Interstate 487

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Interstate 487 was a proposed intrastate Interstate Highway in New York that was to run from The Bronx to Beacon. After much resident opposition, the highway was cancelled in the 1960s.

[edit] History

Interstate 487, named the "Hudson River Expressway", was an idea dating back to the 1920's. The Hudson River Expressway was originally planned as a parkway, but the $55 million price tag for a 30-mile stretch of road cancelled the idea.

As early as 1936, plans of an expressway began to arise:

• In 1936, the Regional Plan Assocation proposed an expressway from The Bronx to Albany. This route would parallel US-9 but was cancelled by World War II.
• The New York State Department of Public Works (now the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) proposed a 30-mile long expressway in 1952. This route would begin at Interstate 87/I-287 interchange in Tarrytown and end at I-84 in Beacon.

Then, in May, 1965, Governor Rockerfeller introduced the "Hudson River Expressway", a 30-mile long expressway on the east side of the Hudson River from Interstate 87 (Major Deegan Expressway in The Bronx to I-84 in Beacon. It's parent route, I-87, led to the I-487 designation. However, resident opposition led Rockerfeller to cancel the section between The Bronx and Tarrytown in August of the same year. Two years later, the Peekskill-Beacon section was also cancelled, leaving only the 10.4 mile section between Ossining and Tarrytown to remain. This section of roadway, once designated NY-399, is now the Croton Expressway (US-9).

A 69-mile "West Dutchess Expressway" from Peekskill to Tarrytown was proposed in the 1970s using the I-487 designation, but was denied.

	edit Auxiliary routes of Interstate 87
	Current and Future (F)	Former
	New Jersey/New York
		New York
	New York
		New York
	New York

[edit] Links

Croton Expressway and I-487 at nycroads.com