Harbor Drive
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Harbor Drive is a short roadway in Portland, Oregon, spanning a total length of 0.7 miles, which primarily functions as a ramp to and from Interstate 5. It was once much longer, running along the west
Cherry blossoms blooming in Tom McCall Waterfront Park, created with the removal of the road in 1978
Freeway removal
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Freeway removal is a public policy of urban planning to demolish freeways and create mixed-use urban areas, parks, residential, commercial, or other land uses. Such highway removal is often part of a
Harbor Drive
…Park in the 1970s. Signed as U.S. Route 99W, it had been the major route through the city and its removal is often cited as the first instance of freeway removal in the U.S. and as a milestone in urban planning; the original road is remembered as the first limited-access highway built in the city. Harbor Drive…
Cheonggyecheon in Seoul, South Korea was formerly the route for a major elevated highway; It was completed in 1976 and removed in 2005.
Section of the Embarcadero Freeway in San Francisco, California during demolition (May 1991)
The Embarcadero following the freeway removal (2011)