yeah.... well, you know. We don’t have a lot of tunes with a Michigan-theme from which to pick. (although I did have a Gal in Kalmazoo-zoo-zoo-zoo & I married her.)
Incidentally, a Yugo was blown off the Bridge some years ago.
(the Bridge itself is over designed and will tolerate in excess of 120 mph, but if you drive a Yugo, stay in the center-lane.)
I crossed that bridge many times on my way to Drummond Island. I remember seeing pictures of hundreds of 1950’s hunters heading north across the bridge. I like quite a few of Bob Seger’s songs.
I remember that incident. It was a young woman driving home for Thanksgiving. The gales of November got her, too.
The Yugo was basically a suicide. The speed limit is 40. The driver was clocked at 70 and the car simply lifted off the bridge deck.
I used to drive busloads of kids across to a Christian camp in the UP. On windy days, we had to steer into the wind a bit then quickly straighten the wheel when we came to the concrete abutments.
The hub of the bus wheel was taller than the rail.
I remember that Yugo incident quite well, we were on a skiing trip to Petoskey. The young woman got on the bridge and never reached the north side. No witnesses and no wreckage.
I was always really careful after that incident. Every time I take that bridge I can picture a small car hitting the first low rail, jumping the second rail, falling between the suspender cables and plunging into the straits below.
I remember that, the girl/woman blew right off the bridge and I think they said she and her Hugo fell 150 feet to the water.