Spending a week and half in Greenville, Mississippi. The deep south...two hours from Jackson about 3 hours from Memphis. The picture is a bridge they are putting in that takes highway 82 from Mississippi to Arkansas. It is a $100 million project that is a favorite for Senator Lott. Having spent some time in Greenville I imagined that a cheaper bridge and some redevelopment might have been more appropriate but everyone has to have something. The bridge is beautiful. Being in the South and around small towns you have to wonder what the Interstate Highway System has done. Towns that are directly fed to the Interstate seem to be fine while those towns not near the 4 line superhighway seem to get bypassed. Kind of sad how once proud towns seem to get thrown away. Interesting to see what becomes of towns like Greenville when everything leaves.
4.14.2007
Mississippi
Spending a week and half in Greenville, Mississippi. The deep south...two hours from Jackson about 3 hours from Memphis. The picture is a bridge they are putting in that takes highway 82 from Mississippi to Arkansas. It is a $100 million project that is a favorite for Senator Lott. Having spent some time in Greenville I imagined that a cheaper bridge and some redevelopment might have been more appropriate but everyone has to have something. The bridge is beautiful. Being in the South and around small towns you have to wonder what the Interstate Highway System has done. Towns that are directly fed to the Interstate seem to be fine while those towns not near the 4 line superhighway seem to get bypassed. Kind of sad how once proud towns seem to get thrown away. Interesting to see what becomes of towns like Greenville when everything leaves.
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