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The Battery Park Underpass was the second section of Manhattan's FDR Drive to be completed, opening to the public in April 1951.[1] It runs underneath Battery Park, connecting the West Side Highway to the South Street Viaduct.
[edit] 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 called for a 350-foot (105 meter) extension to the underpass, estimated cost was $70 million.
- In 2005, Mayor Michael Bloomberg called for an extension as part of a plan to rehabilitate the South Street Viaduct.
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