Gun Hill Road (road)
I-95 in Baychester | |
East end | Hutchinson River Parkway in Baychester |
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Gun Hill Road is a major thoroughfare in the
Street description from west to east
The west end of Gun Hill Road is at
As the road and enters
History
During the
In 1941, the New York City Planning Department proposed the Gun Hill Crosstown Highway as an upgrade, but nothing happened with this plan.[3] In the mid-1960s, the Tri-State Transportation Commission proposed a new route just a mile north of Gun Hill Road called the City Line Expressway; this plan also did not advance.[3]
Transportation
Commuter rail
The Williams Bridge station, a former New York Central Railroad station, now serves the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line. It is located near the intersection with Bronx River Parkway.[4]
Subway
There are two New York City Subway stations on Gun Hill Road:[5][4][6]
- Gun Hill Road on the IRT White Plains Road Line at White Plains Road, serving the 2 and 5 trains. The Third Avenue EL train (8) served the now abandoned lower level of this station.[5]
Bus
Several buses travel on Gun Hill Road. The primary routes that traverse the corridor are the
Major intersections
The entire route is in the
Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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Norwood | 0.0 | 0.0 | Mosholu Parkway to Henry Hudson Parkway / Saw Mill River Parkway / Van Cortland Park South | Partial interchange; continues west as Van Cortland Park South | |
0.3 | 0.48 | Jerome Avenue | |||
0.9 | 1.4 | Webster Avenue | |||
Sound View Park | Exit 9 on Bronx Parkway | ||||
Olinville | 1.2 | 1.9 | White Plains Road | ||
Williamsbridge | 1.9 | 3.1 | US 1 (Boston Road) | ||
Trenton, NJ | Exit 10 on I-95 | ||||
3.5 | 5.6 | Whitestone Bridge, Queens | Exit 4S on Hutchinson Parkway; continues east as Stillwell Avenue | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Google (July 3, 2018). "Gun Hill Road" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
- OCLC 10696584.
- ^ a b Steve Anderson (2007). "NY-164 - City Line Expressway". NYCRoads.com. Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2007-11-06.
- ^ a b c "Bronx Bus Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 2018. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Williamsbridge and Co-op City" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2018.