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A 4.5 mile stretch of the elevated highway will be demolished and replaced with a boulevard and park. A new highway, constructed on a parallel route, will be built in a ditch so that normal streets can pass over it. Unfortunately, this progressive plan isn't happening in Austin. Instead, Oklahoma City, our forward thinking neighbor to the north, is the one choosing to put urban fabric above highway bypassability. more ›