Mosholu Parkway
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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 |
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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
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]
Common Misattribution
In the movie The Godfather Part II, the young Vito Corleone arrives in America aboard a sailing ship named the Moshulu. Although spelled similarly, they are unrelated words. The Moshulu is a famed sailing ship.
Major intersections
The entire route is in the New York City borough of the Bronx. All exits are unnumbered.
| Location | mi[1][4] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Bronx Park | 0.00 | 0.00 | Bronx Park East / Allerton Avenue | Northern terminus of Southern Boulevard | |
| 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 | Northern terminus of concurrency with Southern Boulevard; formerly Dr. Theodore Kazimiroff Boulevard[5] | ||
| Bedford Park– Norwood | 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 | |||
| 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 north – Yonkers | Exit 24 on Henry Hudson Parkway | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- 1 2 "2007 Traffic Data Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. July 25, 2008. Retrieved May 29, 2009.
- 1 2 Yahoo!; Navteq (June 6, 2008). "overview map of the Mosholu Pakway" (Map). Yahoo! Maps. Yahoo!. Retrieved June 6, 2008.
- ↑ "Mosholu Parkway". New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. March 9, 2001. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
- ↑ Google (January 5, 2016). "Mosholu Parkway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
- ↑ Michael M. Grynbaum (11 April 2011). "After 3 Decades, a Bronx Historian Loses His Road". Retrieved May 31, 2013.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mosholu Parkway. |
- Mosholu Parkway at New York State Highway Termini
- Mosholu Parkway page at nycroads.com