page_title: Interstate 83
section_title: Truncation
hierarchical_section_title: Interstate 83 / History / Jones Falls Expressway / Truncation
caption_attribution_description: Boarisch: Baltimore, de gresste Stod vo Maryland. Deutsch: Baltimore, die größte Stadt Marylands. Ελληνικά: Οι ουρανοξύστες στο κέντρο της Βαλτιμόρης. English: A view of Downtown Baltimore from the East, on Fayette St. The intersection in the distance is where Fayette St. crosses President St., which becomes the Jones Falls Expressway on the opposite side of the intersection. Français&#160;: Panorama contemporain de la ville de Baltimore. Le Downtown de Baltimore vu en direction de l'ouest sur la rue Fayette. עברית: מרכז בולטימור. Interlingue: Li centre de Baltimore. Македонски: Центарот во Балтимор. 20 - Балтимор. മലയാളം: ബാൾട്ടിമോർ ഡൌൺ‌ടൌൺ. Slovenčina: Pohľad na centrum mesta. Shqip: Qendra e Batimorit.
context_page_description: Interstate 83 is an Interstate Highway in the Eastern United States. Its southern terminus is in Baltimore, Maryland at a signalized intersection with Fayette Street; its northern terminus is near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania at I-81.
  Most of the route south of Lemoyne, Pennsylvania is a direct replacement of U.S. Route 111, a former spur of US 11.
context_section_description: By 1963 the JFX was completed as far south as Guilford Avenue, and by the mid-1970s, was extended to Monument Street. By 1983 the route extended all the way to Pleasant St, with a dead-end bridge stub indicating plans to continue south along the 3-A alignment to I-95.
  However, in September 1982 the segment of the JFX between Pleasant Street and I-95, a distance of 4.4 miles (7.1 km), was officially withdrawn from the Interstate Highway System. Robert Douglas, then the chief of the Interstate Division for Baltimore City (IDBC), stated at the time that the very high financial costs of the I-83 extension (estimated at $609 million in early 1980s dollars, and likely to reach $1 billion with inflation taken into account) led to the cancellation of the segment. As a result, the JFX was truncated at Fayette Street, ending at an at-grade intersection.
  To make up for the loss of the I-83 segment, the Jones Falls Boulevard project substantially rebuilt approximately 0.5 miles (0.80 km) of President Street between I-83 and the downtown area to provide the capacity to absorb traffic to and from the Interstate; the project was completed by 1987. Other roadways in the canceled I-83 corridor also benefited from major reconstruction and rehabilitation. The federal funding planned to be used for the I-83 extension was instead cross-transferred to other highway projects; routes that may have benefited include I-97, I-195, I-370, and the upgrade of John Hanson Highway to I-595.
caption: Long-distance view of intersection of Fayette Street, President Street, and I-83
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