INTERSTATES: NEARING THE END OF THE ROAD

Two projects, the New York Westway and the Los Angeles Century Freeway are scheduled to be finished in 1992 and are estimated to cost $68 billion. New York's Westway will be a 6-lane highway which will be tunneled underground or run slightly below grade on 234 acres of Hudson River landfill. Federal highway officials have guaranteed 90% project funding. The Century Freeway (Los Angeles) will be 17.2 miles long, include a 64-foot wide median strip with special bus and carpool lanes designed for later conversion to light rail. 4,000 units of new relocated and rehabilitated housing are supposed to be built to compensate for the removal of twice as many units for the right-of-way. The 6-lane freeway will have transit stations and park-and-ride lots at each interchange. Proposed interstates around Dayton, Ohio, and Richmond, Virginia are also going to be built as originally planned. Several urbanized areas have traded in their federal interstate funds for other transportation projects. Some of these projects are in Boston (redevelopment of the Southwest Corridor), Portland, Oregon, Chicago, Hartford, Denver and Memphis. Congress is attempting to mesh highway budget bills and some likely consequences are as follows: interstate authorizations will be reduced drastically; the 3R program (resurfacing, restoration and rehabilitation) will be expanded to a 4R program with the addition of reconstruction; and the money available for substitute projects will be frozen.

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• Authors:
  • Peters, J
• Publication Date: 1981-12

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 12-15
• Serial:
  • Planning
  • Volume: 47
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: American Planning Association
  • ISSN: 0001-2610
  • Serial URL: http://www.planning.org

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction; Costs; High occupancy vehicle lanes; Interchanges; Park and ride; Physiological aspects; Road construction; Traffic lanes; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Construction costs; Fund allocations
• Old TRIS Terms: Reserved lanes; Substitution
• Subject Areas: Construction; Economics; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00361252
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 30 1982 12:00AM