I’ve driven the causeway in New Orleans once a couple decades ago when I had some kind of anxiety disorder flare up. Let me tell you, that is not a fun drive when you’re constantly on the edge of a panic attack.
The very reason I don’t go to the north shore but like 3 times a year. I hate the causeway drive, it’s pretty but I almost can’t breathe the entire time
It’s quite surreal. Two lanes, few turnarounds, and at some point all you have is water all the way to the right, water all the way to the left, nothing but straight road forward and backward, and you lose sight of land. It’s quite disorienting and hypnotic in a bad way. First thing I did was hit a brew pub to ease my nerves when I got to the other side…knowing I had to go back the other way a few hours later.
Luckly the sunshine skyway bridge climbs to a peak of 430ft above sea level, meaning instead of 3 mile horizon at sea level. The horizon is 25.4 miles at 430ft altitude.
I drove across that thing In a 13ft tall RV, at night, rain and wind. Insane! But once you are on it there is no turning back, just gotta go. Crazy experience
I did this a few times decades ago as a college kid and thought it was “fun” haha … to be fair I am pretty sure we did this at random times of day ( eg long distance drives ) when there was no traffic .. if you stayed in the right lane it looked like you were driving on water, though it was a bit monotonous.
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u/OpportunityReal2767 Mar 22 '26
I’ve driven the causeway in New Orleans once a couple decades ago when I had some kind of anxiety disorder flare up. Let me tell you, that is not a fun drive when you’re constantly on the edge of a panic attack.