Tips on bridge crossing
Cruiser
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From: Maine
We used to have no end of those bridges around here, now they've mostly been paved. But that's how you do it, tighten up your sphincter and relax everything else and ride. If it's wet, tighten a bit more and ride it gently.
Road Master
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From: Littleton CO
But most times the outside lanes are closed for maintenance.
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The few times that I've been on a bridge like that, I just relaxed and didn't think about it.
Tourer
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From: Central MD
Okay, what am I missing here? What is now the westbound side of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in Maryland used to have these grates (gone now). I used to ride over them and look down, I thought it was awesome, like riding on air. I never went down. Something I don't know?
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Each to their own but it's been my observation that when a person is doing something different, some times when they look down at it or think about it too much, it starts to work on the mind and sometimes, if not kept in check, the mind can really screw things up for an individual and it sometimes causes problems that wouldn't be there if they would just look ahead and not think about it. At least that's my take on it.
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Road Master
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From: Littleton CO
The Mackinac Bridge (/ˈmćkɪnɔː/MAK-in-aw) is a suspension bridge spanning the Straits of Mackinac to connect the Upper and Lower Peninsulas of the U.S. state of Michigan. Opened in 1957, the 26,372-foot-long (4.995 mi; 8.038 km)[1] bridge (familiarly known as "Big Mac" and "Mighty Mac")[
Straight from Wikipedia!!!! And I am a Michigan native, left there in 1981!!!
