10-Lane Bridge To Be Built In Maysville Kentucky?
Normally I don't get into rumor-mongering. Bah, who am I kidding? As a story-teller I love rumors! I try not to regurgitate them, though, unless they have at least some bit of credibility. That's why this particular rumor is a tough one. It has some credibility but is also completely absurd.
Buried part way through an essay on foreign politics in the Harvard Business School student newspaper was the following statement:
Congress returns to its business-as-usual self, which is fraught with petty partisanship, pork-barrel legislation (bills that garner money for infrastructure projects in a Congressman's home district, such as a new 10-lane suspension bridge in Maysville, Kentucky), and distracted by the perpetual reelection campaign (the House serves 2-year terms).
Huh? A new 10-lane bridge? That's like 10 more lanes than we actually need. We've already got four spread over two bridges that are barely used.
The article was dated February 2007, so it's talking about a new bridge, not one of the two we already have. Also, I can't find any other references to a new bridge being built. It's probably a typo or mis-researched - and yet it is the Harvard Business School. See the dilema? But hey, it's just a rumor.
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