The Bridges Project

After years of waiting and wondering the Ky.-In.Bridges Project is finally done and it is a welcome, needed and finely crafted addition to our area. Traffic had become horrendous crossing the Kennedy bridge before the two new bridges were constructed and while there are still some kinks and a learning curve to get used to , the overall project appears to be well designed and well built. The project should only enhance the expotential growth we have seen lately here locally.

The only down side is now paying for it... which means tolling. The tolling seems a little unfair especially paying a toll on a 40 year old bridge  (Kennedy) and one wonders what the added cost of collecting tolls will be passed on to the commuters...and what will be the effect on businesses. As for myself being mostly retired and not in any hurry to get anywhere I will on most occasions might just use the old Clark bridge regularly...

One final complaint the names...Lincoln and Lewis and Clark have been used to death. Hell there already is a lewis and Clark bridge in Oregon... How about something new and original ??? Its kind of sad that neither state has someone who has distinguished themselves lately to have a bridge named after them...making us go back nearly 200 years for Abraham Lincoln and Lewis & Clark... What about the Birch Bayh Bridge ??? for the distinguished and popular Indiana Senator (circa 1970's) but then again he was a Democrat...oh well...