Highways become a culture war battlefield

With its six lanes plowing through New York City's northernmost borough, the Cross Bronx Expressway is an unsightly, congested river of pavement whose creation upended city neighborhoods so that commuters could flee with greater ease to the suburbs.

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With Democrats saying racism has often been behind decisions of how and where to build highways, and Republicans raising their voices to counter them, a culture war could be in the making.