Originally Posted by
UniChris
Based on you link, I would not remotely call that a "wide" shoulder.
It's not a non-existent shoulder, but it's not big enough for being passed at the likely ordinary speeds to be fully comfortable.
If you find an image with a vehicle in it, you'll see that a disabled one pulled over into that shoulder would protrude into the righthand travel lane.
At each end of the bridge, it's almost erased by some oddly angling paving differences.
And with all that wasted space in the center, which on the bridge itself is paved just like the rest, the bridge portion could easily could have had a fully lane width shoulder or breakdown lane - the present configuration doesn't seem to be of benefit to anyone.
Google view shows from 2021, so it is likely twinned farther out now and we are both misguided. Yes, the middle is pretty unnecessary.
On the bridge the shoulder is for sure 6 feet, plenty wide for single file at ANY speed.
Looking at the outdated conditions, the very narrow shoulder before and at the start of the bridge would probably be where the trouble started.
Have to get the locals to say what's with the road now and I should butt out.