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	Topics Battery Park Underpass Topic Home The Battery Park Underpass was the second section of ManhattanManhattan Summary Manhattan is both the Island of Manhattan and encompasses most of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the five boroughs of New ... 's Franklin D. Roosevelt East River DriveFranklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive FDR Drive is a major freeway-standard parkway on the east side of the New York City borough of Manhattan.... to be completed, opening to the public in April 1951. It runs underneath Battery ParkBattery Park (New York) Battery Park is a 21-acre public park located at the southern tip of Manhattan in New York City.... , connecting the West Side HighwayWest Side Highway The West Side Highway is a mostly-surface section of New York State Route 9A that runs from West 72nd Street along the Huds... to the South Street Viaduct with two lanes of traffic in each direction. 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 BridgeBrooklyn Bridge The Brooklyn Bridge , one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States, stretches 5,989 feet over the East River c... In 2002, the Downtown Alliance, the local Business improvement districtBusiness improvement district A Business Improvement District is a public/private sector partnership in which property and business owners of a defined ar... , called for a 350-foot (105 meter) extension to the underpass, estimated cost was $70 million. In 2005, Mayor Michael BloombergMichael Bloomberg Michael Rubens "Mike" Bloomberg is a prominent American businessman, the founder of Bloomberg L.P., and the current Mayor o... called for an extension as part of a plan to rehabilitate the South Street Viaduct. External links <