Talk:San Diego-Coronado Bridge
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Isn't it known as a "Bay Bridge"? --Geopgeop 05:45, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Floating Bridge
A local San Diego news report interviewed a CalTrans employee that categorically stated that the bridge would not float. Here's a link to the article (and video): [1]. Does a link to a local news video count as a reliable enough source to removed the floating comment in the main article? --C33 09:34, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Anchorman
I believe the bridge scene in Anchorman was actually set in Mission Bay. As noted in the Wiki the bridge is not designed for foot traffic and stopped traffic. The bridge scene in Anchorman was a one way, two lane road, Coronado Bridge goes both ways with five overall lanes.
- I, too, believe the scene in Anchorman was from Mission Bay, and not on the Coronado bridge. --Eric Bekins 07:32, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fastrak usage?
If anyone can help me, I am looking for a source to verify the start date that the electronic toll collection system FasTrak was first accepted on the Coronado Bridge (of course, before toll collection eventually stopped in 2002). Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 17:14, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Removed POV
I removed this section from the article:
(referring to the lack of shoulders or "break-down lanes") It has been said that the reason for this was to prevent persons from leaping off the bridge to commit suicide. However, between 1972 and 2000, more than 200 suicides occurred on the bridge [2]. Considering the volume of traffic on the bridge as of 2006, should a vehicle break down or encounter another problem, it will almost certainly cause a serious collision, as there is nowhere for the disabled vehicle to go, and no way for oncoming traffic (at the posted speed limit of 50 mph) to avoid it. Another defect of this design is that it is impossible to use a bicycle to cross San Diego Bay: cyclists must either transport their machines across on the ferry at a cost (April 2006) of $3.25 each way, or travel the long way to or from Coronado via the Silver Strand.
Reasons:
- There is no source for "It has been said that the reason for this was to prevent persons from leaping off the bridge to commit suicide". Who said that? When?
- Even if there were a source for that claim, it could be considered Original Research to imply that the lack of shoulders has failed to cut-down on suicides. One could just as well argue that if there were shoulders that there would have been even more suicides.
- Concerning bicycles, it is pro-bicycle POV to claim that the lack of a bike path constitutes a "defect". While some people might consider a bike path to be desirable, there could have been other trade-offs, such as less cost or even less environmental impact to leave out a bike path. This is speculation, of course, so it does not belong in the aritcle. Similarly, saying that the lack of a bike lane is a defect is POV that does not belong in the article.
- Also, bicycles are generally permitted to use regular vehicle lanes, so the lack of a specific bicycle path does not mean that bicycles cannot use the bridge. It is true that they are prohibited from interstates and some other highways, so it is possible they are prohibited, but that should be sourced before it goes into the article. Johntex\talk 16:53, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
