Editing Interstate 83 (section)

====Planning====
[[File:2016-07-12 16 16 50 View north along Interstate 83 (Jones Falls Expressway) just north of Old Pimlico Road in Towson, Baltimore County, Maryland.jpg|thumb|right|I-83 northbound on the JFX in Towson, Maryland]]
As part of the planning for an east–west route through Baltimore, the alignment of the JFX underwent various modifications. Under the original plan for freeways in Baltimore, the 1962 ''Baltimore 10-D Interstate System'', the JFX would have junctioned I-70N (which became I-70 in 1975) and I-95, which were planned to follow an east–west route through the southern edge of the CBD, near the southeastern edge of the CBD. The JFX would end at roughly the same location where it currently does.<ref name="kozel1">{{Cite web |last=Kozel |first=Scott M. |date=October 24, 1998 |title=Baltimore Early Expressway Planning |url=http://www.roadstothefuture.com/Balt_Early_Expwy_Plan.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101061921/http://www.roadstothefuture.com/Balt_Early_Expwy_Plan.html |archive-date=January 1, 2011 |access-date=February 13, 2007 |website=Roads to the Future}}</ref> As a result of community opposition to other portions of the 10-D System, the 1969 ''Baltimore 3-A Interstate and Boulevard System'' was adopted by the city. In this plan, the JFX would continue south along its present alignment then turn east and pass through the [[Fell's Point, Baltimore|Fell's Point]] neighborhood on a six-lane elevated viaduct, before continuing east along Boston Street to junction I-95 (which was also rerouted to its current alignment) north of the [[Fort McHenry Tunnel]]. In the mid-1970s, this plan was modified due to fears that the viaduct would result in destruction of the Fell's Point area, which contains many historic properties. Under the modification, I-83 would continue south and descend into a six-lane underwater tunnel beneath the [[Inner Harbor]], then turn east under the harbor, pass to the south of Fell's Point, return to the surface in the [[Canton, Baltimore|Canton]] area and continue to I-95.<ref name="kozel2">{{Cite web |last=Kozel |first=Scott M. |date=August 14, 1997 |title=Baltimore City Interstates |url=http://www.roadstothefuture.com/Balt_City_Interstates.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001903/http://www.roadstothefuture.com/Balt_City_Interstates.html |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=February 13, 2007 |website=Roads to the Future}}</ref>

Under this plan, I-83 was expected to act mostly as a northerly spur to and from the CBD and as an easterly spur to and from the CBD; through traffic was expected to be a small proportion of the total amount making use of the route. I-83's terminus at I-95 would have been a full three-way freeway-to-freeway interchange, with a full complement of ramps provided for access to and from [[Boston Street (Baltimore)|Boston]] and [[O'Donnell Street|O'Donnell]] streets.<ref name="kozel4">{{Cite web |url=http://www.roadstothefuture.com/I83-I95-Int.jpg |title=Scale diagram of I-83/I-95 interchange in Baltimore City |access-date=March 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628182234/http://www.roadstothefuture.com/I83-I95-Int.jpg |archive-date=June 28, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> When construction began on I-95 through East Baltimore in the mid-1970s, a short six-lane section was built within the vicinity of the planned I-83 interchange. This was done in anticipation of I-83 connecting the CBD to I-95, the rest of which carries at least eight lanes of traffic throughout the city.