Henry Hudson Parkway

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The Henry Hudson Parkway begins at 72nd Street, which also serves as the north end of the West Side Highway and the last remaining section of the West Side Highway's predecessor, the Miller Highway. The junction is numbered as exit 9, continuing the numbering scheme used on the West Side Highway. It heads northward along the west side of Manhattan, connecting to West 79th Street with a large interchange and to other surface streets with more intermittent exits along the way. The parkway continues in a northerly direction, running almost parallel to Riverside Drive north of West 158th Street. It passes under the Trans-Manhattan Expressway (I-95 and U.S. 1) and the George Washington Bridge as it continues its progression through Fort Washington Park, Fort Tryon Park, and Inwood Hill Park. It then runs northward across the Henry Hudson Bridge into the Bronx.

Upon entering the Bronx, the parkway passes through Spuyten Duyvil and Riverdale as it continues northward, edging slightly to the northeast. Between exits 20 and 22, Riverdale Avenue is split into service roads along the parkway. At exit 23, NY 9A leaves the parkway for U.S. Route 9 (US 9) while the parkway enters Van Cortlandt Park. Soon after it enters the park, the parkway has an interchange with the Mosholu Parkway, which connects it to I-87. Half a mile later, the parkway becomes the Saw Mill River Parkway as it enters Westchester County.

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In March 1934, the New York State Legislature approved the Henry Hudson Parkway.{{cite news |date=March 22, 1934 |title=Marine Parkway Bill Is Passed by Assembly: Measure for Brooklyn-Queens Highway Goes to Governor |work=New York Herald Tribune |page=12 |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1114809693}} |postscript=none}}; {{cite web |date=March 22, 1934 |title=Rockaway Project Passes Assembly; Parkway Authority Bill Goes to Lehman – Senate Votes Hudson Drive Extension |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1934/03/22/archives/rockaway-project-passes-assembly-parkway-authority-bill-goes-to.html |access-date=October 2, 2024 |website=The New York Times}} Work on the parkway began in February 1935;{{cite web |date=February 26, 1935 |title=Hudson Parkway Begun; Highway to Link Riverside Drive and Sawmill River Road. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1935/02/26/archives/hudson-parkway-begun-highway-to-link-riverside-drive-and-sawmill.html |access-date=October 2, 2024 |website=The New York Times}} the project was funded by a $3.1 million bond issue.{{cite news |date=April 5, 1935 |title=Parkway Issue Of $3,100,000 Offered Today: Banking Group to Float Bonds for Riverside Drive Extension and Bridge |work=New York Herald Tribune |page=29 |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1221580105}} |postscript=none}}; {{cite web |date=April 3, 1935 |title=Gets Fund to Link Drive and Parkway; Moses Announces the Sale of $3,100,000 Bonds for Upper Riverside Extension. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1935/04/03/archives/gets-fund-to-link-drive-and-parkway-moses-announces-the-sale-of.html |access-date=October 2, 2024 |website=The New York Times}} The portion of the parkway north of Dyckman Street opened on December 12, 1936,{{cite news |date=December 13, 1936 |title=New Parkway Speeds Cars at 1,500 an Hour: Henry Hudson Link Saves 6 to 30 Minutes in Manhattan-Westchester Trip Bridge Toll On Tomorrow Shore Road Extension in Brooklyn Also Opened New Parkway Simplifies Manhattan-Westchester Drive |work=New York Herald Tribune |page=38 |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1222356419}} |postscript=none}}; {{cite web |date=December 12, 1936 |title=50 City Officials Tour New Parkway; Led by La Guardia, the Party Inspects Spuyten Duyvil Bridge That Opens Today. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1936/12/12/archives/50-city-officials-tour-new-parkway-led-by-la-guardia-the-party.html |access-date=October 2, 2024 |website=The New York Times}} and the portion south of the George Washington Bridge opened on October 10, 1937.{{cite news |last=Addonizio |first=Joseph F. |date=October 10, 1937 |title=Real Estate Market News and Comment of City and Metropolitan Area |work=New York Herald Tribune |page=D1 |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1223331841}} |postscript=none}}; {{cite web |date=October 10, 1937 |title=West Side Highway to Open; Huge $24,000,000 Project Gives City a Fast Traffic Outlet to North and Provides 210 Acres of Parks and Play Areas |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1937/10/10/archives/west-side-highway-to-open-huge-24000000-project-gives-city-a-fast.html |access-date=October 2, 2024 |website=The New York Times}} The section of Riverside Drive between the George Washington Bridge and Dyckman Street was incorporated into the northbound roadway of Henry Hudson Parkway.{{cite web |date=June 23, 1935 |title=West Side Plan Proceeds on a New Basis; A Greater Riverside Park Is Combined With a Motor Artery for the City |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1935/06/23/archives/west-side-plan-proceeds-on-a-new-basis-a-greater-riverside-park-is.html |access-date=October 2, 2024 |website=The New York Times}} A parallel southbound roadway for the Henry Hudson Parkway was built between these two points;{{cite web |last=Mathieu |first=George M. |date=December 26, 1937 |title=New Local Roads Open; Extension and Widening Of Important Links Aid Motorists |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1937/12/26/archives/new-local-roads-open-extension-and-widening-of-important-links-aid.html |access-date=October 2, 2024 |website=The New York Times}} it opened in January 1938.{{cite news |date=January 15, 1938 |title=Hudson Parkway Link To Be Opened Today |work=New York Herald Tribune |page=28 |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1242949417}} |postscript=none}}; {{cite web |date=January 16, 1938 |title=New Drive Opened Along West Side; Link in Scenic Henry Hudson Parkway Made Available for Southbound Traffic |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1938/01/16/archives/new-drive-opened-along-west-side-link-in-scenic-henry-hudson.html |access-date=October 2, 2024 |website=The New York Times}}

The parkway ultimately cost $109 million, twice as expensive as the $49 million Hoover Dam that was built in the same period. The Parkway was part of Robert Moses's "West Side Improvement" and included covering the New York Central Railroad's West Side Line, creating the Freedom Tunnel. The covered portion is partially used for the highway and also expands the Riverside Park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted.{{cite web |url=http://www.nycroads.com/roads/henry-hudson/ |title=Henry Hudson Parkway (NY 9A) |first=Steve |last=Anderson |work=NYCRoads |access-date=March 18, 2010}}

In the late 1940s, new breakdown lanes were constructed in order to improve safety. However, these were not constructed throughout the entire highway. In 1965, Moses proposed constructing a two-lane reversible roadway along the Henry Hudson Parkway between 59th Street and the George Washington Bridge for $160 million. Had the roadway been built, there would have been no intermediate exits.{{cite web |last=Ingraham |first=Joseph C. |date=November 22, 1965 |title=New West Side Highway Plan Provides for Reversible Lanes |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1965/11/22/archives/new-west-side-highway-plan-provides-for-reversible-lanes-moses.html |access-date=October 4, 2024 |website=The New York Times}}

As part of a $2.5 billion statewide bond issue in 1971, there was also a proposal to widen the Henry Hudson Parkway south of the George Washington Bridge to an eight-lane expressway in 1971. Local politicians opposed the proposal because it would require seizing parts of Riverside Park.{{cite web |last=Farrell |first=William E. |date=May 16, 1971 |title=Legislators Here Oppose Plan for 2 City Highways |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/05/16/archives/legislators-here-oppose-plan-for-2-city-highways.html |access-date=October 5, 2024 |website=The New York Times}} The widening was canceled after state legislators introduced an amendment to prevent the seizure of any parkland.{{cite web |last=Schumach |first=Murray |date=May 23, 1971 |title=Residents and Politicians at Riverside Rally Oppose Truck Route Into Park |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/05/23/archives/residents-and-politicians-at-riverside-rally-oppose-truck-route.html |access-date=October 5, 2024 |website=The New York Times}}

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On May 12, 2005, part of a retaining wall at Castle Village collapsed onto the northbound lanes of the parkway, just north of the George Washington Bridge, shutting it down shortly before rush hour. The clean-up began quickly, and the road re-opened on May 15.{{cite web|url=http://nyc.gov/html/dob/downloads/pdf/castle_village_report.pdf |title=Board of Inquiry Report – Castle Village Retaining Wall Collapse |date=April 2007 |publisher=New York City Department of Buildings |access-date=April 2, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524092522/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dob/downloads/pdf/castle_village_report.pdf |archive-date=May 24, 2011 }} The Henry Hudson Parkway is a candidate for designation as a New York State Scenic Byway, the first in New York City. At the request of the Henry Hudson Parkway Task Force, in 2005 the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council approved funding to develop a comprehensive corridor management plan, a requirement for its designation.

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20170617055413/http://henryhudsonparkway.org/ Background on the parkway's history and the scenic byway initiative]
• {{HAER |survey=NY-334 |id=ny2021 |title=Henry Hudson Parkway, Extending 11.2 miles from West 72nd Street to Bronx-Westchester border, New York, New York County, NY |photos=94 |data=220 |cap=9}}

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