Bruckner Expressway

Bruckner Expressway
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The Bruckner Expressway is a freeway in The Bronx. It carries Interstate 278 and Interstate 95 (and formerly Interstate 878) from the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge to the south end of the New England Thruway at the Pelham Parkway interchange.

The expressway is elevated from the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge. It crosses the Bronx River and Hutchinson River to the complicated Bruckner Interchange with Interstate 95/I-295 (Cross-Bronx Expressway) and the Hutchinson River Parkway (partly Interstate 678). From there it uses I-95.

Northern part

The Bruckner Expressway was a project envisioned by developer Robert Moses, who steered the Bruckner through the Soundview section of the Bronx, further decimating the neighborhood Moses had uprooted with his 15-year construction of the Cross Bronx Expressway, which was completed in 1963. The Bruckner Expressway opened in 1973, making it one of the last roads of the New York City Expressway system to be built. It is named in honor of former Bronx Borough President and Congressman, Henry Bruckner (1871–1942), and was built on and over the roadway of Bruckner Boulevard.

The Bruckner Boulevard name persists on the service roads, and at some points where it is beneath the highway. It also extends about a mile past the highway's western terminus, ending at the Third Avenue Bridge.

Exit list

Mile	#		Destinations	Notes
	Old
28.89			I-278 west (Robert F. Kennedy Bridge) – Manhattan, Queens	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
28.89	44	47	I-87 north (Major Deegan Expressway) – Albany	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	45	48	East 138th Street	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
30.78	46	49	I-895 north (Sheridan Expressway) / East 177th Street	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		50	Hunts Point Avenue – Hunts Point Market	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		51	Bronx River Avenue	Westbound exit only
31.58		51	Bronx River Parkway north – White Plains	No westbound exit
32.35		52	White Plains Road, Castle Hill Avenue
			Zerega Avenue, Bruckner Boulevard	No entrance ramps; westbound exit is part of exit 6A
278 33.62 95 6.43	East end of I-278; south end of I-95 overlap
			I-95 south (Cross Bronx Expressway) – George Washington Bridge	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
			I-295 south (Throgs Neck Bridge)	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
			Hutchinson River Parkway north	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		6A	I-678 south (Hutchinson River Expressway) – Whitestone Bridge	No exit number eastbound
7.32		7A	I-695 south to I-295 south (Throgs Neck Bridge) – Long Island	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		7B	East Tremont Avenue	Southbound exit only
		7C	Country Club Road – Pelham Bay Park	Northbound exit and entrance
		8A	Westchester Avenue	No northbound exit
8.72		8B	Orchard Beach, City Island
8.72		8C	Pelham Parkway west
8.72			I-95 north (New England Thruway) – New Haven	Continuation beyond Pelham Parkway