Hutchinson River Parkway

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Hutchinson River Parkway
Reference Route 907W, 908A
Length:	18.72 mi[1] (30 km)
Formed:	1940
South end:	at the Bruckner Interchange in the Bronx
Major junctions:	I-95 Bruckner/New England in the Bronx Cross County in Eastchester I-287 in Harrison I-684 in Harrison
North end:	Merritt (CT 15) in Greenwich, CT
Counties:	Westchester Bronx
New York State Reference Routes

The Hutchinson River Parkway, colloquially called "The Hutch" by many New York metropolitan area residents, is a parkway that runs through Westchester County and the Bronx in New York City. At the New York/Connecticut state line, Rye Brook, New York and Greenwich, Connecticut, the roadway becomes the Merritt Parkway. Its southern end is at the massive Bruckner Interchange in the Throgs Neck section of the Bronx; it runs straight through to the Whitestone Expressway (I-678). The road is unsigned New York State Reference Route 907W in Westchester and New York State Reference Route 908A in the Bronx.

Originally, the parkway was built and designated all the way to the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge. However, the original parkway designs did not allow for commercial traffic. When the bridge was designated I-678, the section between the Bruckner Interchange and the Bronx Whitestone Bridge had to be converted to Interstate Highway standards. Once that was completed, that section was assigned the I-678 designation and renamed part of the Whitestone Expressway.

Urban legend has it that it was deliberately designed by master builder Robert Moses at the time to have low bridges to prevent low income families from traveling by bus to more "pristine" regions.

Originally, there was a toll located between exits 7 and 8. The toll was removed on October 31st, 1994 as part of a major reconstruction project.^[1]

The river and the parkway are named after Anne Hutchinson.

[edit] Miscellanea

Between 1941 and 1946, The Hutchinson River Parkway was designated New York State Route 1X.

• Like the Bronx River Parkway, the Hutch carries an oddity in the reference number of its route in Westchester County (907W). The second digit of a typical reference route indicates its region. Other reference routes in the county carry a second digit of "8" (indicative of region 8—Westchester County). The "0" in 907W is indicative of Region 10 or 11—New York City and Long Island, respectively.

[edit] Exit list

Location	Exit #	Mile	Road	Notes
New York City		0.00	Bruckner Interchange. Road continues south as Interstate 678.
	SPEED LIMIT 50
	1		Bruckner Boulevard (west) to Cross Bronx Expressway and Bruckner Expressway
	Westchester Creek Service Area
	2		East Tremont Avenue, Westchester Avenue
	3	1.93	Bronx and Pelham Parkway
	4A	2.36	New England Thruway (south) at Exit 9	Southbound exit only.
	4B		Baychester Avenue	Southbound exit only.
	Hutchinson River Parkway Bridge
	5	3.35	Orchard Beach Road
	6	4.29	New England Thruway (north) at Exit 14	Northbound exit only.
Pelham Manor	7	4.74	U.S. Route 1 (Boston Post Road)
	8		Sandford Boulevard	Access to/from south only.
Pelham	9	5.47	Wolfs Lane	Access to/from north only
	10		East Third Street	Southbound exit only.
Pelham/Mount Vernon line	12	6.39	East Lincoln Avenue
	13	6.77	Cross County Parkway at Exit 9	Northbound exit only.
	14	7.21	Hutchinson Boulevard (southbound) Pelhamdale Avenue, Eastchester Road (northbound)
Eastchester	15		Cross County Parkway at eastern terminus	Southbound exit only.
SPEED LIMIT 55 Northbound / SPEED LIMIT 50 Southbound
New Rochelle	16		Webster Avenue	Access to/from north; entrance only southbound.
	17	9.21	North Avenue	Access to/from north only.
	18		Mill Road	Access to/from south only.
	19		Wilmot Road	Southbound exit only.
Scarsdale	20	11.23	Route 125 (Weaver Street)	Access to/from south only.
	21			Access to/from north only.
	22	12.25	Mamaroneck Road
Harrison/White Plains line	23	13.19	Mamaroneck Avenue
	Mamaroneck River Service Area
	25	14.77	Route 127 (North Street)
Harrison	26	15.89	Cross Westchester Expressway at Exit 9
	26A	16.19	I-684 at Exit 1	Access to/from north only.
	27	16.60	Route 120 (Purchase Street)
	28	17.43	Lincoln Avenue
Rye Brook	29	18.15	Ridge Stteet
	30	18.72	Route 120A (King Street)	Signed as Exit 27 on the Merritt Parkway, as the Connecticut did not update their exit numbers when New York added exits.
SPEED LIMIT 55
Connecticut state line. Route continues north as Merritt Parkway.

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

[edit] References

1. ^ Hutchinson River Parkway at NYCRoads.com