{"id":154,"date":"2019-11-10T21:53:34","date_gmt":"2019-11-10T21:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/?p=154"},"modified":"2019-11-10T21:53:41","modified_gmt":"2019-11-10T21:53:41","slug":"today-i-named-a-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/10\/today-i-named-a-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Today I named a Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I decided it was time to load up my lungs with smoke while there was still some around, so I went for a longish bike ride. Along the way I came to the new bike\/horse bridge over the LA River. I decided it can only be called The Finger.<\/p>\n<span hidden class=\"__iawmlf-post-loop-links\" data-iawmlf-links=\"[{&quot;id&quot;:128,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.strava.com\\\/athletes\\\/1133075&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250611230923\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.strava.com\\\/athletes\\\/1133075&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-02 14:54:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-12 19:38:39&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-04 04:14:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-10 07:47:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-15 06:56:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-19 03:25:39&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-25 01:55:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-29 23:11:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-10 06:48:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-20 15:53:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-30 08:46:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-05 02:35:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-12 01:14:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-19 09:14:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-28 12:18:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-17 22:34:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 09:13:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 10:10:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-29 09:13:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-03 01:43:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-08 09:15:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-12 12:11:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-20 21:04:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-01 14:30:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-01 14:30:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]\"><\/span>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0244-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The Los Angeles River bridge to Glendale.\" class=\"wp-image-155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0244-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0244-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>I give you The Finger.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bridge isn&#8217;t quite open yet, so I didn&#8217;t get to finger The Finger. I look forward to future Finger fingerings.  Maybe they&#8217;ll build four more and we can get the whole hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was my wacky ride, in case you&#8217;re curious. 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