Tearing down a viaduct on Interstate 81 through Syracuse, New York — part of a movement loosely called the “new urbanism” — could force some trucks to loop around the city’s eastern suburbs. And it is getting closer to reality.
The push to replace the elevated stretch of I-81 stalled during the pandemic. But an allocation by the state of New York and a recent visit to Syracuse by U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg makes clear that the plan has significant backing, increasing its...