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109-767: The Bronx River Parkway (sometimes abbreviated as the Bronx Parkway ) is a 19.12-mile (30.77 km) limited-access parkway in downstate New York in the United States. It is named for the nearby Bronx River , which it parallels. The southern terminus of the parkway is at Story Avenue near the Bruckner Expressway in the Bronx neighborhood of Soundview . The northern terminus is at Kensico Circle in North Castle , Westchester County , where

218-603: A "roller coaster-like" effect for drivers. During the 1960s and since then an entrance and exit on the northbound side between current exits 5 and 6 in the Bronx, and an associated U-turn from southbound to northbound, formerly open to general traffic, were reserved for official use by police and the Parks Dept. which maintains an office there. This was around the time other U-turns were being eliminated from various parkways in New York City. A gas station in

327-400: A 1% downgrade in the southbound direction, each of the layup tracks are equipped with a derail to protect the main line from a runaway train in the event a train placed on any one the storage tracks is not properly secured. 40°49′22″N 73°57′11″W  /  40.82278°N 73.95306°W  / 40.82278; -73.95306  ( 137th Street Yard ) The 239th Street Yard is

436-658: A 2.6-mile (4.2 km) segment of the parkway between Bronxville and the Bronx was closed to straighten and widen the road. During this reconstruction period, a new overpass was also built for the Cross County Parkway . In 1957, a half mile stretch of the Parkway between Woodland Viaduct in White Plains and the Scarsdale border was reconstructed to eliminate sharp dips and twists that purportedly provided

545-480: A block to the south. From 2012 to 2015, a realignment and bridge replacement project was carried out in Scarsdale. The Bronx River Parkway originally went beyond its northern terminus at Kensico Circle to NY Route 22 northbound. Today, the most obvious route through the circle leads motorists directly to and from the Taconic State Parkway , and the way to NY 22 northbound is considered to be

654-528: A car wash used by the entire A Division. The Westchester Yard was expanded between 1946 and 1949 and the scope of the project included a new signal tower, signal installations, and the elimination of the grade crossings between the yard and the Pelham Line north of the Westchester Square station. All of these projects would allow for sped up main line service and train movements in and out of

763-659: A county route by Westchester County. The parkway was documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in 2001. Drawings and photographs from the documentation project were made available through the Westchester County Archives , winning an award of excellence from the Lower Hudson Conference. Limited-access road The first implementation of limited-access roadways in the United States

872-549: A fairly recent addition to a complex network of roads. China's first expressway was built in 1988. Until 1993, very few expressways existed. The network is expanding rapidly after 2000. In 2011, 11,000 kilometres (6,800 mi) of expressways were added to the network. The Expressways of Pakistan are a network of multiple-lane, high-speed highways in Pakistan, which are owned, maintained and operated federally by Pakistan's National Highway Authority . They are one class lower than

981-608: A little spur off the circle. This spur from the Kensico Circle to NY 22 is unsigned CR 68 . Prior to heightened security measures enacted post-September 11 motorists could take the road that leads towards NY 22 and then drive across the top of the Kensico Dam and eventually re-connect with the Taconic State Parkway. An extension from the southern terminus in the Bronx into Soundview Park

1090-581: A maximum design speed of more than 60 km/h (37 mph), excluding pedestrian, bicycle, moped or tractor traffic. Oversized vehicles are banned. The construction of transregional Kraftfahrstraßen highways ( Autostraßen ) rank below the standard of German autobahns . With regard to the general German speed limits , on roads with lanes separated by a median or with a minimum of two marked lanes per direction, an advisory speed limit ( Richtgeschwindigkeit ) of 130 km/h (81 mph) applies. At-grade intersections are admissible, regulation at junctions

1199-554: A park, and the first highway where intersecting streets crossed over bridges. The Westchester section of the Bronx River Parkway first opened to traffic in 1922 and was completed in 1925. A new roadway in the New York City borough of the Bronx including an extension south of the former Botanical Gardens /Burke Avenue terminus opened in 1951. That extension diverges eastward from the river. From 1953 to 1955,

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1308-581: A quarter-mile (500 m) north of the county line, even though the station is in the Bronx and the Harlem Line enters Westchester north of it. Northound traffic has 10A, for Mount Vernon Avenue and Yonkers Avenue at the Mount Vernon West station three-quarters of a mile (1.21 km) to the north. Another southbound exit, 10B, serves Bronx River Road just to the north at its Mile Square Road and Winfred Avenue intersections. The park widens around

1417-850: A space that is not accessible to vehicles, the drivers may not drive on the lane opposite to them. In Croatia , the term brza cesta (lit. "fast road") is used to describe a motor vehicle-only road, usually grade-separated , without an emergency lane , with a speed limit of 110 km/h (68 mph), although it can be lowered, usually to 70 or 90 km/h (43 or 56 mph). They range from 2+2 lane dual carriageways with grade-separated intersections and 110 km/h (68 mph) speed limit ( D2 in Osijek ), four or six-lane urban streets with at-grade intersections with traffic lights ( D1 in Karlovac ) or two-lane single carriageways with grade-separated intersections ( D33 in Šibenik ). They are either

1526-610: A standalone state road ( D10 ) or a part of one (Southern Osijek bypass, D2 ). Some portions of motorways are expressways since they are either in construction ( A8 between Pazin and Matulji ) or designed as such ( A7 in Rijeka ). As a rule, the expressways are not tolled, however major tunnels on expressways are tolled. Expressways in the Czech Republic ( Czech : Silnice pro motorová vozidla , are defined as dual carriageways with smaller emergency lane. The speed limit

1635-511: A year. Formerly extending between 147th and 150th Streets, in the 1960s the yard was downsized from 26 acres to seven acres, which eliminated the repair shops and NYCT offices. The land was sold to a developer. Around that time, a public school building (currently housing Frederick Douglass Academy ) and the Esplanade Gardens apartment complex were constructed on pilotis above the formerly open-air yard. Two tracks were taken from

1744-461: Is 100 km/h (summertime) and 80 km/h (wintertime). On motorways the speed limits are 120 and 100 km/h respectively. Especially during winter the speed limits can be changed due to weather conditions. A Kraftfahrstrasse ( German for "motor-power road", also colloquially called Schnellstraße , literally "fast road") in Germany is any road with access limited to motor vehicles with

1853-594: Is 110 km/h (70 mph). Expressway road signs are white on blue. In Denmark , a 'motortrafikvej' ( Danish for "motor traffic road") is a high-speed highway with a speed limit between 80–90 km/h (50–56 mph). The most common 'motortrafikvej' has two lanes (1+1) or 2+1. There is no grade intersections. The signs for 'motortrafikvej' have white text on blue background. In Finland , highways are separated into three categories: all-access valtatie ("main road"), limited-access moottoriliikennetie ("motor traffic road") and finally moottoritie ("motorway");

1962-404: Is a public road, the beginning of which is indicated by the first signboard (F9) and the end by the second sign (F11). An important difference with an autosnelweg is that crossroads as well as traffic lights can be on an autoweg . In Belgium there is no specific speed regulation for an autoweg . Only motor vehicles and their trailers (with the exception of mopeds), agricultural vehicles and

2071-580: Is a thousand feet (300 m) to the north as the highway curves around downtown Bronxville to the east. Here, the road runs through the Armour Villa neighborhood until it runs under the Tuckahoe Road bridge. Almost a mile (1.6 km) separates it from the next exit, at Elm Street in Tuckahoe . The park continues to parallel the parkway, with paved bike paths and a large pond. A thousand feet to

2180-487: Is accessed via cross roads or frontage roads , while minor roads can cross at grade and farms can have direct access. This definition is also used by some states, some of which also restrict freeways only to motor vehicles capable of maintaining a certain speed. Some other states use "controlled access" to mean a higher standard than "limited access", while others reverse the two terms. While Australia 's larger capital cities feature controlled-access highway networks,

2289-619: Is an underground rail yard on the IND Culver Line that is used to store trains for G service. It is composed of four tracks directly under the four main line tracks above. This yard is directly connected through the line's Church Avenue station which is the southern terminus for G service. At least one of the yard's four tracks is in continuous use to reverse equipment to the opposite direction. There are two ramps between each local and express track south of Church Avenue station for access. Each track can hold one full-length train between

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2398-554: Is an underground rail yard on the IND Eighth Avenue Line that is used to store C trains. The yard has five tracks to the east of the two mainline passenger service tracks. The yard is located six blocks north of 168th Street and adjacent to 175th Street . The inner tracks at 168th Street lead towards the yard and are used by terminating C trains. This yard can hold only four trains of ten 60-foot cars or eight 75-foot cars and one four-car train of 60-foot cars among

2507-431: Is associated with the nearby East 180th Street Yard , and is used primarily as a lay-up facility for 2 and 5 trains. It is named after Unionport Road, which lies just east of the yard. There are no shop or wash facilities at this yard, which was expanded in the 1990s from five tracks to its present 19. All but one track ends at bumper blocks. The newly expanded yard became fully operational in 1997. The yard connects to

2616-643: Is between 50–70 km/h (31–43 mph) and in rural and desert areas between 90–110 km/h (56–68 mph). The term Expressway as used in English in Japan refers to both freeway -style highways and narrower, more winding, often undivided Regional High-Standard Highways 地域高規格道路 ( ちいきこうきかくどうろ ) . Both types of expressways have a combined length of 10,021 km (6,227 mi) as of April 2012. Limited-access roads in Malaysia usually, but not always, take

2725-636: Is designated unsigned County Route 9987 ( CR 9987 ). Most of the exits on the parkway, including the traffic light-controlled intersections in Westchester County, have interchange numbers. The term "Bronx River Parkway" originally referred to the Bronx River Reservation, New York's first linear park , of which the road is a portion, from the Bronx–Westchester county line to Kensico Dam Plaza. Current usage of

2834-570: Is home to the R142s and R142As for the 4 . It is one of the three yards in the system to be under a housing complex (Pitkin Yard and Lenox Yard are the others). Rail access to the yard is by a pair of tracks that branch off of the elevated IRT Jerome Avenue Line just north of Bedford Park Boulevard–Lehman College station. The riveted steel pylons that support the elevated branch tracks give way to stone pylons just north of 205th Street before they enter

2943-716: Is located on the south end of the BMT Canarsie Line adjacent to Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway . Opened on October 26, 1917, it is the primary layup yard for the R160s and R143s on the L train and hosts the only car wash for the BMT Eastern Division. New signals were installed in 2003 in conjunction with the BMT Canarsie Line automation project. 40°38′48″N 73°54′05″W  /  40.64667°N 73.90139°W  / 40.64667; -73.90139  ( Canarsie Yard ) The Church Avenue Yard

3052-465: Is marked only with reference markers, and the section north only with county mileposts. This middle section has county mileposts in the middle, and reference markers with state mileposts (counting from the southern terminus in the Bronx, not the city line) alongside. However, Reference Route 907G is no longer listed in the NYSDOT traffic counts and the entirety of the parkway in the county is considered

3161-616: Is no car washer at this yard; the trains occasionally go to the 239th Street or Westchester Yard to be washed, but they usually go to the nearby 207th Street Yard instead. Ten cars undergo 10,000 mile SMS inspections per day, since their entire fleet has been unitized into five-car sets. As part of the 2020–2024 Capital Plan, the shop will be rebuilt with more space in between track and the replacement of pits with elevated tracks. 40°53′18″N 73°54′05″W  /  40.88833°N 73.90139°W  / 40.88833; -73.90139  ( 240th Street Yard ) Corona Yard serves as

3270-425: Is one of the oldest yards in the system. Ten cars are inspected each day as part of preventative scheduled maintenance. A wheel truing machine was installed here to minimize damage to rail cars and tracks caused by flat wheels. This shop was also used as a facility to retrofit all R26s, R28s, R29s, R33s (except single unit Worlds Fair cars) and R36s (both Mainline and Worlds Fair types) married pairs IRT type cars with

3379-653: Is one yard for the Staten Island Railway and three non-revenue (Maintenance of Way, or MoW) Division-independent yards. Many of the system's yards are used for off-peak storage, whereas some have inspection facilities where basic routine maintenance is carried out. Of these yards, rolling stock are assigned to seven A Division yards and seven B Division yards. Within the yards are 14 maintenance facilities, whereas two yards (207th Street and Coney Island) perform major overhaul and car rebuilding work. Download coordinates as: The A Division 's yards consist of

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3488-431: Is reduced to 110 km/h for vehicles under 3.5 tons, and 70 km/h for vehicles over 3.5 tons. In Hungary there are multiple types of dual carriageways. One part is almost identical with motorways, but the driving lanes are narrower. Parameters of a 2+2 lane dual carriageway off-habitat area: Parameters of a 2+2 lane dual carriageway in habitat (town/city) area: There are also semi-motorways with only one side of

3597-555: Is situated at 1145 East 180th Street in the West Farms neighborhood of the Bronx , just east of the Bronx Zoo . The yard consists of seven storage tracks (numbered 4 thru 10) and an adjacent 6-track (numbered 11 thru 16) shop building with a connection to the nearby 19-track Unionport Yard, which lies to the northeast of East 180th Street Yard. Additionally, there are two storage tracks (identified as A and B) immediately north of

3706-399: Is the yard's namesake. The yard has five tracks surrounding the three mainline tracks, with three tracks located on the west (southbound side) and two tracks located on the east (northbound side). The yard is used to store some 1 trains outside of rush hours. Each track can hold two full-length trains, so a total of 10 trains can be stored there at any given time. Because the tracks are on

3815-515: Is usually provided by traffic lights or roundabouts . U-turns and any deliberate stopping are prohibited. Kraftfahrstraßen are out of bounds to pedestrians , except for special crosswalks. Expressways in Hungary are called Autóút (Auto/car road). They are mostly dual carriageways. The main difference between Hungarian motorways and expressways is, that they are more cheaply built with narrower width and often undivided. Maximum speed limit

3924-577: Is visible in the distance as the parkway reaches its northern terminus at Kensico Circle, southern terminus of the Taconic State Parkway , also listed on the Register. A seven-mile (11 km) section of the Bronx River Parkway in Westchester County south of White Plains is closed to motorist traffic from 10 AM to 2 PM select Sundays in May, June, September and October (with the exception of Memorial and Labor Day weekends), allowing bicyclists to venture along

4033-487: The 1 , 3 , 4 and 5 routes. The yard consists of a seven-track inspection shop and 38 layup tracks. The layup tracks are arranged on two levels; the only other yard in the system to share this trait is the East New York Yard. Access to the yard is provided to and from Nereid Avenue only. On February 3, 1998, two out-of-service trains collided at the yard lead after the motorman of one train passed out at

4142-611: The Bronx and has 45 layup tracks. The yard maintains and stores the R62As used on the 6 , as well as Maintenance of Way diesel trains for both the A Division and B Division . It is connected to the IRT Pelham Line in both directions between Westchester Square–East Tremont Avenue and Middletown Road stations. There is a four-track inspection shed for electric trains and a two-track diesel repair shop. Pelham Yard also has

4251-593: The Casey Stengel Bus Depot . Because the Flushing Line is isolated from the rest of the A Division and its only track connection to the rest of the system is via the B Division, cars that need to undergo or are returning from heavy maintenance are escorted on and off the line by suitably-equipped lead cars via the sole connection to the rest of the system just east (railroad north) of the upper level Queensboro Plaza station. On August 16, 2006,

4360-639: The East 180th Street Yard along the New York City Subway 's IRT White Plains Road Line , which carries the 2 and ​ 5 services, as well as the former New York, Westchester and Boston Railway . After crossing the yard, wooded surroundings resume as the parkway follows the eastern edge of the Bronx Zoo in the Bronx Park neighborhood and the Bronx River , which gives

4469-639: The IRT White Plains Road Line to the south and the IRT Dyre Avenue Line (track 22 connecting to track Y2) to the north. 40°50′42″N 73°52′12″W  /  40.84500°N 73.87000°W  / 40.84500; -73.87000  ( Unionport Yard ) The West Farms Yard was an elevated rail yard that was located adjacently to the West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue station, at

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4578-692: The Indian National Highway System on which they are the highest class of road. The National Highways Development Project is underway to add an additional 18,637 km (11,580 mi) of expressways to the network by the year 2023. Expressways in Iran are one class lower than freeways and are used in large urban areas such as Isfahan , Mashhad , or Tehran and between other important cities (Usually two province capitals) in rural and desert areas. The speed limit in Urban areas

4687-564: The Northern State Parkway (opened in 1931) and the contiguous Grand Central Parkway (opened in 1936). In the United States , the national Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) uses "full control of access" only for freeways . Expressways are defined as having "partial control of access" (or semi-controlled access ). This means that major roads typically use interchanges and commercial development

4796-600: The White Plains station on the west side of heavily developed downtown White Plains. It bends north and then northwest to the first of several at-grade intersections with traffic lights, also signed and numbered as exits, with Central Avenue ( NY 100 ), at the Westchester County Center , where it reverts to a four-lane expressway. From here, parkway traffic is also directed toward the nearby Cross Westchester Expressway ( I-287 ) via NY 119, as

4905-620: The bumper blocks and the crossovers. 40°38′31″N 73°58′45″W  /  40.64194°N 73.97917°W  / 40.64194; -73.97917  ( Church Avenue Yard ) The Coney Island Rapid Transit Car Overhaul Shop , often shortened to Coney Island Complex , is the largest rapid transit yard in the state of New York, and one of the largest in North America. Located in Brooklyn , New York , it covers 74 acres (300,000 m ) and operates 24/7 . The complex

5014-1077: The federal government . Notable examples of limited-access roads are the Federal Highway , Skudai Highway , Gelugor Highway , Kuantan Bypass and Kuching Bypass . Limited-access roads in Singapore are formally known as semi-expressways (in contrast to controlled-access highways which are known as expressways ). While still functioning as high-speed roads, semi-expressways may still have at-grade intersections with traffic lights , and speed limits are not uniform. Grade separation is, however, still typical at major junctions. Five roads have been designated as semi-expressways: Bukit Timah Road , Jurong Island Highway , Nicoll Highway , Outer Ring Road System and West Coast Highway . Motorways in South Korea (자동차 전용 도로, jadongcha jeonyong doro , literally 'motor vehicle-only road') include various grades of highways other than expressways . Contrary to

5123-455: The 207th Street, Concourse, Coney Island, East New York, Jamaica and Pitkin maintenance yards, plus five other non-maintenance storage yards. The six maintenance shops are responsible for performing daily subway car maintenance and inspection of 3,523 subway cars. The 207th Street and Concourse yards are shared with the A Division and are listed in Yards in both divisions. The 174th Street Yard

5232-481: The 239th Street, 240th Street, Corona, East 180th Street, Jerome, Livonia, and Westchester maintenance yards, plus three other non-maintenance storage yards. A total of 2892 cars are assigned to the seven maintenance yards. The 137th Street Yard is an underground rail yard located between 145th Street and 137th Street–City College on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line , the latter of which

5341-730: The Bronx River. The parkway reaches an interchange with the southern terminus of the Sprain Brook Parkway and narrows to four lanes, turning sharply to the northwest, away from the Harlem Line. The exit numbers reset here; the new exit 1, Paxton Avenue in Bronxville, is on the northbound lanes just north of the Sprain (exit 1A allows southbound traffic to leave the parkway for Desmond Avenue just before merging). Exit 2, West Pondfield Road, also northbound-only,

5450-627: The Lenox Avenue Shops, is located near 148th Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem . This 22 track yard is only used for storage of the R62s that operate on the 3 service, and has no maintenance facility, although the yard had been the first overhaul shop for the IRT when it opened with the rest of the new subway in 1904. The original IRT subway cars were lowered from the street via inclines into

5559-588: The Livonia shop and 15 layup tracks. A signal tower is located at the northwest corner of the yard. Many 3 trains are stored in the Lenox Yard in Upper Manhattan , as Livonia is not very large. Livonia, along with 240th Street Yard, are on entirely elevated structures and are in need of rehabilitation due to not meeting the configuration standards for "current industry practices". An extension of

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5668-479: The Long Island road opened for traffic before the end of 1908, opening before the Bronx River Parkway as the first limited-access highway to be put into use. Neither was up to modern freeway standards, utilizing left turns across the opposing direction at access points. The Bronx River Parkway was the first highway to utilize a median strip to separate the opposing lanes, the first highway constructed through

5777-546: The M31 Hume Highway between Sydney and Melbourne, are almost all limited-access highways. In spite of this, 'freeway' terminology is used on signage for most regional limited access highways in the state of Victoria . The terms Motorway and Expressway in New Zealand both encompass multi-lane divided freeways as well as narrower 2 to 4-lane undivided expressways with varying degrees of grade separation ;

5886-532: The New Lots Line has been proposed up to the end of the yard, or through the yard right-of-way to Flatlands Avenue , to serve the developing Spring Creek area. Additionally, a large amount of space within Livonia is used for the storage of some R142s and R142As for the 2 , 4 and 5 trains. 40°39′51″N 73°52′45″W  /  40.66417°N 73.87917°W  / 40.66417; -73.87917  ( Livonia Yard ) Unionport Yard

5995-628: The borough it begins to closely parallel the Harlem Line of Metro-North Railroad , a pairing which continues to the road's northern terminus. In Westchester County, the road continues to have the same character until the Sprain Brook Parkway splits off at Bronxville , allowing most through traffic to bypass White Plains . The stretches north of that junction have more of the original park character, and are still used that way. North of White Plains, all interchanges are at-grade intersections with traffic lights. The parkway begins at Story Avenue in

6104-492: The country's motorways and are usually upgraded versions of the national highways. The total length of Pakistan's expressways is 260-kilometre (160 mi) as of November, 2016. Around 770-kilometre (480 mi) of expressways are currently under construction in different parts of country. Most of these expressways will be complete between 2017 and 2020. Expressways in India make up more than 5,579  km (3,467  mi ) of

6213-519: The difference being that in New Zealand a Motorway has certain additional legal traffic restrictions. The Expressway Network of the People's Republic of China is the longest highway system in the world. The network is also known as National Trunk Highway System (NTHS). By the end of 2016, the total length of China's expressway network reached 131,000 kilometers (82,000 mi). Expressways in China are

6322-500: The expressway in South Korea, the status of motorway is a measure of traffic control rather than a class of road. For example, Jayu-ro is a segment of national route 77 as well as a motorway. As of June 2011, 1,610 km of highways in total were designated as motorways. (1,052 km national highways, 351 km metropolitan highways, 185 km regional highways and 20 km municipal highways) Like on expressways, motorcycles are not permitted. Sri Lanka has ensured to classify

6431-427: The expressways in reference to the connotation of E grades. As of 2014 , three expressways namely the  E01   Southern Expressway ,  E02   Outer Circular Expressway and the  E03   Colombo – Katunayake Expressway have been created. A tax levying structure is proposed for travelling via the expressways. Speed limits in the range of 80–100 km/h is attested for travelling through

6540-512: The expressways. Up to now two expressways namely the Northern Expressway and the Ruwanpura Expressway are in process to satisfy the needs of public transport. [REDACTED] Expressways in Taiwan may be controlled-access highways similar to National Freeways or limited-access roads. Most have Provincial (as opposed to National) Highway status, although some are built and maintained by cities. All provincial expressways run east–west except for Provincial Highway No. 61 , which runs north–south along

6649-532: The five tracks. The northern end of the yard is against a concrete wall and a cinder-block wall adjacent to the Trans-Manhattan Expressway , as the line was originally intended to go over the George Washington Bridge 's lower level as a part of a possible extension to Fort Lee, New Jersey. 40°50′45″N 73°56′23″W  /  40.84583°N 73.93972°W  / 40.84583; -73.93972  ( 174th Street Yard ) The Canarsie Yard (also known as AY or Atlantic Yard from its telegraphy letters)

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6758-495: The full cloverleaf at Pelham Parkway , where traffic can join US 1 southbound on Fordham Road . Past the exit the large wooded area on the west is the New York Botanical Garden , a National Historic Landmark (NHL). One half-mile (1 km) further north, exit 8 allows access to the Mosholu Parkway and Allerton Avenue. At the next exit, Gun Hill Road, the Williamsbridge station serving that neighborhood on Metro-North Railroad 's Harlem Line , which closely parallels

6867-406: The helm and his train crashed into the one in front of it. 40°54′03″N 73°50′58″W  /  40.90083°N 73.84944°W  / 40.90083; -73.84944  ( 239th Street Yard ) The 240th Street Yard , also known as Van Cortlandt Yard (or VC Yard), is located at 5911 Broadway in the Riverdale section of the Bronx , serving the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line near

6976-411: The highway as it bends slightly, heading even more to the northeast. Just past this is exit 11, the Cross County Parkway , where the road swings toward the east to allow space for the complex of onramps that also allow access to Broad Street and the Fleetwood station. A half-mile north of that junction, the parkland and the roadway narrow as Bronxville becomes the community on the opposite side of

7085-412: The home yard of the IRT Flushing Line ( 7 and <7> ​ trains). It is located south of Mets–Willets Point , at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park near Citi Field , the National Tennis Center , and the site of the 1939 and 1964 World's Fairs. Corona Yard opened in 1928 and maintains the R188s used on the 7 and <7> ​ services. It is adjacent to

7194-410: The installation of new Stone-Safety 10 ton Air Conditioning systems between 1976 and 1981. Also, during this period, all cars assigned to the 2 were inspected and maintained at the East 180th Street Yard shared with the 5 . It re-opened as an inspection and maintenance facility for the 2 in 1982. A car wash operates at this yard facility to serve cars assigned to the 2, in addition to cars assigned to

7303-442: The interchange with the Cross Bronx Expressway ( I-95 ). The single ramp of exit 5 allows southbound traffic to follow East 177th Street to NY 895 (Sheridan Boulevard) and the Triborough Bridge . North of the interchange the road veers to the northeast slightly and crosses the railroad tracks of Amtrak 's Northeast Corridor line. At East 180th Street, the linear park ends temporarily. The road becomes elevated to cross

7412-576: The lack of one or more required features. In absence of specific regulation signs, a type-C road is accessible by all vehicles and pedestrians, even if it has separate carriageways and no cross-traffic. New York City Subway yards#East 180th Street Yard The New York City Transit Authority operates 24 rail yards for the New York City Subway system and one for the Staten Island Railway . There are 10 active A Division yards and 11 active B Division yards, two of which are shared between divisions for storage and car washing. In addition, there

7521-469: The latter two are marked with green signage, while valtatie signage is blue. While most of the network is all-access road, 779 km (484 mi) of it is motorway, and 124 km (77 mi) is limited-access road. The access is limited to motor vehicles faster than 50 km/h, thus excluding pedestrian, bicycle, moped or tractor traffic; furthermore, towing is not allowed. Limited-access roads are generally similar to motorways, but do not fulfill all

7630-507: The line's northern terminus. The yard consists of six inspection tracks in the shop and 15 additional layup tracks. The yard is home to the R62A subway cars assigned to the 1 . The shop was built in 1906 to support the original IRT subway. Work constructing the yard and inspection shed was 60 percent complete in June 1910, and was estimated to be completed by January 1, 1911. The inspection shed went into service on May 1, 1911. The yard and shops are entirely on an elevated structure. There

7739-493: The middle track of the line between East 177th Street and Pelham Bay Park, and it would allow for full day express service. The construction of substations would improve voltage conditions and allow for longer trains to be operated on the line. The work was projected to cost $ 6,387,000 and be completed in 1950. 40°50′38″N 73°50′31″W  /  40.84389°N 73.84194°W  / 40.84389; -73.84194  ( Westchester Yard ) The B Division 's yards are

7848-458: The motorway built. After the missing lanes are built, they will become standard motorways. A High-quality dual carriageway (HQDC) in Ireland is normally completed to a motorway standard, including no right-turns, but with no motorway restrictions. These are common on the final stretches of motorways nearing a major city, generally in order to enable use of bus stops and city bus services on

7957-401: The name highway ( Malay : lebuhraya – this is also the name for expressways ). Highways normally have a lower speed limit than expressways (but still higher than the rest of the local road network), and permit at-grade intersections and junctions to residential roads and shopfronts, although grade separation is still typical. Highways are normally toll-free and are owned and operated by

8066-406: The neighborhood of Soundview in the Bronx , where two roadways merge near Metcalf and Morrison Avenues. Immediately to the north is the cloverleaf interchange at the Bruckner Expressway ( Interstate 278 or I-278), where most traffic enters the parkway, which begins as a six-lane freeway . Basketball courts and baseball fields flank the highway in the strip of parkland as the road leads to

8175-423: The next at-grade exit, Leewood Drive, on the northbound side. A quarter-mile (500 m) to the north are abandoned parking lots on both sides that were once gas stations. One-tenth of a mile (150 m) to the north, the roadways diverge and the river runs between them. Just beyond this is another at-grade interchange, Harney and Strathmore Roads. The roadways remain apart through a wooded section as they curve westward for

8284-438: The next three-quarter mile, returning to the highway's northeastern heading as it leaves Yonkers and briefly enters Greenburgh south of the southbound Ardsley Road exit east of downtown Scarsdale . Just after it curves eastward again and crosses the Harlem Line, entering Scarsdale, traffic can enter and exit at Crane Road and East Parkway with southbound traffic using a light to cross over the northbound lanes and no entrance onto

8393-401: The north, Scarsdale Road is the first at-grade interchange, and the parkway becomes a four-lane expressway , turning sharply to the east, then back to the northeast more gradually. Exit 8, Thompson Street, serves the nearby Crestwood station as the Harlem Line's tracks begin to parallel the road again. Another three-quarter mile north, after the road has resumed its northeast course, comes

8502-408: The north, slightly northwestward. North of Watson Avenue, within a half-mile (1 km) of the southern terminus, an on-ramp carries northbound traffic from Metcalf. The corresponding offramp for southbound traffic merges onto Harrod Avenue north of Westchester Avenue. Now in West Farms , the Bronx River Parkway has an onramp to the southbound lanes from East 174th Street. North of it is exit 4,

8611-531: The northbound used only as a tourist information stand. The interchange with the Cross County Parkway did not provide direct access to and from both directions of the latter until extra ramps and an extra overpass were provided beginning in the 1970s. The original interchange is now exit 11W. In 2009 the northbound exit ramp to Oak Street in Yonkers was replaced by an exit to Yonkers Avenue,

8720-581: The northeast, the tracks immediately adjacent, past northbound exits for River and Claremont roads. Just north of the latter exit, the highway enters White Plains , the Westchester county seat . After the northbound Walworth crossing exit, it turns northwest across the river and the tracks and then resumes its northeasterly course. A half-mile (1 km) north it reaches the Main Street ( NY 119 ) northbound exit/southbound entrance, just west of

8829-528: The northernmost rail yard in the system, located at 4570 Furman Avenue in the Wakefield section of the North Bronx, and is home to the R142s assigned to the 2 . There is also considerable fleet interoperability with the 5 , as 5 trains are based out of the nearby East 180th Street Yard and share a similarly-sized fleet. 5 trains use the upper portion of the yard for off-peak storage. Opened in 1916, it

8938-743: The original 1928 shop building was demolished and replaced by a new, modern shop. With more track mileage to cover and tighter spacing between trains as part of CBTC implementation on the Flushing Line, the MTA announced plans to expand the yard with a second loop and six layup tracks, which would be located on the former right of way of the Long Island Rail Road's Whitestone Branch. Plans for this expansion are on an indefinite hold, however. 40°45′10″N 73°50′46″W  /  40.75278°N 73.84611°W  / 40.75278; -73.84611  ( Corona Yard ) The East 180th Street Yard

9047-588: The parkway connects to the Taconic State Parkway and via a short connector, New York State Route 22 (NY 22). Within the Bronx, the parkway is maintained by the New York State Department of Transportation and is designated New York State Route 907H ( NY 907H ), an unsigned reference route . In Westchester County, the parkway is maintained by the Westchester County Department of Public Works and

9156-564: The parkway from this point on, is located immediately west of the highway. The railroad tracks join the river and the parkland in paralleling the road north as it continues straight along the east edge of Woodlawn Cemetery , another NHL. Almost a mile and a half (2.4 km) to the north, the Woodlawn station is located at the northeast corner of the cemetery next to the East 233rd Street exit. The highway bends left and then right again, crossing

9265-537: The parkway has no direct interchange with it. The two roadways once again diverge, becoming almost 400 feet (120 m) apart in the half-mile (1 km) before they converge again as they reach the Old Tarrytown Road intersection just north of the expressway. Beyond it the parkway goes due north before curving slightly into the Fisher Lane intersection just west of the last Metro-North station along

9374-403: The parkway, North White Plains . The Maryton and Virginia Road intersections follow, spaced roughly a thousand feet (300 m) apart. Another thousand feet from that intersection, the highway turns to the northeast again as the roadways diverge and cross the Harlem Line and the Bronx River for the last time. Northbound traffic has the last exit, exit 27, onto Washington Avenue North. Kensico Dam

9483-431: The particular stretch of road. Speed limits are normally 100 km/h compared to 120 km/h on motorways In Italy there are: Type B highway (or strada extraurbana principale ), commonly but unofficially known as superstrada , is a divided highway with at least two lanes for each direction, paved shoulder on the right, no cross-traffic and no at-grade intersections. Access restrictions on such highways are exactly

9592-677: The river and the railroad, near the split along the tracks between the Harlem and New Haven lines immediately north of the station. After the curves, the Bronx River Parkway crosses the county line into Westchester County at the McLean Avenue/Nereid Avenue overpass and leaves the Bronx. Once across the county line the parkway is in Yonkers , close to its boundary with Mount Vernon . A southbound exit, 10C, serves Bronx River Road at Wakefield Avenue near that train station

9701-504: The road its name, begins to follow it on the west. On the northbound side, as it enters the park, is an unnumbered exit allowing authorized vehicles (like those of people working at the NYC Parks Department) access to local streets via Birchall Avenue. A quarter-mile to the north is the main exit for the zoo at Boston Road, with access to Boston Road ( U.S. Route 1 or US 1 northbound) for northbound traffic, then

9810-581: The same of Italian motorways ( autostrade ), as well as signage at the beginning and the end of the highway (with the only difference being the background color, blue instead of green). Speed limit on type-B road is 110 km/h (68 mph). Type C highway (or strada extraurbana secondaria ), a single carriageway with at least one lane for each direction and shoulders. It may have at-grade, at-level crossings with railways , roundabouts and traffic lights . This category contains also dual carriageways that can not be classified as type-B highways because of

9919-550: The scenic road. Another section north of the one reserved for bicyclists is reserved for inline skating . This program is sponsored by Con Edison and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Construction began in Westchester County in 1907, making it the earliest limited-access highway to start construction. However, although construction on the Long Island Motor Parkway began a year later, a section of

10028-644: The shop building. Track A ends in a bumper block and track B is accessible from the southbound track of the White Plains Road line. The yard is the home of the R142s for the 5 . There is considerable fleet interchange with the 2 . All engineering acceptance testing for newly delivered IRT-type cars is performed here. A new shop building replacing the original 1918 vintage shop building opened in 1999, just in time for acceptance testing of new R142s, which Bombardier started delivering to this facility on November 16, 1999. On October 11, 1923, additional tracks in

10137-491: The smaller metropolitan areas mostly rely on limited-access highways for high-speed local traffic. In South Australia the terms "expressway" and "freeway" can be synonymous. The Southern and Northern Expressways are both controlled-access highways. However, perhaps confusingly, the Port River Expressway is a limited-access highway. Dual carriageways that connect capital cities and regional centres, such as

10246-455: The southbound lanes. In the next 2.2-mile (3.5 km) stretch, where it becomes a four-lane freeway , there are exits for Ogden and Butler Roads from the northbound lanes. Fenimore Road, just east of the Hartsdale and its train station , is a northbound exit with southbound entry. Just to its north, southbound traffic can exit onto Greenacres Avenue. The parkway begins heading even more to

10355-430: The technical requirements, such as several lanes in one direction or separation of opposite directions. Limited-access roads are usually built because the local population density is too low to justify a motorway. Often space has been left during construction for an eventual upgrade to a motorway. Limited-access roads also function as feeder routes for motorways. The general speed limit on main roads and limited-access roads

10464-478: The term is confined to the roadway, but extends it to the portion which now continues southward beyond the Reservation. Its northern terminus ends with a rotary near the Kensico Dam with exits for the Taconic State Parkway and NY 22 . The southern third of the parkway, in the Bronx, is exclusively controlled-access . It serves as a commuter route, intersecting several major east–west routes. Halfway through

10573-472: The time called 177th Street. It had eight storage tracks and five inspection barn tracks. It was demolished in 1950; the redundant 180th Street–Bronx Park station was closed down and demolished two years later. In addition to serving Manhattan Elevated Railway cars, it was also used to service cars assigned to the 2 and 5 routes. The Westchester Yard , also known as the Pelham Yard, is located in

10682-407: The towing of fairground vehicles, as well as four-wheelers (without passenger compartment), are allowed to drive on an autoweg . An autoweg can consist of two or more lanes. The driving directions can be separated by a roadmarking, or by a central reservation. If a public road ( autosnelweg , autoweg , weg ) consists of two or more lanes that are clearly separated from each other by a roadside or

10791-421: The west coast. Some provincial expressway routes are still under construction. In Austria the speed limit on a Schnellstraße is 100–130 km/h (62–81 mph). Schnellstraßen are very similar to Austrian Autobahnen (freeways/motorways); the chief difference is that they are more cheaply built with smaller curve radius, often undivided and have fewer bridges and tunnels. In Belgium an autoweg

10900-466: The wide median between Bronx exits 7 and 8, north of the pedestrian overpass to the Botanical Garden, was closed due to fire in the early 1980s and has since been razed and the median relandscaped. Of a pair of former gas stations on the outer margins of the roadway in Westchester near Crestwood, the southbound one is currently being used as a Westchester County Police Sub-Station, and

11009-404: The yard extends from Hegeman Avenue south to Stanley Avenue, passing over Linden Boulevard . One of the smallest maintenance yards in the system, it is where the R62s on the 3 and the R62As on the 42nd Street shuttle are inspected and maintained. The yard, built in 1922 and opened in 1923, Livonia Yard is the only IRT yard in Brooklyn . Livonia Yard consists of 4 inspection tracks inside

11118-652: The yard for the Harlem–148th Street station , which opened in 1968 as the current northern terminal for the 3. 40°49′22″N 73°56′07″W  /  40.82278°N 73.93528°W  / 40.82278; -73.93528  ( Lenox Yard ) The Livonia Yard is located at 900 Hegeman Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn on an entirely elevated structure at the east end of the IRT New Lots Line . Located between Elton and Linwood Streets,

11227-466: The yard went into service. 40°50′33″N 73°52′22″W  /  40.84250°N 73.87278°W  / 40.84250; -73.87278  ( East 180th Street Yard ) The Jerome Yard , or Mosholu Yard, is located at 3191 Jerome Avenue in the Jerome Park neighborhood of the Bronx . The yard was built in 1925. Five tracks went into service in the yard on February 7, 1923. This yard

11336-598: The yard, where they continued into the West Side Main Line . The inspection shed was lengthened to fit ten-car trains in Fiscal Year 1910. On September 9, 1958 the Transit Authority announced that it was planning to abandon the Lenox Avenue Shops. All IRT and IND repairs would then be done at the 207th Street Shops by June 1959. The TA estimated that this would result in a saving of $ 1 million

11445-439: The yard. The grade separation allowed trains to enter Westchester Yard without crossing the express track or the downtown local track and it allowed for the possibility of the extension of express service to Pelham Bay Park , which would save four more minutes. The increased capacity of the yard allowed the yard to store 358 additional subway cars. With the additional storage space, it would no longer be required to lay up trains on

11554-486: The yard. The yard is surrounded by a wall and covered by a parking deck used by residents of the Tracey Towers housing complex. The yard has four inspection tracks, one utility track and 18 layup tracks. Trains are washed at the nearby Concourse Yard. 40°52′44″N 73°53′16″W  /  40.87889°N 73.88778°W  / 40.87889; -73.88778  ( Jerome Yard ) Lenox Yard , formerly

11663-426: Was built in 1926 on former marshlands that, along with Coney Island Creek , used to separate Coney Island from the main body of Brooklyn. Much of this land had originally been proposed for use as a ship canal and port facility. A car washing machine was installed in the yard at the end of 1964. Regular scheduled maintenance is performed here for a fleet of nearly 800 cars of R46s , R68s , R68As , serving

11772-528: Was proposed until the 1970s. The southernmost portion of the parkway in Westchester, south of the Sprain, is internally designated as NY 907G, an unsigned reference route , in apparent violation of the numbering standard. Ordinarily, the second digit should be the region. New York City and Long Island , regions 10 and 11, share 0; Westchester is region 8 (the Hutchinson River Parkway also shares this oddity). The section south of here

11881-682: Was the Bronx River Parkway in New York , in 1907. The New York State Parkway System was constructed as a network of high-speed roads in and around New York City . The first limited access highway built is thought to be the privately built Long Island Motor Parkway in Long Island , New York. The Southern State Parkway opened in 1927, while the Long Island Motor Parkway was closed in 1937 and replaced by

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