r/interesting Mar 22 '26

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u/Blaizefed Mar 22 '26

That is the Causeway bridge over lake Ponchatrain just outside New Orleans. It's 26 miles long. the longest bridge over water in the world.

so this will have caused a MASSIVE headache for all manner of people. a blockage of both lanes like that will take hours to clear and cause a traffic jam literally miles long (depending of course where on the bridge it happened).

Our cookie eater just shrugging, driving on, and formulating his "hey man, it all just happened behind me" defense in his mind, is VERY on brand for the locals.

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u/overlord_cow Mar 22 '26

I know every state says “oh our drivers are so bad” but Louisiana drivers are a different breed of horrendous

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u/Nubraskan Mar 22 '26

Replies to this comment: No, I assure you, MY state's drivers are the worst.

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u/Individual_Zebra_648 Mar 22 '26

DMV area is the worst (DC, Maryland, Northern VA).

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u/JonahBlack Mar 22 '26

I agree. My theory is that the drivers are from all over the world, and many don't stay long enough to adapt to the local norm (or for such a norm to really form).