Mosholu Parkway

Mosholu Parkway
Route information
Length:	3.03 mi[1] (4.88 km)
Major junctions
South end:	Dr. Theodore Kazimiroff Boulevard in Bronx Park
	I-87 in Van Cortlandt Park
North end:	Henry Hudson Parkway in Van Cortlandt Park
Location
Counties:	Bronx
Highway system
Numbered highways in New York Interstate • U.S. • N.Y. (former) • Reference • County

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, an unsigned reference route, by the New York State Department of Transportation.

Route description

Mosholu Parkway, seen from the Mosholu Parkway stop on the number 4 train.

The Mosholu Parkway begins at Interchange 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 farther ahead, with Jerome Avenue, Sedgwick Avenue and West Gun Hill Road soon after. In Van Cortlandt Park, the Mosholu Parkway becomes a limited-access freeway, with exits at the Major Deegan Expressway (I-87) and its terminus at the Henry Hudson Parkway just south of the Westchester County line where it turns into the Saw Mill River Parkway.^[2]

A bikeway runs along the northeast side of the parkway from Bronx Park to Van Cortlandt Park, connecting through the park to another bikeway on the former New York and Putnam Railroad line.^[2]

History

"Mosholu" is an Algonquin Indian word meaning "smooth stones" or "small stones", and was first applied to the nearby creek now known as Tibbett's 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 Revolutionary War.^[3]

In the movie The Godfather Part II, the young Vito Corleone arrives in America aboard a sailing ship named the Moshulu.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Bronx County.

Location	Mile[1]	Destinations	Notes
Bronx Park	0.00	Dr. Theodore Kazimiroff Boulevard
Bedford Park		Marion Avenue / Hull Avenue
		Bainbridge Avenue
		Van Cortlandt Avenue East
	0.85	Grand Concourse
		Paul Avenue
		Sedgwick Avenue
Van Cortlandt Park		Gun Hill Road
	1.63	I-87 (Major Deegan Expressway)	Exit 12 (Major Deegan Expressway)
	2.50	Henry Hudson Parkway	Exit 24 (Henry Hudson Parkway)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

New York Roads portal

1. ^ ^{a b} "2007 Traffic Data Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. July 25, 2008. https://www.nysdot.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/NYSDOT_Traffic_Data_Report_2007.pdf. Retrieved May 29, 2009. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Yahoo! Inc. Yahoo! Maps – overview map of the Mosholu Pakway (Map). Cartography by NAVTEQ. http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=h&lat=40.889533&lon=-73.882765&zoom=17&q1=40.86686%2C-73.873882&q2=40.902582%2C-73.888108. Retrieved June 6, 2008. 
3. ^ "Mosholu Parkway". New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. March 9, 2001. http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=8778. Retrieved April 2, 2010. 

External links

• Termini of the Mosholu Parkway
• Mosholu Parkway page at nycroads.com