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This Week on Metro Connection: Bridges

By: Rebecca Sheir // May 27, 2011
  
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The Thomas Johnson Bridge in Solomons, Md.
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The Thomas Johnson Bridge in Solomons, Md.

We cross over them, we pass under them, we build them to connect people, places and phases of our lives. On today's show we'll find out why all that traffic on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge might be a good thing, and visit a rooftop garden bridging the divide between city dwellers and their food. Plus, local bridges that could use an extreme makeover, and some rather distinctive companies helping people cope with bridge phobia.

[Music: "Every Little Bit Hurts" by John Davis from Title Tracks]

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