Interstate 295 South

Interstate 95 north separates with the Cross Bronx Expressway Extension (I-295) just ahead of the Bronx River within the Bruckner Interchange. I-295 connects I-95 north with I-678 south to the Whitestone Bridge from the ensuing off-ramp.

06/26/05

The first confirming marker for Interstate 295 south appears along the southeastern curve from the Bruckner Interchange to Schuylerville.

08/09/04

With traffic added from I-278 (Bruckner Expressway) east, I-295 advances with four southbound lanes to Exit 11 for Randall Avenue.

08/09/04

The diamond interchange (Exit 11) with Randall Avenue utilizes slip ramps onto the Cross Bronx Expressway Extension service roads.

08/09/04

Exit 11 departs Interstate 295 south for Randall Avenue to the Schuylerville and Throgs Neck neighborhoods.

08/09/04

Interstate 695 (Throgs Neck Expressway) merges with I-295 at a wye interchange preceding Exit 9 for Harding Avenue and Fort Schuyler.

08/09/04

Continuing from the south end of I-695 at Lawton Avenue, I-295 advances to Exit 9 for Harding Avenue to Pennyfield Avenue at Locust Point. Pennyfield Avenue spurs southeast to SUNY Maritime College and Fort Schuyler.

08/09/04

Exit 9 represents the last departure point from I-295 south ahead of the all electronic toll collection (AET) gantry for the Throgs Neck Bridge.

08/09/04

The Throgs Neck Bridge toll plaza was demolished in 2017 with the conversion to all electronic tolls. The suspension bridge measures 2,910 feet from anchorage to anchorage at a maximum height of 142 feet above the East River.¹

08/29/05

The Throgs Neck Bridge ascends above Fort Schuyler and Throgs Point, one mile ahead of the wye interchange (Exit 8) with Cross Island Parkway east.

08/29/05

The tower supporting the six lane deck of the Throgs Neck Bridge top out at 360 feet.¹

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The Throgs Neck Bridge was constructed from December 1958 to January 1961 at a cost of $92 million. The suspension bridge opened to traffic on January 11, 1961.¹

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Encircling Queens southeast from I-678 (Whitestone Expressway) to Southern State Parkway, Cross Island Parkway constitutes the northeastern third of the Belt Parkway system in New York City.

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Cross Island Parkway heads four miles south around the Bay Terrace and Bayside communities in Queens to the Long Island Expressway (I-495) near Little Neck. Like other parkways, the roadway is restricted to passenger vehicles.

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Interstate 295 continues south from the Throgs Neck Bridge alongside Clearview Park to 26th Avenue (Exit 6B).

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The Clearview Expressway extends I-295 south four and a half miles to Grand Central Parkway. Exit 6B departs in a quarter mile for the Clearview and Bay Terrace neighborhoods.

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I-295 southbound at the half diamond interchange (Exit 6B) with 26th Avenue.

08/29/05

35th Avenue crosses I-295 (Clearview Expressway) between the Auburndale and Bayside communities at the succeeding exit.

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I-295 enters the diamond interchange (Exit 6A) with 35th Avenue at the 33rd Avenue pedestrian overpass. NY 25A (Northern Boulevard) meets the Clearview Expressway at the ensuing exit.

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Northern Boulevard leads NY 25A west to Flushing and Flushing Meadows-Corona Park and east to Oakland Gardens and Douglaston. Interstate 495 parallels to the south along the Long Island Expressway.

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NY 25A overall travels 72.9 miles between NY 25 (Queens Boulevard) in Brooklyn and Smithtown in Suffolk County, Long Island. A diamond interchange (Exit 5) links I-295 with Northern Boulevard.

08/29/05

Interstate 495 comprises a major freeway from Manhattan and Queens to eastern Long Island. The Long Island Expressway is also the only limited access highway open to commercial trucks and buses between New York City and Nassau County.

08/29/05

Interstate 495 travels west 11 miles to the Queens Mid-Town Tunnel and east 3.5 miles to North New Hyde Park in Nassau County and 19 miles to Melville in Suffolk County.

08/29/05

The directional interchange (Exits 4E/W) joining I-295 with the Long Island Expressway falls within northern reaches of Cunningham Park.

08/29/05

Exit 3 for 3rd Avenue lies just south of the exchange with I-495 at Cunningham Park.

08/29/05

73rd Avenue heads east from the half diamond interchange (Exit 3) with I-295 to Oakland Gardens an Alley Park and west to Fresh Meadows.

06/26/05

Continuing through Cunningham Park, I-295 next meets Union Turnpike at Exit 2.

06/13/05

Confirming marker posted ahead of the diamond interchange (Exit 2) with Union Turnpike.

06/13/05

Providing an alternate truck route for Grand Central Parkway east from Key Gardens, Union Turnpike constitutes an urban arterial through Utopia and Glen Oaks.

05/30/22

Interstate 295 reduces to four overall lanes between Union Turnpike (Exit 2) and the freeway end at Hillside Avenue.

06/13/05

Interstate 295 (Clearview Expressway) converges with Grand Central Parkway just north of NY 25 (Hillside Avenue) and Queens Village.

06/13/05

Grand Central Parkway extends west from Northern State Parkway in Nassau County to the Kew Gardens Interchange with I-678 (Van Wyck Expressway) and Interborough Parkway in Queens. The parkway continues northwest to La Guardia Airport (LGA) and I-278 at Astoria in Brooklyn.

06/13/05

Interstate 295 concludes just beyond Grand Central Parkway at NY 25 (Hillside Avenue) and Hollis Court Boulevard.

06/13/05

The four level interchange joining I-295 and Grand Central Parkway was designed to handle traffic from the unbuilt extension of Clearview Expressway south to Interstate 78 along Nassau Expressway west.

06/13/05

I-295 south at the signalized intersection with NY 25 (Hillside Avenue) west to Holliswood and east to NY 25B at Braddock Avenue. Hollis Court Boulevard is unsigned NY 24 south to Jamaica Avenue.

06/13/05