[fdpaq0580]

OP was talking about Brownwood Bridge, I believe.

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by FloridaGuy66

I don't understand why they never installed a bollard on the Richmond (South) side of the bridge to separate the golf cart lanes and prevent anything larger from entering. There's one on the Brownwood side.

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

Maybe they (who ever they are) thought, "what if we need to get a maintenance vehicle or tow truck up there? Let's leave it open on one end. Just in case..."

Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy

they have removable posts for ambulances on bike paths. .
they can put removable posts for other vehicles

No bollard is necessary on the south side because that end is nowhere near automobile traffic. Any vehicle that made it to that end of the bridge would know that they were following a golf cart path and chose to continue anyway.

On the Brownwood end the entrance is at the end of a road. You would think anyone who could pass a driving test should be able to recognize that the path is too narrow to be a road but apparently that isn’t the case. The bollard helps the more confused among us from making that mistake. I wonder what happened in this case.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

OP was talking about Brownwood Bridge, I believe.

There must have been two incidents around the same time on March 12, 2025.

[jimkerr]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

We went by there about 3:00 PM. It looked like a golf cart had been hit hard and cops were helping a tow truck to pick the golf cart up off the side of the car part of the bridge.

And this is an example of why we see cars on the Brownwood bridge! Too many seniors get confused and shouldn’t be driving. There is NO car part. No cars are allowed on that bridge just like the Chitty Chatty bridge.

[Singerlady]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

We went by there about 3:00 PM. It looked like a golf cart had been hit hard and cops were helping a tow truck to pick the golf cart up off the side of the car part of the bridge.

Wasn’t that on the Morse bridge over Lake Sumter?

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Singerlady

Wasn’t that on the Morse bridge over Lake Sumter?

There was an accident on the Lake Sumter/Morse Blvd. bridge. Sounds like this incident on the Brownwood bridge is a separate issue.

To the OP: "Now I've seen it all" ?---Hang around, you'll see more.

[Rocksnap]

Hold my beer. Watch this…

[paulajr]

That was Sumter not Brownwood.

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

We went by there about 3:00 PM. It looked like a golf cart had been hit hard and cops were helping a tow truck to pick the golf cart up off the side of the car part of the bridge.

[CoachKandSportsguy]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

You would think anyone who could pass a driving test should be able to recognize that the path is too narrow to be a road but apparently that isn’t the case. The bollard helps the more confused among us from making that mistake. I wonder what happened in this case.

elderly, alcohol, happy hour, after sunset, what could possibly go wrong?

[Danube]

Originally Posted by villager7591

Yesterday afternoon, approaching the Brownwood golf cart bridge from the south, there was a backup of about 10 carts. Several golf carts were coming off the bridge and stopping in the grass. One woman told me, "There is a car on the bridge." It did not make sense to me until I see a mid-size SUV driving down the MMP, coming from the bridge.
Fun in TV.

Two months ago a car was coming down the cart path that runs from the south end of Paradise Dr toward the bridge over US-441. The center post was not installed that day. She got down as far as the north end of the dog park but was blocked by northbound carts. Had to back out to the street.

Opposite problem- yesterday a cart driven by a teen female stopped at the foot of the bridge until no carts were coming off the bridge. Then she started up the bridge only to stop again near the top because carts were coming the opposite direction. This forced me and some other carts to have to stop on the steepest part of the bridge and wait.

[lpkruege1]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

We went by there about 3:00 PM. It looked like a golf cart had been hit hard and cops were helping a tow truck to pick the golf cart up off the side of the car part of the bridge.

Are you talking about the Mose Bridge by Sumter landing? I saw the accident as well and was wondering what happened.

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by lpkruege1

Are you talking about the Mose Bridge by Sumter landing? I saw the accident as well and was wondering what happened.

The article in the online paper that shall not be named said two golf carts sideswiped each other on the Morse Ave bridge at Lake Sumter. The southbound cart wound up in the traffic lane.

[kingofbeer]

Originally Posted by villager7591

Yesterday afternoon, approaching the Brownwood golf cart bridge from the south, there was a backup of about 10 carts. Several golf carts were coming off the bridge and stopping in the grass. One woman told me, "There is a car on the bridge." It did not make sense to me until I see a mid-size SUV driving down the MMP, coming from the bridge.
Fun in TV.

The average person in The Villages is below average. Put up a sign that says no cars allowed!

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by kingofbeer

The average person in The Villages is below average. Put up a sign that says no cars allowed!

I'm going to go out a limb and suggest that a driver that can't tell the difference between a cart path and a road won't be paying much attention to a sign

[Vickim]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

The article in the online paper that shall not be named said two golf carts sideswiped each other on the Morse Ave bridge at Lake Sumter. The southbound cart wound up in the traffic lane.

That was the day prior ! Wednesday 3/12/2025 2 carts sideswiped each other one jumped the curb and went into traffic! We drove by cart still there with extensive front end damage 2 hurt and taken by ambulance to local hospital 2 treated on scene according to paper. There was also an incident/accident yesterday close to same spot “the treacherous bridge @Sumter “ Thursday 3/13/2025 around 3:30 pm LOTS of emergency vehicles road closed had to turn around before bridge and come down BV ! Still haven’t been able to find what happened.