Sometimes, the simple solution is the best solution.
At the east end of McMinnville, near the municipal airport, sat an intersection of dangerous repute. Four lanes of heavily traveled Highway 18 narrowed to two lanes, with adjoining roads on either side connecting at odd juxtapositions. Severe traffic collisions, including fatalities, were too common.
Generations of motorists suffered the consequences. Engineers eventually proposed a safely solution: construct a big highway interchange…