Bx35 (New York City bus)

The 167th Street Crosstown Line, operated by the Third Avenue Railway, ran from Broadway and 181st Street (the George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal did not exist at the time) east along it across the Washington Bridge, south on Edward L. Grant Highway, east along 167th Street, north on Webster Avenue, east along 168th Street, north on Franklin Avenue, east on 169th Street, continuing as it merges into 167th Street, and northeast along Westchester Avenue until terminating at the Whitlock Avenue station.The line ran under the designation "X167", with X being used as a prefix for the Third Avenue Railway's crosstown routes.{{cite web | title=NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, June 1946 | website=tundria.com | url=http://www.tundria.com/trams/USA/New_York-1946.shtml | access-date=September 11, 2024 | archive-date=November 10, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110000245/http://www.tundria.com/trams/USA/New_York-1946.shtml | url-status=live }}

The Bx35 begins at the George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal in Washington Heights, Manhattan, and uses West 179th Street, Fort Washington Avenue, and West 178th Street to access Wadsworth Avenue, while buses accessing the George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal use West 179th Street. It then continues on Wadsworth Avenue until it turns to West 181st Street, and follows the same route as the streetcar line, using exclusive bus lanes in the median of Edward L. Grant Highway. However, it deviates from the streetcar route at West Farms Road, continuing northeast along the street until reaching Jennings Street, where it terminates. Westbound buses run west on Jennings Street and south on Bryant Avenue before following the eastbound route back to GWB Bus Terminal. Select westbound buses short-turn at University Avenue & West 174th Street.

The Bx35 replaced 167th Street Crosstown Line streetcars on July 10, 1948, albeit slightly truncated to Westchester Avenue-East 167th Street.{{Cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1948/07/09/86748014.html?pageNumber=21|date=July 9, 1948|work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=September 12, 2024 | title=Buses Replace More Trolleys}}{{cite web | title=Bronx, New York Bus System Map 1974 | website=wardmaps.com | url=https://wardmaps.com/collections/new-york-transit-maps/products/bronx-new-york-bus-system-map-1974 | access-date=September 11, 2024}} Residents of a nearby building protested having the route use Bryant Avenue (as 167th Street is one-way westbound between Bryant and Westchester Avenues) and believed the diesel fumes would create public health hazard for the immediate community. The Surface Transportation Company said they would consider an alternate terminus the Bx35 could use.{{Cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1948/07/14/84538981.html?pageNumber=25|title=Irate Parents Blockade Street in Bronx To Prevent 167th St. Buses From Using It|date=July 14, 1948|work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=September 11, 2024|archive-date=August 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801085719/http://www.nytimes.com/1974/06/20/archives/2-boroughs-buses-get-new-numbers-route-jumblie-ends-july-1-in.html|url-status=live}} On September 15, 1990, it was rerouted to serve West Farms Road-Southern Boulevard.{{cite web|title=Bronx bus map: MTA, New York City Transit [ca.1996]|website=mapcollections.brooklynhistory.org|url=https://mapcollections.brooklynhistory.org/map/bronx-bus-map-mta-new-york-city-transit/|access-date=September 11, 2024}} On September 1, 2019, the route was converted to use articulated buses, alongside service decreases since they have higher capacity than standard buses.{{cite web|date=July 22, 2019 |title=Transit and Bus Committee Meeting July 2019 |url=http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/190722_1000_Transit.pdf|access-date=September 11, 2024 |website=mta.info}} In 2017, the MTA released its Fast Forward Plan, aimed at speeding up mass transit services.{{Cite web|title=Fast Forward: The Plan to Modernize New York City Transitt|url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5afef986c3c16a2dc6705929/t/5b072571f950b7a5e621a4ff/1527194994914/Fast+Forward+Plan_05-24-2018_3.15PM.pdf|access-date=September 11, 2024|website=MTA|language=en}} As part of it, a draft plan for the reorganization of Bronx bus routes was proposed in draft format in June 2019, with a final version published in October 2019.{{cite web|url=https://new.mta.info/sites/default/files/2019-06/410_19_BBNR%20Existing%20Report_Final_2019_v2.pdf|title=Draft Plan, Bronx Bus Network Redesign|date=December 2019|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=September 11, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://new.mta.info/document/11321|title=Final Plan, Bronx Bus Network Redesign|date=December 2019|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=September 11, 2024|archive-date=October 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028234204/https://new.mta.info/document/11321|url-status=live}} The plan included rerouting service to West Farms Road and Jennings Street to replace a rerouted Bx11, which would be rerouted via East 174th Street to Parkchester to replace a rerouted Bx36, which would be streamlined along Tremont Avenue.{{cite web|url=https://ny.curbed.com/2019/10/22/20926765/mta-nyc-bus-bronx-redesign-transportation|title=MTA's Bronx bus redesign will chop 400 stops and add new routes|last=Spivack|first=Caroline|date=October 22, 2019|website=Curbed NY|access-date=|archive-date=November 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128135053/https://ny.curbed.com/2019/10/22/20926765/mta-nyc-bus-bronx-redesign-transportation|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://abc7ny.com/5638098/|title=MTA releases final Bronx bus system overhaul proposal|date=October 22, 2019|website=ABC7 New York|access-date=September 11, 2024|archive-date=January 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101030034/https://abc7ny.com/5638098/|url-status=live}} Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, the changes were halted for over a year.{{cite web | last=Duggan | first=Kevin | title=MTA revives borough bus network redesigns, starting with the Bronx – Bronx Times | website=Bronx Times | date=August 19, 2021 | url=https://www.bxtimes.com/mta-revives-borough-bus-network-redesigns-starting-with-the-bronx/ | access-date=September 11, 2024 | archive-date=April 8, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408133051/https://www.bxtimes.com/mta-revives-borough-bus-network-redesigns-starting-with-the-bronx/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | title=NYC officials announce ambitious plan to expand MTA bus service | website=ABC7 New York | date=August 16, 2021 | url=https://abc7ny.com/10955225/ | access-date=September 11, 2024 | archive-date=September 4, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904021530/https://abc7ny.com/10955225/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Duggan | first=Kevin | title=MTA sets June date for Bronx bus redesign rollout | website=amNewYork | date=February 20, 2022 | url=https://www.amny.com/transit/mta-sets-june-date-bronx-bus-redesign-rollout/ | access-date=September 11, 2024 | archive-date=February 24, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224023527/https://www.amny.com/transit/mta-sets-june-date-bronx-bus-redesign-rollout/ | url-status=live }} The modification took place on June 26, 2022.{{cite web | last=Duggan | first=Kevin | title=What to know about the Bronx bus redesign | website=AMNewYork | date=June 26, 2022 | url=https://www.amny.com/news/what-to-know-about-the-bronx-bus-redesign/ | access-date=September 11, 2024 | archive-date=June 27, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627011649/https://www.amny.com/news/what-to-know-about-the-bronx-bus-redesign/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | title=MTA launches redesigned bus network in the Bronx | website=CBS News | date=June 26, 2022 | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/mta-launches-redesigned-bronx-bus-network/ | access-date=September 11, 2024 | archive-date=June 27, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627004806/https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/mta-launches-redesigned-bronx-bus-network/ | url-status=live }}

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