Bridge Burgers are people!!!

Yesterday afternoon I walked across the new Cooper River bridge, which will open for traffic July 16th and hold the record for the longest cable stay bridge in North America. I think it's a little bewildering for Charlestonians, as we still love our original, rickety two bridges connecting Mount Pleasant to the peninsula - the Grace and Pearman bridges, henceforth to be known as the "old old" Cooper River bridge and the "old new" Cooper River bridge, respectively.

Anyway, my friend - we'll just refer to him as "Blarg" from now on - and I, we had brunch at A.C.'s on King Street, as they actually serve brunch until 4 - and then tackled the approximately four-mile span of the thing.

The atmosphere on the bridge fairly crackled with historical significance. Bountiful indeed were the babies in strollers, who I imagine were included either:
a) to provide more resistance/exercise to their pushers
b) so that a hundred years from now, when this bridge needs to be replaced, these kids can write heart-wrenching editorials to the Post & Courier about having seen its inception
c) to annoy everyone else and keep them from behaving like the degenerates we are (haha, just
kidding)

So as Blarg and I were nearing the first arch, we noticed that the crowd was the thickest at the apex, and (naturally) began speculating about whether there was some sort of giant meat grinder they were all being pushed into just beyond our view, and imagining Bridge Burger stands on the other end and.. you get the drift... Bridge Burgers are people!!!

Hey, that'd be one way to cut down on the upcoming insane traffic when the bridge actually opens...