Here’s how the Causeway Bridge’s taller railings are ‘saving lives’ and preventing overboards

In May 2013, 24-year-old Matthew Myer was driving his Dodge Avenger on the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway when another vehicle hit his car, jolting him toward the line of metal beams separating road from water. In mere seconds, his sedan mounted the bridge railing, struck a pole and plunged into the lake. (click here to read full article)