West Side Highway

The West Side Highway is NY 9A; it used to be elevated but is now mostly a surface road.

Current surface road

2006 photos

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  Elevated West Side Highway at Riverside South Park
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  Elevated West Side Highway and Trump Place
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  West Side Highway and Jacob Javits Convention Center
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  West Side Highway by New York Passenger Terminal in Hells Kitchen. Hudson River Park is on left. The advertisement talks about the 2006 controversy about a Dubai Company taking over the New York and New Jersey Ports.
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  DiMaggio Highway sign on the elevated portion.
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  Although the DiMaggio Highway sign is on the entrance from the Henry Hudson, street signs in Hell's Kitchen still refer to it as Westside Highway. Note the one word spelling.
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  Looking north in Riverside Park South. The Trump Place and West Side Highway is on the right and the New York Central 69th Street ferry is on the left.
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  West Side Highway at 52nd Street Passenger Terminal

2001 photos

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  Northbound at Canal Street
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  Northbound at 30th Street
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  Northbound at 42nd Street
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  Northbound at 54th Street
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  55th Street (?) west at NY 9A
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  Southbound at 56th Street
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  57th Street west at NY 9A
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  Northbound at 57th Street

Old elevated highway

Maps

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  Schematic

1974 photos

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  1. West Side Highway at Gansevoort St. looking NW.
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  2. Ramps at 23rd St. looking S.
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  3. Ramps at Chambers St. looking N.
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  4. Ramp detail at Canal St.
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  5. Decoration at Hubert St.
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  6. View of construction detail near Chambers St. ramp.
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  7. Highway decoration, seal.
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  8. Highway decoration at Desbrosses Street.
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  9. Lamp post near 23rd St. ramp.
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  10. View of Canal St. Bridge, East side of highway looking N.
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  11. View of Canal St. Bridge from Canal St. looking W.
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  12. View of construction detail, Canal St. Bridge.
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  13. Collapsed section of Highway at 14th St.
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  14. Canal St. Bridge, looking N.
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  15. View of Canal St. Bridge looking north.
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  16. Looking south on Westside Highway at pier 25. Detailing echoes rail detail of highway.
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  17. Remainder of pier 25. this photograph in combination with # 16 forms a panorama.
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  18. View of highway support, detail.
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  19. View of door at Canal St. ramp.
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  20. Underside of West side Highway looking south.
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  21. West Side highway at Chambers St. ramp where old and new sections join.
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  22. Front view of one complete section of highway at Watts St. looking West.
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  23. Construction detail at Watts St. looking West.