Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive

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FDR Drive is a major freeway-standard parkway on the east side of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It runs along the East River from the Battery Park Underpass under Battery Park (north of which it is the South Street Viaduct for a bit) north to the Triborough Bridge (where it becomes Harlem River Drive).

It was originally named East River Drive, and was renamed after Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Its New York State Reference Route is 907L. It is referred to by locals as simply "The FDR". In the 1980s, chunks of the elevated road falling to the ground led to the joke that "FDR" stood for "Falling Down Roadway".^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Exit list

#	Destinations	Notes
	Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, West Street (New York State Route 9A; Interstate 478)	southbound exit and northbound entrance
1	Battery Park; Staten Island Ferry	southbound exit and northbound entrance
1	South Street	northbound exit and southbound entrance
2	Brooklyn Bridge; Manhattan Civic Center
3	South Street - Manhattan Bridge	southbound exit and northbound entrance
4	Grand Street - Williamsburg Bridge
5	Houston Street - Holland Tunnel
6	East 15th Street	southbound exit and entrance
7	East 20th Street; East 23rd Street
	East 30th Street	southbound entrance only
8	Interstate 495 - East 34th Street; Midtown Tunnel	no northbound entrance
9	East 42nd Street	northbound exit only
10	East 49th Street	southbound exit and northbound entrance
11	East 53rd Street	southbound exit only
12	New York State Route 25 - East 61st Street; East 63rd Street; Queensboro Bridge
13	East 71st Street	southbound exit and entrance
	East 79th Street	southbound entrance only
14	East 96th Street
15	East 106th Street	southbound exit and entrance
16	East 116th Street	southbound exit and entrance
17	Interstate 278 - Triboro Bridge; Bruckner Expressway; Grand Central Parkway (New York State Route 900G)
18	Willis Avenue Bridge to Interstate 87 - Deegan Expressway	no southbound exit
19	East 125th Street; Second Avenue
	Harlem River Drive north - George Washington Bridge (New York State Route 907P)	northbound exit and southbound entrance

[edit] External links

• nycroads.com - FDR Drive

edit New York City parkways
Manhattan	FDR East River Drive - Harlem River Drive - Henry Hudson
The Bronx	Bronx River - Henry Hudson - Hutchinson River - Mosholu - Pelham
Brooklyn-Queens	Belt Parkway system: Cross Island - Laurelton - Shore - Southern Others: Grand Central - Jackie Robinson (Interborough) Former: Gowanus - Whitestone - Long Island Motor Parkway
Staten Island	Korean War Veterans (Richmond) Former: Willowbrook Proposed: Wolfe's Pond

edit Major Avenues of Manhattan
To the west York Avenue	Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive	To the east (varies by location)East River
WSH (12) | Riverside | 11 (West End) | 10 (Amsterdam) | Dyer | 9 | 8 or CPW | 7 | 6 or Lenox | 5 | Madison | Park (4) | Lexington | 3 | 2 | 1 | A or York | B or East End | C | D | FDR