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Crosstown traffic may refer to:
The 2011 Crosstown Shootout brawl, nicknamed the Crosstown Punch-Out, was a bench-clearing brawl that took place at the end of the 2011 edition of the Crosstown Shootout college basketball game between the University of Cincinnati Bearcats and the Xavier University Musketeers. The game and brawl took place on December 10, 2011, at Xavier's home arena, the Cintas Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
The Oklahoma City Boulevard is an urban thoroughfare in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US. The highway makes use of the former right-of-way of Interstate 40 (I-40), which was relocated to the south along a former rail alignment due to increased traffic and visible wear on parts of the freeway. A $85 million project by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) with funds from the US Department of Transportation began construction in 2011.
The This Time Around Tour was a tour by American band Hanson. The tour supported the band's second studio album, This Time Around (2000). The tour predominantly visited North America with additional dates in Chile, Argentina, and Brazil. The concert film At the Fillmore was released following the tour.
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