Future thumb|right|I-83 northbound in Lower Allen Township, Pennsylvania As Congress worked toward reauthorization of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act, the Greater Lynchburg Chamber of Commerce and other groups in Virginia wanted I-83 extended southward to provide bypasses for Charlottesville, Lynchburg, and Danville, and to link those cities to Greensboro, North Carolina. By June 1991, Robert LaLone, director of programs for the Lynchburg Chamber, admitted that an Interstate was unlikely, but upgrading US 29, with bypasses included, is more likely.
Future thumb|right|I-83 northbound in Lower Allen Township, Pennsylvania As Congress worked toward reauthorization of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act, the Greater Lynchburg Chamber of Commerce and other groups in Virginia wanted I-83 extended southward to provide bypasses for Charlottesville, Lynchburg, and Danville, and to link those cities to Greensboro, North Carolina. By June 1991, Robert LaLone, director of programs for the Lynchburg Chamber, admitted that an Interstate was unlikely, but upgrading US 29, with bypasses included, is more likely.