Bruckner Expressway

File:2024-06-18 10 55 38 View west along Interstate 278 (Bruckner Expressway) from the pedestrian overpass at Stratford Avenue in the Bronx, New York City, New York.jpg

The expressway begins at the northern approach to the Triborough Bridge, where I-278 meets the southern end of I-87, here known as the Major Deegan Expressway. It heads to the northeast as an elevated highway, carrying the I-278 designation through the South Bronx. After {{convert|2|mi}}, the Bruckner Expressway meets NY 895 (Sheridan Boulevard) and turns eastward to cross the Bronx River into the Soundview neighborhood. Here, the highway connects to the Bronx River Parkway at an interchange one block north of that road's official southern terminus. The Bruckner Expressway remains I-278 into the adjacent neighborhood of Castle Hill, where I-278 enters the west half of the complicated Bruckner Interchange and I-95 transitions from the Cross Bronx Expressway to the Bruckner.

File:2024-06-18 12 30 58 View south along Interstate 95 (Bruckner Expressway) from the pedestrian overpass at Pelham Bay Park station in the Bronx, New York City, New York.jpg]]

In the east half of the junction, located on the opposite bank of Westchester Creek in Throggs Neck, the Bruckner Expressway (now designated I-95) intersects the Hutchinson River Parkway, I-295, and I-678. I-295 proceeds southeast from the Bruckner Interchange as the Cross Bronx Expressway, while the Hutchinson Parkway and I-678 head to the north and south, respectively. The Bruckner eventually makes a turn to the north as well, connecting with I-695 in the process. The Hutchinson and the Bruckner follow mostly parallel alignments to Pelham Bay Park, where the Bruckner Expressway ends at an interchange with the Pelham Parkway. I-95 continues north from this point as the New England Thruway.

The Bruckner Expressway was a project envisioned by Robert Moses, who steered the Bruckner through the Soundview section of the Bronx, further altering the neighborhood after the 15-year construction of the Cross Bronx Expressway, which was completed in 1963. The Bruckner Expressway itself was completed in 1973, making it one of the last roads of the New York City Expressway system to be built. It is named in honor of former Bronx Borough President and Congressman, Henry Bruckner (1871–1942), and was built on and over the roadway of Bruckner Boulevard (originally called Eastern Boulevard).{{cite news |title=Henry Bruckner, Lawyer, Son of Bronx President |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/08/03/archives/henry-bruckner-lawyer-son-of-bronx-president.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 3, 1970 |page=31 |accessdate=April 4, 2010}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/about/history/historical-signs/listings?id=11398 |title=Bruckner Expressway |website=New York City Department of Parks and Recreation |access-date=July 27, 2023}}

Unlike the Cross Bronx Expressway, which cut through the existing street grid, the Bruckner Expressway was built along the Bruckner Boulevard alignment (except at its western end, where the Bruckner Expressway and Major Deegan Expressway meet). Between Sheridan Boulevard and the eastern end of the Bruckner Expressway, the Bruckner Boulevard is the service road, except at the Bruckner Interchange, where Bruckner Boulevard passes underneath the flying junction. West of Sheridan Boulevard, Bruckner Boulevard is underneath the expressway, and extends past the expressway's western terminus for about {{convert|0.5|mi}}, ending under the Third Avenue Bridge.

In 2019, the New York State Department of Transportation began a $1.1 billion project to rebuild parts of the Bruckner Expressway and improve traffic flow, which would reduce air and noise pollution. The project would rebuild the interchanges with both Sheridan Boulevard and Hunts Point Avenue, add a third lane in both directions of the Bruckner, and rebuild four bridges.{{cite web | url=https://www.newyorkconstructionreport.com/work-begins-on-second-phase-of-hunts-point-access-improvement-project | title=Work begins on second phase of Hunts Point access improvement project | New York Construction Report | date=29 March 2021 }}

The mileposts below follow actual signage, even though the route is continuous. {{NYinttop|old|borough=Bronx|length_ref={{cite web |url=https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/Traffic%20Volume%20Report%202010.pdf |title=2010 Traffic Volume Report for New York State |date=July 25, 2011 |pages=151, 205 |publisher=New York State Department of Transportation |accessdate=February 6, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927164825/https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/Traffic%20Volume%20Report%202010.pdf |archivedate=September 27, 2012 }}{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/40.8049792,-73.9110758/40.8603139,-73.8275256/@40.8374957,-73.9108557,12.61z/data=!4m9!4m8!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d-73.8252835!2d40.8387262!3s0x89c28b4463355441:0x1a1d16cc06cd0466!1m0!3e0 |access-date=January 9, 2016}}{{cite web |url=https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/HighwayInventory-BronxCounty-2016.zip |title=Bronx County Inventory Listing |date=August 7, 2015 |publisher=New York State Department of Transportation |format=CSV |accessdate=September 5, 2017 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124222204/https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/HighwayInventory-BronxCounty-2016.zip |archive-date=2020-01-24 }}}}

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|borough=Bronx

|location=Port Morris

|lspan=3

|mile=28.89

|mspan=2

|exit=–

|type=etc

|road={{jct|state=NY|I-Toll|278|dir1=west|name1=RFK Bridge|city1=Manhattan|city2=Queens|location3=Randalls Island}}

|notes=Continuation west; western end of I-278 concurrency

}}

{{NYCint|old

|mile=none

|old=44

|exit=47

|road={{jct|state=NY|I|87|dir1=north|name1=Major Deegan Expressway|city1=Albany}}

|notes=Southern terminus of I-87; former NY 1B

}}

{{NYCint|old

|mile=29.49

|old=45

|exit=48

|type=incomplete

|road=East 138th Street

|notes=Eastbound exit and entrance

}}

{{NYCint|old

|borough=Bronx

|location=Hunts Point

|lspan=3

|old=

|exit=48

|type=incomplete

|road=Leggett Avenue – Hunts Point Market

|notes=Westbound exit and entrance

}}

{{NYCint|old

|mile=30.78

|old=46

|exit=49

|type=incomplete

|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|895|dir1=north|name1=Sheridan Boulevard}} to East 177th Street

|notes=Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; southern terminus of NY 895; former I-895

}}

{{NYCint|old

|mile=31.18

|exit=50

|type=incomplete

|road=Tiffany Street

|notes=Westbound exit and eastbound entrance

}}

{{jctbridge|old

|location_special=Bronx River

|mile=

|bridge=Eastern Boulevard Drawbridge {{cite web | url=https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/infrastructure/bridges-bronx.shtml#eastern | title=NYC DOT - Movable Bridges in the Bronx }}

}}

{{NYCint|old

|borough=Bronx

|location=Soundview

|lspan=3

|mile=31.48

|exit=51

|type=incomplete

|road=Bronx River Avenue

|notes=Westbound exit only

}}

{{NYCint|old

|mile=31.58

|old=51

|exit=52

|type=incomplete

|road={{jct|state=NY|Parkway|Bronx River NYC|dir1=north|city1=White Plains}}

|notes=No westbound exit; exits 2E-W on Bronx River Parkway

}}

{{NYCint|old

|mile=32.35

|old=52

|exit=53

|road=White Plains Road / Castle Hill Avenue

}}

{{NYCint|old

|borough=Bronx

|location_special=Throggs Neck
(Bruckner Interchange)

|lspan=2

|exit=54

|type=incomplete

|road= {{jct|state=NY|I|295|dir1=south|I|678|dir2=south|Parkway|Hutchinson River|dir3=north|road|Zerega Avenue|location1=Throgs Neck Bridge|location2=Whitestone Bridge}}

|notes=Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; exit 12 on I-295; exit 19W on I-678; exit 1A on Hutchinson Parkway

}}

{{NYCint|old

|mile=33.62

|mile2=6.02

|line=yes

|exit=6B

|old=12

|type=concur

|road={{jct|state=NY|I|95|dir1=south|I|678|dir2=south|road|Bruckner Boulevard|location1=George Washington Bridge|location2=Whitestone Bridge}}
{{jct|state=NY|I|278|dir1=ends}}

|notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance; southern end of I-95 concurrency; eastern terminus of I-278

}}

{{NYCint|old

|borough=Bronx

|location=Schuylerville

|lspan=2

|mile=7.40

|mile2=7.70

|mspan=3

|exit=7A

|old=13

|type=incomplete

|road={{jct|state=NY|I|695|dir1=south|to2=to|I|295|dir2=south|location1=Throgs Neck Bridge|city1=Long Island}}

|notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance; northern terminus of I-695

}}

{{NYCint|old

|mile=none

|exit=7B

|old=14

|type=incomplete

|road=East Tremont Avenue

|notes=Southbound exit only

}}

{{NYCint|old

|borough=Bronx

|location=Country Club

|lspan=2

|mile=none

|exit=7C

|old=15

|type=incomplete

|road=Country Club Road – Pelham Bay Park

|notes=Northbound exit and entrance

}}

{{NYCint|old

|mile=8.40

|exit=8A

|old=16

|type=incomplete

|road=Westchester Avenue

|notes=No northbound exit

}}

{{NYCint|old

|borough=Bronx

|location=Pelham Bay Park

|lspan=2

|mile=8.66

|mspan=2

|exit=8

|old=17-18

|road= {{jct|state=NY|Parkway|Pelham|dir1=west|location1=Orchard Beach|location2=City Island}}

|notes=Signed as exits 8B (Orchard) and 8C (Pelham) southbound; access to Orchard Beach via Shore Road; former NY 1B

}}

{{NYCint|old

|mile=none

|type=concur

|exit=–

|road={{jct|state=NY|I|95|dir1=north|name1=New England Thruway|location1=New Haven}}

|notes=Continuation north; northern end of I-95 concurrency

}}

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