I think the City should put a ferry on the river. This way we can still get to the other side. It should be free to all legal taxpayers to use. You can also put in a Starbucks and a donut shop for all of us waiting to cross. The City can get a cut of the profits and put it in an account to build a new stationary bridge.

Do you need a helmet it not like you trying to get to an island it not even going to be worth it

I was making a joke. You obviously didn't get it. Also, grammar, grammar and more grammar.

It,s about time that union sucked on that long enough

All IDOT work takes way too long, those union guys are shameless.

Its funny how all the union busters think they know it all,because they are so jelous on our pay and bennys.Just cause u put up with a $14 to $17 an hour or maybe even less dont be mad at us,stand up and do something about it.I worked on that bridge sandblasting and painting that old piece of s#@t.Lets see your mamas boy ass get out there and do that job(sandblast)for 8-12 hrs a day without hurting tourself or someone else i can guarante it wouldnt happen.We bust our ass for our pay and deserve every penny of it.We finished in October and there was other issues to be delt with for other craftsmen to do.What do u want to drive over a unsafe bridge everyday,thats the diff between skilled trained union labor and scabby fly by night shops.u wouldnt know the first thing about doing a job of that magnatued.Now go paint your wifes kitchen.

Elmer,haha what a hillrod name.i bet u are one of them good ol boys that think the Bush admin.is good for everybody.yea every body should get $12 an hour right.South of 80 boy aint ya?"The government aint gettin my guns"dude the day you think u can get your 17 cousins and rebel against the government like it is1856 is over,they dont want the handguns or your riffels,but there is no reason a civilian needs a damn machine gun or anything of that sort.Your either rich or a damn hillrod to think the way u do,and I dont think rich."them unions make to damn much" dude dont be made at us.I also painted the big ass smoke stack over at MidWest Generation in Rockdale,let me see your fat azz hang off that 400 footer on a swing stage and do a professional and safe job,it wouldnt happen,your azz would freeze up,I promisse you.I have a wife and 2 children that my UNION scale pays very well to take care of and I could very well leave for work one day and not ever come home.I deserve every penny I make,now go watch FOX news and get a little more brainwashed.UNIONS WILL NEVER DIE

The machinist union sucks buddy.And no I dont think u do know that kind f hard work.Where did u work at Smurfet Stone Container or Scabby azz Caterpillar cause that is not hard work buddy.What happen with your job,u couldnt get off the booze to make it everyday to work.

I heard it many a times people saying " I ain't paying no dues" then turn around in the same week and go to work for their temporary service paying them $2 or more an hour and the company does not have to pay benefits because you are a temporary worker.....In Michigan there is a shipping company and know what their "sub" company is?...The temporary service next door that does all the hiring fro their company...and its only getting worse...and after every one stands up and protests against the temp services know what you will be called?...A Union...and what will you be fighting for? better pay and benefits...exactly what the Unions did and do...Why? because as you struggle to pay your bills and feed your family the owner of the companies still charged and most of the time these companies range in the millions in profits from the cheap paid labor of people...That's why there needs to be unions..

Painter, the Machinist Union does suck, and I happened to have gotten hurt on the job and asked to "resign" from my job. My union didn't do a damn thing about it, and the lawyer that my union recommended was too lazy or stupid to be of help either. And I don't drink, by the way. So STFU.

The Patch has been a little boring lately. Opening up the Ruby St bridge will likely increase West side crime, making reading here more exciting.