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Reply to comment by JrWhopper09 in First Time crossing Varina Enon Bridge by Whitney_Ashley

Lewis and Clark Bridge (Columbia River)

>The Lewis and Clark Bridge is a cantilever bridge that spans the Columbia River between Longview, Washington, and Rainier, Oregon. At the time of its completion, it had the longest cantilever span in the United States. The bridge was opened on March 29, 1930, as a privately owned bridge named the Longview Bridge. The $5.

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JrWhopper09 t1_j0nfra8 wrote

Reply to comment by Whitney_Ashley in First Time crossing Varina Enon Bridge by Whitney_Ashley

I crossed this bridge daily for a few months and I always stayed in the inner two lanes. Bridges give me anxiety.

In my hometown in Washington, there's an almost 100 year old bridge that is over 200 feet off of the Columbia River that I had to cross daily for 6 years. I had recurring nightmares about that bridge. Many suicide jumpers off of that bridge as well.

The bridge: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_and_Clark_Bridge_(Columbia_River)

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TGIIR t1_j0n157l wrote

Reply to comment by Whitney_Ashley in First Time crossing Varina Enon Bridge by Whitney_Ashley

I’m the same way. Suspension bridges are scary and so are underwater tunnels. I know I have fear of heights but only on things attached to the ground. Planes and helicopters don’t bother me. I’ve even gone parasailing. Don’t know why that is exactly. Glad you made it home safely!

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Whitney_Ashley OP t1_j0mh1tl wrote

Reply to comment by Impossible_Bill_2834 in First Time crossing Varina Enon Bridge by Whitney_Ashley

I didn't even know this existed either until I crossed it and I have lived in the Richmond area for about 6 years. I will say this is in Henrico County near Hopewell. I really have no reason to go out that way. I was just coming home and GPS took me this way. I texted my friend and she was like how did you get here and back before and not know about the bridge. I always took 288 N to Short Pump area (from Midlothian) and got on 295 and then 64 E. The way I usually go and return takes you through Hanover/Mechanicsville area.

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PercyDovetonsils t1_j0mcl8f wrote

Reply to First Time crossing Varina Enon Bridge by Whitney_Ashley

Ooh, then you really wouldn’t have wanted to be on the Varina-Enon Bridge during the 1993 tornado.

> The tornado moved from Rivers Bend to strike the Varina-Enon Bridge on Interstate-295. The tornado sucked up water from the James River and was described as a rotating wall of water striking the bridge. It knocked over two tractor-trailer trucks on the bridge and flipped over two smaller trucks. Another tractor-trailer truck then collided with the first two. Five people were injured.

https://www.weather.gov/lwx/events_19930806

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Whitney_Ashley OP t1_j0m7dt4 wrote

Reply to comment by Asterion7 in First Time crossing Varina Enon Bridge by Whitney_Ashley

I don't even know what it is. I literally didn't even know it was that kind of bridge until I got home and googled it. For me, it was a physical sensation. I couldn't even see the water, how high I was, or anything around me other than the road. But, I can honestly say I cross the 288 concrete bridge near Goochland and Powhatan line and don't feel any sensation. But, this bridge, my body knew something was different about it even if all I saw was the road. I am wondering, if for me, it is more of an altitude sickness. I know I get the same feeling with underwater tunnels though.

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