Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:03:23 -0700
Reply-To: TJ Hannink <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM>
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From: TJ Hannink <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Significant improvment: Less wind deflection
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There's always the Huey P. Long Bridge in New Orleans. Only 153 feet above the water, but to quote Wikipedia:
"The bridge is hated by many drivers in the New Orleans area due to the narrow 9-foot (2.7 m) wide lanes without shoulders. Also, as the East Bank approach meets the superstructure of the bridge, the two vehicular roadways "jog" or shift inwards towards the bridge centerline about 1 1/2 feet (0.45 m) since the through-truss portion of the superstructure is 3 feet wider than the deck truss portion of the east approach."
You can see the paint marks on the guard rails if you're brave enough to look while driving. Passing trucks and buses, with or without wind is always an adventure.
The approaches are also very steep since they start below the level of the river - levee protected :>)
Tim
Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM> wrote:
Golden Gate 220 feet clearence.
Chesapeake Bay Bridge 186 feet.
Governor Harry W. Nice Bridge (3.75% grade) 135 feet of clearence.
Francis Scott Key Bridge 185 feet (above mean high water)
However you must remember that the Golden Gate approaches are nearly
at the same height as the roadway. All of these Maryland bridges have
substantial grades going UP to the highest portion of the roadway.
Much scarier.
On Sep 14, 2007, at 4:40 PM, VW Doka wrote:
> Kim,
>
> Those may be longer than the Golden Gate, but I'll better none of
> them have
> a higher roadway...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of Kim Brennan
> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 12:52 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Significant improvment: Less wind deflection
>
>
> I've been across the Golden Gate and the Oakland/SanFrancisco Bay
> bridge. Frankly, none of those bridges are all that scarey.
>
> Try the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, the Francis Scott Key Bridge, or the
> Governor Nice bridge (all in Maryland). Those are all long TALL
> bridges, which get up above all the local topographic features to get
> real strong winds.
>
> There are some folks that won't drive across the Chesapeake Bay
> bridge. The others are a little off the beaten track, but offer
> stupendous views (assuming you have the chance to view anything
> instead of concentrating on the road...)
>
>
> On Sep 14, 2007, at 2:28 PM, Geza Polony wrote:
>
>> I tried this and, yes, it works--those high winds across the SF Bay
>> bridges
>> aren't near so hard to deal with. Steering's also easier and it
>> didn't seem
>> to make much difference on bumps. I have questions about tire wear
>> at these
>> pressures. Has anyone done this long term?
TJ Hannink
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