For many Bosse High School students, getting to and from school each day requires walking across four lanes of Highway 41 traffic during a time when drivers are using it to get to work. While crossing guards are in place and a crosswalk path is clearly painted on the road in an effort to get students across safely, it's still a dangerous trek for everyone. In an effort to make that walk safer, the city has announced changes to the intersection's traffic patterns beginning Tuesday (April 13th, 2021).
Eventually, a pedestrian bridge will be built over the intersection that will allow students and anyone else trying to cross the intersection a much safer way to do so. With the construction of that bridge not even scheduled to begin until 2025, city officials are using the altered traffic patterns as a bridge, if you will, until the construction of the bridge is complete.