Weren’t a lot of those loops absorbed by later growth? Much like siting an airport, it’s hard to pick a route that will always remain outside a city without jus

Weren’t a lot of those loops absorbed by later growth? Much like siting an airport, it’s hard to pick a route that will always remain outside a city without just going to the middle of nowhere. Wikipedia says I-280 was planned in 1955, and I think Silicon Valley was mostly still fruit orchards at the time. The silicon transistor would be invented one year later.