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# StoryCorps Shorts: The View From Here
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/pov/specials/storycorps-shorts-the-view-from-here-to6kpc/
- Published: 2024-04-02T22:54:22.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T14:02:25.000Z
- Description: Barb Abelhauser worked in an office for 14 years until one day she become a bridgetender.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: POV, #ZZZ_Show_70f7837f-7d56-44e5-aeca-8af3c2ecd00c, #geo-us, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Special_9b9e73c0-64f2-4e1f-8c81-ff246b287dbf, #special

Barb Abelhauser worked in an office for 14 years until one day she quit and decided to become a bridgetender on the Ortega River Bridge in Jacksonville, Florida. She planned to work there for a year. Eight years later she came to StoryCorps to talk about why she stayed.