We got a similar issue in Boston - the Storrow bridge. So much so we call it "getting Storrowed"[0]
[0] https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2021/08/19/boston-sto...
[0] https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2021/08/19/boston-sto...
[^1]: actually one of two September 1 holidays observed. The other is “Allston Christmas,” when the streets of a popular student neighborhood are filled with free furniture people tossed out when they moved.
It's one of the urban highways that can absolutely go, and should.