http://tags.library.upenn.edu/tag/urban_studies+highways PennTags Feed http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/28723 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/28723 <p>Oklahoma City swaps highway for park</p> <div id="byLineTag" class="byLine">By <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/community/tags/reporter.aspx?id=160">Dennis Cauchon</a>, USA TODAY</div> <div class="inside-copy">OKLAHOMA CITY &mdash; Oklahoma has a radical solution for repairing the state's busiest highway.</div> <p class="inside-copy">Tear it down. Build a park.</p> <p class="inside-copy">The aging Crosstown Expressway &mdash; an elevated 4.5-mile stretch of Interstate 40 &mdash; will be demolished in 2012. An old-fashioned boulevard and a mile-long park will be constructed in its place.</p> <p class="inside-copy">Oklahoma City is doing what many cities dream about: saying goodbye to a highway.</p> <p class="inside-copy">More than a dozen cities have proposals to remove highways from downtowns. Cleveland wants to remove a freeway that blocks its waterfront. Syracuse, N.Y., wants to rid itself of an interstate that cuts the city in half.</p>