Harlem River Drive
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| Harlem River Drive |
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| Reference Route 907P | |||||||||
| Length: | 4.2 mi[1] (6.76 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1964 | ||||||||
| South end: |  FDR Drive near 125th Street / Triborough Bridge exit |
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| Major junctions: |
 I-278 at the Triborough Bridge  Trans-Manhattan at the Alexander Hamilton Bridge |
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| North end: | Dyckman Street and 10th Avenue | ||||||||
| Counties: | New York | ||||||||
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The Harlem River Drive is a major freeway-standard parkway on the east side of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It runs along the Harlem River from the Triborough Bridge to the George Washington Bridge and points further north in Manhattan. In 2003, the New York State Department of Transportation re-designated the parkway as the "369th Harlem Hellfighters Drive," in honor of the all-black regiment that fought to defend France during World War I.
The Drive originated as the Harlem River Speedway, which attracted horse owners. Genteel carriages were permitted, but not sulkies and drays in the initial years. Later, car drivers could could also race along the stretch of road. The dirt roadway stretched two and one-half miles from West 155th Street to West 208th Street.
Robert Moses envisioned the Harlem River Drive as a six-lane road linking the George Washington Bridge and the East River Drive (now the FDR Drive) north of East 125th Street. Traffic from the Triborough Bridge and the several Harlem River bridges joining the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx feed into the Drive. Sections of the old speedway in the path of the highway were incorporated into the new highway. Construction ended in 1964. The route as it stands today is unsigned New York State Reference Route 907P.
A four-lane viaduct rises from the Harlem River Drive to connect to both decks of the George Washington Bridge (via the Trans-Manhattan Expressway and to Amsterdam Avenue in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan. The Harlem River Drive continues north to the Inwood section of Manhattan, where it ends with connections to Tenth Avenue and Dyckman Street.
Starting at the beginning of the 21st century, the Manhattan Waterfront Greenway runs between the river and the drive, from 155th to Dyckman, in a portion of Highbridge Park which had been abandoned and fenced off approximately half a century.[2]
[edit] Exit list
The entire route is in Manhattan (New York County).
| Mile[1] | # | Destinations | Notes |
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| END NORTH FDR Drive BEGIN NORTH |
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| 0.00 | 17 | .svg/25px-I-278_(NY).svg.png){kind=small} I-278 - Triborough Bridge (Harlem River lift bridge) |
to The Bronx or Queens |
| Speed Limit 50 northbound, 40 southbound | |||
| 18 | Willis Avenue Bridge - Mott Haven, The Bronx | Northbound exit | |
| 19 | E 127th St / 1st Ave | Northbound exit | |
| 19 | E 128 St / 2nd Ave | Southbound exit | |
| 20 | Park Ave | Southbound exit | |
| 21 | E 135 St / Madison Ave Madison Avenue Bridge to The Bronx |
Northbound exit | |
| 22 | W 143 St / 5th Ave | Southbound exit | |
| 23 | Frederick Douglass Boulevard / E 155th St | Left exit; Northbound exit | |
| 23 | Harlem River Drive Service Road South | Southbound exit | |
| 24 | I-95 South to George Washington Bridge US 1 South - Trans-Manhattan Expressway To US 9 |
to New Jersey only; Northbound exit |
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| JCT | Dyckman St / 10th Ave | Northbound junction | |
END  Harlem River DriveExpressway ends |
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Harlem River Drive. Steve Anderson. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
- ^ Manhattan Waterfront Greenway, New York City Department of City Planning. Accessed November 10, 2007.
[edit] External links
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