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After the [[August 20]], [[2003]] death of 17-year-old [[Todd Currie]], a number of Currie's friends and [[Washington High School]] classmates painted a variety of messages and memorials to him.<ref>"Classmates remember friend through art." ''Pensacola News Journal'', April 6, 2004.</ref> Members of the [[Pensacola Police Department]] observed the undertaking, but did not interfere and even encouraged the students' display.<ref name="tooclose"/>
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According to local lore, motorists will receive good luck if they honk their horn while driving under the bridge. (According to the ''[[Pensacola News Journal]]'', "the additional recommendation to simultaneously raise both feet off the floorboard is probably best ignored."<ref>"Seven Wonders of Pensacola," ''Pensacola News Journal'', August 5, 2007.</ref>)
The ''[[Pensacola News Journal]]'' reported on June 12, 2007 that the [[Oak Point]] development, just southwest of the bridge, has experienced graffiti-related vandalism on its privacy wall and, more recently, on a house under construction.<ref name="tooclose">"Too close to home." ''Pensacola News Journal'', June 12, 2007.</ref>
