- Battery Park Underpass
The Battery Park Underpass was the second section of
Manhattan 'sFranklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive to be completed, opening to the public in April 1951. [cite news|title=City Opens Underpass at Battery, $10,000,000 Link in Express Route|publisher=The New York Times |date=April 11 ,1951 |page=31] It runs underneath Battery Park, connecting theWest Side Highway to theSouth Street Viaduct with two lanes of traffic in each direction.Plans for extension
*In 1971, it was suggested that the South Street Viaduct be turned into a tunnel, essentially extending the underpass north to the
Brooklyn Bridge
*In 2002, the Downtown Alliance, the localBusiness improvement district , called for a 350-foot (105 meter) extension to the underpass, estimated cost was $70 million.
*In 2005, MayorMichael Bloomberg called for an extension as part of a plan to rehabilitate the South Street Viaduct.References
External links
* [http://www.nycroads.com/roads/fdr/ FDR at NYCRoads.com]
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