> It’s just a shame that our major roads have become pseudo highways because of poor urban planning.

That was my biggest complaint when I lived in Springfield was how much of a nightmare it was to get around town due to lack of any "real" highway other than around the periphery.

I lived in the Phelps Grove area and there was nowhere I could get quickly without fighting traffic except downtown.

Chestnut Expressway is not an expressway. Not sure who came up with the idea of naming those roads choked with traffic lights expressways.