Nash: "We need to ask the leaders of Norfolk Southern to take a closer look at this specific situation."

And if asking doesn't work, there's another solution: Nationalize the railroads.

NASH: Connecting our communities

... When you stand at the newly dedicated portion at the end of 18th Street in New Albany, you are basically in the shadow of the K & I Bridge. The bridge, which carries railroad cars between downtown New Albany and the west end of Louisville, has been closed to automobile traffic since it was damaged in the mid-1970s. It has been pointed out that it would make a perfect addition to the Greenway Project, but very little progress has seemed to be made in convincing the railroad that it would be a huge benefit to our community.

Norfolk Southern, which owns the railroad bridge, doesn’t seem very receptive to the possibility of opening up the bridge to the public.