Bump in the road jolts first day of Route 5 detour

Link to July 12 Buffalo News article.

Excerpt: Though traffic was backed up for miles on Friday — the first day of a long-term detour to accommodate the $55 million Outer Harbor Parkway project — engineers said the end result will make driving along the lakefront much simpler.

When I attended UB, I used to like to take state highway 5 -- the scenic route -- from Silver Creek to Buffalo, a much more interesting drive than the Thruway. It included a close-up view of the industrial decline of Lackawanna.