Sender ’25: The highway divided Providence. A cap over I-95 can fix it. - The Brown Daily Herald

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Sender ’25: The highway divided Providence. A cap over I-95 can fix it. - The Brown Daily Herald

In the 1950s and 60s, Interstate 95 was constructed through Providence, displacing city residents and cutting neighborhoods apart. In sheer numbers, this piece of infrastructure, running the length of Providence and cutting downtown in half, may be one of the most destructive in the city’s history. That said, the true scope of the urban devastation wrought by this highway cannot be measured in numbers alone — it divided the city’s neighborhoods,…