About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 69. Chapters: Cancelled highway projects, Full access controlled highways by country, Two-lane expressways, Two-lane freeways, Two-lane motorways, Freeway and expressway revolts, Expressways of China, Mornington Peninsula Freeway, Dunedin Southern Motorway, Motorways and roads in Cyprus, Freeway motorcycling restrictions in Asia, Unused highway, Gungahlin Drive Extension, Dunedin-Waitati Highway, Christchurch-Lyttelton Motorway, North Cross Route, M12 motorway, Stockholm ring road, Brotherhood and Unity Highway, Sunshine Motorway, A601(M) motorway, List of motorways in Belgium, A6144(M) motorway, List of highway systems with full control of access and no cross traffic, Right-in/right-out, Non-motorized access on freeways, Osterleden, Stockholm, Autovia, North Western Expressway, Tokyo Expressway, M13 motorway, M64 motorway, Lane Cove Valley Expressway, Eastwood County Road. Excerpt: Many freeway revolts (also expressway revolts, road protests) took place in developed countries during the 1960s and 1970s, in response to plans for the construction of new freeways, a significant number of which were abandoned or significantly scaled back due to widespread public opposition; especially of those whose neighborhoods would be disrupted or displaced by the proposed freeways, and due to various other negative effects that freeways are considered to have. In the United States the "revolts" occurred mainly in cities, including Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Memphis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. In many cities, there remain unused highways, abruptly terminating freeway alignments, and short stretches of freeway in the middle of nowhere, all of which are evidence of larger projects which were never completed. In Can...
