Cross County Parkway

Cross County Parkway
Map of Westchester County in southeastern New York with Cross County Parkway highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT
Length:	4.46 mi[1] (7.18 km)
Existed:	1947 – present
Major junctions
West end:	Saw Mill River Parkway in Yonkers
	I-87 / New York Thruway in Yonkers Bronx River Parkway in Yonkers NY 22 in Mount Vernon
East end:	Hutchinson River Parkway in Eastchester
Location
Counties:	Westchester
Highway system
Numbered highways in New York Interstate U.S. N.Y. (former) Reference County

The Cross County Parkway (CCP) is a 4.46-mile (7.18 km) long parkway in Westchester County, New York, in the United States. The parkway is a critical east–west connection throughout Westchester, having full interchanges with every major north–south highway in southern Westchester with the exception of the New England Thruway. Among its junctions, it has access to the New York State Thruway mainline. The western terminus is at the Saw Mill River Parkway in Yonkers. The eastern terminus is at the Hutchinson River Parkway in Eastchester.

As evident from stubs and oversized overpasses, it appears that there were plans to expand the Parkway west from exit 3 and east from exit 9, respectively.^[2] World War II had slowed this idea until it was shelved. The CCP is the only parkway in New York state that has Express and Local lanes. The parkway is designated New York State Route 907K (NY 907K), an unsigned reference route.

Route description

The Cross County Parkway looking east from the Murray Avenue bridge in Yonkers

The Cross County Parkway begins at an interchange with the Saw Mill River Parkway (exit 4A) in the city of Yonkers. (Going westbound this is designated exit 2 for the Cross County). After crossing an abandoned railroad grade, the parkway enters exit 3, a small interchange with Yonkers Avenue. The six-lane roadway crosses through southeast Yonkers, making a gradual bend from the northeast to the southeast before crossing into an interchange with the New York State Thruway (I-87) and NY 100. In this interchange, designated as exits 4S and 4N, eastbound are accessed by separate ramps on frontage roads. Just east of the Thruway, the Cross County passes north of Cross County Shopping Center and the frontage roads service exit 5, which connects to Kimball Avenue and Midland Avenue.^[3]

Cross County Parkway signage in Yonkers

Continuing east through Yonkers, the Cross County Parkway enters an interchange with the Bronx River Parkway just south of the fork from the Sprain Brook Parkway. In the center of this interchange, consisting of several flyover ramps, is the Fleetwood Metro-North Railroad station on the Harlem Line. Now in Mount Vernon, the parkway enters an urbanized part of the city before winding southeast into the Chester Heights section, where it enters exit 8 for NY 22 (North Columbus Avenue). Just east of exit 8, the Cross County has a ramp for exit 9, which connects the parkway to the southbound lanes of the Hutchinson River Parkway at the latter's exit 13. At this interchange, the Cross County Parkway turns northward, paralleling a park in Chester Heights and entering exit 10, a small interchange with New Rochelle Road.^[3]

Now in Eastchester, the Cross County Parkway continues north as a six-lane parkway before crossing under a flyover ramp for the Hutchinson River Parkway southbound and merging into the parkway northbound.^[3]

History

The Cross County Parkway was originally built as an east–west link between the Saw Mill, Bronx River, and Hutchinson River Parkways. Construction began in 1929, and the highway was initially a 40-foot (12 m)-wide undivided roadway that could accommodate four lanes of automobile traffic (two in each direction). The parkway had a toll barrier in Fleetwood, which was removed in the early 1950s. The reconstruction of the Cross County Parkway was begun in 1964; however, the project was not completed until 1984^[4][5] The parkway is now a multi-lane highway with express and local lanes. In conjunction with the renovation of the Cross County Shopping Center, exit 5 westbound and exit 5 eastbound of the Cross County Parkway underwent major reconstruction during 2010 and 2011. The two exit ramps were widened and improved with new traffic lights and signage. In addition, traffic can now proceed directly from the eastbound parkway into the shopping center.

Cross County Parkway was originally intended to connect to the Rye Playland Parkway.^[6] However this proposal was stalled by the Great Depression and Second World War, and finally cancelled in the 1970s.

Exit list

The entire route is in Westchester County.

Location	mi[1]	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Yonkers	0.00	0.00	–	Saw Mill River Parkway south	Southern terminus; exit 4A (Saw Mill River Parkway)
	0.00	0.00	1	Rumsey Road	Westbound exit only
	0.00	0.00	2	Saw Mill River Parkway north	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	0.13	0.21	3	Yonkers Avenue
	West end of local/express lane division
	1.00	1.61	4	I-87 (Central Park Avenue) / New York Thruway to NY 100	Signed as exits 4S (south) and 4N (north); all but eastbound exit 4N access via local lanes; exit 4 (I-87/NYST)
			5	Kimball Avenue / Midland Avenue	Exit accessible only from local lanes
	East end of local/express lane division (westbound)
	1.78	2.86	6	Bronx River Parkway	Eastbound exit accessible only from local lanes; the westbound onramp merges into the local lanes after the split; exit 11 (Bronx River Parkway)
Mount Vernon			7	West Broad Street / Gramatan Avenue	Eastbound exit and entrance; accessible only from local lanes
	East end of local/express lane division (eastbound)
	2.88	4.63	8	NY 22 (North Columbus Avenue)
	3.09	4.97	9	Hutchinson River Parkway south	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
			10	New Rochelle Road	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
Eastchester	4.46	7.18	–	Hutchinson River Parkway north	Eastern terminus; exit 15 (Hutchinson River Parkway)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access

See also

• New York Roads portal

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cross County Parkway.

• Cross County Parkway at Alps' Roads • New York State Highway Termini