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Union Drive West is a freeway in Grand Theft Auto IV, its episodes, and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, located in western Algonquin, Liberty City.

Description[]

Union Drive West travels along the West River in Algonquin. It extends from Castle Tunnel to Wardite Street in Northwood, and can be used to travel easily to Castle Garden City, the Rotterdam Tower, Western Algonquin, and the Hickey Bridge at Topaz Street (which connects Alderney and Liberty City).

Unlike its sister freeway Union Drive East, much of the southern freeway is at-grade and is accessed via basic street intersections as opposed to more complex freeway intersection infrastructure. As a result, traffic lights are required at many of the exits to regulate traffic flow; this can result in a considerably slower journey than with the Union Drive East.

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Union Drive West in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

Upon reaching the Hickey Bridge however, the freeway splits up, directing the center lane into Hickey Bridge and Topaz Street, while the on ramps that branched out from the outer lanes converge and continue on before terminating at the Ivy Drive North-Wardite Street intersection.

The freeway is mostly likely representative of New York City's West Side Highway on the west side of Manhattan.

Exits and Entrances[]

The Union Drive West extends from the Western mouth of the Castle Tunnel in Castle Gardens to the intersection of Ivy Drive North and Wardite Street in Northwood. There are 17 entrances/exits between these two termini.


1. South Parkway - The Exchange/Castle Gardens

This is one of the few entrances/exits that uses dedicated access slip roads. Access is compulsory for vehicles travelling further west than the Denver Avenue intersection on South Parkway, however entering vehicles can only travel northbound away from the Castle Tunnel. Exit is optional for vehicles travelling south into the Castle Tunnel and Union Drive East but not possible for vehicles travelling north out of the tunnel. This is the only exit where your ability to enter/exit is determined by your direction of travel.

Eastbound Exit only.

2. C Street - City Hall

Exit only for both directions of travel.

Allows access to the highway for people in the City Hall and Chinatown districts. Exit from East only.

3. D Street - City Hall

Entrance only for both directions of travel.

Allows access to the City Hall and Chinatown districts.

Access from East only.

4. E Street - Castle Garden City

Exit only for both directions of travel.

Allows access to the highway for people in the Suffolk, Little Italy and Chinatown districts.

Eastbound Exit only.

5. Frankfort Avenue/Castle Drive South - Castle Garden City

Entrance and Exit for all directions of travel.

Allows access to Upper Downtown and Midtown destinations if exiting North onto Frankfort Avenue. Allows access to the Castle Garden City financial area if exiting South onto Castle Drive. Only exit with direct access to an Avenue (as opposed to a street).

Northbound and Southbound Exit available.

6. F Street - Castle Garden City

Entrance only for both directions of travel.

Allows access to the freeway from the Suffolk and Little Italy districts.

Access from East only.

7. G Street/Castle Drive North - Castle Garden City

Entrance and exit for all directions of travel.

Allows access to Suffolk and the Rotterdam Tower if exiting East onto Garnet Street. Allows access to the Castle Garden City financial area if exiting West on Castle Drive.

Eastbound and Westbound Exit available.


8. H Street/Golden Pier - The Meat Quarter

Exit only for both directions of travel if exiting East onto Hematite Street. Entrance and exit for both directions of travel if exiting West into the Golden Pier Retail Park and Swingers Golf Club.

Allows access to the Golden Pier in addition to The Meat Quarter and The Triangle districts of Midtown.

Eastbound and Westbound Exit available.

9. J Street - The Meat Quarter

Entrance and Exit for both directions of travel.

Allows access to The Meat Quarter, The Triangle and Star Junction districts. This exit would be used to reach the Maisonette 9 Nightclub.

Eastbound Exit only.

10. K Street - Westminster

Entrance and Exit for both directions of travel.

Allows access to the Westminster and Star Junction districts. Allows a more long distance but straightforward access to the Algonquin Bridge along Kunzite Street. This exit would be used to reach the Hercules nightclub.

Eastbound Exit only.

11. H Street North - Westminster

Entrance and Exit for both directions of travel. A very minor westbound exit only.

Allows access to the northern edges of Hematite Street and the northern edges of the Golden Pier area as well as industrial coastal areas along the Westminster and Purgatory Coastline, including a large multi-storey car park.

Westbound Exit only.

12. Hellgate/West Way - Purgatory

Entrance and Exit for both directions of travel.

Allows access to the Purgatory and Star Junction districts. Exiting vehicles must immediately turn left/north onto West Way when they exit as all other streets are for oncoming traffic only. This exit should be used to reach the Randolf Art Center.

Eastbound Exit only.


13. N Street - Middle Park West

Entrance only in both directions of travel from Nickel Street traffic. Entrance and Exit available for traffic travelling on to the far Western end of Nickel Street.

Allows access to the highway for residents of Middle Park West and Southern Middle Park. Allows access to the northern entrance of the large multi-storey car park as well as a quiet industrial area on the coast when exiting to the West. Following this exit, the freeway takes on a more freeway-like appearance, becoming more isolated from the urban area and becoming lined with large wall barriers.

Eastbound and Westbound Exit available.

14. R Street - Varsity Heights

Entrance and Exit for both directions of travel.

Allows access to the Varsity Heights district, Vespucci University and Central Middle Park.

Eastbound Exit only.

15. T Street/Hickey Bridge - Varsity Heights

Entrance and Exit for all directions of travel.

Allows access to Alderney, Varsity Heights, North Holland, Northern Middle Park and the Union Drive East.

Along with Exit 1, this is the only exit that uses a dedicated exit slip road as opposed to a general street intersection as a means of entering/exiting the freeway. To exit here when travelling north or south, the driver must occupy the left hand lane, which will become an elevated exit road. At the junction at the top, drivers may turn West to travel across the Hickey Bridge into Alderney or East to travel along Topaz Street, further into Algonquin. To remain on the freeway, the right hand lane must be occupied, which will underpass the elevated junction and allow fast access further along the freeway. Following this exit, the remainder of the freeway is elevated.

Eastbound and Westbound Exits available.

16. V Street/Ivy Drive North - North Holland

Entrance and Exit for all directions of travel.

Allows access to North Holland and East Holland exiting East. The Westbound exit is rarely used by motorists but does provide access to a small, sheltered, dilapidated region of the North Holland Coastline underneath the freeway. This small area does have a use in the game however, as it is where the Angels of Death Clubhouse is situated.

Eastbound and Westbound Exits available.

17. W Street/Ivy Drive North - Northwood

Entrance and Exit for both directions of travel.

Allows access to Northwood and North Holland.

Despite exiting onto the Wardite Street/Ivy Drive intersection; since Wardite Street is a strictly East - West street, access is only available onto Ivy Drive North. As this is the northern terminus of the Union Drive West, the freeway bends to the East into a compulsory exit, whereby drivers must either turn north or south onto Ivy Drive North in Northwood.

Eastbound Exit only.

See Also[]

Navigation[]

Navigation
[ ve ]Freeways in Liberty City
BrokerBroker - Dukes Expressway | Algonquin - Dukes Expressway
DukesBroker - Dukes Expressway | Algonquin - Dukes Expressway
BohanGrand Boulevard | Northern Expressway
AlgonquinUnion Drive West | Union Drive East | Broker - Dukes Expressway | Algonquin - Dukes Expressway
AlderneyPlumbers Skyway
[ ve ]Streets in Grand Theft Auto IV
Liberty City
Algonquin
AvenuesAlbany Avenue | Bismarck Avenue | Columbus Avenue | Denver Avenue | Denver-Exeter Avenue | Exeter Avenue | Frankfort Avenue | Galveston Avenue
StreetsAmethyst Street | Barium Street | Boleyn Street | Calcium Street | Diamond Street | Emerald Street | Feldspar Street | Garnet Street | Hematite Street | Iron Street | Jade Street | Kunzite Street | Lorimar Street | Manganese Street | Nickel Street | Obsidian Street | Pyrite Street | Quartz Street | Ruby Street | Silicon Street | Topaz Street | Uranium Street | Vauxite Street | Wardite Street | Xenotime Street
LanesAmsterdam Lane | Bridge Lane South | Bridge Lane North | Bus Lane | Cavity Lane | Liberty Lane
WaysSouth Parkway | Walnut Way | West Way | Wong Way
RoadsBorlock Road | Grummer Road | Privateer Road | San Juan Road
DrivesCastle Drive | Ivy Drive North | Ivy Drive South | Union Drive East | Union Drive West
OtherAlgonquin Bridge | Astoria | Back Passage | Brown Place | Burlesque | Castle Tunnel | Cod Row | Ersatz Row | Flatfish Place | Hell Gate | Hickey Bridge | Luddite Row | Vespucci Circus
Broker & Dukes
AvenuesAsparagus Avenue | Brandon Avenue | Bunker Hill Avenue | Camden Avenue | Cayuga Avenue | Charleston Avenue | Cleves Avenue | Clinton Avenue | Cokanuk Avenue | Concord Avenue | Conoy Avenue | Crockett Avenue | Delaware Avenue | Erie Avenue | Freetown Avenue | Inchon Avenue | Iroquois Avenue | Mohanet Avenue | Mohawk Avenue | Mohegan Avenue | Montauk Avenue | Munsee Avenue | Oneida Avenue | Onondaga Avenue | San Jacinto Avenue | Saponi Avenue | Saratoga Avenue | Savannah Avenue | Seneca Avenue | Seymour Avenue | Shinnecock Avenue | Stillwater Avenue | Tinconderoga Avenue | Trenton Avenue | Tuscarora Avenue | Tutelo Avenue | Valley Forge Avenue | Wappinger Avenue | Wenrohronon Avenue | Yorktown Avenue
StreetsAragon Street | Bart Street | Boone Street | Brunner Street | Carrollton Street | Carson Street | Cassidy Street | Chicory Street | Chive Street | Cisco Street | Claiborne Street | Cody Street | Creek Street | Deadwood Street | Dillon Street | Earp Street | Ellery Street | Franklin Street | Garrett Street | Gibson Street | Hancock Street | Hardin Street | Harrison Street | Hewes Street | Hickcock Street | Hooper Street | Howard Street | Huntington Street | James Street | Ketchum Street | Kid Street | Livingston Street | Lynch Street | Masterson Street | Morris Street | Oakley Street | Onion Street | Pancho Street | Parr Street | Ringo Street | Starr Street | Stone Street | Sundance Street | Thornton Street | Tudor Street | Tulsa Street
OtherAlgonquin Bridge | Algonquin - Dukes Expressway | Broker - Dukes Expressway | Dukes Drive | Dukes Boulevard | Middleton Lane | Walton Lane
Bohan
AvenuesAlcatraz Avenue | Altona Avenue | Attica Avenue | Beaumont Avenue | Coxsack Avenue | Greene Avenue | Guantanamo Avenue | Leavenworth Avenue | Lompoc Avenue | Rykers Avenue | San Quentin Avenue | Sing Sing Avenue | Valdez Avenue | Wallkill Avenue
StreetsApplejack Street | Bronco Street | Butterfly Street | Caterpillar Street | Darkhammer Street | Drill Street | Drop Street | Elbow Street | Flanger Street | Gainer Street | Hollowback Street | Jackhammer Street | Joliet Street | Lotus Street | Mill Street | Planche Street | Rocket Street | Spin Street | Switch Street | Turtle Street | Uprock Street | Windmill Street | Worm Street
OtherDownrock Loop | Folsom Way | Grand Boulevard | Northern Expressway
Alderney
AvenuesAnvil Avenue | Barsac Avenue | Beaverhead Avenue | Boyden Avenue | Cariboo Avenue | Catskill Avenue | Cockerell Avenue | Edison Avenue | Fulcrum Avenue | Hardtack Avenue | Hubbard Avenue | Jonestown Avenue | Julin Avenue | Keneckie Avenue | Latchkey Avenue | Lockowski Avenue | Long John Avenue | Lyndon Avenue | Mahesh Avenue | Muskteer Avenue | Odhner Avenue | Owl Creek Avenue | Plumbbob Avenue | Praetorian Avenue | Rael Avenue | Rand Avenue | Red Wing Avenue | Sacramento Avenue | Schneider Avenue | Sculpin Avenue | Sinclair Avenue | Strower Avenue | Tinderbox Avenue | Toggle Avenue | Vitullo Avenue
StreetsApplewhite Street | Argus Street | Bear Street | Bedrock Street | Bridger Street | Emery Street | Fleming Street | Franklin Street | Grenadier Street | Grommet Street | Kemeny Street | Lemhi Street | Moog Street | Mueri Street | Niblick Street | Nougat Street | Tenmile Street
RoadsAsahara Road | Berners Road | Farnsworth Road | Flathead Road | Ivy Road | *Lee Road | Mandrel Road | Manzano Road | Ortiz Road | Panhandle Road | Percell Road | Phalanx Road | Roebuck Road | Storax Road | Traeger Road | Trinity Road
DrivesAspdin Drive | Babbage Drive | Big Horn Drive
OtherBowline | Drebbel | Hickey Bridge | Koresh Square | Myung | Plumbers Skyway
† denotes absent in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Category:Streets | Category:Streets in GTA IV | Category:Streets in GTA Chinatown Wars
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