Interstate 487

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Interstate 487
Deleted route of the Interstate Highway System

Existed:

– 1960s

Numbered highways in New York
< NY 481	NY 488 >
< NY 397		NY 400 >
Interstate - U.S. - N.Y. - Reference

Interstate 487 was a proposed intrastate Interstate Highway in New York that was to run from The Bronx to Beacon. After much resident opposition, the highway was cancelled in the 1960s^{[citation needed]}.

[edit] History

Interstate 487, named the "Hudson River Expressway", was an idea dating back to the 1920's. The Hudson River Expressway was originally planned as a parkway, but the $55 million price tag for a 30-mile stretch of road cancelled the idea^{[citation needed]}.In 1936, the Regional Plan Association proposed an expressway from The Bronx to Albany. This route would parallel US-9 but was cancelled by World War II. The New York State Department of Public Works (now the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) proposed a 30-mile long expressway in 1952. This route would begin at Interstate 87/I-287 interchange in Tarrytown and end at I-84 in Beacon^{[citation needed]}.

Then, in May, 1965, Governor Rockefeller introduced the "Hudson River Expressway", a 30-mile long expressway on the east side of the Hudson River from Interstate 87 (Major Deegan Expressway in The Bronx to I-84 in Beacon. Its parent route, I-87, led to the I-487 designation. However, resident opposition led Rockefeller to cancel the section between The Bronx and Tarrytown in August of the same year. Two years later, the Peekskill-Beacon section was also cancelled, leaving only the 10.4 mile section between Ossining and Tarrytown to remain. This section of roadway, once designated New York State Route 399, is now the Croton Expressway (US-9).

A 69-mile "West Dutchess Expressway" from Poughkeepsie to Tarrytown was proposed in the 1970s using the I-487 designation, but was denied.