Originally Posted by Blue Order

Even if all the cars are observing the speed limit, that's a high rate of speed to expect a cyclist to keep up. For comparison, the peloton in the 2007 Tour de France was traveling at 30-34 mph on the flat routes. To expect that of the average cyclist for the length of that bridge is ludicrous... And that assumes that the cars are observing the speed limit, which they clearly aren't.

The bridge needs to be re-thought to accommodate cyclists, and the cheapest way to do that is to mark out cycle lanes on the sidewalk.