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NEW FREEWAY :55 The first unit of the new Riverside Freeway is finished and ready for traffic. So, with a minimum of ceremony, State Hitgway Department workers are on the scene promptly at nine morning to open up the eikth tenths o ong segment. The freeway is opened by the simple expedient of moving aside a barricade. The opening of the segment is expected to ease the traffic congestion on East Belknap street. City engineers say the opening of the first uhit will \40O 00 the enable them to close the direct connection north-South FreewEaelknap . When completed, the 338-thousand dollar Riverside Freeway will extend through Haltom City and Richland Hills to Hurst. The freeway sections run from East Belknap on the west, to Riverside drive on the East.