Originally Posted by
indyfabz
The stretch was abandoned in the 60s because of leakage and traffic volume. The section leading to the first tunnel was repaved at some point and was used to train driving skills to law enforcement, school bus and snow plow operators.
That makes a lot of sense. Every time they repave the arterial near our house, they seem to feel that's a good training ground for the plow operators and tear it all back up.