Hutchinson River Parkway

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Hutchinson River Parkway
Reference Route 907W/908A
Length:	18.78 mi[1] (30.22 km)
Formed:	1940[citation needed]
South end:	Bruckner Interchange in Throgs Neck
Major junctions:	I-95 in Baychester I-95 in Eastchester Cross County Pkwy in Mount Vernon I-287 in Harrison
North end:	CT 15/Merritt Pkwy/NY 120A in Greenwich, CT
Counties:	Bronx, Westchester
Numbered highways in New York < NY 1B US 2 > Interstate - U.S. - N.Y. - Reference

The Hutchinson River Parkway (also known as The Hutch) is an 18.78-mile (30.22 km) long parkway in downstate New York. The southern terminus is at the massive Bruckner Interchange in the Throgs Neck section of the Bronx, where the roadway continues south as the Whitestone Expressway (I-678). The northern terminus is at the New York/Connecticut state line at Rye Brook, where the parkway continues into Greenwich, Connecticut as the Merritt Parkway.

Contents 1 Route description 2 History 3 Exit list 4 References

[edit] Route description

The Hutchinson River Parkway begins at the Bruckner Interchange in the Bronx. The Hutchinson goes north, interchanging with Interstate 95 and Interstate 278 at Exit 1. The Hutchinson passes to the west of St. Raymond's Cemetery before interchanging with East Tremont and Westchester Avenues at Exit 2. The Hutchinson enters Pelham Bay Park and interchanges with the Pelham Parkway at Exits 3E and 3W. Interstate 95, which was parallelling the Hutchinson for some time, interchanges at Exits 4A and B along with Baychester Avenue. The Hutchinson re-enters Pelham Bay Park and interchanges with Orchard Beach Road.

The Hutchinson River Parkway interchanges with Interstate 95 once more before leaving Pelham Bay Park. U.S. Route 1 (Boston Post Road) interchanges at Exit 7 in Westchester.

A bikeway parallels the Parkway from Bruckner Interchange to Pelham Bay Parkway.

The road is designated New York State Reference Route 908A within the Bronx and Reference Route 907W within Westchester County. Both designations are unsigned reference routes. The parkway, and the river that gives the road its name, are named after Anne Hutchinson.

Like the Bronx River Parkway, the reference route designation of the Hutch in Westchester County violates the numbering scheme used by NYSDOT. The second digit of a reference route designation typically indicates its region. While other reference routes in the county carry a second digit of "8", as Westchester County is located in region 8, the "0" in 907W is indicative of Regions 10 and 11, containing Long Island and New York City, respectively.

[edit] History

Between 1941 and 1946, The Hutchinson River Parkway was designated New York State Route 1X.^[2]

Originally, the parkway was built and designated all the way to the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge. However, the original parkway designs did not allow for commercial traffic. When the bridge was designated I-678, the section between the Bruckner Interchange and the Bronx Whitestone Bridge had to be converted to Interstate Highway standards. Once that was completed, that section was assigned the I-678 designation and renamed part of the Whitestone Expressway.^{[citation needed]}

The claim has been made, most notably in Robert Caro's biography, The Power Broker, that master builder Robert Moses deliberately designed the parkways to have low bridges to prevent low income families from traveling by bus to destinations outside of New York City.^[3]

Originally, there was a toll located between exits 7 and 8. The toll was removed on October 31, 1994 as part of a major reconstruction project.^[2]

Communities
New York City Pelham Pelham Manor Eastchester Wykagyl New Rochelle Scarsdale Larchmont Mamaroneck Mamaroneck Harrison White Plains Rye Brook

[edit] Exit list

County	Location	Mile[1]	#	Destinations	Notes
Bronx	New York City	Hutchinson River Parkway southbound becomes Interstate 678.
		0.00	1	Bruckner Boulevard west to I-95 (Cross Bronx Expressway) / I-278 (Bruckner Expressway)	Bruckner Interchange.
			2	East Tremont Avenue/Westchester Avenue
		1.93	3	Pelham Parkway
		2.36	4A	I-95 south (New England Thruway)	Exit 9 (I-95). Southbound exit only.
			4B	Baychester Avenue	Southbound exit only.
		3.35	5	Orchard Beach Road
		4.29	6	I-95 north (New England Thruway)	Exit 14 (I-95). Northbound exit only.
Westchester	Pelham Manor	4.74	7	US 1 (Boston Post Road)
			8	Sandford Boulevard	Southbound exit and entrance.
	Pelham	5.47	9	Wolfs Lane	Northbound exit and entrance.
			10	East Third Street	Southbound exit only.
	Pelham/ Mount Vernon	6.39	12	East Lincoln Avenue
		6.77	13	Cross County Parkway west	Exit 9 (Cross County Parkway). Northbound exit, southbound entrance.
		7.21	14	Hutchinson Boulevard (south) Pelhamdale Avenue/Eastchester Road (north)
	Eastchester		15	Cross County Parkway west	Eastern terminus of Cross County Parkway. Southbound exit, northbound entrance.
	New Rochelle (Wykagyl)		16	Webster Avenue	Northbound exit and entrance, southbound entrance.
		9.21	17	North Avenue	Northbound exit and entrance.
			18	Mill Road	Southbound exit and entrance.
			19	Wilmot Road	Southbound exit, northbound entrance.
				Pinebrook Boulevard	Southbound entrance.
	New Rochelle/ Scarsdale	11.23	20	NY 125 (Weaver Street)	Southbound exit and entrance.
			21		Northbound exit and entrance.
	Scarsdale	12.25	22	Mamaroneck Road
	White Plains/ Harrison	13.19	23S-N	Mamaroneck Avenue
		14.77	25	NY 127 (North Street)
	Harrison	15.89	26	I-287 (Cross Westchester Expressway)	Exit 9 (I-287).
		16.19	26A	I-684 north	Exit 1 (I-684). Northbound exit only.
		16.60	27	NY 120 (Purchase Street)
		17.43	28	Lincoln Avenue
	Rye Brook	18.15	29	Ridge Street
		18.72	30	NY 120A (King Street)	Signed as exit 27 on the Merritt Parkway.
		18.78	New York/Connecticut state line. Hutchinson River Parkway northbound becomes the Merritt Parkway.

[edit] References

v • d • e Parkways in New York City 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

v • d • e Westchester County Parkways North-South Parkways: Briarcliff-Peekskill, Bronx River, Central Westchester, Farragut, Hutchinson River, Saw Mill River, Sprain Brook, Taconic State East-West Parkways: Bear Mt. State, Cross County, Playland