Bruckner Expressway

Not to be confused with Buckner Boulevard.

Interstate 95 marker Interstate 278 marker

Bruckner Expressway

Map of Bruckner Expressway

Map of the Bronx in New York City with Bruckner Expressway highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT
Length: 7.02 mi[1] (11.30 km)
Component
highways:
I-278 from Port Morris to Throggs Neck
I-95 from Throggs Neck to Pelham Bay Park
Major junctions
South end: I-87 in Port Morris
  I-895 in Hunts Point
Bronx River Parkway in Soundview
I-295 / I-678 / Hutchinson River Parkway in Throggs Neck
North end: Pelham Parkway in Pelham Bay Park
Highway system

The Bruckner Expressway is a freeway in the borough of the Bronx in New York City. It carries Interstate 278 (I-278) and I-95 (and formerly I-878) from the Triborough Bridge to the south end of the New England Thruway at the Pelham Parkway interchange. The highway follows a mostly northeast–southwest alignment through the southern portion of the borough, loosely paralleling the course of the East River. It connects to several major freeways including the Bronx River Parkway, and at the Bruckner Interchange, it connects to the Cross Bronx Expressway, the Whitestone Expressway, and the Hutchinson River Parkway.

Route description

Northern part

The expressway begins at the northern approach to the Triborough Bridge, where I-278 meets the southern end of I-87, here known as the Major Deegan Expressway. It heads to the northeast as an elevated highway, carrying the I-278 designation through the South Bronx. After 2 miles (3.2 km), the Bruckner Expressway meets the short Sheridan Expressway (I-895) and turns eastward to cross the Bronx River into the Soundview neighborhood. Here, the highway connects to the Bronx River Parkway at an interchange one block north of that road's official southern terminus. The Bruckner Expressway remains I-278 into the adjacent neighborhood of Castle Hill, where I-278 enters the west half of the complicated Bruckner Interchange and I-95 transitions from the Cross Bronx Expressway to the Bruckner.

In the east half of the junction, located on the opposite bank of Westchester Creek in Throggs Neck, the Bruckner Expressway (now designated I-95) intersects the Hutchinson River Parkway, I-295, and I-678. I-295 proceeds southeast from the Bruckner Interchange as the Cross Bronx Expressway Extension, while the Hutchinson Parkway and I-678 head to the north and south, respectively. The Bruckner eventually makes a turn to the north as well, connecting with I-695 in the process. The Hutchinson and the Bruckner follow mostly parallel alignments to Pelham Bay Park, where the Bruckner Expressway ends at an interchange with the Pelham Parkway. I-95 continues north from this point as the New England Thruway.

History

The Bruckner Expressway was a project envisioned by developer Robert Moses, who steered the Bruckner through the Soundview section of the Bronx, further decimating the neighborhood Moses had uprooted with his 15-year construction of the Cross Bronx Expressway, which was completed in 1963. The Bruckner Expressway opened in 1973, making it one of the last roads of the New York City Expressway system to be built. It is named in honor of former Bronx Borough President and Congressman, Henry Bruckner (1871–1942), and was built on and over the roadway of Bruckner Boulevard.[2]

Unlike the Cross Bronx Expressway, which cut through the existing street grid, the Bruckner Expressway was built along the Bruckner Boulevard alignment (except at its western end, where the Bruckner Expressway and Major Deegan Expressway meet). Between the Sheridan Expressway and the eastern end of the Bruckner Expressway, the Bruckner Boulevard is the service road, except at the Bruckner Interchange, where Bruckner Boulevard passes underneath the flying junction. West of the Sheridan Expressway, Bruckner Boulevard is underneath the expressway, and extends past the expressway's western terminus for about 0.5 miles (0.80 km), ending under the Third Avenue Bridge.

Exit list

The entire route is in the New York City borough of The Bronx.

Locationmi[1][3]kmOld exitNew exitDestinationsNotes
Port Morris0.000.00 I-278 west (Robert F. Kennedy Bridge) Manhattan, Queens, Randalls IslandTolled bridge
4447 I-87 north (Major Deegan Expressway) to Third Avenue Bridge AlbanySouth end of I-87
0.600.974548East 138th StreetNo westbound entrance
Hunts Point1.502.414649 I-895 north (Sheridan Expressway) to East 177th StreetEastbound exit and westbound entrance; south end of I-895
1.903.0650Hunts Point Avenue Hunts Point MarketWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
Bronx River2.003.22Drawbridge
Soundview2.203.5451Bronx River AvenueWestbound exit only
2.30–
2.70
3.70–
4.35
5152 Bronx River Parkway north White PlainsNo westbound exit; exit 2 on Bronx Parkway
3.00–
3.50
4.83–
5.63
5253White Plains Road / Castle Hill Avenue
Throggs Neck3.60–
4.00
5.79–
6.44
54 I-295 south (Throgs Neck Bridge) / I-678 south (Whitestone Bridge) / Hutchinson River Parkway north / Bruckner Boulevard / Zerega AvenueBruckner Interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance; south end of Hutch Parkway; north end of I-678
4.507.246A I-678 south (Hutchinson River Expressway) Whitestone BridgeWestbound exit only; exit 19 on I-678
4.737.616B I-95 south (Cross Bronx Expressway) George Washington BridgeRoute transition from I-278 to I-95
Schuylerville5.408.697A I-695 south to I-295 south (Throgs Neck Bridge) Long IslandSouthbound exit and northbound entrance
5.508.857BEast Tremont AvenueSouthbound exit only
Country Club5.60–
6.00
9.01–
9.66
7CCountry Club Road Pelham Bay ParkNorthbound exit and entrance
6.00–
6.60
9.66–
10.62
8AWestchester AvenueNo northbound exit
Pelham Bay Park6.50–
7.02
10.46–
11.30
8BOrchard Beach, City IslandVia Shore Road
8C Pelham Parkway westEast end of Pelham Parkway
I-95 north (New England Thruway) New HavenContinuation beyond Pelham Parkway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

Route map: Bing / Google

  1. 1 2 "2010 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. July 25, 2011. pp. 151, 205. Retrieved February 6, 2012.
  2. "Henry Bruckner, Lawyer, Son of Bronx President". The New York Times. August 3, 1970. p. 31. Retrieved April 4, 2010.
  3. Google (January 9, 2016). "Bruckner Expressway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
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