Battery Park Underpass

Northern entrance from WSH

Ramp climbs to WSH

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 with two lanes of traffic in each direction.

[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.