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Wikipedia: The West Side Highway (officially the Joe DiMaggio Highway) is a mostly-surface section of New York State Route 9A (NY 9A) that runs from West 72nd Street along the Hudson River to the southern tip of Manhattan. It replaced the West Side Elevated Highway, built between 1929 and 1951, which was shut down in 1973 due to neglect and lack of maintenance, and was dismantled by 1989. The term "West Side Highway" is often mistakenly used, particularly by the news media traffic reporters, to include the roadway north of 72nd street which is properly known as the Henry Hudson Parkway.
![[Roadside Shrine II art installation by Janet Echelman]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Road_Side_Shrine_II_s.jpg "Roadside Shrine II art installation by Janet Echelman")
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![[Although the DiMaggio Highway sign is on the entrance from the Henry Hudson, street signs in Hell's Kitchen still...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/9th_food_s.jpg "Although the DiMaggio Highway sign is on the entrance from the Henry Hudson, street signs in Hell's Kitchen still...")
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![[Lower Manhattan from the West Side Highway.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/West_Side_Highway_008_s.jpg "Lower Manhattan from the West Side Highway.")
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![[Joe Dimaggio Highway sign on the elevated portion of the highway]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Dimaggio_highway_s.jpg "Joe Dimaggio Highway sign on the elevated portion of the highway")
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![[West Side Highway in Hell's Kitchen]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/West_side_port_s.jpg "West Side Highway in Hell's Kitchen")
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![[Looking south near 72nd Street on land that was the site of the Penn Rail yards]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/West_side_riverside_s.jpg "Looking south near 72nd Street on land that was the site of the Penn Rail yards")
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![[The last elevated portion of the West Side Highway by Trump Place apartment complex]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/West_side_riverside_south_s.jpg "The last elevated portion of the West Side Highway by Trump Place apartment complex")
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