Cross County Parkway

Cross County Parkway
Route information
Length:	4.46 mi[1] (7.18 km)
Existed:	1947[citation needed] – present
Major junctions
West end:	Saw Mill Parkway in Yonkers
	I-87 / 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 looking east from the Murray Avenue bridge in Yonkers

The Cross County Parkway is a 4.46-mile (7.18 km) long parkway in Westchester County, New York. The parkway is a critical east–west connection throughout Westchester, having full interchanges with every major north–south parkway in southern Westchester, in addition 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 interchange 3 and east from interchange 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, an unsigned reference route.

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, and the project was not finally completed until 1984. 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 2010-2011. The two exit ramps were improved with widening, new traffic lights, and new signage. Traffic can now flow smoothly from the parkway into the shopping center.

Route description

The parkway begins in Yonkers at exit 4 of the Saw Mill River Parkway. A short distance after, the roadway divides into local and express lanes before forming an intricate interchange with the New York State Thruway(I-87) and NY 100 near the Cross County Mall. At exit 6, the Cross County interchanges with the Bronx River Parkway near Bronxville, after which the local and express lanes end and merge together. At exit 8, the parkway meets NY 22 as North Columbus Avenue before coming to exit 9, a connector to the southbound Hutchinson River Parkway. The Cross County curves sharply northward to parallel the Hutchinson before merging with the northbound lanes of "The Hutch".

History

Cross County Parkway was originally intended to connect to the Rye Playland Parkway. 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	Mile[1]	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Yonkers			Saw Mill Parkway south	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		1	Rumsey Road	Westbound exit only
	0.00	2	Saw Mill Parkway north	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	0.13	3	Yonkers Avenue
	Western terminus of local/express lane division
	1.00	4S-N	I-87 (Central Park Avenue) / Thruway to NY 100	All but exit 4N eastbound is accessible only from local lanes; exit 4N eastbound accessible only from express lanes
		5	Kimball Avenue / Midland Avenue	Exit accessible only from local lanes
	Eastern terminus of local/express lane division (westbound)
	1.78	6	Bronx River Parkway	Eastbound exit accessible only from local lanes; the westbound onramp merges into the local lanes after the split
Mount Vernon		7	West Broad Street / Gramatan Avenue	Eastbound exit and entrance; accessible only from local lanes
	Eastern terminus of local/express lane division (eastbound)
	2.88	8	NY 22 (North Columbus Avenue)
	3.09	9	Hutchinson River Parkway south	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		10	New Rochelle Road	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
Eastchester	4.46		Hutchinson River Parkway north	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

New York Roads portal