A couple of related historical vignettes…

1956: On school field trips, we believed that if we held our breaths all the way across the bridge in our heavy, slow-moving school bus, that it wouldn’t collapse. Almost 70 years later, you can thank the first grade class of Langley Elementary.

Fast-forward 10 years: On a camping trip to Deception Pass State Park, we Langley High School guys crawled out on the lower bridge girders, over the fast-moving channel, with its deadly-looking whirlpools, to fish for bass. Never caught any, but we earned some bragging rights to this day.