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View Poll Results: How Is The Drive On 480 Between 77 and 271
It's a Sleeper 7 53.85%
Stimulating 4 30.77%
Thrills and Spills 1 7.69%
Buy Term Life Insurance! 1 7.69%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 13. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 12-22-2010, 07:50 AM
 
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
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I love that bridge. I love how you can see downtown from it. Very cool.
As for the drive... it can be slow but it's certainly not scary or anything. Maybe during a bad snowstorm it sucks. Otherwise it is a cakewalk compared to most cities.
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Old 02-23-2011, 05:45 AM
 
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That bridge has been in service for 30 years and carries 160,000 vehicles per day. Only one person (other than suicide) has been killed by taking a dive. That's 1 car in over 1.75 billion or a .066 in 58 million chance if you drive over it twice daily in a year. You have a 1 in 6500 chance of dying in a car crash at any point. If you are going to die in a wreck, it's highly unlikely to be by plummeting from the 480 bridge.
I hate to say I told you so but you know....
Traffic alert: I-480 Valley View bridge westbound reopened after fatal accident

I trust my instincts!
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Old 02-23-2011, 06:13 AM
 
Location: The Lakes
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Trucks lose control all the time. His height had nothing to do with that.

I love going over that bridge as it:
is structurally sound
offers an awesome view of the city skyline

If it's the one I'm thinking of, anyway.
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Old 02-23-2011, 07:34 AM
 
Location: north royalton
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The 480 bridge goes over Valley View/Cuyahoga River Valley and is in good shape but tends to freak out a lot of people due to the height, high winds in general, and the fact it sways during high winds(which is perfectly normal), ONE accidental death during its life ain't too bad.

If heights bother you, drive down Canal Rd. below the bridge, old timers will remember Cloverleaf Speedway.

The Innerbelt bridge(I-90) along with the Shoreway(Main Avenue) bridge are both in need of redesign and replacement.

When I was in san francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge use to sway in high winds...Really bad......I thought it ws an earth quake at first...that bridge I just never liked, even though it really never bothered me, I just didn't like it...I do remember the Cloverleaf Speedway when I was younger....
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Old 02-23-2011, 08:39 AM
 
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
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The Ambassador Bridge to Canada is way scarier.
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Old 02-23-2011, 12:15 PM
 
Location: The Lakes
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The Ambassador Bridge to Canada is way scarier.
This is VERY true.

ESPECIALLY when you're backed up on it :S
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