The state should remove the whole 2.5-mile stretch of I-84 slated for reconstruction, from near exit 45 in Parkville at the west end to the interchange with I-91 by the river in the east. The elevated portion of this segment, from the west end to Union Station, should be torn down and replaced with a boulevard of two or three lanes in each direction; the remainder, currently in a trench from Union Station to the river, should be closed to traffic and decked over for high-rise development.