107 Weeks!

Via Twitter, I learn that the construction of Milstein Hall will require the stretch of University Ave. between East Ave. and Central Ave. to be closed for the next 107 weeks.

107 weeks.

That's until August 2011.

My class spent our freshman year suffering through the construction of the Thurston Avenue bridge, which required us to walk over either the Beebe Lake footbridge or the Suspension Bridge from North to Central Campus.

And now, one of the main arteries on campus will be closed for an improbable amount of time, with the announcement coming from Twitter with the same gleeful tone as the other updates on Milstein ("Two more cameras being mounted today -- our fingers are crossed for going live on the web next week. URL soon...").

The #10 bus, which runs every 10 minutes between Cornell and the Commons, will need to find a new route (coming up Campus Rd.?). And I know a lot of traffic comes up that way to avoid the College Ave. to Campus Rd. to East Ave. route, which can be very slow during the day.

I hope we'll at least be able to walk through that stretch.

This brings me back to the beginning of my sophomore year, when we were greeted with signs around Baker Lab announcing things like: "This sidewalk will be closed until June 2011." We would double check our phones and watches to make sure it was still 2007 at that point.