The Belt Expressway was a proposed
freeway
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in
Western New York
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in the United States. It would have begun south of the city of
Buffalo in the village of
Blasdell and headed north and west to the
Rainbow Bridge in the city of
Niagara Falls
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.
Although most of the road was never built, two portions of the loop were constructed near its proposed endpoints:
* The Milestrip Expressway in Blasdell, part of
New York State Route 179
* The
LaSalle Expressway in Niagara Falls
References
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Limited-access roads in New York (state)