Some want to name a Kentucky bridge after the Colonel who started KFC

[roadman65]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/04/08/kfc-wants-to-name-bridge-after-colonel-sanders/7453535/

Apparently some want to name a bridge after the man who started a legacy in the fast food industry. 

[hotdogPi]

I hope they don't toll it and give the toll money to KFC.

[Brandon]

That's a clucker.  It's a Finger Lickin' Good Bridge.  Just hope the KYTC doesn't lay an egg with this one.

[Henry]

I could definitely see that happening! After all, there are all those freeways up in MI that are named after the American auto industry, so I'm not surprised that they want to name a bridge in KY after the maker of the state's trademark food.

[getemngo]

In related news, KFC is no longer the #1 chicken restaurant in sales in the United States. It's now Chick-Fil-A. Doesn't help that KFC has closed almost 20% of its stores in the last 10 years.

Though I guess the decline in the American auto industry hasn't forced Detroit or Flint to rename any of its freeways...

[Pete from Boston]

It's safe to say that bridge will only be expanded continually, which won't make much difference as its artery grows more and more clogged until it all collapses prematurely due to its own excessive weight. 

[seicer]

^Nice!

[US71]

Here's the Toll Buckets

[vdeane]

The toll booths at each end will be fully functional KFC restaurants.  All patrons will be required to consume a double down sandwich before crossing the bridge.

[formulanone]

There's a colonel of truth to this story, but I think the tolling agency is getting all the gravy.

[texaskdog]

The toll booths at each end will be fully functional KFC restaurants.  All patrons will be required to consume a double down sandwich before crossing the bridge.

Oh geez thanks for bringing up that supressed memory

[kurumi]

The Chick-fil-a bridge would be closed on Sundays

or if there are two dudes in the car

[US71]

The Chick-fil-a bridge would be closed on Sundays

or if there are two dudes in the car

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[TheKnightoftheInterstate]

The Chick-fil-a bridge would be closed on Sundays

or if there are two dudes in the car

That is good for the environment! Less emissions!

[Henry]

Here's the Toll Buckets

The toll booths at each end will be fully functional KFC restaurants.  All patrons will be required to consume a double down sandwich before crossing the bridge.

There's a colonel of truth to this story, but I think the tolling agency is getting all the gravy.

The Chick-fil-a bridge would be closed on Sundays

or if there are two dudes in the car

That is good for the environment! Less emissions!

I couldn't help but at all those crazy suggestions! My favorite would be the toll collection baskets made to look like the KFC bucket.

[Brandon]

Of course, when crossing the bridge, one must go at Ludicrous Speed.

What's the matter, Colonel Sanders, chicken?

[vdeane]

Here's the toll collector:

[tidecat]

In related news, KFC is no longer the #1 chicken restaurant in sales in the United States. It's now Chick-Fil-A. Doesn't help that KFC has closed almost 20% of its stores in the last 10 years.

Though I guess the decline in the American auto industry hasn't forced Detroit or Flint to rename any of its freeways...

Some of the recent closures in the Louisville area include 1 of the 2 Shelbyville stores (located about a mile from Claudia Sanders Dinner House) and one on Shelbyville  Road in Middletown.  Those stores don't have a nearby Chick-Fil-A competing against them.  So much for supporting the home team . . .

[triplemultiplex]

The toll booths at each end will be fully functional KFC restaurants.  All patrons will be required to consume a double down sandwich before crossing the bridge.

Oh geez thanks for bringing up that suppressed memory

They're back, you know...

[roadman65]

You guys stumbled on to something here.  If naming rights to sports stadiums and arenas can happen, one day we may see bridges get multi billion dollar corporations paying into road agencies to have their name on a bridge.

I can see it now, the KFC bridge!  The Chick Fil A Crossing (hey they got a sports bowl named for them).
How about the George Washington Bridge being renamed the McDonald's Bridge or the Lincoln Tunnel being called the Burger King Tunnel.

Funny as it may sound, it may become reality someday with the way this world operates.

[vdeane]

Don't give NYC ideas.  They already have a bridges named after politicians and the Koch brothers.

[Thing 342]

The Chick Fil A Crossing (hey they got a sports bowl named for them).

I believe they changed it back to the Peach Bowl this year with the start of the playoff.

[Pete from Boston]

the Koch brothers.

No.

[roadman65]

Don't give NYC ideas.  They already have a bridges named after politicians and the Koch brothers.

Well it saved NJ from getting the name Brendan Byrne off of the State's arena when they gave the naming rights first to Continental Airlines (now part of United Airlines) and then to IZOD.  Byrne was not one of the best governors of New Jersey either, in fact he did not do anything near anything good for anyone in the Garden State his eight years of service.  Plus he was the one that picked his own name for the building as it happened during his second term of Governor which many of us New Jerseyans were mad about at the time.

I hear from a friend of mine who lived in New York, and still has strong ties there, that no one is happy about the Triborough Bridge being named after a Kennedy and I imagine that no one likes the Koch Bridge or the Carey Tunnel either as in folklore all of these crossings have had respected names for generations.

My personal feeling is that one of them should remember the victims of 9/11.  The Carey Tunnel (named after 9/11) should be the ideal choice to be called the 9/11 Memorial Tunnel being its Manhattan Portal lies just south of the World Trade Center Site.

[Brandon]

You guys stumbled on to something here.  If naming rights to sports stadiums and arenas can happen, one day we may see bridges get multi billion dollar corporations paying into road agencies to have their name on a bridge.

I can see it now, the KFC bridge!  The Chick Fil A Crossing (hey they got a sports bowl named for them).

Wouldn't that one be a bit overpriced and closed (for some stupid reason) on Sundays?