Here are some of my favorite nicknames for Coronado Island:

Nado
Crown Town
Crown City
Tent City
The Island
The Rock
Emerald City

Some little know facts (or fictions) about the Coronado Island bridge:

Some people claim the bridge is designed to float if it's knocked down in a military strike or an earthquake. This is false, and seems to come from the days of the bridge's construction. The major components were shipped by barge from San Francisco to San Diego. It was called the "floating bridge" in the media in the 1960s because of this. Part of the myth says floating wreckage could be quickly towed to the sides so Navy vessels won't become trapped in the bay.

Another myth is that the bridge was made extra long, with the bend, and also very tall, in an attempt to use up all the allotted funds. In fact, there were several reasons for its location and height that have nothing to do with increasing its cost. On the San Diego side, the bridge begins in Barrio Logan, a neighborhood with poor land values -- and low construction costs for the bridge approach. In Coronado, it joins at the streets (3rd and 4th) that run directly to and from North Island Naval Air Station, which accounts for much of the traffic on Coronado.

If you have any other nicknames or trivia, post it!