Palisades Interstate Parkway

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Palisades Interstate Parkway
Length:	42 mi^{[citation needed]} (68 km)
Formed:	1947
South end:	I-95/US 1-9/46 in Fort Lee, NJ
Major junctions:	US 9W/NJ 67 in Fort Lee, NJ New York Thruway (I-87/I-287) in Nanuet, NY US 202 in Mount Ivy, NY US 6 in Bear Mountain State Park, NY
North end:	US 6/US 9W/US 202 at the Bear Mountain Bridge
System:	Palisades Interstate Park Commission

The Palisades Interstate Parkway (PIP) is a four-lane, 42 mile (68 kilometre) long, wooded highway, generally built to freeway standards, extending from the George Washington Bridge (I-95/US 1-9/US 46 and the end of NJ 4) at Fort Lee, New Jersey, to the Bear Mountain Bridge (US 9W and US 202) at Fort Montgomery, New York. The route is named for the New Jersey Palisades (a line of cliffs rising along the western side of the Hudson River), and is officially designated (but not signed) Route 445 in New Jersey and New York State Reference Route 987C.

A spur that splits from the main road near the south end provides local access ending at US 9W and NJ 67; it is officially designated (but not signed) Route 445S. Southbound, just beyond the split, is a local exit to CR 505; traffic that stays on past that point must use the George Washington Bridge. NJ 445S is the original alignment of the PIP; what is now the main route was built later. As with most parkways in the New York metropolitan area, commercial traffic is prohibited from using the PIP. Consequently, trucks using US 6, the Grand Army Highway, between the Bear Mountain Bridge and the town of Woodbury must take a ten-mile detour via US 9W and NY 293 around the four-mile stretch of US 6 that runs concurrently with the PIP and the Long Mountain Parkway.

The Parkway was planned by A. Kenneth Morgan, director of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission, starting in early 1940s; Morgan had been responsible for the design and operation of the 1939 New York World's Fair. The wooded appearance of the parkway mimics Connecticut's Merritt Parkway. The initial budget was $7 million, but World War II delayed its construction. The Parkway was built between 1947 and 1958 at a cost of $47 million to provide access to seventeen state parks and five historic sites of the Palisades Interstate Park region. The first section, from Bear Mountain to Mount Ivy, New York opened on November 30, 1953.

The parkway is now a major commuter route into New York City from Rockland and Orange counties in New York and Bergen County in New Jersey.

1 Exit List
2 See also
3 Sources
4 External links

[edit] Exit List

County	Location	#	Roads – Destinations	Notes
Bergen	Fort Lee		I-95/US 1-9 NORTH, George Washington Bridge – New York City, Long Island, New England	Begin/end parkway
		George Washington Bridge Toll Plaza – Southbound only
			Myrtle Avenue	Southbound exit
			I-95 (New Jersey Turnpike) SOUTH, I-80 (Bergen-Passaic Expressway) WEST, US 1-9 SOUTH, US 9W NORTH, US 46 WEST, NJ 4 WEST and NJ 67 SOUTH	Southbound left exit Fort Lee Spur (Route 445S)
	Englewood Cliffs	Englewood Cliffs Service Area
		Rockefeller Overlook – Northbound only
		1	CR 505, Palisade Avenue – Englewood Boat Basin
	Alpine	2	US 9W TO CR 502, Palisades Boulevard, Closter Dock Road
		Alpine Overlook – Northbound only
		3	US 9W, Palisades Boulevard	Left exit northbound, right exit southbound
		Stateline Overlook – Northbound only
		4	US 9W, Highland Avenue
New Jersey – New York state line
Rockland	Orangetown	Kings Ferry Service Area
	Tappan	5N-S	NY 303, Commonwealth Avenue – Orangeburg, Tappan
	Tappan	6E-W	CR 20, Orangeburg Road – Orangeburg, Pearl River
	Orangetown - Clarkstown town line	7	CR 42, Town Line Road – Nanuet
	Clarkstown	8E-W	NY 59, Nyack Turnpike – West Nyack, Nyack, Spring Valley, Suffern
		9E-W	I-87/I-287/New York State Thruway – Tappan Zee Bridge, New York City, Albany, Montreal	To I-287 Cross Westchester Expressway EAST – White Plains, Rye use Exit 9E
		10	CR 33, North Middletown Road – New City, Nanuet
	New Hempstead	11	CR 80, New Hempstead Road – New City, New Square
	Pomona	12	NY 45, Main Street – Pomona, New Square
	Ramapo - Haverstraw town line	13	US 202, Mount Ivy Road – Haverstraw, Suffern
	Stony Point	14	CR 98, Willow Grove Road – Letchworth Village
		15	CR 106, Stony Point Road – Stony Point, Lake Kanawauke	Formerly NY 210
		Entering/leaving Bear Mountain State Park Passenger cars only north of this point
		16	Lake Welch Parkway (987A)	Northbound left exit only
Orange	Highlands		Palisades Interstate Park Commission: Visitor Center	Left exit northbound and southbound
		17	Anthony Wayne Recreation Area
		18	US 6, Long Mountain Parkway, TO Seven Lakes Drive WEST
		19	Seven Lakes Drive EAST, TO Perkins Memorial Drive
			US 6/US 9W/US 202/Bear Mountain Bridge – Stony Point, Peekskill, Newburgh	Begin/end parkway