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Crosstown Expressway

Oklahoma City Crosstown Expressway, a section of Interstate 40 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States


Chicago Central Area Transit Plan

In 1979, then-mayor Jane M. Byrne of Chicago and former Illinois governor James R. Thompson reached an agreement whereby the Franklin Line subway project, along with the Crosstown Expressway on the West Side, was to be canceled, the elevated Loop retained and improved, and rapid transit improvements developed for residential sections of Chicago where improvements were needed.


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Lee Roy Selmon Expressway

The expressway was renamed Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown Expressway in 1999, in honor of former Tampa Bay Buccaneers hall-of-fame football player Lee Roy Selmon.