Among my first thoughts after choosing Bayshore Blvd. as the first point in my walk was to walk across the peninsula and walk north along the coast toward New York. The coupling of roads along the very beach and the quintessentially scenic nature of the coast only encouraged Me in attempting to incorporate a visit the New York.
I'd recently been introduced to some people there including someone that had been suggested as friend I could stay with. I worked with the Google walking map all the way up the coast zooming in to street level and searching for sidewalks on bridges. Finally though I reached Mayport and the St. Johns Ferry Service.
I didn't want to walk around on a ferry while it crossed the water and the closest bridges didn't seem to have a walkway. In short it seemed less like a good idea.
My search for pedestrian friendly bridges prompted the search that would lead to what is now the second planned "highlight" of the walk. I searched for the longest pedestrian bridge.
Viola. The Big Dam Bridge between Little Rock and North Little Rock Arkansas. The simple and direct name seems fitting to the stereotype of Arkansans and at 4226 linear feet long and 14 feet wide it is a large bridge. Take a look at the website for more details (http://www.bigdambridge.com/facts.htm) and some history.
I was born in Arkansas. Yep. It was another nice coincidence and so that's the second of the longests on this walk.