Willie Nelson Turnpike hits roadblock.

[crispini]

I had NO IDEA this was proposed. But I do think it'd be funny as hell.

Willie Nelson Turnpike hits roadblock
GOP senators say keep Nelson's name off Texas 130 in their districts.
By Ben Wear
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Thursday, April 07, 2005
Willie Nelson Turnpike? Not so fast.

Willie Nelson helped raise money for Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich, center, with Bonnie Raitt at an Austin concert, one reason a state senator calls the renaming a political deal.

Legislation to name the Texas 130 turnpike from Georgetown to Creedmoor after the man who put Austin music on the map cleared its first committee Wednesday. But it lost more than 18 miles in the process, and there were signs that some Republicans might not be so comfortable honoring the well-known Democrat.

Even with a toll road.

Texas 130, under construction now and scheduled to open in 2007, will be 49 miles long. And state Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos' bill as filed would have named the entire length for Nelson.

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http://www.statesman.com/news/content/shared/tx/legislature/stories/04/7willie.html

[Wickerman]

1. somehow naming a TOLL ROAD after Willie seems wrong, real wrong eom

[flamingyouth]

2. That's hilarious!

:D