On Sunday, September 9, 2012, it will have been one year since the Sherman Minton Bridge closed “indefinitely,” a period that turned out to be six months long. The resulting snafu was so devastating that New Albany very nearly was compelled to market itself as “Come To City,” although saner heads eventually prevailed.
The photo above was taken early in the evening of Friday, September 9, 2011, at the Carnegie Center’s annual fundraiser.
Bring on the acid: Kerry Stemler sips, picks and grins as the Sherman Minton Bridge closes.
Looking back on it a year later, I stand by what I wrote on the following day, when the fog of uncertainty as yet enveloped us. Perhaps KStem will be back tonight when the Carnegie event reconvenes. If so, perhaps I’ll ask him about CART joining the River Fields lawsuit.
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Sept.10, 2011: Sherman Minton bridge down, Kerry Stemler high like a kite.
What we know, apart from the inevitable sensationalism and multi-generational rumors, is that the Sherman Minton Bridge has been closed “indefinitely” owing to cracks, and that we’ll now awake to helicopters each morning as though we were living in one of those places that we routinely bomb in order to ensure a reliable supply of petrol to feed Kerry Stemler’s “mobility” solution.