Are the Mackinac Straits Really That Important? Here's a Little Bit of Its History and Purpose.

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[irisblue]

1. Thank you for posting this catbyte. I drove across the bridge twice, terrified both trips

The wind can be...intense

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

3. The bridge can be interesting, especially when the concrete lane is under repair, ...

... and some part of it is always under repair. Then you have to take the inner lane, on the steel grid surface. That's a strange ride, on a motorcycle.

Somehow, I am more frightened on a long, low bridge, like crossing Tampa Bay or Lake Ponchartrain. That's scary.

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5. Even though the steel grid sounds a little unnerving, I prefer to drive on that rather than the outside lane.

I think it's because I never forgot that young woman from the Detroit area who went over the edge at about the mid-point when a gust of wind caught her Yugo and she sailed over the edge. This was in the mid-80s. It still gives me the willies.

[Sneederbunk]

2. Why is this guy yelling?

[LessAspin]

4. Kincheloe AFB

Interesting nugget on Kincheloe Air Force Base


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kincheloe_Air_Force_Base

During the Cold War, Wurtsmith was one of three Strategic Air Command (SAC) bases in Michigan with the B-52 bomber, the others (Kincheloe AFB and Sawyer AFB) were in the Upper Peninsula...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wurtsmith_Air_Force_Base

The National Review envisions the Great Lakes returning to some sort of strategic relevance..

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