Andy, the guy was over the channel, so this made it Wash. D.C. police work,
which is also why it took 5 hours, with D.C. police, nobody has any idea
what is going on. "FT"
----- Original Message -----
From: Andy Dixon <amdixon@erols.com>
To: Fred Thomas <vafred@erols.com>; <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2000 8:00 AM
Subject: RE: rivers non-lbc
>
> Fred,
> You didn't tell them about the fun they had when the guy threatened to
jump
> off the bridge during rush-hour traffic. They were all out there and none
of
> them knew what to do. After a couple of hours (traffic was stopped for 5
> hrs) they were probably there to keep motorists from throwing him off. The
> bridge Fred is talking about is on I-95 - that side of the beltway - the
> main artery for the east coast from Miami to NYC and it's major choke
point
> at the best of times. Designed for the traffic of the 60's, the 4 groups
> can't come to agreement on how to update it for today's volumes. At times
> it's so pitiful it's funny.
> Andy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Fred Thomas
> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2000 7:37 AM
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: rivers non-lbc
>
>
>
> The Potomac River which seperates Va. & Maryland, is owned by the the
state
> of Maryland to the low point of the tide on the Va. shore. Some years
back,
> a few very bright Maryland money people, discovered this and installed
> casinos along the river front in Va., after about 15 years of this,
Maryland
> changed the law on slots so as they could only be licensed where Maryland
> residents could walk too, and the slots left Va. shores. On the beltway
(Rt
> 495) that circles around Wash. D.C., the bridge crossing from Va. into Md.
> has a neat situation should a accident happen, the bridge starts in Va.,
so
> this section is Va. state property, it then goes over a Coast Guard light
> house, this makes it Federal property, it then goes over the Potomac
river,
> this makes it Maryland property, it then reaches the marked main channel,
> this makes it Wash. D.C. (Wash. owns the channel to the light house), it
> then crosses over the river marsh, and this makes it Maryland property.
> Anytime a wreck happens on the bridge, law enforcement has to know what
> section is involved. "FT"
>
>
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