West Side Highway Opens Frame Color:Natural The silhouette of cranes

The silhouette of cranes

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The horses still in service were kept on until they were ready to retire

I was in my own house

The stern of the ship settled and the photographers

West Side Highway Opens Frame Color:Natural The silhouette of cranesOnlookers 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