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I lived a mile from this bridge pretty much my whole life, I've never heard it called Sturdy Gertie, it's always just been "the narrows bridge", not "the narrow
by hadlock 7y ago
I lived a mile from this bridge pretty much my whole life, I've never heard it called Sturdy Gertie, it's always just been "the narrows bridge", not "the narrows", "the narrows bridge".
Fun facts, the wreckage of the original bridge is in a couple hundred feet of water, and a bunch of red-orange pacific giant octopuses live in the wreckage as if they were a network of caves. I think I read somewhere that the concrete pedestals that the towers sit upon, are nearly 200' tall. The part you can see above the water is about as tall as the part below it.
- Gaelan 7y agoAbout three miles from the bridge here, never heard anything other than “narrows bridge” (or just “the bridge”) either. Crazy seeing something so close to home on HN!