Evening star., 1927-05-15
SECOND BROADWAY
FOR CARS PLANNED
Traffic Artery With Maxi
mum Width of 100 Feet
to Be Built.

Relief from traffic congestion in
Manhattan, a problem which has oc-
| cupied the thoughts OF some of the
best engineers of the country, now
calls for the construction of a thor
oughfare which will run from one end
Of the island to the other, and will be,
in measure. a second Broadway.
Plans for this traffic artery recently
were announced by Julius Miller
president of the Borough OF Manhat-
tan.
This new Broadway" which in
some places will he 80 TO 100 feet
wide, will follow Sixth avenue and
the Sixth avenue extension to Canal
street, where it will cross the new
Holland tube plaza and continue along
Church street to Trinity place and
Battery Park. Church street, now a
narrow one-way thoroughfare. will be
widened by the demolition of all the
buildings lining its west side between
Franklin and Fulton streets, a dis
tance of Is blocks. From Church and
Franklin streets a new diagonal
street will cut through to the Hol-
land tube plaza, connecting there
with the Sixth avenue extension. Con-
nections will also be made at Central
Park, where Sixth avenue ends. and
the artery will continue from 10th
street to the Harlem River.
Helped by Subway.
Construction of the new municipal
subway made the improvement pos
sible without excessive cost Accord
ing to engineers in the borough preci.
dents office it is difficult to say
surface way will be of more value IN
the development of the city.
In any case. as Harry w. Levy.
principal assistant engineer of the
Borough Of Manhattan. stated, it is a
singular piece of good fortune when
two such needs can be advanced as
one work. Credit for adopting the
needs of the subway to the problem
of street transportation belongs to the
engineers OF the borough Offices CO.
operating with the engineers Of the
Transit Commission.
VIII Relieve Trouble.
The original plan was to extend
Sixth avenue only as far as Canal
street, which merely would have in
creased the already congested condi-
ton of the latter thoroughfare. Ac-
cording to the plan now announced,
however, the Improvement will relieve
rather than aggravate Canal streets
troubles.
The new artery will afford also two
more traffic outlets for the Holland
tubes, one north and one south.
Eventually. when the Sixth avenue
elevated is torn down, the street will
be one of the finest avenues in the
city.
Trinity place, which extends from
Fulton street to Morris street, one
block from Bowling Green, is fortu-
nately a wide street--as wide as
Broadway. otherwise the improvement
probably would have to stop at Full.
ton street, as Trinity place is built up
on both sides with huge Office build
ings that the city could not afford to
condemn.
Plan 'New Broadway"
The new thoroughfare will be as
wide as Broadway $50 feet) from Nor
ris to Fulton street. 80 feet wide to
Franklin street and 100 feet wide
from Franklin street to the park.
In describing the project further
Mr.. Levy said: "In order to carry out
this improvement it will be necessary
to take down buildings of all kinds
for Is blocks. The land on which
these stand has already been acquired
by the city, and the buildings between
Carmine and Canal streets now are
being raZed. Here a temporary road
way will be constructed to permit it's
use while the subway is being built
under it. When the latter is COM
pleted a modern street with the best
of pavement will be built over it
the whole distance forming a new
artery for traffic between the extreme
Today there is but one such street
Broadway-and to add another is
notable accomplishment toward relief
from traffic congestion. The minimum
width of any part of the roadway
north of Fulton street as far as Cen
trail Park will he 60 feet, and this will
accommodate six lanes of traffic.
Awards Not Made.
''The cost of acquiring the property
between Carmne and Canal streets
was $5.711 ,591. but awards for the
portion between the latter and Fulton
street have not yet been made The
estimated cost of building the street
will be $6,000,000.
The whole project is a creditable
example of cooperation between diff
ferent branches Of the city govern.
ment, and the result will add greatly
to the relief of two of the citys worst
troubles"
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a motor vehicle registration Of only
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