West End Avenue (Manhattan)
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| Other name(s) | West End Avenue (59th – 108th Streets) |
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| Owner | City of New York |
| Maintained by | NYCDOT |
| Length | 6.1 mi (9.8 km) |
| Location | Manhattan, New York City |
| South end | West Street |
| North end | Broadway (Manhattan) |
| East | Tenth Avenue (Gansevoort to 59th Streets) |
| West |
Twelfth Avenue (22nd to 59th Streets) Henry Hudson Parkway (above 59th Street) |
| Construction | |
| Commissioned | March 1811 |
Route map: Google
Eleventh Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the far West Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, located near the Hudson River. Eleventh Avenue originates in the Meatpacking District in the Greenwich Village/West Village neighborhoods at Gansevoort Street, where Eleventh Avenue, Tenth Avenue, and West Street intersect. It is considered part of the West Side Highway between 22nd and Gansevoort Streets.
Between 59th and 107th Streets, the avenue is known as West End Avenue. Both West End Avenue and Eleventh Avenue are considered to be part of the same road.
Between Gansevoort Street and West 22nd Street, Eleventh Avenue is part of the West Side Highway, a very wide expressway. At a split with Twelfth Avenue/West Side Highway at West 22nd Street, Eleventh Avenue continues as a standard-width avenue.
Following the split, Eleventh Avenue is two-way traffic for access to 23rd Street, as well as for 24th Street to access Chelsea Piers. North of 24th Street, Eleventh Avenue is one-way southbound from 24th to 44th Streets, where two-way traffic resumes. Formerly, there was two-way traffic between 34th Street and 40th Street for access to the Lincoln Tunnel, but recent construction has made that segment of Eleventh Avenue southbound-only, except for the block above 39th Street. The segment between approximately 39th and 59th Streets is home to the largest concentration of auto dealerships in Manhattan. Two-way traffic resumes at 44th Street.
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