Cross Island Parkway

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Cross Island Parkway
Reference Route 907A
Length:	10.6 mi[1] (17 km)
Formed:	1940
South end:	Southern Belt
Major junctions:	I-295 in Bayside Grand Central
North end:	I-678 in Whitestone
New York State Reference Routes

Cross Island Parkway, also known as the 100th Infantry Division Parkway, is a parkway within New York State. The parkway is a part of the Belt Parkway system that runs along the perimeter of the borough of Queens in New York City. The Cross Island Parkway runs 10.6 miles from the Whitestone Expressway (Interstate 678) in Whitestone past the Throgs Neck Bridge, along and across the border of Queens and Nassau County to meet up with the Southern State Parkway. The road is unsigned New York State Reference Route 907A.

The Cross Island Parkway is the main route to Belmont Park in Elmont, where the Belmont Stakes is run every June, marking the third and final leg of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.

Being a part of the "Belt System", its exit numbering is a continuation of the Belt Parkway, with exit numbers increasing north. At exit 25A (Southern State Parkway), the Cross Island Parkway becomes the Belt Parkway (more specifically, the section once known as the Laurelton Parkway). Before its exits were renumbered to align with the Belt Parkway, they were numbered to co-align with the Southern State Parkway, which is why that parkway begins with Exit 13 (the Cross Island Parkway was once Exits 1 to 12).

Driving southbound on Interstate 295 (New York) South on the Throgs Neck Bridge merging onto the Cross Island Parkway.

[edit] Exit list

Number		Municipality	Destinations	Notes
Now
		Queens	Begins at the eastern terminus of the Belt Parkway
25A	12A		Southern State Parkway Eastern Long Island	Southbound exit only
25B	12B		Linden Boulevard
26A	11A		Belmont Park	Northbound exit only
26B	11B		NY 24/Hempstead Turnpike/Hempstead Avenue
26C	11C		NY 24/Hempstead Turnpike/Hempstead Avenue
26D	11D	Nassau County	Belmont Park
27	10		NY 25/Jericho Turnpike/Braddock Avenue	Northbound exit only
27E	10E		NY 25/Jericho Turnpike East Mineola	Southbound exit only
27W	10W		NY 25/Braddock Avenue West Jamaica	Southbound exit only
28A	9A	Queens	NY 25B/Hillside Avenue
28B	9B		Union Turnpike
29E	8E		Grand Central Parkway East Northern State Parkway
29W	8W		Grand Central Parkway West LaGuardia Airport Interstate 278/Triborough Bridge
30E	7E		Interstate 495/Long Island Expressway East Eastern Long Island
30W	7W		Interstate 495/Long Island Expressway West Queens Midtown Tunnel—Manhattan	Southbound exit only
31E	6E		NY 25A/Northern Boulevard East
31W	6W		NY 25A/Northern Boulevard West
32	5		Bell Boulevard	Northbound exit only
33	4		Interstate 295/Clearview Expressway North Throgs Neck Bridge (Northbound Exit Only) Willets Point Boulevard TO Interstate 295/Clearview Expressway South Bell Boulevard (Southbound Exit Only)
34	3		Utopia Parkway
35	2		14th Avenue Francis Lewis Boulevard	Southbound exit only
36N	1N		Interstate 678/Bronx-Whitestone Bridge	Northbound exit only
36S	1S		Interstate 678/Whitestone Expressway South JFK International Airport	Northbound exit only
			End of Cross Island Parkway and merges with Interstate 678

[edit] External links

• Cross Island Parkway @ NYCROADS.com
• Cross Island Parkway @ Jeff's Parkway Site