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Memphis-Arkansas Bridge’s political history goes back to Boss Crump

By , Daily Memphian Updated: October 22, 2024 6:29 PM CT | Published: October 22, 2024 2:15 PM CT

In town for an appearance Tuesday, Oct. 22, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee touted state funding approved for helping speed construction of the new “America’s River Crossing” bridge in Downtown Memphis.

And U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., dutifully added that the project’s federal funding came from the “Bipartisan Inflation Reduction Act.”

Republicans hold a supermajority in the Tennessee Legislature. The Biden administration’s federal act received no Republican votes in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Memphis-Arkansas Bridge America's River Crossing E.H. Crump Subscriber Only

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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.


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