| NYS Route 1A | ||||
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| Maintained by NYSDOT | ||||
| Length: | 17.84 mi[4][5][6] (28.71 km) | |||
| Existed: | December 1934[1] – ca. 1962[2][3] | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end: | NY 27 in Manhattan | |||
| North end: | US 1 in Pelham Manor | |||
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| Counties: | New York, Bronx, Westchester | |||
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New York State Route 1A (NY 1A) was a state highway in New York City, running from the Holland Tunnel to U.S. Route 1 (US 1). It existed from 1934, when routes were first marked in New York City, until the 1960s.
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New York City did not have posted routes until mid-December 1934.[1] Earlier plans, drawn up in 1932 and 1933 by the New York Automobile Club, took US 1 through the Holland Tunnel and north through the upper east side of Manhattan.[7][8] However, by 1934, the approaches to the George Washington Bridge were completed, and so US 1 was rerouted to use that bridge and cross through upper Manhattan. Route 1A was assigned to what had been planned as US 1 south of Fordham Road and the Bronx and Pelham Parkway, using the following streets:[1]
In December 1937, the Hutchinson River Parkway was extended southward from US 1 in Pelham Manor to Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx.[9] The new highway became part of NY 1A, which was rerouted through the Bronx to follow Bruckner Boulevard and Shore Road to Pelham Bay Park. From there, NY 1A followed the parkway north to a new terminus at US 1 just north of the city line.[10][11][12] A second southward extension of the parkway from Pelham Bay Park to NY 1A at the Bruckner Interchange opened in 1941. The new road was originally designated as NY 1X; however, the NY 1X designation was replaced with a rerouted NY 1A in 1946.[9][13]
The Willis Avenue Bridge became one-way northbound on August 5, 1941, and the Third Avenue Bridge became one-way southbound. Southbound Route 1A was thus rerouted along Lincoln Avenue, 135th Street and Third Avenue onto the bridge, and 128th Street, Second Avenue and 122nd Street to return to First Avenue.[14] (A direct connection from Southern Boulevard to the Third Avenue Bridge was later built.)
On June 4, 1951, First and Second Avenues were made into a one-way pair north of Houston Street, moving northbound Route 1A south of 23rd Street and southbound Route 1A between 23rd Street and 122nd Street.[15] The NY 1A designation was completely removed ca. 1962.[2][3]
| County | Location | Mile [4][5][6] |
Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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| New York | Manhattan | 0.00 | NY 27 (Canal Street) | ||
| 0.93 | NY 22 (Lafayette Street) | Southern terminus of NY 22 | |||
| 2.96 | To NY 24 via 34th Street | ||||
| NY 25 (Queensboro Bridge) | Southbound intersection only | ||||
| 7.55 | Triborough Bridge | ||||
| Bronx | The Bronx | 8.43 | I-87 (Major Deegan Expressway) / I-278 (Triborough Bridge) | ||
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| 11.34 | Bronx River Parkway | ||||
| 11.74 | White Plains Road | ||||
| 13.18 | 1 | I-95 (Cross Bronx Expressway) / NY 164 / Hutchinson River Parkway | Bruckner Interchange; southern terminus of NY 1A / Hutchinson River Parkway overlap | ||
| 13.94 | 2 | Tremont Avenue / Westchester Avenue | |||
| 15.33 | 3 | Pelham Parkway | |||
| 15.69 | 4 | I-95 (New England Thruway) / NY 164 | |||
| 16.54 | 5 | Pelham Bay Park | |||
| 17.42 | 6 | I-95 north (New England Thruway) | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| Westchester | Pelham Manor | 17.84 | 1 | US 1 (Boston Post Road) / Hutchinson River Parkway north | Northern terminus of NY 1A / Hutchinson River Parkway overlap |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||