 There were plans to bypass this with the Springfield Bypass but it was never completed.Only a small part where Summner and Allen Streets were made for the highway and a short highway bypass of Allen and Cooley Streets known as Bicentennial Highway was constructed to relieve passengers.It is unknown why it was shortened, speculation includes to ease the traffic through that section and to keep motorists away since that area of town was some of the most dangerous in the 1970s.