(Marty Heisey / Staff) Entrance to the “Goat Path,” near the Walnut Street exit in 2013. Traffic flows into one lane in the construction zone on Walnut Street near Rt. 30 Friday, Nov. 18, 2022.

In 2023 dollars, that would cost $640 million, according to the U.S. Inflation Calculator. The bypass was an idea championed by late state Rep. Amos K. Hutchinson. The road now bears his name.

Traffic congestion in downtown Bristol could soon become a thing of the past. Construction on a new bypass will wrap up at the end of the month. On any given day in downtown Bristol, heavy traffic ...