Statement: The center span of the Coronado Bay Bridge was designed to float in the event of a bombing, according to local urban legend.
Analysis: When we asked readers to pinpoint local urban legends, this decades old storyline surfaced: The center section of the Coronado Bay Bridge is designed to float. That way, if the bridge were bombed, the Navy could easily push the largest pieces of the bridge aside and still exit the bay.
Fact Check: A Bomb Resistant, Floating Coronado Bridge?
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