Chesapeake Bay Bridge - America's SCARIEST Bridge - Annapolis - Maryland - 4K Infrastructure Drive

Living in AA County I have travelled this bridge many many times. The bridge isn't scary but the way people drive is terrifying.

I drive this bridge almost 3 times a week . The scary part is when traffic is going both ways on one bridge.

I remember as a kid watching this bridge being built from the ferry that you previously had to use to cross the Chesapeake. Yes, I am that old.

It is so scary for some that there is an escort service that will drive your car over the bridge for you. There is even a special pullover area before the toll booths where you can wait for your escort. I know a guy that use to do that and he said he'd typically make 200 bucks a day just driving people over the bridge.

I cross the Bridge on weekends, normally. It only gets scary for me during inclement weather. High winds can be terrifying on the Bay Bridge, but they'll close the Bridge when the winds reach a certain mph. It's not too pleasant when traffic has completely stopped and you're at the top feeling the Bridge sway.

I applaud all of those who are not scared crossing this bridge. It terrifies me for various reasons. In the 40yrs that I’ve lived in this area, I’ve only driven across it once. (I took the long way home😂)

The scariest thing about this bridge for locals is trying to cross it on a Friday afternoon in the summertime. We have nightmares about it.

As someone who has gone across this bridge countless times in my life (my mother and I used to visit my grandparents on the eastern shore every week), I find this bridge to be incredibly beautiful during the day, but it can be scary as hell when going over it at night. It's super dark up there, and combined with that rumbling, it can be pretty nerve-wracking. Scariest thing about it is still the traffic though.

I've driven across this bridge once in my life. I'm from los Angeles. My step mom lived in crofton MD. I went to her graduation in 2012. We took a road trip to Annapolis and Chesapeake bay. My aunt had her eyes closed the whole time we went across and back. Its just such a massive bridge.

I have driven it often with traffic coming opposite direction on same side of bridge. That is another level of concentration.

It doesn't seem that scary now, but 30 years ago when I drove over it it seemed a lot scarier. I remember it having a steeper incline than in the video, but maybe that is just my own memory. The Cooper River and Wando River bridges on I-526 in Charleston seem a lot scarier. Also after the Bay Bridge as I recall, every little town you go through you better heed the speed limits. That area used to be full of speed traps in every little town on the way to the shore.

When you cross this bridge, you feel the weight of all the heavy traffic from DC and Baltimore lift right off...until you get to Ocean City and Rehoboth.

Scariest for me was the Chicago Skyway during its renovation in Summer '04: Single narrow lane. If you want scary, try the Mackinac Bridge during white cap winds.

I grew up in Annapolis, it was always a treat for me as a kid and adult to travel on this bridge. Having said that, on inclement days it can be a bit more nerve racking driving on it.

Great video! I would argue the Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge carrying MD4 across the Patuxent River in Solomons/California Maryland is also a contender for scariest bridge. Take the Eastbound Span of the Bay Bridge as a starting point, reverse the left lane's direction, double the gradient, then get rid of everything that isn't a jersey wall.😁

Definitely the scariest bridge ive ever seen! I drove over some big ones in Pennsylvania and upstate New York and also over the Mississippi but this tops them all!

I remember that bridge and how pleasing it was to drive over it. Maryland countryside was beautiful.

If ur into scenic sunsets this is the best bridge. Looks awesome going down over the water from the bridge 🌉☀️

Went over this bridge on a school bus once; it was so foggy we couldn’t see anything. Was definitely an interesting experience as most of the other kids were freaking out.

It's the combination of things that make this scary. It's tall and narrow. It's exposed. It's heavily traveled. It's almost 5 miles across. One end is steep and curved. The speed limit varies across the bridge. Traffic patterns are frequently changed to accommodate traffic volume and maintenance. Traffic is extremely heavy at rush hour during the week. In the warmer months, weekend traffic jams can be hours long and stretch for miles. The lack of alternate routes makes this inevitable. The lanes can be shifted to route up to four lanes in one direction at a time, meaning that you will encounter two-way traffic on either span. Also, one span will close for maintenance at night. Next, the older span in the video has smaller lanes, but features concrete barriers on the sides. The newer three lane span has wider lanes, but also has "open" metal railings on the sides, allowing for an spectacular view down to the waters of the bay. This is especially exciting to view when driving westbound in the left lane as you descend on the curving surface toward the land. And let's not forget about the weather. Summer storms can form quickly and will move quickly over the open water, especially in the evenings. Besides, that, winds will naturally funnel up or down the bay, making a crossing into an adventure. I remember crossings where you could feel the bridge swaying in the wind.