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When it comes to highways, many are called, few are chosen.Among the countless road construction proposals from last century is one which really would have served little need and truly uglified a nice-looking part of Montreal's downtown area.
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In the spring of 1945 Montreal's Royal Automobile Club of Canada proposed the construction of the West End Skyway, which would run overhead parallel to Atwater from St. James up to a roundabout at Cedar. The aim of the overhead structure would be "to reduce the heavy flow of traffic from Cote des Neiges and Cedar to the downtown business district."
It would “overpass city streets and the tops of some buildings, cuving in to the elevated expressway at St. James Sstreet.”