New York State Parkway System
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New York State Parkway System opened its first section in 1908 and was a series of high speed (25 Mph) four-lane roads that were created to provide a scenic way in to, out of, and around New York City. The parkway system is still in use today. Most of the early roads have been replaced and redesigned to address higher speed requirements and to increase capacity.
The parkway system introduced the concept of limited-access roads.[1] These highways were not divided and allowed no driveway cuts, but did have intersections for some of the streets they crossed. A small section of the privately financed Long Island Motor Parkway was the first limited-access road to begin operation as a toll road[citation needed] and the first highway to use bridges and overpasses to eliminate intersections.[2]
In later sections north of New York City, the road ways were typically divided by a wide landscaped median and provided service areas along the way that offered fuel and restrooms.[citation needed]
[edit] Parkways
- Bay Parkway
- Belt Parkway (1941)
- Bethpage State Parkway
- Bronx River Parkway (1908)
- Cross Island Parkway (1940)
- Grand Central Parkway (1936)
- Heckscher State Parkway (1959)
- Henry Hudson Parkway (1937)
- Hutchinson River Parkway
- Lake Ontario State Parkway
- Loop Parkway
- Meadowbrook State Parkway (1932)
- Northern State Parkway (1965)
- Ocean Parkway
- Playland Parkway
- Robert Moses State Parkway
- Sagtikos State Parkway (1952)
- Saw Mill River Parkway (1954)
- Southern State Parkway (1949)
- Sprain Brook Parkway
- Sunken Meadow State Parkway
- Taconic State Parkway
- Wantagh State Parkway (1929)
