# What famous bridges have you been across? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 1, 2025, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famous-bridges-have-you-been-across/1016448 "2025-04-01T09:36:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stafford_cripps/32/7167_2.png) [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stafford_Cripps)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famous-bridges-have-you-been-across/1016448/81 "2025-04-07T19:53:32Z")
I think it’s important to point out that if you go to London and locals hear you referring to Tower Bridge as “London Bridge”, they will laugh at you behind your back, and not in an affectionate manner. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famous-bridges-have-you-been-across/1016448/82 "2025-04-07T19:59:26Z")
Yeah. London Bridge is either a boring 1970s box-girder bridge on the western end of the Pool of London _or_ a tourist trap in Lake Havasu, AZ. ---
**Author:** ![APB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e8cbc/32.png) [@APB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/APB)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famous-bridges-have-you-been-across/1016448/83 "2025-04-08T08:38:06Z")
> [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](#): > > I think it’s important to point out that if you go to London and locals hear you referring to Tower Bridge as “London Bridge”, they will laugh at you behind your back, and not in an affectionate manner. Yes, and when the locals talk about ‘London Bridge’, they’ll almost certainly be referring not to the bridge but to the railway station. One bridge no one has yet mentioned, which I have been over (in a taxi), is the Glienicker Brücke (the ‘Bridge of Spies’). ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famous-bridges-have-you-been-across/1016448/84 "2025-04-08T09:05:31Z")
I’m curious: have any of our American or Korean friends ever been on (not necessarily across) the Bridge of No Return? > **[Bridge of No Return](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_of_No_Return)** > > .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}37°57′22.05″N 126°40′14.15″E / 37.9561250°N 126.6705972°E / 37.9561250; 126.6705972 > Located in the Joint Security Area (JSA), the so-called "Bridge of No Return" crosses the Military Demarcation Line (M... ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famous-bridges-have-you-been-across/1016448/85 "2025-04-08T12:26:44Z")
> [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](#): > > No, it isn’t. No one in Britain ever calls Tower Bridge “London Bridge” without quickly being corrected. Don’t get excited. WE’re not all in LOndon. And I’ve heard people mis-call the bridge many times. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famous-bridges-have-you-been-across/1016448/86 "2025-04-08T13:01:10Z")
The [Capilano Suspension Bridge](https://www.capbridge.com/experiences/the-suspension-bridge/) in Vancouver BC was memorable to my 12 year old self. It moves quite a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famous-bridges-have-you-been-across/1016448/87 "2025-04-08T13:05:08Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I’ve heard people mis-call the bridge many times. London Bridge is another name for the Tower Bridge the way Tim Burton is another name for Henry Selick as the director of _Nightmare Before Christmas._ It’s fact-adjacent enough that you can see where the misconception arose, but it remains purely a misconception with no fact value. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famous-bridges-have-you-been-across/1016448/88 "2025-04-10T00:45:36Z")
Many of those in above posts in US, Canada, Europe, including the not yet mentioned Chesapeake Bay Bridge & Tunnels (new tunnel under construction - if not yet finished). For about 3 years I worked for the engineering firm that had designed the GWB lower deck which opened 8/29/62. Perhaps more in the “historic” category, The Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, while enroute from Albany, Georgia, to Jackson, Mississippi, then to New Orleans over Christmas Holidays 1970, including the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famous-bridges-have-you-been-across/1016448/89 "2025-04-10T01:18:56Z")
The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway 23 miles long. I wanted that bridge experience and took a detour returning home from New Orleans. The views of the lake were extraordinary. It’s definitely worth getting off I55 if your driving from New Orleans to Jackson Mississippi. Take the highway to the bridge. I12 will take you back to I55 and on to Jackson. It’s not a bad detour for a special memory. ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famous-bridges-have-you-been-across/1016448/90 "2025-04-10T13:25:53Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Great demonstration of the curvature of the Earth, watching the buildings on the far side rising above the horizon as you cross. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famous-bridges-have-you-been-across/1016448/91 "2025-04-11T09:02:34Z")
I’ve crossed the Golden Gate both on foot and by car; I wasn’t driving. I tried to walk the Coronado Bay Bridge, starting from Coronado where I was staying. I didn’t realize it was illegal and there was even a narrow sidewalk. Sure enough a Coronado PD officer showed up to stop me, but she was totally nice about it when I explained that I had noticed a NO TRESPASSING sign, but assumed it was for the adjacent golf course rather than the bridge. The officer recommended a nearby vantage point that would be good for photos, and let me turn around and walk back. While in Charleston unsuccessfully trying to see the 2017 eclipse, I was driven across the Ravenel Bridge numerous times, as I stayed in town for over a week. I’m sure there are others that I’ll mention if I happen to think of them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famous-bridges-have-you-been-across/1016448.md?page=4)