The Riverbank

"Hello down there! Sorry, but we can't lower the bridge!"

- Zoey

The Riverbank is the first chapter in Left 4 Dead 2 ' s The Passing campaign. The Survivors of Left 4 Dead 2 meet the Survivors of Left 4 Dead at Jimmy Gibbs Junior's racing stock car, which was taken from The Atrium in Dead Center. The Left 4 Dead Survivors inform the Left 4 Dead 2 Survivors that the only way through is across the bridge, which is raised and doesn't have enough power to be lowered. The original Survivors inform them that if they can go around to the other side of the bridge, they can power up the generator to get across.

Campaign

 * (Spoiler) Francis or Zoey are the only two who talk to you at the beginning and instruct you where to go. Louis doesn't talk to you because in one of the conversations in the The Port, Francis states Louis is injured (and who also looks that way), that is also the reason why he is on the mounted machine gun, and not moving around helping you out.