The Bridges of Madison County (film) has a 66 out of 100 rating, based on 22 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". According to Janet Maslin, "Clint Eastwood, director and alchemist, has transformed "The Bridges of Madison County" into something bearable—no, something even better. Limited by the vapidity of this material while he trims its excesses with the requisite machete, Mr. Eastwood locates a moving, elegiac love story at the heart of Mr. Waller's self-congratulatory overkill. The movie has leanness and surprising decency, and Meryl Streep has her best role in years. Looking sturdy and voluptuous in her plain housedress (the year is 1965), Ms. Streep rises
Bi-State Vietnam Gold Star Bridges Bi-State Vietnam Gold Star Bridges The Bi-State Vietnam Gold Star Twin Bridges, (usually referred to as simply The Twin Bridges, despite rather obvious differences in their widths), connect Henderson, Kentucky and Evansville, Indiana along U.S. Route 41 (US 41), south of the (temporary) southern terminus of Interstate 69 (I-69). The bridges carry nearly 40,000 vehicles a day across the Ohio River. The northbound bridge opened to traffic on July 4, 1932, and the southbound bridge opened on December 16, 1965. Both of the Bi-State Vietnam Gold Star Bridges are cantilever bridges. The northbound bridge stands over the Ohio River with