Bridge the Gap: From Beaches to Billion-Dollar Builds

After a beach weekend full of fish poop sand and teenage debates, B Daht dives into the world of American bridges. From the most expensive to the tallest and most iconic, this episode takes you on a ride you didn't know you needed.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
What's having to know it all? Welcome to another episode.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
If I didn't know, maybe you didn't either, And I'm
your host b dot.

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Speaker 2 (00:10):
Us on Instagram IDK myde with an underscore before it
and after it. You can send us topics. You can
send comments, questions, concerns. We want to be as interactive
as possible. We like the dialogue back and forth. For example,
have you ever noticed how the beach makes people act
brand new? Like I just got back from a beach

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trip with my son Isaiah and two of his homies.
Funnest weekend I've had in a minute. But before I
tell you about that, here are three absolutely useless beach
facts that you didn't ask for, but now you'll never forget.
Your first useless beach fact, did you know seagulls can
drink salt water? Yeah, they got built in filters in

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their beaks. They're removed the salts. They basically breeder birds.
The second useless fact, sand is made of rock, coral,
and fish poop. Yep, that white sand you're laying on
might have been inside the fish yesterday.

Speaker 1 (01:06):
So enjoy your.

Speaker 2 (01:06):
Beach nap and your third and final useless beach fact
is beaches conceine.

Speaker 1 (01:13):
Yeah, it's called singing sand. Look it up.

Speaker 2 (01:16):
Certain beaches squeak or whistle when you walk on them.
Nature really be out here, beatboxing. Those have been your
three useless beach facts. Seagulls can drink salt water, sand
is made of rock, coral and fish poop, and beaches consine.
So I'm at the beach this weekend with saying his
boys snacks everywhere, energy on three hundred, arguing about two

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k raidings, and trying to outshark the y ns. Meanwhile,
I'm just trying to sneak in a nap under a
towel like an old man. But on the dry back
we must have crossed like four different bridges, And that
got me to thinking, how much do I really know
about these bridges, Like what's the most expensive bridge, what's
the tallest bridge, what's the most iconic bridge.

Speaker 1 (01:56):
Let's find out.

Speaker 2 (01:57):
I didn't know. I didn't know.

Speaker 1 (02:03):
No, I didn't know, I didn't know.

Speaker 2 (02:08):
I didn't know.

Speaker 1 (02:08):
I didn't know.

Speaker 2 (02:11):
Let's start with the most expensive bridge in the United States.
Now you think it's the Golden Gate Bridge, right, Nah,
it's actually the eastern span of the San Francisco Oakland
Bay Bridge. It was a big earthquake in nineteen eighty nine.
They had to rebuild it. The final cost six one
point five billion dollars. That's billion with a beat, as

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in Bay Area budget blown and bruh. What the new
span is two point two miles long, earthquake proof and
build with materials from all over the world. They weren't
just building a bridge, they was building a flex Now
let's go up to the tallest bridge in the United States.
That's the Royal Gorge Bridge in Colorado. It was built
in nineteen twenty nine. It stands nine hundred and fifty

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six feet above the Arkansas River.

Speaker 1 (02:58):
That's nearly three statues of tall. God. It was originally
built for tourists, but it's still.

Speaker 2 (03:04):
Standing strong though now it's mostly for walking and scenic views.
Nine hundred and fifty six feet three statues of liberty tall.
Imagine crossing that with the wind blowing and you're in
a voice saying, hey, let's not look down.

Speaker 1 (03:18):
But what's the goat bridge in the United States? I
said that one earlier.

Speaker 2 (03:22):
It's the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, opening nineteen
thirty seven. One point seven miles long, painted in international orange,
so it stands out in the fog at joint, being
in movies, album covers, car chases, apocalyptic tidal wave scenes.

Speaker 1 (03:37):
Basically, Hollywood's favorite bridge.

Speaker 2 (03:39):
Is not the tallest, is not the longest, is not
the most expensive, but it is the most recognizable. It's
the Beyonce Bridges, legendary and unbothered. The next time you
cross a bridge on a beach trip or otherwise, just
know this. You got a little extra trivia in your
back pocket. The most expensive bridge is the Bay Bridge
in California, the tallest bridge the Royal Gorge in Colorado.

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And the most famous bridge is the Golden Gate Bridge.

Speaker 1 (04:06):
And I didn't know. Maybe you didn't either,