Hopefully the people in the cars are OK. I'm driving to Seattle Saturday with the family, and was wondering where the Skagit Bridge is. Way north of Seattle, apparently.
a cousin of mine lives in that area, and had planned on traveling tonight and would've been on the bridge about the time it collapsed. Crazy shit.
That's definitely not a quick fix... good thing it wasn't the bridge between the Couv and Portland. I can't even imagine the mess that would cause. Hopefully the people are okay.
used to use that all the time driving to reserve weekends at Whidbey Island. Julius is right, but the only other bridge that's even remotely in the ballpark is Riverside/Burlington Ave. Bridge, two blocks east of the freeway...unless you want to drive east to Hwy 9 and cross near Sedro-Wooley. I've never been out that far, though.
I still haven't heard anything about a death toll, injuries, or anything like that. I'm curious, because you'd think that if a bridge collapsed while cars were going 50+ mph, that'd spell out certain death for most of the people on that part of the bridge. Always had a phobia of bridges, and the two longest bridges in the US happened to be in NO... the Causway and the Manchac. I don't know if anyone's every driven on those, but driving for over half an hour on a bridge over swamps can get unsettling.
the NBC affiliate in Seattle said only 3 people were injured, possibly due to the time and the low water level. I guess the cars weren't even submerged completely. http://www.king5.com/news/local/Rep...ver-Skagit-River-cars-in-water-208758631.html
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Crazy. .. my brother drove over that bridge today. He went to the Burlingame outlets. .. copped some dope filson shit hoop fam
