Ground and aerial views during construction of the Miller Highway on the west side of Manhattan Island in New York, United States. It was named after Julius Miller, the President of New York's Manhattan Borough from 1922 to 1930. It was also known as the West Side Elevated Highway or the West Side Highway. It was the first elevated highway in the United States. The elevated highway under construction. Men work on the highway. Sections also designated NY Routes 9A and NY 27A. The Miller Highway was shut down in 1973 and largely dismantled in 1989.
Uses of steel in the United States. View of skyscrapers and tall buildings made with the help of steel rods. The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower, also known as the Met Life Tower, 1 Madison Ave. in New York City. Sign on building reads, "Buy A Liberty Bond"