Hutchinson River Parkway
North–south parkway in southern New York / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Hutchinson River Parkway (known colloquially as the Hutch) is a controlled-access parkway in southern New York in the United States. It extends for 18.71 miles (30.11 km) from the Bruckner Interchange in the Throggs Neck section of the Bronx to the New York–Connecticut state line at Rye Brook. The parkway continues south from the Bruckner Interchange as the Whitestone Expressway (Interstate 678) and north into Greenwich, Connecticut, as the Merritt Parkway (Connecticut Route 15). The roadway is named for the Hutchinson River, a 10-mile-long (16 km) stream in southern Westchester County that the road follows alongside. The river, in turn, was named for English colonial religious leader Anne Hutchinson.[3]
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Maintained by NYCDOT and NYSDOT | ||||
Length | 18.71 mi[1] (30.11 km) | |||
Existed | 1928[2]–present | |||
Restrictions | No commercial vehicles; no drivers with learner's permits north of exit 4A | |||
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South end | I-278 / I-678 in Throggs Neck | |||
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North end | Route 15 / Merritt Parkway at the Connecticut state line in Rye Brook | |||
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Country | United States | |||
State | New York | |||
Counties | Bronx, Westchester | |||
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Construction of the parkway began in 1924 and was completed in 1941. The section of the parkway between Eastern Boulevard (now Bruckner Boulevard) in the Bronx and U.S. Route 1 (US 1) in Pelham Manor was designated as New York State Route 1X (NY 1X) from 1941 to 1946. NY 1A was subsequently realigned to follow the Hutch between Eastern Boulevard and US 1. The NY 1A designation was removed around 1962.[4][5]