Mosholu Parkway

Mosholu Parkway
	Map of the Bronx with Mosholu Parkway highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by NYCDOT
Length	3.03 mi[1] (4.88 km)
Restrictions	No commercial vehicles
Major junctions
South end	Bronx Park East in Bronx Park
	Bronx River Parkway in Bronx Park; I-87 in Van Cortlandt Park
North end	Henry Hudson Parkway in Van Cortlandt Park
Location
Counties	Bronx
Highway system
	New York Highways; Interstate; U.S.; State; Reference; Parkways;

The Mosholu Parkway is a hybrid freeway-standard parkway and grade-level roadway in the New York City borough of the Bronx, constructed from 1935 to 1937 as part of the roadway network created under Robert Moses. The roadway extends for 3.0 miles (4.8 km) between the New York Botanical Garden (where its southeast end meets the Bronx River Parkway) and Van Cortlandt Park (where its northwest end meets the Henry Hudson Parkway). The New York City Department of Transportation is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the roadway while the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation is responsible for the surrounding rights-of-way. The parkway is designated as New York State Route 908F (NY 908F), an unsigned reference route, by the New York State Department of Transportation.

Route description

Mosholu Parkway, seen from the Mosholu Parkway station on the IRT Jerome Avenue Line.

The Mosholu Parkway begins at exit 8E of the Bronx River Parkway. It heads northward as an arterial boulevard through the northern parts of the Bronx. The highway crosses through Bedford Park, passing Bainbridge Avenue. It intersects with the Grand Concourse afterwards, with Jerome Avenue, Sedgwick Avenue and West Gun Hill Road soon after. Within Van Cortlandt Park, the parkway becomes a limited-access freeway, with exits for the southbound Major Deegan Expressway (Interstate 87) and the Henry Hudson Parkway near its northern terminus at the Westchester County line (where it turns into the Saw Mill River Parkway).^[2]

A bikeway, part of the East Coast Greenway, runs along the northeast side of the parkway from Bronx Park to Van Cortlandt Park, connecting through the park to other trails and playing fields and to Broadway.^[2]

History

"Mosholu" is an Algonquin word meaning "smooth stones" or "small stones", and was first applied to the nearby creek now known as Tibbetts Brook. The southern end of the parkway was once home to another creek, running under what is now Middlebrook Road, which supplied water to a British fort located on old Van Cortlandt Avenue East during the American Revolutionary War.^[3]

The original Mosholu Parkway was constructed pursuant to the New Parks Act of 1884 to link two parks also recommended by that act, Van Cortlandt Park and Bronx Park.^[4] The road was reconstructed between 1935 and 1937.^[5]

Major intersections

The entire route is in the New York City borough of the Bronx. All exits are unnumbered.

Location	mi^[1]^[6]	km	Destinations	Notes
Bronx Park	0.00	0.00	Bronx Park East / Allerton Avenue	Northern terminus of Southern Boulevard; southern terminus of NY 908F
	0.03– 0.40	0.048– 0.64	Bronx River Parkway – White Plains, Sound View Park	Exit 8 on Bronx River Parkway
	0.53	0.85	Southern Boulevard south – Fordham Road, Botanical Garden	NY 908F transitions between Southern Boulevard and Mosholu Parkway
Bedford Park–Norwood line	1.38	2.22	Grand Concourse south	No northbound access to Grand Concourse
	1.50	2.41	Jerome Avenue – Lehman College
	1.70	2.74	Sedgwick Avenue to I-87 (Deegan Expressway)	Modified traffic circle
	1.80	2.90	Gun Hill Road
	1.80	2.90	Southern terminus of limited-access section
Van Cortlandt Park	1.90	3.06	Goulden Avenue	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	2.30	3.70	I-87 south (Deegan Expressway) – Robert F. Kennedy Bridge	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; exit 12 on I-87
	3.20	5.15	Henry Hudson Parkway south to NY 9A south – Manhattan	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	3.50	5.63	To Saw Mill River Parkway north – Yonkers	Exit 24 on Henry Hudson Parkway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Incomplete access Route transition

References

1 2 "2007 Traffic Data Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. July 25, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 12, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2009.
1 2
↑ "Mosholu Parkway". New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. March 9, 2001. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
↑ "The City of New York, Department of Parks, Annual Report, 1914" (PDF). p. 161-163. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
↑ "Draft Final Report Van Cortlandt Park Pedestrian Bridge Feasibility Study" (PDF). p. 1-2. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
↑ Google (January 5, 2016). "Mosholu Parkway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 5, 2016.

External links

Mosholu Parkway at
Mosholu Parkway page at nycroads.com

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[2007tdr-1] 1 2 "2007 Traffic Data Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. July 25, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 12, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2009.

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[3] "Mosholu Parkway". New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. March 9, 2001. Retrieved April 2, 2010.

[4] "The City of New York, Department of Parks, Annual Report, 1914" (PDF). p. 161-163. Retrieved 9 August 2018.

[5] "Draft Final Report Van Cortlandt Park Pedestrian Bridge Feasibility Study" (PDF). p. 1-2. Retrieved 9 August 2018.

[google_maps-6] Google (January 5, 2016). "Mosholu Parkway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 5, 2016.

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North–south	Arthur Av Broadway Boston Rd Esplanade Grand Concourse Jerome Av Park Av Mosholu Pkwy Sedgwick Av Southern Blvd Third Av Webster Av White Plains Rd
East–west	Fordham Rd Gun Hill Rd Pelham Pkwy Shore Rd Tremont Av Westchester Av 133rd St 161st St 233rd St
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