Google Maps updated their view of Rochester this week. Notice anything different? Let’s zoom in on that visual a bit…
That’s right. The east side of the Inner Loop has been replaced with Union Street!
For 50 years that visual of the Inner Loop encircling downtown Rochester has been etched into our minds. Now, like someone flipped a switch, the noose has been broken.
Someone asked me last week what we should call it now that it’s no longer a loop. It’s sort of become an awkward protrusion of I-490. Like a little lost strand of spaghetti, unsure of what to do with itself.
How about the Inner Horseshoe? I know, it doesn’t have quite the same RING to it. Heh heh.
Tags: downtown Rochester, Google, Google Maps, I-490, Inner Horseshoe, Inner Loop, Inner Loop East Reconstruction Project, maps, Rochester, Rochester NY
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How about the “C” of Rochester?