The highway is a six-to-eight lane urban boulevard, with the northernmost section, from 59th Street to 72nd Street (signed as the Henry Hudson Parkway), a freeway elevated above a former rail yard adjacent to tracks still used by Amtrak.Trucks and buses are allowed only on the surface section. The West Side Highway's surface section takes …

The West Side Elevated Highway (West Side Highway or Miller Highway, named for Julius Miller, Manhattan borough president from 1922 to 1930) was an elevated section of New York State Route 9A (NY 9A) running along the Hudson River in the New York City borough of Manhattan to the tip of the island.

Sep 30, 2021 · Meet the author of a gripping book on this obscure incident in NYC history! The West Side Highway, also known as the Joe DiMaggio Highway, extends from West 72nd Street along the Hudson River...

The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) is conducting a comprehensive study on mobility and safety enhancements to upgrade pedestrian and bicycle safety along Route 9A, also known as the West Side Highway. The study limits are from Battery Place to 59th Street in Manhattan, NY.

The West Side Highway, originally designated NY 9A north of the Holland Tunnel and NY 27A south of the Holland Tunnel, was part of a limited-access, automobile-only system of parkways conceived by New York's master planner, Robert Moses.

The Joe DiMaggio Highway, commonly called the West Side Highway and formerly the Miller Highway, is a 5.42-mile-long (8.72 km) mostly surface section of New York State Route 9A (NY 9A), running from West 72nd Street along the Hudson River to …

Aug 24, 2015 · New Yorkers of a Certain Age will remember the elevated West Side Highway — constructed on pillars over West Street and 12th Avenue in the 1930s, it connected downtown Manhattan with the Henry Hudson Parkway uptown.

New York State Route 9A, also known as the West Side Highway, is an iconic road with a rich history closely tied to the evolution of Manhattan's waterfront and transportation infrastructure. In the early 20th century, the West Side of Manhattan …

A precursor to the expressway era that would follow, the West Side Highway was praised early on by The New York Times as it would “afford immediate and measurable relief to traffic congestion on Riverside Drive” and allow motorists to drive all the way from downtown “nearly to Poughkeepsie without having to stop for a traffic light or ...

For decades, Manhattan’s elevated West Side Highway cast a shadow on its waterfront. Initially built in the 1930s to increase road safety, improve vehicle travel times, and aid commerce, it physically and visually cut off neighborhoods from the Hudson River.