# What was the last river you crossed? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 30, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273 "2013-06-30T17:26:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/1 "2013-06-30T17:26:07Z")
For purposes of this discussion, your river may be real or imagined, geographic or metaphoric. I’ll start things off with the [Guadalupe River](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalupe_River_%28California%29). I drive or ride over it on my bike almost every day. It’s a rather sad excuse for a river, but it’s getting better. Thanks to clean up efforts the wildlife is slowing coming back; there have even been reports of beavers, which is pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/2 "2013-06-30T17:38:47Z")
The Willamette River in Portland, yesterday. Prior to that, the Columbia River. It would be an interesting thread to see which rivers (the watery kind) people have crossed in their lives. My list would be quite long. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/3 "2013-06-30T17:39:55Z")
Does halfway count? If so the last real river was… > **[Detroit River](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_River)** > > The Detroit River flows west and south for 24 nautical miles (44 km; 28 mi) from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie as a strait in the Great Lakes system. The river divides the metropolitan areas of Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario—an area collectively referred to as Detroit–Windsor—and forms part of the border between Canada and the United States. The Ambassador Bridge, the Detroit–Windsor Tunnel, and the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel connect the cities. > The river's English name comes from ... … when I went out to Belle Isle. ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/4 "2013-06-30T17:56:44Z")
White River, which runs through the middle of Indianapolis, within the last few days. When I was attending school, I’d cross it at least twice a day, more if I had to make more than one trip. It ran right next to campus, and because of one-way roads and the parking areas I usually chose, leaving meant crossing the river, hanging a left, and immediately crossing it again. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/5 "2013-06-30T17:57:54Z")
The Podunk. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/6 "2013-06-30T18:01:58Z")
The last river I crossed was the Thames. I went under one way, and over the other. Taking my partner to London City airport very early yesterday morning I took the Rotherhithe Tunnel one way, and for a bit of variety I came back over Tower Bridge. It would be great one day to be at the front of the queue when they halt the traffic and raise the bascules although the chances of that happening must be pretty minimal. I’ve lived in London most of my life and I’ve actually only seen them raise the bridge on TV ☹ ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/7 "2013-06-30T18:05:42Z")
I cross the Hudson River twice a day for work. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/8 "2013-06-30T18:06:41Z")
I cross both the Potomac and the Rappahannock on a fairly regular basis. Not sure which was last. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/9 "2013-06-30T18:09:33Z")
[Nooksak, baby](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nooksack_River)! I cross it often. And I always think of the B-52s when I do. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/10 "2013-06-30T18:10:12Z")
The Chao Phraya River, which cuts through Bangkok. ---
**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/11 "2013-06-30T18:10:45Z")
I cross the Mississippi fairly regularly since I’m in TN and my parents live in AR. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/12 "2013-06-30T18:13:23Z")
The Chattahoochie, but never over the same bridges from which Wayne Williams dumped his victims. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/13 "2013-06-30T18:13:27Z")
I drive over the [Santa Ana River](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Ana_River) almost daily. ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/14 "2013-06-30T18:14:29Z")
> [@RobDog](#): > > It would be great one day to be at the front of the queue when they halt the traffic and raise the bascules although the chances of that happening must be pretty minimal. I’ve lived in London most of my life and I’ve actually only seen them raise the bridge on TV ☹ Been there, done that, got a video! I actually got stopped 4 or 5 times on Tower Bridge when they kept raising and lowering the bascules during the Olympics - got rather sick of it, to be honest. This website might be helpful… [Bridge Lift Times | Tower Bridge](http://www.towerbridge.org.uk/TBE/EN/BridgeLiftTimes/) My last literal river was also the Thames, I walked across Tower Bridge on my last day at work, which was also, by a nice coincidence, a metaphorical river that I crossed. Quitting was definitely the right choice, but it took me ages to realise that. ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/15 "2013-06-30T18:16:36Z")
The Sheaf, after which Sheffield is named. I live only a couple of hundred yards from it so I cross pretty often. ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/16 "2013-06-30T18:17:31Z")
I spent last week on the North Shore of Lake Superior crossing and (un)crossing many rivers. Baptism, Temperance (which has a huge liquor store upon it, ha) Tettegouche, Gooseberry, Knife and French among them. They were all ice cold. Because of the iron rich soil and the many recent rains the falls along the rivers look like root beer. On the way home I crossed the Mississippi and ultimately the Blue Earth River. They are just plain muddy. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/17 "2013-06-30T18:19:10Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/18 "2013-06-30T18:19:12Z")
The Merrimack, several times a week. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/19 "2013-06-30T18:29:22Z")
The James. I was giving my family a tour of the city, and I wanted to show them how mighty and impressive the river is. ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273/20 "2013-06-30T18:36:31Z")
Crossed the Clyde (in Glasgow) by train yesterday. Other rivers I have crossed (I feel a biography coming on) would include the Thames, the Forth, the Severn, the Hudson and the Susquehanna. If I ever crossed the Mississippi I must have missed it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-river-you-crossed/662273.md?page=2)