Here in Palm Beach there are three that carry nearly 37,000 people back-and-forth every day:
- The Southern Bridge to the south
- The Royal Park Bridge in the middle
- The Flagler Memorial Bridge to the north.
When we moved here we learned that people call them North Bridge, Middle Bridge and South Bridge. {How civilized.}
When deciding which bridge to use for any given outing, I want to employ my intuition for the drawbridges openings. Each drawbridge has the possibility of opening twice an hour when needed for boats to travel under them. So far, so good, right?
{source} North Bridge |
NOT!
The middle bridge opens at the top and bottom of the hour and the North and South bridges open at quarter past and quarter til. ARRRGH! Even after living here nearly 2 years, I still have to look at the time and stop to think which bridge might be opening. Sigh.
{source} Middle Bridge |
Ummmm, NO! I doesn't work! (I know. I tried it. More than once...). Here's a tidbit. I recently I found out, the average time for a bridge opening is only 7 minutes.Now, I take deep breath, put the car in park and read something on my Nook, play a game on my phone or clean out the receipts in my purse. Ahhhhhhhh! I realize it may be the only 7 minutes I have to do nothing in a day.
{source} South or Southern Bridge |
Want to learn more about the history of Palm Beach bridges? Click here.
Have a fab day. Eli