 күн бұрын
I'm sorry to hear that. Most bridges are safe to drive over and if they aren't, they would be shut down to traffic as long as the inspection team is good at identifying problems
@Pyeknu7 күн бұрын
Hope you get the chance to do this same type of video for the best bridges of Canada
@Engineers_Perspective7 күн бұрын
I actually thought of doing this a couple days ago. Do you have any bridges you think should be covered if I were to make this video?
@mavfin87207 күн бұрын
The Alton, IL bridge is interesting, and I know that one. There's one upriver at Quincy, IL that is similar as well.
@Engineers_Perspective7 күн бұрын
Thanks for mentioning those bridges! I'll have to check them out!
@davidliepelt64097 күн бұрын
Another great CT bridge is the lift bridge in Mystic, CT crossing the Mystic River.
@Engineers_Perspective7 күн бұрын
Thanks for the suggestion!
@thewaywardwind5487 күн бұрын
I understand the reason the Golden Gate Bridge is painted orange is because of visibility and corrosion resistance. My question is why isn't the Bay Bridge painted the same way?
@Engineers_Perspective7 күн бұрын
That's a really good question that I don't have an answer for