Here are the highlights of the I-35 bottleneck plan, as it currently stands.

Southbound:

1 Close the entrance ramp at Hancock and 381/2 St.

2 Turn the 26th St. exit into a 32nd St. entrance.

3 Revamp the 26th St. entrance into a Manor Rd. exit.

4 Build an auxiliary lane from 32nd St. to Manor Rd. to allow for safer entry and exit.

5 Widen frontage road at 32nd St.

Northbound:

6 Close the Manor Road entrance.

7 Relocate the 32nd St. entrance (7a) south to the 38th St. exit (7b) and add approximately 1,100 feet of acceleration lane (7c).

This article appears in January 28 • 2000.

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