the alternative to 8664: 8665!

yes, for all the wingnuts who support getting rid of 64 through downtown, here's an idea that should be right up your alley- lets get rid of interstate 65 downtown. this plan accomplishes eery single goal that 8664 does with the added benefit of spaghetti junction no longer existing.

here's my idea- we build the east end bridge, and then reroute interstate 65 onto 265. and unlike the plan for 8664, there is a full 2 lane interchange that could probably handle the increased traffic load unlike at the 64/265 interchange which is your classic cloverleaf design. 65 then rejoins its old routing in southern indiana. and due to the recent construction, i believe that that interchange has been redesigned for 2 lanes, saving a little more money. 65 in southern indiana becomes 365 that goes all the way to the river where it will terminate. in kentucky, the old section of 65 becomes 565 until it reaches eastern parkway where at arthur street/preston street, its lowest point in downtown louisville, the elevated highway is brought down and an at-grade parkway is put in its place. the kennedy bridge is therefore no longer necessary and broght down. with the removal of the kennedy, spaghetti junction is also no longer needed. put in conjunction with 8664, in its making the elevated riverfront expressway an at-grade parkway not only does the waterfront become less cluttered, more greenspace is created from getting rid of the kennedy bridge and its other auxilliary flyovers and roads.

then the next step is to 8631, as in us 31, known in louisville as the second street bridge and in indiana as the clark memorial bridge. bringing that bridge down opens up so much greenspace and then provides an unobstructed view of the skyline that the whackjobs crave so much.

you see the problem of getting rid of 64? any other plan that facilitates getting rid of another bridge across the riverfront automatically must become one worthy of study. they are all viable alternatives, and the 8664 people don't dare say that getting rid of 65 or the second street bridge is unreasonable lest they seem like hypocrites. plus they can't say a word about the qualifications of anyone who proposes such a plan because the qualifications of the ones who came up with 8664 are graphics design and computer programming.

so anyone out there want to tell me that my plan won't work and why it won't work?

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