Bruckner Expressway

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The Bruckner Expressway is a freeway in The Bronx. It carries Interstate 278 and Interstate 95 (and formerly Interstate 878) from the Triborough Bridge to the south end of the New England Thruway at the Pelham Parkway interchange.

The expressway is elevated from the Triborough Bridge. It crosses the Bronx and Hutchinson River Rivers to the complicated Bruckner Interchange with Interstate 95/I-295 (Cross-Bronx Expressway) and the Hutchinson River Parkway (partly Interstate 678). From there it uses I-95.

The Bruckner Expressway, a project envisioned by master developer Robert Moses, opened in the early 1970's, 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 the former Bruckner Boulevard.

[edit] Major junctions

• Triborough Bridge (I-278) and Major Deegan Expressway (I-87) (begin I-278 concurrency)
• Sheridan Expressway (I-895 formerly I-278) (former end I-278 concurrency; former begin I-878)
• Bruckner Interchange:
  • End I-278 north
  • Former end I-878 east
  • Cross Bronx Expressway west (I-95)
  • Hutchinson River Parkway south (I-678 Bronx-Whitestone Bridge)
  • Hutchinson River Parkway north
  • Cross Bronx Expressway east (I-295 (NY) to Throgs Neck Bridge)
  • Begin I-95 north concurrency
• Throgs Neck Expressway (I-695 (NY) officially I-295 (NY) to Throgs Neck Bridge)
• New England Thruway (I-95) and Pelham Parkway (end I-95 concurrency)