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Uploaded by on Feb 9, 2007

Nothing very exciting. Just me riding across the abandoned Obion River Bridge on a motorcycle. Bridge located in Obion, TN.

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  • that was the ghost of ole fishing joe!

  • Hmmm. I suppose it could have been Ole Fishing Joe himself. lol

  • How long is this bridge? Looks sooo long

  • Hmm. Good question.

    Doing a quick measure in Google Earth, the abandoned section of road between Obion and Trimble is about 3.5 miles long. The river channel is only about 60 feet wide, but the bridge is much longer since it crosses a section of wet lands.

    A rough guess (can't tell from Google Earth where the bridge starts/stops and where hte highway takes over) would be almost 3/4 mile long.

  • Great video man ! Hey, the music sounds like a guy named Richard. He played on the street in Memphis. He plays a guitar that is made from a cigar box. I also sw him at the blues fest in Jackson back in 2004.

  • Sounds EXACTLY like Richard Johnston, doesn't it? lol At the end of the video I give Richard and Jessie Mae Hemphill credit/props.

    Richard is a true living blues legend. I was lucky enough to strike up a friendship with him through a magazine that I was writing for when he won the International Blues Challenge and received the Albert King Award for most promising guitarist. It was great fun to watch him perform at the WC Handy Awards a few years later.

    Glad you enjoy Richard's music.

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  • Hmmmm! I have not been in TN in a few years but I would guess that there is a law about "texting while driving" that also applies to video'ing while riding. I do have a video of going over the Dingmans Ferry bridge ( over the Delaware river PA/NJ) That I lie about and tell everyone that I was in the passenger seat. Hmmmm! Again I'm thinking, I was on a legal road and you were not. OK, I'll shut up. BTW great music.

  • KOOL video, it must have been expensive to build that road back in the day

  • COMR

  • @razz4040 Yup, it's still there as of 4 months ago.

  • what do you mean shot off hand

  • I have not been to that bridge in years. Thanks for the video. Is the bridge still up?

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