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Oddly enough, some horses are frightened of one kind of bridge and not of
another.  My horse took to a swinging bridge (not at Tevis) with no problem
at all.  On the other hand, a more stable bridge that was not as open or as
wide frightened him much more.  It's possible that he felt claustrophobic on
the second bridge (with high woven wire sides) or just that his first time
across the swinging bridge, he was accompanied by a group of other horses
that were used to it.

Still, Betsy, I think you did the right thing not to push a lot with the
freeway bridge.  I sure wouldn't want to be in a cart with a terrified
horse.

Dyane



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