an agreement in 1985 led to many environmental compromises in the road's design, including a downsized four-lane design south of pennsylvania route 3, ramp meters, and federal scenic route status, prohibiting the erection of advertisement billboards along the entire freeway portion. while the redesigned highway was largely well-received, the constriction to four lanes has led to bottleneck conditions in the area, and many communities that originally opposed the road have now called for its widening. "the philadelphia inquirer" dubbed i-476 "the most costly, most bitterly opposed highway in pennsylvania history" due to the decades of opposition it garnered.