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Illustration by Carrie Neumayer JUST SAYIN' I f all goes according to plan, driving — and breathing — in the Spaghetti Junction zone will be hell for 1,000 days beginning July 1. Lots of excavating, grading, dumping, hauling, jackhammering, welding, pile-driving, dynamiting, concrete-mixing and detour signage for the new downtown bridge and road maze. Lots of noise, lots of dirt and dust, lots of congestion, lots of short tempers and middle fngers on display. If all goes according to plan. And even if it doesn't, we shall endure. Tree short years of sacrifce is all that's being asked of us for a reward that will last a lifetime. Spaghetti Junction used to be such a pain, we will fnd ourselves saying in the future; now it's so easy, so enjoyable. And let others complain about the electronic bridge tolling; I am stoked to get my transponder. (Will it come in several colors?) Might have to trade in my Corolla for something with a little more muscle, you know — gonna have six lanes to cut across soon, not a measly three or four. I do have a concern, though, about how responsive non-transponder bridge users will be to receiving mailed invoices. Te record hasn't been too good around here on paying delinquent taxes and parking tickets. Collection ofcials might have to include a short missive on civic-mindedness, which is sure to produce positive results. I should note that the Skin Cancer Foundation will be ever so pleased with the added shade cover the project will provide. Even though an artist's rendering among the promotion materials for the Ohio River Bridges Project depicts the shadows of the Kennedy and new bridge as taking up the space of a medium-size shade tree's, the graphic is much too modest. Twelve lanes' worth of steel and concrete (14 lanes at Witherspoon Street) is certain to block many more of the sun's harmful UV rays. — Jack Welch www.womensdiagnosticcenter.com/lou meds@squareonemd.com 7.13 LOUISVILLE MAGAZINE 27