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Title: Freeways
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Plan for I-670: Put a Lid on It
Description: Idea of putting a deck on downtown's south loop is reviewed.
Date: 2007-01-28
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: 1998 Sierra Club Sprawl Report: 30 most sprawl-threatened cities.
Description: Kansas City ranks number five amongst the ten most sprawl-threatened cities, according to a report from the Sierra Club. It has more freeway lane miles per car than any other city in the country.
Date: 2005-06-20
Object Type: Book

Title: Aerial View of Downtown Kansas City
Description: Aerial view of downtown Kansas City, Missouri, looking to the southwest. Included in the view are freeways and freeway construction on the northeast end of the downtown loop.
Date: 1960-12
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Road Rage
Description: Article questions the safety of signaled intersections on Bruce R. Watkins Drive (Highway 71). Includes information about the contentious history of the road, which combines features of a freeway and landscaped boulevard.
Date: 2005-05-26
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: The Concrete Bungle
Description: Article describes the history of Kansas City's Downtown freeway "loop," and the involvement of architectural firm HNTB in its design.
Date: 2005-01-27
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Highway to Hell
Description: Article describes a June 4, 2005 meeting at the Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Center, held to discuss the possibility of removing traffic signals on the Bruce R. Watkins Drive (Highway 71). Some see the traffic signals as contributing to a high rate of accidents on the road, while others see them as a comprimise preventing the highway from becoming a "freeway" harmful to nearby communities.
Date: 2005-06-09
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Reweaving Downtown: Rethinking Kansas City's Freeway Loop
Description: The author of this article contends that, with all the talk of the rebirth of downtown Kansas City, the future of the freeways that compose the "loop" has not been discussed. A new design is needed that will allow an easy transition into downtown. The author examines several possible solutions in the last part of the article "An interstate Loop that Allows Downtown to Breathe."
Date: 2006
Object Type: Magazine Article