Editing Interstate 83 (section)

==Future==
[[File:2021-11-04 12 57 21 View north along Interstate 83 (Susquehanna Expressway) between Exit 40A and Exit 40B in Lower Allen Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.jpg|thumb|right|I-83 northbound in Lower Allen Township, Pennsylvania]]
As [[United States Congress|Congress]] worked toward reauthorization of the [[Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act]], the Greater Lynchburg Chamber of Commerce and other groups in Virginia wanted I-83 extended southward to provide bypasses for [[Charlottesville, Virginia|Charlottesville]], [[Lynchburg, Virginia|Lynchburg]], and [[Danville, Virginia|Danville]], and to link those cities to [[Greensboro, North Carolina]]. By June 1991, Robert LaLone, director of programs for the Lynchburg Chamber, admitted that an Interstate was unlikely, but upgrading [[U.S. Route 29|US&nbsp;29]], with bypasses included, is more likely.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Scism |first=Jack |date=June 9, 1991 |title=New Interstates Likely Impossible Dream |work=[[News & Record]] |location=Greensboro, North Carolina |issn=1072-0065 |oclc=25383111}}</ref>

The possibility of extending I-83 (rather than [[Interstate 99|I-99]]) north to [[Rochester, Monroe County, New York|Rochester, New York]], was discussed at the October 2002 I-99 Task Force meeting. Part of the proposed route on [[U.S. Route 11 in Pennsylvania|US&nbsp;11]]/[[U.S. Route 15 in Pennsylvania|US&nbsp;15]], however, has since been rebuilt as a four-lane surface road that does not meet [[Interstate standards]].{{Cn|date=June 2023}} Expensive additional reconstruction, including new interchanges, service roads, and realignments, would be necessary. The farthest north that I-83 could be extended currently would be [[Benvenue, Pennsylvania]], on a bridge over the [[Susquehanna River]], where a recently built freeway section of [[U.S. Route 22 in Pennsylvania|US&nbsp;22]]/[[U.S. Route 322 in Pennsylvania|US&nbsp;322]] (Dauphin Bypass) downgrades to a divided four-lane surface road. Recently, however, the [[Central Susquehanna Valley Thruway]], a {{Convert|10|mi|km|adj=on}} freeway project along the proposed corridor near [[Shamokin Dam, Pennsylvania]], has been approved and is under construction as of 2016,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.csvt.com/news/construction-updates/index.html |title=CSVT, Construction Updates |website=www.csvt.com |access-date=2020-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108000551/http://csvt.com/news/construction-updates/index.html |archive-date=January 8, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dandes |first=Rick |date=October 21, 2019 |title=Central Susquehanna Valley Thruway River Bridge piers complete; work to continue through winter |url=https://www.dailyitem.com/news/central-susquehanna-valley-thruway-river-bridge-piers-complete-work-to/article_67795599-bd70-5fa6-98f4-54c7334263dd.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022204344/https://www.dailyitem.com/news/central-susquehanna-valley-thruway-river-bridge-piers-complete-work-to/article_67795599-bd70-5fa6-98f4-54c7334263dd.html |archive-date=October 22, 2019 |access-date=January 12, 2020 |website=[[The Daily Item (Sunbury)|The Daily Item]] |language=en}}</ref> with the first section opening in 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dandes |first=Rick |date=July 8, 2022 |title=CSVT bridge opened to traffic in both directions |url=https://www.dailyitem.com/csvt-bridge-opened-to-traffic-in-both-directions/article_c5187132-fe19-11ec-9c0f-7fe312625660.html |access-date=July 8, 2022 |work=[[The Daily Item (Sunbury)|The Daily Item]] |location=Sunbury, Pennsylvania |language=en |archive-date=May 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519020231/https://www.dailyitem.com/csvt-bridge-opened-to-traffic-in-both-directions/article_c5187132-fe19-11ec-9c0f-7fe312625660.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2005, [[Walter Sondheim]], a prominent Baltimore city planner unveiled a proposal to tear down the elevated portion of the JFX that leads into downtown. In the JFX's place, [[President Street (Baltimore)|President Street]] would be extended north to [[Eager Street]], where the elevated section ends. City officials have since offered tentative support for the idea, though it is unlikely that any action will be taken until about 2020, when the current elevated structure will need an overhaul if it is to remain in use. If the downtown JFX were demolished, Baltimore would join [[San Francisco]], [[Boston]], and [[Milwaukee]] to become among the large U.S. cities that have removed some of their downtown elevated freeways. On May 17, 2009, ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'' revealed a plan by Rummel, Klepper & Kahl LLP, to tear down {{One2a|{{convert|1|mi|km|spell=in}}}} of the JFX to create an urban boulevard that would help connect downtown to the east side of the city and the [[Johns Hopkins Hospital]].<ref name="gunts2009">{{Cite news |last=Gunts |first=Edward |date=May 17, 2009 |title=Baltimore Looks Into Scrapping Mile-long Stretch Of Jfx To Help Revive East Side |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2009/05/17/baltimore-looks-into-scrapping-mile-long-stretch-of-jfx-to-help-revive-east-side/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714153612/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2009-05-17/business/0905160106_1_elevated-expressway-jones-falls-expressway-east-side |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |access-date=June 14, 2014 |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |language=en |issn=1930-8965 |oclc=244481759}}</ref>