where is the best bridge to sleep and drink under

[Drunken Hearted Man]

I haven't actually been under the Franklin Bridge in Minneapolis in the last couple years that I've passed through here (usually have a house to kick it in), but as far as I know it's still a great place to sleep/drink.

There's a fuckton of other bridges out there that are amazing, I guess since I'm in Minneapolis right now that's the first thing that popped into my head.

 

[BenjiRidesBoxcar]

how about a worst? Near the champ siding in pdx some creep lurking around always leaves things like this under the bridge, along with a stack of drawn-on porno mags and aa batteries. Widerstand wanted to take it home, but didn't have room in his pack for a doll head.

dude i have pictures with that dollhead!

 

[sprout]

There are a few memorable bridges I have stayed under:

Franklin Bridge in Minneapolis, which is right by the water and you can have a fire but you have to climb up and down some steep ass terrain. Kind of amusing when blacked out drunk.

Bridge by the Des Moines River in downtown Des Moines, bunch of us trolled it there for a few days, drunk the whole time. Then our canadian buddy Mike jumped into the Des Moines River with all of his clothing (steel toed boots, wallet, passport) to retrieve his hat and sunk. So Tyler got naked and we saved him. And then left Iowa.

Wicker Park Train Bridge, huge dusty bridge, always about 30 drunken travelers under there. Good place to go to forget a few days. There used to be some rickety ass stairs to get to it but the cops knocked them down, so now you just have to climb your way up.

Panther Hollow Bridge in Pittsburgh, steep path going down. Mudslides when it rains hard. Tons of train-kid graf there. Used to be a traveler haven. Last time I was there, there were a couple of homebum kids camped out.

 

[Wolfeyes]

The only bridge I really hung out under is on US 19 over the barge canal outside of Inglis. Good fishing, but didn't strike me as a good sleeping spot. Too many people out there drinking and screwing. The cops are pretty cool though, and won't run you off unless you're causing problems or dangerously wasted.

 

[Swiper]

ha yes when i slept under champs siding we found a babrbie and melted her arm to her face and drew all over her and left it there for the homebum to find.
i dont know if thats an asshole thing to do or not ha.

 

[Hottboxx]

my favorite bridge of all time is a bridge called bum jungle in auburn california

 

[dirty_rotten_squatter]

I liked the colton bridge in cali...you had a good sign flying spot right above you, the liqour store and food are less than half a mile away, and the hop out spot is right there!!!

 

[menu]

I personally enjoyed Steel Bridge this year in PDX. there was like 12 dirty kids all riders under there and we erected the "thunder dome" which was a 10 person tent that we tagged all up. and wrote down some of the quotes from our drunken shananagins(sp). one being from a cop that came down when there was like 9 kids in the tent all he had to say was "Im sure this is illegal.....but I just dont give a shit." haha. it was funny. I know it was pretty stupid and not low-key at all but we had that up for prolly 2 weeks before they came and destroyed it. the only problem I had there was the bull coming up and kicking me in my already bruised ribs and telling me to kick rocks.

and Im wondering if ya'll know who that UP bull is? I heard it was roger dodgers old side kick form k-falls. then someone told me it was dodger but Im pretty sure that dude retired.

 

[whaleofashrimp]

blood red bridge in atlanta was pretty good times..theres a crack head couple that live in a tent on the other side but there pretty mellow...a store nearby, spaning in little 5 points and bonfire safe

franklin in minniapolis was cool..but to steep getting down there

theres this one cool bridge on the first exit going south on the 15 from butt...middle of nowhere..nothing there..i didnt even sleep there..i just noticed it in the day time
whats so cool is the fact that there is legibal graffiti streching back to the 60's from hippies stranded there

although i am housed up for the moment has anyone else noticed the fact that most the bridges in florida seemned to be designed to counter hobo's?

 

[Hottboxx]

the bull in PDX is dodgers old sidekick...he came under there one morning and me and red asked him if he was rodger dodgers son...he got pissed and started saying hes a legand like dodger or some shit...but WELCOME TO THUNDERDOME BITCH.....those were the days of the sqwigi punks from outer space....i like the steel bridge good drunken times...and i also like the rancho bridge in colton too tiger liquor sells me booze...and theres always home guards or kids that will tell you about the yard...

 

[derailed]

I liked the colton bridge in cali...you had a good sign flying spot right above you, the liqour store and food are less than half a mile away, and the hop out spot is right there!!!

rancho and pepper st both suck. i've never had to deal with so many homebums just to get a half-assed corner in my life, not to mention the highway patrol rolls those corners every 15 minutes or less. if you have money when you get there it's all good though, C2 for life!

 

[smellsea]

the 24th street bridge in downtown omaha, the spot to catchout from. food and liquor, are right there, within 500 yards, and salvation army center less than i mile away.

ahhh i hated that fucken truck stop, maybe cause it rained for the hole three days i was there, and i didn't even bother with the train, i walked into iowa after being on the on ramp and not getting a ride forever. the guys at the sabb gas station crossed the street to tell us we weren't allowed on their property, respectfully so cause we spanged there and had our dogs tied up for a good hour. oh, and there was hippies and homebums all trying to get out from the same on ramp. the rxr museum in iowa was pretty cool though.

but my favorite bridge, i don't know. ogden utah, behind the car dealerships right next to the yard. super easy hop out spot, gas station pizza right around the corner. it was rad except for that you know, utah's booze policies suck dick. maybe i just hadn't seen any kids in a while before then, is why i liked that spot so much.

 

[connerR]

Not a bridge, but the aqueducts out by my old house in CA's high desert were pretty great spots to drink. No one ever came through there, and there are some really cool bridges over the aqueduct that have super high walls, so you can be pretty belligerent in there and no one will hear you. There are also tunnels on either side that are fairly well protected from the elements.

Edit: If you're taking the UP Central Valley route out of Colton, after you climb through the Cajon Pass and break off from the BNSF mains, you'll be in the high desert and parallel/cross the aqueduct for a short while. I only mention this because it seems most people I talk to have no idea what the aqueduct is.