New York

[roadman65]

Is it common in Westchester County to refer to the Bronx River Parkway as the Bronx Parkway and the Sprain Brook Parkway as the Sprain Parkway?

https://maps.app.goo.gl/6iK6iH5eKczCnnnQ9?g_st=ac

The guide on the EB Cross County refers to both roads without the waterways in their names.

[SignBridge]

DOT's too cheap to pay for the larger signs that would be needed to include the words River and Brook ?

Next year's budget maybe they'll just eliminate the signs altogether to save money.......

[cockroachking]

It is an old practice that has persisted for 2 main reasons AIUI:
1. An unwillingness to have inconsistent messaging for the same parkway (since it would be impossible/costly to replace every guide sign mentioning a parkway all at once)
2. A belief that the existing "Hudson Valley" parkway shields (green escutcheon) are illegible on guide signs.

Reason 1 boils down to not wanting some shields mixed with some text, or text with <River, etc.> mixed with text without <River, etc.>. That being said, I'm sure that avoiding excess panel area is the reason why omitting <River, etc.> remains common practice. Reason 2 could probably be fixed with a shield redesign, similar to the LI parkways, which are guide-signed exclusively with shields. Of course, that doesn't stop Westchester County from using the green escutcheon anyway, though their version is more square and seems to emphasize the abbreviation more than the rectangular NYSDOT design.