Working around the railroads

摘要

Getting from one end of Sioux City, Iowa, to the other has never been easier now that two at-grade railroad crossings are gone forever. Since the 1970s, the Outer Drive has dead-ended at a residential boulevard, leaving the northern and eastern halves unconnected. The lack of roadway infrastructure combined with heavily used at-grade rail crossings caused numerous traffic delays; drivers either had to wait for mile-long trains to cross intersections, or travel several miles to the nearest grade-separation crossing.