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kbd77 t1_j9ct1dz wrote

95 is a plague upon this city

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stand-up-tragedy t1_j9d231u wrote

It needs to be capped

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infestans t1_j9d6ykz wrote

you misspelled completely razed and replaced with urban fabric

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stand-up-tragedy t1_j9f0uk1 wrote

There’s federal money we can use to cap it but no one gives a shit.

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infestans t1_j9gx8n5 wrote

planning dept gives a shot but Smiley has explicitly instructed them to stop thinking about it

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TheSausageFattener t1_j9djfmc wrote

In Boston, I-95 was supposed to continue running north of the I-93 interchange parallel to where the train tracks are today.

Boston won the fight to stop it, Providence lost its fight. Its crazy to think about how much worse Boston would probably be with that highway there, and how much better Providence would be if it wasnt split in half.

https://www.google.com/mymaps/viewer?mid=1PPf_ySLRhrMAk-bozIT3YXE-5wU&hl=en_US

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laterbacon t1_j9dk5c7 wrote

As bad as it is, it could have been even worse here. The Henderson Bridge that's being replaced now was built to be the first link in an expressway that was supposed to blast through the east side. Basically instead of ending downtown, route 10 would have continued through downtown, over College Hill, over the Henderson Bridge, through EP, and rejoin 195 somewhere around Seekonk. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henderson_Bridge_(Rhode_Island)#Henderson_Expressway)

Also Route 37 was supposed to continue through Warwick over the bay via a new bridge to Barrington, joining up with 195 as well. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island_Route_37#Proposed_extensions)

295 too is only half of what was supposed to be a full ring road incorporating the Jamestown & Newport bridges, and a new highway up Aquidneck Island over a new Mount Hope Bridge, through Bristol, crossing 195 and linking up with the existing 295 in Attleboro. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_895_(Rhode_Island%E2%80%93Massachusetts))

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WickedDog310 t1_j9g5z1f wrote

I knew about Rt. 37, but not the other too. Thanks! As an East Bay'r I do wish the 37 project had given us another bridge and connected to 114. It would greatly reduce the congestion on 95/195. There are days I just need to get to Warwick or Coventry and I know they aren't far going with the current set up, but it would be so but easier with another bridge and stop routing so much traffic from the East Bay through Providence when so much is just trying to get to Warwick.

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RandomChurn t1_j9enrqx wrote

>Basically instead of ending downtown, route 10 would have continued through downtown, over College Hill, over the Henderson Bridge, through EP, and rejoin 195 somewhere around Seekonk.

Omg: horrific! 😳 Can't believe anyone anywhere ever could have thought this was a good idea

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laterbacon t1_j9fnrpk wrote

It's hard to imagine now, but College Hill was basically a slum in the mid 20th century. Plowing highways through "blighted" areas was seen as the ticket to revitalization because the horribly misguided thinking was that the big problem with cities was suburbanites not being able to drive to them.

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khinzeer t1_j9gbgyp wrote

It’s a plague on nearly every city it goes through.

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IvoryTowerOnly t1_j9dh6yc wrote

95 and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race

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andylion t1_j9dcvat wrote

What is that huge domed building by the hospital?!

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laterbacon t1_j9djfc0 wrote

It's an old gasometer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_holder

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Kelruss t1_j9dlm7v wrote

Confirming the gasometer, it looks like the Providence Gas Company had operations in that area, according to an 1882 map which has both circular buildings marked. The building was on the block bounded by Crary St. on the north, Borden to the south, Hospital to the east, and Clay to the west. Today, it's the Eddy St. exit of of I-95 South (Exit 19, formerly 36 B).

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argument_sketch t1_j9cz8ar wrote

Pretty sure that red outline on the right is a strip club, lol :-)

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DJFurioso t1_j9dajg1 wrote

It is. I wonder how long it’s been a strip club? I am curious if there is an easy way to look up all the past businesses that have been in a building.

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argument_sketch t1_j9dgmto wrote

A while. I seem to remember that way back along time ago it was actually Girards, a gay club?

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mzzy_ozborne t1_j9dkdxe wrote

When society thinks cars > community, inequalities quickly appear

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Kenotic0913 t1_j9dew3s wrote

I'm gonna pave paradise, and put up a parking lot

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bdpsych t1_j9fbxyi wrote

Surely there are good reasons for the highway

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SonOfBaldy t1_j9fd1gg wrote

what a pain in the ass to clear all these buildings out for the highway.

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You_madbro t1_j9grov5 wrote

Turned into a highway and a parking lot, great!

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meme-scraperr t1_ja38pvu wrote

Those strips aren’t even important they are on/off ramps 😭

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