Interstate 695 (New York)

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Interstate 695 marker

Interstate 695
Map of Interstate 695 (New York)
Map of the Bronx in New York City with I-695 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT
Length: 1.77 mi[2] (2.85 km)
Existed: 1986[1] – present
Major junctions
South end: I-295 in Throggs Neck
North end: I-95 in Throggs Neck
Highway system
NY 690 NY 695

Interstate 695 (I-695) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway in the New York City borough of the Bronx. It serves as a connector between I-95 (Bruckner Expressway) and I-295 (Cross Bronx Expressway) near the Throgs Neck Bridge towards Queens and Long Island. I-695 is named the Throgs Neck Expressway.

Route description

I-695 begins at exit 10 on the Cross Bronx Expressway Extension (I-295) in the Throgs Neck section of the Bronx. The highway heads to the northwest, passing through the western fringe of Weir Creek Park before descending into a cut and proceeding into Throgs Neck. Here, it connects to Randall Avenue (southbound) and Lafayette Avenue (northbound) as it makes its way northward. I-695 continues to the northern edge of the neighborhood, where it merges into the Bruckner Expressway (I-95) at its exit 7A.[3]

History

The Throgs Neck Expressway was completed in 1961 at a cost of $16 million,[4] connecting the Throgs Neck Bridge to the Bruckner Expressway.[5] For years, the highway was considered (and signed as) a spur of I-78,[4] which initially followed all of modern I-295 from the Bruckner Interchange to Hillside Avenue (now New York State Route 25).[6] When this section of I-78 was renumbered to I-295 on January 1, 1970,[7] the Throgs Neck Expressway became a spur of that route.[4] In 1986, the New York State Department of Transportation re-signed the Throgs Neck Expressway as I-695 to avoid driver confusion with the Cross Bronx Expressway Extension, also signed as I-295. The Federal Highway Administration formally recognized I-695 on April 7, 2008,[1] and the number was approved by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials on May 6, 2008.[8]

Exit list

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mi[2] km Destinations Notes
0.00 0.00 I-295 south (Throgs Neck Bridge) – Long Island Exit 10 on I-295
Randall Avenue Southbound exit only
Lafayette Avenue Northbound exit and entrance
1.77 2.85 I-95 north – New England Exit 7A on I-95
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

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External links

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