Bruckner Expressway

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
Numbered highways in New York Interstate U.S. N.Y. (former) Reference County

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.

Location	mi[1][3]	km	Old exit	New exit	Destinations	Notes
Port Morris	0.00	0.00	–	–	I-278 west (Robert F. Kennedy Bridge) – Manhattan, Queens, Randalls Island	Tolled bridge
			44	47	I-87 north (Major Deegan Expressway) to Third Avenue Bridge – Albany	South end of I-87
	0.60	0.97	45	48	East 138th Street	No westbound entrance
Hunts Point	1.50	2.41	46	49	I-895 north (Sheridan Expressway) to East 177th Street	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; south end of I-895
	1.90	3.06	–	50	Hunts Point Avenue – Hunts Point Market	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Bronx River	2.00	3.22	Drawbridge
Soundview	2.20	3.54	–	51	Bronx River Avenue	Westbound exit only
	2.30– 2.70	3.70– 4.35	51	52	Bronx River Parkway north – White Plains	No westbound exit; exit 2 on Bronx Parkway
	3.00– 3.50	4.83– 5.63	52	53	White Plains Road / Castle Hill Avenue
Throggs Neck	3.60– 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 Avenue	Bruckner Interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance; south end of Hutch Parkway; north end of I-678
	4.50	7.24		6A	I-678 south (Hutchinson River Expressway) – Whitestone Bridge	Westbound exit only; exit 19 on I-678
	4.73	7.61	–	6B	I-95 south (Cross Bronx Expressway) – George Washington Bridge	Route transition from I-278 to I-95
Schuylerville	5.40	8.69		7A	I-695 south to I-295 south (Throgs Neck Bridge) – Long Island	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	5.50	8.85		7B	East Tremont Avenue	Southbound exit only
Country Club	5.60– 6.00	9.01– 9.66		7C	Country Club Road – Pelham Bay Park	Northbound exit and entrance
	6.00– 6.60	9.66– 10.62		8A	Westchester Avenue	No northbound exit
Pelham Bay Park	6.50– 7.02	10.46– 11.30		8B	Orchard Beach, City Island	Via Shore Road
				8C	Pelham Parkway west	East end of Pelham Parkway
				–	I-95 north (New England Thruway) – New Haven	Continuation beyond Pelham Parkway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access       Tolled       Route transition

See also

• New York Roads portal

References

Route map: Bing / Google

1. "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.