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Sprain Brook Parkway

Sprain Brook Parkway

Sprain Brook Parkway marker

Sprain Brook Parkway
Route information
Length: 12.65 mi[1] (20.36 km)
Major junctions
South end: Bronx River Parkway in Yonkers
  I-287 in Elmsford
North end: Taconic Parkway in Hawthorne
Location
Counties: Westchester
Highway system

Numbered highways in New York
Interstate • U.S. • N.Y. (former) • Reference • County

The Sprain Brook Parkway is a 12.65-mile (20.36 km) long north–south parkway in Westchester County, New York. It is one of the newest and most modern parkways in Westchester County, adopting many ideas and improvements developed during decades of statewide highway construction. The southern terminus is at the Bronx River Parkway in Yonkers. The northern terminus is located at the Taconic State Parkway in Hawthorne. All of the Sprain Brook is designated New York State Route 987F, an unsigned reference route, by NYSDOT.

The parkway forms the eastern edge of the Sprain Ridge Park in Yonkers, giving the parkway its name.

Contents

Route description

The Sprain Brook Parkway begins at the Bronx River Parkway on the west bank of the Bronx River in Yonkers. About midway between its termini, the Sprain Brook Parkway splits around the Grassy Sprain Reservoir, with northbound traffic traveling on the east side and southbound traffic on the west. The parkway interchanges with multiple Westchester County arterials, including Interstate 287, before terminating at the Taconic State Parkway just south of where the Taconic interchanges with the Saw Mill River Parkway.

History

The Sprain Brook and Taconic Parkways were built as completely separate highways, and at the time of building, the southern section of the Taconic kept its name, but few signs still show the name today (it is usually signed as the northern part of the Bronx River Parkway nowadays).[citation needed] The original plan was to connect to the Saw Mill River Parkway, but in 1980, the Sprain was connected to the Taconic instead, making the two appear to be one highway.[citation needed]

Exit list

The entire route is in Westchester County. All exits are unnumbered.

Location Mile[1] Exit Destinations Notes
Yonkers 0.00 Bronx River Parkway Southbound exit and northbound entrance
0.88 NY 100 (Central Park Avenue) – Yonkers Exit to northbound NY 100 from northbound parkway and exit to southbound NY 100 from southbound parkway
1.33 Tuckahoe Road – Yonkers Separate exits for Tuckahoe Road eastbound and westbound
Greenburgh 4.00 Jackson Avenue – Greenburgh, Yonkers
7.60 NY 100B – Greenburgh
Elmsford 8.91 I-287 No access to I-287 west from southbound parkway
Greenburgh 10.39 NY 100C - Eastview Entrances from westbound and eastbound NY 100C to southbound parkway
Mount Pleasant 11.20 NY 100 north / Hospital Road - Hawthorne Northbound exit and southbound entrance
11.57 NY 100 - Hawthorne No northbound exit
Hawthorne 12.65 Taconic State Parkway Northbound exit and southbound entrance
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b "2007 Traffic Data Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. July 25, 2008. https://www.nysdot.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/NYSDOT_Traffic_Data_Report_2007.pdf. Retrieved July 17, 2009. 

External links

v · d · eParkways in Westchester County, New York
North–south parkways
Briarcliff–Peekskill • Bronx River • Central Westchester • Farragut • Hutchinson River • Saw Mill River • Sprain Brook • Taconic
East–west parkways

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