New England Thruway

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New England Thruway
Maintained by New York State Thruway Authority
Length: 15 mi (24 km)
Formed: 1951
South end: Bruckner Expy in the Bronx
Pelham Parkway
Major
junctions:		 Hutchinson Parkway in the Bronx
Interstate 287 in Rye
North end: I-95/Connecticut Turnpike at the Connecticut state line

The New England Thruway is a portion of the U.S. Interstate highway system and of the New York State Thruway, within and operated by the state of New York, and linking New York City with New England, specifically with southwestern Connecticut. This 15.3-mile (24.6 km) stretch of highway was built in the 1950s and connects with the Connecticut Turnpike.

The thruway was first recommended by Robert Moses in 1940. Construction began in 1951, but not until 1956-1957 did major work progress. By 1950, the NET was taken over and renamed the New York State Thruway. In 1956, the NET was designated as an Interstate and became part of I-95. Construction lasted until 1961.

Rehabilitaion work was done in the 1980s, involving new roadways, bridges and renumbering of exits. The last work done was completed in 1999.

The southern end of this stretch of road is the northern end on Interstate 95 of the Bruckner Expressway (visible as a change of signage but not of route or construction) in the Pelham Bay area in the eastern Bronx. It proceeds from the Bronx through the Westchester County municipalities of Pelham Manor, Pelham, New Rochelle, Larchmont, Mamaroneck, Harrison, Rye, and Port Chester, to its northern end at the Connecticut state line.

It is also known as the New England portion of the New York State Thruway. The New England Thruway does not actually go through any part of New England.

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The New England Thruway begins at milepost 8.49 of Interstate 95 in New York. The eastern terminus at the Connecticut state line is located at milepost 23.50.[1]

County Location Mile[2] # Destinations Notes
New Old
Bronx Pelham Bay Park 0.00 I-95 continues south as the Bruckner Expressway and then as the Cross Bronx Expressway.
0.23 8B Orchard Beach/City Island Eastern extension of the Pelham Parkway.
8C 1 Pelham Parkway west
Baychester 0.55 9 2 Hutchinson Parkway north Southbound: exit only.
0.65 10 2 Gun Hill Road Northbound: exit only. Southbound: entrance only.
1.11 11 3 Bartow Avenue/Co-op City Boulevard
Co-op City 1.61 12 4 Baychester Avenue Northbound: exit only. Southbound: entrance only.
Eastchester 2.37 13 5 Conner Street/Baychester Avenue To NY 22.
Pelham Bay Park 2.96 14 6 Hutchinson Parkway south - Whitestone Bridge Southbound: exit only. Northbound: entrance only.
Westchester New Rochelle 4.63 15 7 US 1 - New Rochelle/The Pelhams
6.04 16 8 North Avenue/Cedar Street - New Rochelle
6.94 New Rochelle Toll Barrier (northbound only) ($1.50 cash, $1.13 EZPass)
7.24 17 9 Chatsworth Avenue - Larchmont Northbound: exit only. Southbound: entrance only.
Mamaroneck 10.04 18A-B 10 Fenimore Avenue/Mamaroneck Road - Mamaroneck, White Plains
Rye 12.48 19 11 Playland Parkway - Rye, Harrison
13.71 20 12 US 1 south - Rye Northbound: exit only. Southbound: entrance only.
21 12 I-287 west/ US 1 north - White Plains, Tappan Zee Bridge
14.11 22 13 Midland Avenue - Port Chester, Rye Southbound: exit is part of exit 21.
Port Chester 15.01 Connecticut state line at the Byram River.
I-95 continues into Connecticut as the Connecticut Turnpike.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ New York Routes - Interstate 95 Junction List
  2. ^ NYSTA Interchange Listing with Mileposts

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