{"id":27130,"date":"2023-02-03t22:15:57","date_gmt":"2023-02-03t22:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.planetforward.com\/2023\/02\/03\/essay-interstate-81-and-the-inner-loop-viaducts-for-environmental-racism\/"},"modified":"2023-02-28t15:53:39","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28t15:53:39","slug":"interstate-81-environmental-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/interstate-81-environmental-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"essay | interstate 81 and the inner loop: viaducts for environmental racism"},"content":{"rendered":"
interstate 81 is mostly a route for trade in the united states. the interstate runs from dandridge, tennessee to just north of watertown, new york at the canadian border. it connects harrisburg, the capital of pennsylvania, to other rust-belt cities like binghamton and syracuse, both in new york. <\/p>\n
however, many drivers along this expressway aren\u2019t aware of its dark history: because the stretch of i-81 in syracuse is a viaduct, or raised above ground level, its construction sliced through and greatly disrupted a historically close-knit african american community<\/a>. this was syracuse\u2019s southside neighborhood, also known as the 15th ward. in the 1950s, the city saw this community as a burden. as a result, many families were displaced in order to construct i-81.<\/p>\n