• I-70 St. Louis

    When I-70 divided the city of St. Louis from the Mississippi riverfront in 1964, it devastated the vitality of the downtown area and isolated one of the most iconic architectural treasures in the United States, the Gateway Arch, from the city. The neighborhood cleared first for the famous St. Louis...Read more

  • Sheridan Expressway

    Built in 1963, the Arthur V. Sheridan Expressway, also known as I-895, was designed by Robert Moses to connect the Bruckner Expressway (I-278) with the New England Thruway (I-95) in the Bronx and connecting the commercial vehicles from the Hunt's Point Food Distribution Center to the larger...Read more

  • McGrath Highway

    Since 1928, the McGrath Highway - between the Charles and Mystic Rivers in Boston - has increased motorists’ travel speed, to the detriment of all other modes. A portion of the highway, the McCarthy Overpass, was elevated in the 1950s, physically separating densely populated East Somerville...Read more

  • Alaskan Way Viaduct

    Alaskan Way started as a rail yard to accommodate the City's industrial needs along the waterfront of Elliot Bay in the 1880s. As the need for rail decreased with the rise of personal automobiles, the City built the elevated viaduct over the rails in 1953, named it State Route 99 and launched a...Read more