New-York tribune., 1922-10-11
N. Y. c. Agrees
To'Depew Place
Traffic Plan
Negotiations Are Completed
With Railroad for Inn
provement on East Side
of Grand Central Station
Would Cost $2,24O,6 ,626
Calls for Viaduct to Park
Ave. and Overhead Road
way on Vanderbilt Ave.

The city's negotiations with the. New
York Central Railroad for the opening
lot Depew Place, on the easterly side
of Grand Central Terminal, have been
completed and an agreement reached
according to an announcement yester-
day by Borough President Julius Mil
Ter Of Manhattan.
The agreement provides for the con-
struction Of d viaduct oyer the present
grade at Forty-sixth Street. At the
same time it is planned to eonstruc,
an overhead roadway on VANDERBILT
Avenue, which will also slope into
Park Avenue at Forty-sixth Street
thus providing clear passage for cross
town traffic at Forty-ffth Street, while
the north and south bound traffic on
Park Avenue passes overhead.
The exchanges of necessary land
and easements between the railroad
company and the city, on the basis
agreed on as result Of the negotia-
tlons which covered period of many
months, will leave credit due the
city of $4,000. The estimated cost Of
construction is $2,240,626, leaving a
net cost to the city for the improve
ment of $2,159,626.
Will Submit Plan Soon
Borough President Miller will SUBJ
NIT the plan to the Board of Estimate
within the next week or two. He ex-
planned that there may be some little
delay, owing to the fact that he has
rot yet decided whether he would offer
the plan for approval with his recon-
mendation or without Recommendation
Of any kind.
Congestion in Forty-ffth Street,
which carries all the crosstown traf-
fic between Forty-second and Forty
s!!s+1z streets, owing to the closing Of
Forty-third and Forty-fourth streets
by the erection Of the Grand Central
Terminal, has made necessary the find
ing of some solution to difficult traf-
fic problem. 1t was found impossible
to use the present roadway Of Depew
Place, because of the intensive use to
which it is put for the handling Of
mail and other railway terminal bust
ness. In the statement issued by Bor-
ough President Miller, he says:
"The plan which has been worked
out to provide this additional roadway,
without interfering with the present
use of Depew Place. is to construct
new roadway, beginning at about
Forty-third Street, and rising. on an
upgrade to the next level above Depew
Place, and above Forty-fifth Street,
after which it will turn to the west
on the north side of Forty-6fth Street
and down Park Avenue to connect with
the existing grade at Forty sixth
Street.
similar treatment is contemplated
for eliminating the grade crossing at
Forty-ffth Street and Vanderbilt Ave-
nue., by also building roadway on
the present upper level Of Vanderbilt
Avenue, so as to cross Forty-fifth Street
overhead, after which the roadway Will
turn to the east and then to the north
in Park Avenue to the existing grade
at Forty-sixth Street. Easements on
property on the north side OF
Forty fifth Street, between Vanderbilt
Avenue and Depew Place, must be ac-
quired for this purpose. BY this plan
the crosstown traffic will be separated
entirely from She north and south
bound traffic, both at Depew Place and
(confinuod on nsxt paes)