- New York State Route 1A
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NYS Route 1A Route information Maintained by NYSDOT Length: 17.84 mi[4][5][6] (28.71 km) Existed: December 1934[1] – ca. 1962[2][3] Major junctions South end: NY 27 in Manhattan
North end: US 1 in Pelham Manor
Location Counties: New York, Bronx, Westchester Highway system Numbered highways in New York
Interstate • U.S. • N.Y. (former) • Reference • County← US 1
NY 1B →
New York State Route 1A (NY 1A) was a state highway in New York City, running from the Holland Tunnel to U.S. Route 1 (US 1). It existed from 1934, when routes were first marked in New York City, until the 1960s.
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History
New York City did not have posted routes until mid-December 1934.[1] Earlier plans, drawn up in 1932 and 1933 by the New York Automobile Club, took US 1 through the Holland Tunnel and north through the upper east side of Manhattan.[7][8] However, by 1934, the approaches to the George Washington Bridge were completed, and so US 1 was rerouted to use that bridge and cross through upper Manhattan. Route 1A was assigned to what had been planned as US 1 south of Fordham Road and the Bronx and Pelham Parkway, using the following streets:[1]
- Sixth Avenue from the Holland Tunnel north to Houston Street (northbound only, as it had become one-way since the 1933 plan; southbound traffic used Varick Street)
- Houston Street from Sixth Avenue (and Varick Street) to Second Avenue
- Second Avenue from Houston Street north to 23rd Street
- 23rd Street from Second Avenue east to First Avenue
- First Avenue from 23rd Street north to the Willis Avenue Bridge
- Southern Boulevard (now partly Bruckner Boulevard) from the Willis Avenue Bridge northeast to West Farms Road
- West Farms Road from Southern Boulevard to Boston Road
- Boston Road from West Farms Road to Fordham Road (US 1) and the Bronx and Pelham Parkway
In December 1937, the Hutchinson River Parkway was extended southward from US 1 in Pelham Manor to Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx.[9] The new highway became part of NY 1A, which was rerouted through the Bronx to follow Bruckner Boulevard and Shore Road to Pelham Bay Park. From there, NY 1A followed the parkway north to a new terminus at US 1 just north of the city line.[10][11][12] A second southward extension of the parkway from Pelham Bay Park to NY 1A at the Bruckner Interchange opened in 1941. The new road was originally designated as NY 1X; however, the NY 1X designation was replaced with a rerouted NY 1A in 1946.[9][13]
The Willis Avenue Bridge became one-way northbound on August 5, 1941, and the Third Avenue Bridge became one-way southbound. Southbound Route 1A was thus rerouted along Lincoln Avenue, 135th Street and Third Avenue onto the bridge, and 128th Street, Second Avenue and 122nd Street to return to First Avenue.[14] (A direct connection from Southern Boulevard to the Third Avenue Bridge was later built.)
On June 4, 1951, First and Second Avenues were made into a one-way pair north of Houston Street, moving northbound Route 1A south of 23rd Street and southbound Route 1A between 23rd Street and 122nd Street.[15] The NY 1A designation was completely removed ca. 1962.[2][3]
Major intersections
County Location Mile
[4][5][6]Exit Destinations Notes New York Manhattan 0.00 NY 27 (Canal Street)
0.93 NY 22 (Lafayette Street)
Southern terminus of NY 22 2.96 To NY 24 via 34th Street
NY 25 (Queensboro Bridge)
Southbound intersection only 7.55 Triborough Bridge Bronx The Bronx 8.43 I-87 (Major Deegan Expressway) / I-278 (Triborough Bridge)
South end of freeway section 11.34 Bronx River Parkway
11.74 White Plains Road 13.18 1 I-95 (Cross Bronx Expressway) / NY 164 / Hutchinson River Parkway
Bruckner Interchange; southern terminus of NY 1A / Hutchinson River Parkway overlap 13.94 2 Tremont Avenue / Westchester Avenue 15.33 3 Pelham Parkway
15.69 4 I-95 (New England Thruway) / NY 164
16.54 5 Pelham Bay Park 17.42 6 I-95 north (New England Thruway)
Northbound exit and southbound entrance Westchester Pelham Manor 17.84 1 US 1 (Boston Post Road) / Hutchinson River Parkway north
Northern terminus of NY 1A / Hutchinson River Parkway overlap 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi See also
- U.S. Route 1 Business (now Route 139), which continued Route 1A back to its parent in Jersey City, New Jersey
References
- ^ a b c "Mark Ways in the City". The New York Times: p. XX12. December 16, 1934.
- ^ a b Sunoco (1961). New York and Metropolitan New York (Map). Cartography by H.M. Gousha Company (1961-62 ed.).
- ^ a b Esso (1962). New York with Sight-Seeing Guide (Map). Cartography by General Drafting.
- ^ a b Yahoo! Inc. Yahoo! Maps – overview map of former NY 1A south of Triborough Bridge (Map). Cartography by NAVTEQ. http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=h&lat=40.800768&lon=-73.933093&zoom=18&q1=40.721856%2C-74.005289&q2=40.728337%2C-74.002843&q3=40.725092%2C-73.995333&q4=40.722913%2C-73.988778&q5=40.737328%2C-73.978221&q6=40.74375%2C-73.973553&q7=40.753682%2C-73.966301&q8=40.766872%2C-73.956698&q9=40.782224%2C-73.945463&q10=40.796406%2C-73.935121. Retrieved November 6, 2010.
- ^ a b Yahoo! Inc. Yahoo! Maps – overview map of former NY 1A between Triborough Bridge and Hutchinson Parkway exit 2 (Map). Cartography by NAVTEQ. http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=h&lat=40.839614&lon=-73.837885&zoom=18&q1=40.80173%2C-73.931226&q2=40.803172%2C-73.917364&q3=40.809985%2C-73.902258&q4=40.816993%2C-73.893632&q5=40.823309%2C-73.879395&q6=40.8243%2C-73.872003&q7=40.825331%2C-73.864557&q8=40.828051%2C-73.837874&q9=40.837767%2C-73.838583. Retrieved November 6, 2010.
- ^ a b Yahoo! Inc. Yahoo! Maps – overview map of former NY 1A north of Hutchinson Parkway exit 2 (Map). Cartography by NAVTEQ. http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=h&lat=40.891642&lon=-73.814765&zoom=17&q1=40.837767%2C-73.838583&q2=40.856604%2C-73.83191&q3=40.86097%2C-73.828176&q4=40.871095%2C-73.819035&q5=40.883588%2C-73.816052&q6=40.889558%2C-73.815259. Retrieved November 6, 2010.
- ^ "Through Routes Mapped". The New York Times. March 20, 1932.
- ^ "Routes Through New York City". The New York Times. November 12, 1933.
- ^ a b Anderson, Steve. "Hutchinson River Parkway". NYCRoads. http://www.nycroads.com/roads/hutchinson/. Retrieved December 3, 2009.
- ^ Thibodeau, William A. (1938). The ALA Green Book (1938–39 ed.). Automobile Legal Association.
- ^ Gulf Oil Company (1940). New York Info-Map (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company.
- ^ Esso (1940). New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting.
- ^ State of New York Department of Public Works. Official Highway Map of New York State (Map). Cartography by General Drafting (1947–48 ed.).
- ^ "One-Way Bridges to Ease Traffic". The New York Times. August 4, 1941.
- ^ Ingraham, Joseph C. (June 5, 1951). "Autos Speeded 15% on 1st and 2d Aves.". The New York Times.
External links
Categories:- Former state highways in New York
- U.S. Route 1
- Transportation in Manhattan
- Transportation in the Bronx
- Transportation in Westchester County, New York
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