I am pleased to announce the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Chesapeake Bay Crossing Study: Tier 1 National Environmental Policy Act is available for public review and comment at. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.The Chesapeake Bay Bridge. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. For NPR News, I'm Hans Anderson.Ĭopyright © 2014 NPR. And Eskew will drive them across the bridge for $30 each. Kent Island Express.ĪNDERSON: Busy weekends means lots of anxious customers. It's a myth that we have driven people over in the trunk.ĮSKEW: Good afternoon. We do have a couple people who will throw a towel or jacket over their head. But sometimes he can't overcome a passenger's anxiety.ĮSKEW: We do have a couple people that will get in the back of their own car - sit on the floor. And then we say goodbye at an off ramp just past the bridge.ĪNDERSON: Eskew puts people at ease. And maybe, you know, one day.ĪNDERSON: Simms is heading from Virginia to the Eastern Shore to visit family. But I just sit in the passenger seat and talk. Eskew has a suggestion for this.ĮSKEW: I actually have customers that can drive themselves. MORA SIMMS: God forbid if anything would happen - there's no place to turn off or stop or anything like that.ĪNDERSON: One day, she hopes to overcome her fear of bridges. And a few minutes later, we pick up Mora Simms.ĪNDERSON: She's heading across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in the opposite direction. One of Eskew's employees has driven the van across and meets us here. Also we're over water.ĪNDERSON: We drop off Wendel right after the tolls. There is nothing between us and oncoming traffic except for a few yellow lines. The part of the bridge that we're driving on right now is a two-way road with no divider. It includes a turn and climbs to just under 200 feet. I mean.ĪNDERSON: The bridge is just over four miles long. WENDEL: But, you know, I think keeping them busy like that is good for her. The bridge makes me very nervous.ĪNDERSON: To distract his passengers, Eskew talks about something other than the bridge - like his kids.ĮSKEW: You know, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, she's got dance. WENDEL: I don't like traveling over the bridge at all. A few minutes after this phone call, we meet her in a McDonald's parking lot.ĪNDERSON: Eskew gets out of his van, into her car and starts driving her across the bridge.ĪNDERSON: Wendel won't drive her own car because she has anxiety about crossing the bridge. Are you at the outlets?ĪNDERSON: She's calling to arrange a ride. And if you’re wondering what that means.ĪNDERSON: It's a service for people like Jennifer Wendel.ĮSKEW: Hey, Ms.
Eskew is the owner of Kent Island Express, which is billed as the exclusive drive-over service for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. He's wearing sandals and sweatpants and is kind of lounging in his driver's seat. He drives across this bridge in his baby blue van many times a day. They're scared or they don't like it.ĪNDERSON: Eskew isn't scared. STEVEN ESKEW: Approximately 60,000 people cross this bridge every day.ĪNDERSON: He's pointing towards oncoming traffic.ĮSKEW: You know, that person - boom. We're driving across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. HANS ANDERSON, BYLINE: Steven Eskew and I are on our way to pick up a customer. NPR's Hans Anderson met someone who saw a business opportunity in that fear. For those afraid of bridges, crossing the span is a daunting task. and Baltimore areas to summer vacation destinations like Ocean City and Assateague Island. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge connects the Washington, D.C.
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