Whitney County Bridge

"Barricade. Big-ass gun. Anybody got any ideas?"

- Zoey "For lease. Anybody got a pen? I wanna write this number down."

- Francis

The Whitney County Bridge is the county's main bridge that provides transportation access to and from the industrial area as well as more of a direct route to both the cities of Riverside and Fairfield. It is a minor location and the first chapter's main Crescendo Event in the DLC Crash Course in Left 4 Dead.

History
The bridge is part of a highway that crosses a river and allows vehicles to proceed to and from the town of Riverside. The bridge type design used is a truss bridge that is only two vehicle lanes wide however due to the frequent amount of heavy trucks and vehicles passing by the industrial area, the bridge is most likely reinforced to help accommodate for the extra stress and weight. Just a few miles up the bank, another bridge can be seen however it is a railway bridge used by trains to carry freight to and from the area as well.

Current Status
When the quarantine of the city of Fairfield failed, refugees headed towards the military outpost at the town of Riverside. The military setup a small outpost near the bridge to help evacuate the civilians, roads were barricaded off, sandbags and spot-lights were setup, and a M35 truck armed with a minigun and howitzer was stationed near the bridge.Once the remaining civilian vehicles entered the bridge, the military closed off the main road with the barricade to stop the infection and protect the civilians, however some buses at the other end crashed and blocked the road preventing any of the remaining refugees from escaping causing them to be trapped for the infected.

The Survivors make their way through the alleys leading them to the military outpost and the barricaded bridge. They notice the artillery piece lined up in position ready to blow the barricade allowing the group to continue on. Once someone fires the gun, it alerts the horde where the survivors must defend themselves and wait for the fire to be extinguished where they can then proceed safely across the bridge. When crossing the bridge, they navigate their way past the abandoned cars,trucks,and buses until they reach another dead end. With nowhere to go but down the hill into a storage warehouse, they make their way to the saferoom to take a break before pressing on...

Landmarks near Whitney County Bridge

 * Main highway leading onto the bridge Whitney_County_Bridge_2.jpg
 * Unnamed retail store undergoing renovation and is leasing space out to the public
 * Railway overpass
 * Military flatbed truck with howitzer
 * Eastern Waterworks
 * Saferoom storage warehouse