Originally Posted by
bikenh
Very strange riding having nothing anywhere around you but water, hence why I say the Lake Pontchartrain Bridge would be fun, at the right time of day/year...27 miles of nothing but water on either side you...definitely would be a freaky feeling.
I've been across the Pontc. bridge a hundred times. In a big truck. I can assure you there is a hell of a lot more than water on either side of you.
Narrow shoulder bordered by a truck traffic lane on your left and a barrier blockade wall on your right. Splat or splash (after a 20 ft. fall). The speed limit is 70mph for cars and 55 for big trucks, who are regulated to stay in the right lane. There are LA State Cops that target nothing but big truck violating the rules. In 75mph states I was a left lane driver with a 128mph truck. On that bridge....I was a good boy. You on a bike would not get me out of the right lane.
There were roads that had "No Trucks" signs. I took that as a warning that I didn't want to be on it. On a bike I take "No Bikes" as the same warning and wouldn't touch it....or even give a second though to trying.
Darwin had a theory about that.