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West Side Highway Opens Framed or Unframed:Framed (Actual size of Times newspaperOnlookers 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