A City of New Orleans draft master plan recommends ripping out the elevated Interstate 10 expressway

A City of New Orleans draft master plan recommends ripping out the elevated Interstate 10 expressway that was built in the late 1960s above Claiborne Avenue — a wide boulevard that once abounded with magnificent live oak trees. Traffic would instead use surface streets and Interstate 610. “The drive to remove I-10 has recently gained steam, not only because it has support from professional planners but also because the expressway itself may soon need a major overhaul,” the Times-Picayune reported in July. The Claiborne Expressway is No. 5 on CNU’s list of the top 10 places nationally that are ripe for replacing highways with boulevards.