Rendering of a proposed cable-stayed bridge soaring 70 feet above downtown Syracuse in place of the aging I-81 overpass. (Provided photo)
From breaking environmental laws to threatening endangered bats, a new opposition group has thrown everything at its last-minute legal argument to stop the state from tearing down the Interstate 81 overpass in Syracuse.
What could be lost in all the noise is this: This group wants to replace the aging I-81 overpass with an even bigger bridge. It’s an expensive, time-consuming, intrusive, impractical feat of engineering opposed by government officials from Syracuse City Hall to the White House.
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