PARKWAYS IN NEW YORK STATE

The '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 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.

Contents

State parkways

In mainland New York

In New York City

On Long Island

County and local parkways

In mainland New York

On Long Island

References

External links

State parkways

In mainland New York

★ Bear Mountain State Parkway (1932)

★ Bronx River Parkway (1908)

★ Cross County Parkway

★ Hutchinson River Parkway

★ Lake Ontario State Parkway

★ Palisades Interstate Parkway

★ Robert Moses State Parkway

★ Saw Mill River Parkway (1954)

★ Sprain Brook Parkway

★ Taconic State Parkway

In New York City

★ Belt Parkway (1941)

★ Cross Island Parkway (1940)

★ Grand Central Parkway (1936)

★ Henry Hudson Parkway (1937)

On Long Island

★ Bay Parkway

★ Bethpage State Parkway

★ Heckscher State Parkway (1959)

★ Loop Parkway

★ Meadowbrook State Parkway (1932)

★ Northern State Parkway (1965)

★ Ocean Parkway

★ Robert Moses Causeway

★ Sagtikos State Parkway (1952)

★ Southern State Parkway (1949)

★ Sunken Meadow State Parkway (1957)

★ Wantagh State Parkway (1929)

County and local parkways

In mainland New York

★ Central Westchester Parkway

★ Lake Welch Parkway

★ Long Mountain Parkway

★ Playland Parkway

On Long Island

★ Vanderbilt Parkway/Long Island Motor Parkway

★ William Floyd Parkway

References

1. nycroads.com Bronx River Parkway
2. nycroads.com Long Island Motor Parkway

External links

Official NYSDOT site