New England Thruway

New England Thruway
Route information
Maintained by New York State Thruway Authority
Length:	15 mi (24 km)
Existed:	1951 – present
Major junctions
South end:	I-95 (Bruckner Expressway) in the Bronx Pelham Parkway
	Hutchinson Parkway in the Bronx I-287/C.W. Expy in Rye
North end:	I-95/Connecticut Turnpike at the Connecticut state line
Highway system
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The New England Thruway is a portion of the U.S. Interstate highway system and of the New York State Thruway, within and operated by the New York State Thruway Authority, linking New York City with New England, specifically with southwestern Connecticut. This 15.3-mile (24.6 km) stretch of highway was built in the 1950s and connects with the Governor John Davis Lodge Turnpike formerly known as the Connecticut Turnpike.

The thruway was first recommended by Robert Moses in 1940. Construction began in 1951, but not until 1956-1957 did major work progress. By 1950, the New York State Thruway Authority assumed control of the construction and made the New England Thruway a part of the Thruway toll system. In 1956, the New England Thruway was designated I-95. Construction lasted until 1961.

Rehabilitation work was done in the 1980s, involving new roadways, bridges and renumbering of exits. The last work done was completed in 1999.

The southern end of this stretch of road is the northern end on Interstate 95 of the Bruckner Expressway (visible as a change of signage but not of route or construction) in the Pelham Bay area in the eastern Bronx. It proceeds from the Bronx through the Westchester County municipalities of Pelham Manor, Pelham, New Rochelle, Larchmont, Mamaroneck, Harrison, Rye, and Port Chester, to its northern end at the Connecticut state line.

It is also known as the New England section of the New York State Thruway (Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway).

Exit list

The New England Thruway begins at milepost 8.49 of Interstate 95 in New York. The eastern terminus at the Connecticut state line is located at milepost 23.50 where the Governor John Davis Lodge Turnpike (Connecticut Turnpike) begins.^[1]

County	Location	Mile[2]	#		Destinations	Notes
			New	Old
Bronx	Pelham Bay Park	0.00	I-95 continues south as the Bruckner Expressway and then as the Cross Bronx Expressway.
		0.23	8B		Orchard Beach/City Island	Eastern extension of the Pelham Parkway.
			8C	1	Pelham Parkway west
	Baychester	0.55	9	2	Hutchinson Parkway north	Southbound: exit only.
		0.65	10	2	Gun Hill Road	Northbound: exit only. Southbound: entrance only.
		1.11	11	3	Bartow Avenue/Co-op City Boulevard
	Co-op City	1.61	12	4	Baychester Avenue	Northbound: exit only. Southbound: entrance only.
	Eastchester	2.37	13	5	Conner Street/Baychester Avenue	To NY 22.
	Pelham Bay Park	2.96	14	6	Hutchinson Parkway south - Whitestone Bridge	Southbound: exit only. Northbound: entrance only.
Westchester	New Rochelle	4.63	15	7	US 1 - New Rochelle/The Pelhams
		6.04	16	8	North Avenue/Cedar Street - New Rochelle
		6.94	New Rochelle Toll Barrier (northbound only) ($1.75 cash, $1.66 EZPass)
		7.24	17	9	Chatsworth Avenue - Larchmont	Northbound: exit only. Southbound: entrance only.
	Mamaroneck	10.04	18A-B	10	Fenimore Avenue/Mamaroneck Road - Mamaroneck, White Plains
	Rye	12.48	19	11	Playland Parkway - Rye, Harrison
		13.71	20	12	US 1 south - Rye	Northbound: exit only. Southbound: entrance only.
			21	12	I-287 west/ US 1 north - White Plains, Tappan Zee Bridge
		14.11	22	13	Midland Avenue - Port Chester, Rye	Northbound exit and entrance
	Port Chester	15.01	Connecticut state line at the Byram River. I-95 continues into Connecticut as the Connecticut Turnpike.

See also

New York Roads portal

• New York State Thruway

References

1. ^ New York Routes - Interstate 95 Junction List
2. ^ NYSTA Interchange Listing with Mileposts

External links

• New England Thruway (I-95)
• Jeff's Expressways Site Photo Gallery
• I-95
• I-95 (Greater New York Roads)