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People who need to cross the ohio river in louisville, kentucky. on friday unexpectedly the state of indiana shut down the sherman-minton bridge, the sherman-minton brej idge connects the town of new albany in southern indiana to louisville, kentucky. indiana is in charge of the bridge that spans the two states. the bridge was not shut down in this case because of some big storm like hurricane irene. the bridge was shut down in this case because it was deemed too dangerous to be kept open. inspection crews found a crack in a load bearing part of this 50-year-old bridge and decided they need to close down this bridge for at least three weeks for further diagnosis. every day 80,000 vehicles use that bridge to cross the ohio river. those commuters are being die verts verted to two other bridges, making a 20-minute commute a two-hour commute and adding to the aging process of the other two bridges to which traffic is being diverted. ....
The mayor of jeffersonville, indiana, is urging motorists who need to go to downtown louisville from southern indiana to instead consider crossing the ohio river in madison, indiana, about 35 miles out of the way. the folks who use that bridge to get to work every day need it fixed and need it fixed now. you may remember last week during his address to the joint session of congress president obama specifically mentioned a kentucky bridge over the ohio river that desperately needed repair. that was a different kentucky bridge over the ohio river that also desperately needs repair. that was the brent-spence bridge that links kentucky with ohio. that one also needs to be repaired. it recently has been dropping concrete chunks on to its lower deck. in fact, there are lots of bridges across the country that need to be repaired. more than 69,000 american bridges are deemed structurally deficient by the federal away administration. should we fix those bridges? shouldn t we fix those bridges ....
Speaking about this in raleigh-durham, north carolina. president obama is saying not just let s pass this bill but let s pass this bill right now. let s pass this bill soon. let s pass this bill right away. there is a very palpable sense of urgency from president obama and the white house on this. republicans on the other hand, so far the reaction from congressional republicans has been sort of smirking but noncommittal saying they will get around to looking at the legislation in due course. they want everything to go through the regular committee process. they can t really do anything until it s been scored by the congressional budget office so they re asking for that to happen. they d like to take their time with this thing. meanwhile, people who live in southern indiana and work in louisville, kentucky, will leave for work tomorrow morning two hours earlier than they usually do. taking a long detour while watching one of this nation s aging and crumbling bridges slowly fall apart. j ....
People who need to cross the ohio river in louisville, kentucky. on friday unexpectedly the state of indiana shut down the sherman-minton bridge, the sherman-minton bridge connects the town of new albany in southern indiana to louisville, kentucky. indiana is in charge of the bridge that spans the two states. the bridge was not shut down in this case because of some big storm like hurricane irene. the bridge was shut down in this case because it was deemed too dangerous to be kept open. inspection crews found a crack in a load bearing part of this 50-year-old bridge and decided they need to close down this bridge for at least three weeks for further diagnosis. every day 80,000 vehicles use that bridge to cross the ohio river. those commuters are being die ver verted to two other bridges, making a 20-minute commute a two-hour commute and adding to the aging process of the other two bridges to which traffic is being diverted. ....
Boehner. the day after that he ll be speaking about this in raleigh-durham, north carolina. president obama is saying not just let s pass this bill but let s pass this bill right now. let s pass this bill soon. let s pass this bill right away. there is a very palpable sense of urgency from president obama and the white house on this. republicans on the other hand, so far the reaction from congressional republicans has been sort of smirking but noncommittal saying they will get around to looking at the legislation in due course. they want everything to go through the regular committee process. they can t really do anything until it s been scored by the congressional budget office so they re asking for that to happen. they d like to take their time with this thing. meanwhile, people who live in southern indiana and work in louisville, kentucky, will leave for work tomorrow morning two hours earlier than they usually do. taking a long detour while watching one of this nation s aging and c ....