A 19th century plan would be better. We were building mass transit then.

As Neighborhood Planning and Preservation of Kentuckiana said on Facebook:

LUNACY ALERT: For most of the 21st century, Kentucky and Southern Indiana will be paying for 20th century highway system and whatever it costs to rectify this big mistake in the future. Sorry kids.......

Bridges' tolls may last long past 2058, by Chris Otts, Courier-Journal

Tolls of $1 to $10 per crossing will be used for far more than just paying for construction of two new bridges over the Ohio River, Kentucky and Indiana officials say.

The millions of dollars in annual revenue the tolls are expected to generate will also pay for maintaining and repairing the new bridges for at least 40 years — and potentially fund the replacement of the Kennedy Bridge around 2050, Kentucky highway officials said.

That means that Louisville-area residents could continue paying tolls to cross East End and downtown bridges long after their construction debt is paid off around 2058.

It also helps explain why planners of the Ohio River Bridges Project have never said when — or if — tolls would ever be removed from the bridges.