Commute June 24, 2004 - revised (none)

After another half mile or so, there's a narrow bridge over the Stony Brook (a feeder for Lake Carnegie). I've come across the road to take this picture. To cross this bridge and the traffic islands on the far side, I get in the center of the lane and make people behind me wait. I know if I don't do that, someone will try to pass and when someone comes the other way, they'll swerve to the right scraping me along the wall. As I was waiting to cross back to the right side of the street, a 14 wheeler came along. There aren't supposed to be big trucks on the Pike. The weight limit on the bridge is only 4 tons. The speed limit on the bridge is 15 mph. In any case, this 14 wheeler barreled over the bridge taking up 1-1/2 lanes. I'm sure glad nobody was coming the other way then.

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