The Big Commuter Bridges in Philadelphia

How many of you have a fear of driving over super big bridges? For those of you who do, do you have this same fear when your riding as a passenger or only if you’re driving?

We live 90 minutes from Philadelphia in Pennsylvania and one thing I hate every time we go down to Philly or have to drive through Philly to go to the Jersey Shore is crossing one of the city’s super big bridges. Seriously, I hate them!

I have had a big bridge phobia – Gephyrophobia – since I was a small child. I’m okay with the little bridges, but big bridges that go over large bodies of water and are multi-lane, super-highways, well…I don’t dig those at all. Matter of fact, I have to take anti-anxiety medication about 10-15 minutes before we hit either one of those bridges in Philly.

The Walt Whitman Bridge runs through downtown Philadelphia and is the scariest of the bridges in Philly. The Commodore Barry Bridge runs through the southern area of the city and isn’t quite as scary. BOTH are multi-lanes and BOTH are toll bridges, that’s part of the issue because travelers are never in their correct lanes and go back & forth lane hopping as you’re going across. UGH!!! The tractor trailers make it even worse.

So, for our travel feature this week I thought I would show you two of the bridges that are located in Philly Pennsylvania and I would admit to all of you that I have a big bridge phobia! Do you? If so, tell me about it!