Yup, I understand why they did it as they did.
The problem, as I approach half a century in age, is that advocates of large-scale projects which are defended with “it will last for decades!” don’t appreciate how short “decades” is, and the hideous cost of overhaul when “it” starts to decay in earnest thereafter.
(I’m implicitly including I-690 and any other related elevated transport when referencing I-81 within Syracuse. All part of the same crumbling skeleton.)
Living in Rochester for 15 years and that imbecile Howie Hawkins is still running for mayor. Like Lyndon LaRouche and taken just about as seriously
The only real solution is to just fix what’s there. Dropping the expressway onto the city streets is as stupid as it gets. The tunnel is a simple non-starter . Not like Syracuse has businesses anymore, anyway.