H-3 Freeway

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The controversial H-3 Freeway located on the island of Oahu is 16.1 miles long and connects Kaneohe Marine Corps Base on the windward side of Oahu with the Halawa Interchange near the Aloha Stadium. It winds it way from Halawa through Halawa Valley, bores through the Koolau Mountains via a pair of mile-long tunnels, skirts the cliffs of the Koolaus, then lowers itself toward Kailua and the MCB Kaneohe.

Completed in 1997, the $1.3 billion H-3 Freeway stands as the largest and most controversial public works project in Hawai'i history. It took 34 years from public hearings to completion in 1997. [1]

External links

• Sanders, Craig. H-3: The island interstate Public Roads Online, Summer 1993.
• Yuen, Mike. Open Road: After decades of controversy, the 16.1-mile highway will soon open for business Honolulu Star-Bulletin, December 3, 1997.
• Omandan, Pat. Rocky Road: Even with the opening at hand, many Hawaiians say protests may not end Honolulu Star-Bulletin, December 4, 1997.
• Altonn, Helen and Omandam, Pat. H-3 gets green light today -- The project spanned 'from statehood to the millennium' Honolulu Star-Bulletin, December 12, 1997.
• Bert, Ray. Paradise Crossed, Civil Engineering, July 1998.
• Braswell, Barbara. Pride in Accomplishment: The Interstate H-3 Project Public Roads, May/June, 1998.
• H-3 Freeway Honolulu Advertiser, July 2, 2006.
• H-3 sites yield clues of early Islanders Honolulu Advertiser, November 6, 2005.

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