New York State Route 1A
Route map:
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| Length | 17.84 mi (28.71 km) | |
| Existed | December 1934[1]–c. 1962[2][3] | |
| Major junctions | ||
| South end |  NY 27 in Manhattan | |
| North end |  US 1 in Pelham Manor | |
| Location | ||
| Country | Bronx, Westchester | |
| Highway system | ||
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New York State Route 1A (NY 1A) was a north–south
limited-access highways, specifically the Bruckner Expressway and the Hutchinson River Parkway
.
The route was among those created when routes were first marked in New York City in 1934. At the time, NY 1A ran from the Holland Tunnel to US 1 and the
one-way couplets
. The designation was eliminated in the early 1960s.
Route description
NY 1A began in the vicinity of the
Lafayette Street. The highway continued to follow Houston Street until a junction with Second Avenue, the south end of another one-way couplet. While NY 1A southbound followed Second Avenue, the northbound direction proceeded east along Houston Street for another block to reach First Avenue. North of Houston Street, the couplet ran on a linear northeast–southwest alignment across Manhattan's east side, paralleling NY 22 to the west and FDR Drive to the east.[2]
The one-way pair continued on First and Second avenues to the
Bruckner Boulevard, with the Third Avenue Bridge making the connection via Lincoln Avenue and 135th Street. Bruckner Boulevard carried only NY 1A southbound from Lincoln Avenue to Willis Avenue, where NY 1A north left the latter street to join the southbound route. Now a unified route once again, NY 1A followed Bruckner Boulevard northeast through the southernmost part of the South Bronx to the Bronx River, where the surface street merged into the Bruckner Expressway.[2]
From here, NY 1A was routed along
limited-access highways for the remainder of its length. It followed the Bruckner Expressway east to the Bruckner Interchange, where the route turned north onto the Hutchinson River Parkway. NY 1A proceeded along the parkway through the eastern part of the Bronx and Pelham Bay Park to Westchester County, where it ended at an interchange with US 1 just north of the New York City line in the village of Pelham Manor. NY 1A would end on the off-ramp to US 1 (now exit 7 on the Hutchinson River Parkway), while the Hutchinson River Parkway continued northeast through Westchester County toward the Connecticut state line.[2]
History
New York City did not have posted routes until mid-December 1934.Bronx and Pelham Parkway, using the following streets:[1]
- Varick Street)
- Houston Streetfrom Sixth Avenue (and Varick Street) to Second Avenue
- Second Avenue from Houston Street north to 23rd Street
- 23rd Street from Second Avenue east to First Avenue
- First Avenue from 23rd Street north to the Willis Avenue Bridge
- Bruckner Boulevard) from the Willis Avenue Bridge northeast to West Farms Road
- West Farms Road from Southern Boulevard to Boston Road
- Bronx and Pelham Parkway
In December 1937, the
The Willis Avenue Bridge became one-way northbound on August 5, 1941, and the
122nd Street to return to First Avenue.[11] A direct connection from Southern Boulevard to the Third Avenue Bridge was later built.[citation needed] On June 4, 1951, First and Second Avenues were made into a one-way pair north of Houston Street, moving northbound NY 1A south of 23rd Street and southbound NY 1A between 23rd Street and 122nd Street.[12] The NY 1A designation was completely removed c. 1962.[2][3]
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi | km | Exit[2] | Destinations[2] | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Manhattan | 0.00 | 0.00 | NY 27 (Canal Street) | Southern terminus | |||
| 0.93 | 1.50 |  Lafayette Street ) | Southern terminus of NY 22 and NY 100 | ||||
| 2.96 | 4.76 |   To NY 24 via 34th Street | |||||
 NY 25 (Queensboro Bridge) | Southbound intersection only | ||||||
| Harlem River | 7.55 | 12.15 | Willis Avenue Bridge | ||||
Triborough Bridge ) | |||||||
| South end of freeway section | |||||||
| 11.34 | 18.25 |  Bronx River Parkway | |||||
| 11.74 | 18.89 | White Plains Road | |||||
| 13.18 | 21.21 | 1 |    overlap | ||||
| 13.94 | 22.43 | 2 | Tremont Avenue / Westchester Avenue | ||||
| 15.33 | 24.67 | 3 |  Pelham Parkway | ||||
| 15.69 | 25.25 | 4 | New England Thruway) / NY 164 | ||||
| 16.54 | 26.62 | 5 | Pelham Bay Park | ||||
| 17.42 | 28.03 | 6 |  New England Thruway ) | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
| Westchester | Pelham Manor | 17.84 | 28.71 | 7 |  US 1 (Boston Post Road) / Hutchinson River Parkway north | Northern terminus; northern terminus of NY 1A / Hutchinson River Parkway overlap | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
- U.S. Route 1 Business (now Route 139), which continued NY 1A back to its parent in Jersey City, New Jersey
References
- ^ a b c "Mark Ways in the City". The New York Times. December 16, 1934. p. XX12.
- ^ H.M. Gousha Company. Sunoco. 1961.
- ^ a b New York with Sight-Seeing Guide (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1962.
- ^ "Through Routes Mapped". The New York Times. March 20, 1932.
- ^ "Routes Through New York City". The New York Times. November 12, 1933.
- ^ a b Anderson, Steve. "Hutchinson River Parkway". NYCRoads. Retrieved December 3, 2009.
- ^ Thibodeau, William A. (1938). The ALA Green Book (1938–39 ed.). Automobile Legal Association.
- Gulf Oil Company. 1940.
- ^ New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1940.
- State of New York Department of Public Works.
- ^ "One-Way Bridges to Ease Traffic". The New York Times. August 4, 1941.
- ^ Ingraham, Joseph C. (June 5, 1951). "Autos Speeded 15% on 1st and 2d Aves". The New York Times.
External links
KML is from Wikidata
- New York State Route 1A at New York Routes