02-10-2023, 06:09 PM
(02-10-2023, 02:27 PM)ijmorlan Wrote:(02-10-2023, 11:17 AM)tomh009 Wrote: It's really a shame that the one closest to Benton was demolished for the road widening.
Especially such a plainly unnecessary road widening, given that the additional construction west/south of Courtland never happened. The eastbound/northbound traffic on Benton could easily fit in a single lane, and I’m not even sure that full turn lanes are justified in the other direction.
In retrospect, absolutely unnecessary. But it was in alignment with their vision (of a car-centric city) at the time, a vision that was pretty pervasive throughout North America and Australia, at least, back then.
Alas, we cannot undo historical decisions.