Transformative decision a half-century ago to scrap I-95 extension still resonates in Boston today - The Boston Globe
Fifty years ago last week, Governor Francis Sargent killed the Southwest Expressway, an 8-mile extension of Interstate 95 from Canton to the South End, a decision that transformed and shaped modern Boston.
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