Bronx River Parkway

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Bronx River Parkway
Reference Route 907H
Length:	23.9 mi[1] (38.5 km)
Formed:	1952 (present alignment)
South end:	I-278 in Soundview
Major junctions:	I-95 in West Farms US 1 in Bronx Park Cross County in Yonkers Sprain Brook in Bronxville
North end:	Taconic/NY 22 in North Castle
Counties:	Bronx, Westchester
New York State Reference Routes

The Bronx River Parkway is a state highway in New York named for the nearby Bronx River, which it parallels. Construction began in Westchester County in 1907, making it the earliest limited-access automobile highway to start construction. However, although construction on the Long Island Motor Parkway began a year later, a section of the Long Island road opened for traffic before the end of 1908, opening before the Bronx River as the first limited access automobile highway to be put into use. Neither was up to modern freeway standards, utilizing left turns across the opposing direction at access points.

The Westchester section of the Bronx River Parkway was completed in 1923. The section north of the Sprain Brook Parkway interchange continues to be maintained by the Westchester County Department of Public Works and is unsigned Westchester County Route 9987. An extension into New York City in the Borough of the Bronx was added between 1946 and 1950. This section is maintained by the New York State Department of Transportation and is unsigned New York State Reference Route 907H. The parkway runs from Story Avenue at the Bruckner Expressway in the Soundview section of the Bronx to Kensico Dam Plaza and Park, north of White Plains, where it turns into the Taconic State Parkway.

It is interesting to note that even the traffic light controlled intersections in the Westchester-maintained section have interchange numbers.

Contents 1 Exit list 2 Miscellanea 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Exit list

#	Southbound	Northbound	Notes
	END Bronx River Parkway	BEGIN Bronx River Parkway
The Bronx
1	Story Avenue
2W	Morrison Avenue		to Bruckner Blvd WEST to I-278 (Bruckner Expressway) west
2W	Bruckner Blvd west Metcalf Ave		to I-278 (Bruckner Expressway) west
2E	Bruckner Blvd east		to I-278 (Bruckner Expressway)
3	Westchester Avenue
4	Cross Bronx Expressway Service Road west		to I-95 (Cross-Bronx Expressway)
5	East 177th Street		To I-895 (Sheridan Expressway)
6	Boston Road Jungle World Road
7 E-W	US 1 East Fordham Road		to Bronx and Pelham Parkway
8 E-W		Southern Boulevard Allerton Avenue
8E	Southern Boulevard west
9	E. Gun Hill Road
10	Webster Ave	to East 233rd Street
10	E. 236th St	to East 233rd Street
	Entering The Bronx	Entering Yonkers, New York Westchester County
10A	Bronx River Road
10B	Oak Street
11E-W	Cross County Parkway
11E	Cross County Parkway East
		Junction: Sprain Brook Parkway. Use this exit to stay on Bronx River Parkway, or straight onto Sprain.
1A	Desmond Ave
1		Paxton Ave
2		West Pondfield Road
3		Elm Street
	End Freeway	Begin Freeway
4	Scarsdale Rd
8	Vermont Terrace
9	Leewood Dr
10	Strathmore Rd Harney Rd
11	Popham Road Ardsley Road
12	East Parkway
13		Ogden Road
14		Butler Road
15		Fenimore Road Fisher Road
16	Greenacres Avenue
18	Claremont Road
21		Main Street
21	Chatterton Avenue
	NY-100/NY-119 Tarrytown Road, Central Avenune
	Cemetery Road Old Tarrytown Road
	Fisher Lane
	Parkway Homes Road
	Virginia Road
Traffic Circle. JCT End/Begin Parkway

[edit] Miscellanea

• Kensico Circle
  • : The Taconic begins at the Kensico Circle. During the Taconic's early years, it was known as the Bronx River Parkway Extension. Currently, most travellers just use the newer freeway-standard Sprain Parkway to travel between the city and points north.
  • The Bronx River Parkway originally went beyond the circle to New York State Route 22 northbound.
  • Today, the most obvious route through the circle leads motorists right to and from the Taconic, and the way to NY 22 northbound is considered to be a little spur off the circle. This spur from the Kensico Circle to NY 22 is unsigned County Route 68.
• Today, a seven-mile section of the Bronx River Parkway in Westchester County is closed to motorist traffic from 10am to 2pm every Sunday in April, May, June, September and October (with the exception of Memorial and Labor Day weekends), allowing bicyclists to venture along the scenic road. Another section north of the one reserved for bicyclists is reserved for inline skating.
• The southernmost portion of the parkway in Westchester, south of the Sprain, is reference number 907G^[1] in apparent violation of the numbering standard. Ordinarily, the second digit should be the region—New York City and Long Island, regions 10 and 11, share 0; Westchester is region 8 (the Hutchinson River Parkway also shares this oddity). The section south of here is marked only with reference markers, and the section north only with county mileposts. This middle section has county mileposts in the middle, and reference markers with state mileposts (counting from the southern terminus in the Bronx, not the city line) alongside.
• An extension into Sound View Park was proposed until the 1970's.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Bronx River Parkway
• The Bronx River Parkway Reservation Today
• Bronx River Parkway reservation
• History of Scenic Road Programs - New York: Westchester County Parkways

edit New York City parkways
Manhattan	FDR East River Drive - Harlem River Drive - Henry Hudson
The Bronx	Bronx River - Henry Hudson - Hutchinson River - Mosholu - Pelham
Brooklyn-Queens	Belt Parkway system: Cross Island - Laurelton - Shore - Southern Others: Grand Central - Jackie Robinson (Interborough) Former: Gowanus - Whitestone - Long Island Motor Parkway
Staten Island	Korean War Veterans (Richmond) Former: Willowbrook Proposed: Wolfe's Pond

v • d • e Westchester County Parkways
North-South Parkways:	Bronx River, Hutchinson River, Sprain Brook, Taconic State, Briarcliff-Peekskill, Saw Mill River, Central Westchester
East-West Parkways:	Bear Mt. State, Playland, Cross County