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Message: [QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 2975513, member: 716"] More cost, but property acquisition was part of that. The area where the southern interchange would've been is a tricky location, with a huge grade change immediately to the west. Unlike the eastern half of the beltway, the planned western loop would've gone through densely-built neighborhoods: the Valley, Strathmore, Winkworth, Taunton, Westvale. And there's more tricky topography along that path. Federal highway policy quickly shifted away from bulldozing neighborhoods after the '50s, fiscal conservatism took hold as cost-benefit analyses became more popular, and governments learned that eminent domain proceedings have their drawbacks. The state did acquire a bunch of property around Westvale early in the planning process, but they've been disposing of that over the years and I think it's all been sold off. [/QUOTE]