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West Side Elevated Highway
The
West Side Elevated Highway
(
West Side Highway
or
Miller Highway
, named for
Julius Miller
, Manhattan
Borough President
, 1922-30) was an elevated section of Route
NY-9A
running along the
Hudson River
in the
New York City
borough
of
Manhattan
to the tip of the island. It was an
elevated highway
, one of the first urban
freeways
in the world, and served as a prototype for urban freeways elsewhere, including
Boston
's
Central Artery
.
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