an expressway artifact

very little remains of the city's original expressway system that began construction in 1949 --- the two railroad bridges are the only bridges left from the old northeast expressway

the fifth street bridge in 1950 --- destroyed during subsequent widening of the freeways

then i ran across this today while walking the dog: another artifact from the original "north expressway," now part of the Downtown Connector --- it may be partially buried, but is a great example of the guardwalls and rails on the original expressway --- this was obviously built to mark the end of fourth street on the west side of the expressway --- the metal medallion would have held red or silver reflectors ---