West Side Highway Opens processing-sub-inside-page precautions that The Times reported

precautions that The Times reported were "unparalleled since the general strike of 1926

and now 50 black-and-white photos

Atop the outer dome

a place in the permanent design collection at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

West Side Highway Opens processing-sub-inside-page precautions that The Times reportedOnlookers watch automobiles travel southbound as the West Side Elevated Highway opens after eight years of construction, February 9, 1937. With the George Washington Bridge standing in the background, the cars traveled along the Hudson River. The 4. 5 mile roadway, at a cost of $16 million, extended from 72nd Street to Canal Street. When the elevated highway opened, Mayor La Guardia demonstrated its value in an automobile race with Borough President