Bronx River Parkway

highway, New York City, New York, United States

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The Bronx River Parkway, built between 1916 and 1925, was a pioneering 15-mile, four-lane highway in New York City and Westchester County. Designed by William Niles White as part of a river protection program, it was characterized by broad parkland buffers on both sides, limiting access and minimizing landscape disturbance. This innovative design, which restricted use to passenger cars and avoided at-grade intersections, served as a model for future parkways, influencing the development of the Westchester County parkway system and the Long Island State Park Commission. The success of the Bronx River Parkway contributed to the evolution of the modern parkway concept, emphasizing aesthetics and limited access.12

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…single carriageway known as the Bronx River Parkway was built between 1916 and 1925. Protected on both sides by broad bands of parkland that limited access, the highway was located and designed so as to cause minimum disturbance to the landscape. Its use was restricted to passenger cars, and at-grade…
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…single carriageway known as the Bronx River Parkway was built between 1916 and 1925. Protected on both sides by broad bands of parkland that limited access, the highway was located and designed so as to cause minimum disturbance to the landscape. Its use was restricted to passenger cars, and at-grade…
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