I get where you're coming from, but I'm not sure this was malicious. First, you could have driven around, which is probably what people did. More importantly,

I get where you're coming from, but I'm not sure this was malicious. First, you could have driven around, which is probably what people did. More importantly, this happened all over with the interstate system; old railroad towns had their last gasp and newer highway towns replaced them. Finally, interstate is federal, so blame them if any one.