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From: kfk@ccieng2.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Driving in northern NJ - Rochester's Can of Worms
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Date: Mon, 6-Feb-84 13:10:25 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb  6 13:10:25 1984
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So someone else has noticed Rochester's Can of Worms.  Actually,
I think every major city probably has their own engineering mas-
terwork.  In Denver, there is this marvelous little spot right
downtown where I-25 and I-70 come together.  (No, they didn't
think to have them intersect on the outskirts of town for some
strange reason.)  And just what do you think they call it?  It's
known as The Mousetrap.  Oh, wonderful!  Try taking I-25 south,
then picking up I-70 eastbound to get to Stapleton Airport.  Uh-huh.
And *how* many dings and dents are there in your fenders?

Actually, the Can of Worms may be bad, but at least the Great
East-West Trekway (also known as I-90) doesn't even get into Rochester.
Some intelligent soul (in New York?  hmm...) designed the highway
system here so that there's this little "bump" of interstate called
I-490 that rises north of I-90, goes through Rochester, and then drops
south to connect with I-90 again.  That cuts the overall traffic thru
Rochester down *considerably*, since 90% of the traffic is missing
Rochester entirely by about 10 miles.  All things considered,
it's not half bad.  (And, of course, those of us who are intelligent
about our choice of homes live on the west side of town, away from
the Can... :-)
-- 
Karl Kleinpaste
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