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The Bruckner Expressway is a freeway in the borough of the Bronx in New York City . It carries Interstate 278 ( I - 278 ) and I - 95 ( and formerly I - 878 ) from the Triborough Bridge to the south end of the New England Thruway at the Pelham Parkway interchange . The highway follows a mostly northeast  southwest alignment through the southern portion of the borough , loosely paralleling the course of the East River . It connects to several major freeways including the Bronx River Parkway , and at the Bruckner Interchange , it connects to the Cross Bronx Expressway , the Whitestone Expressway , and the Hutchinson River Parkway . Interstate 95 ( I - 95 ) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that runs from Miami , Florida , to the Canada -- United States border near Houlton , Maine . In the U . S . state of New York , I - 95 extends 23 . 50 miles ( 37 . 82 km ) from the George Washington Bridge in New York City to the Connecticut state line at Port Chester . From the George Washington Bridge , which carries I - 95 across the Hudson River from New Jersey into New York City , it runs across upper Manhattan on the Trans - Manhattan Expressway and continues east across the Harlem River on the Alexander Hamilton Bridge and onto the Cross Bronx Expressway . In the Bronx , I - 95 leaves the Cross Bronx at the Bruckner Interchange , joining the Bruckner Expressway to its end . It then continues northeast on the New England Thruway out of New York City into Westchester County and to the Connecticut state line , where I - 95 continues on the Connecticut Turnpike . The Washington Bridge carries six lanes of traffic , as well as sidewalks on both sides , over the Harlem River in New York City between the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx , connecting 181st Street and Amsterdam Avenue in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan to University Avenue in the Morris Heights neighborhood of the Bronx . Ramps at either end of the bridge connect to the Trans - Manhattan Expressway and the Cross - Bronx Expressway . The bridge is operated and maintained by the ___MASK3___ . It once carried U . S . Route 1 , which now travels over the Alexander Hamilton Bridge . The ___MASK3___ ( NYCDOT ) is the agency of the government of New York City responsible for the management of much of New York City ' s transportation infrastructure . Polly Trottenberg is the current Commissioner of the Department of Transportation , and was appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio on January 1 , 2014 . The Alexander Hamilton Bridge carries eight lanes of traffic over the Harlem River in New York City between the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx , connecting the Trans - Manhattan Expressway in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan and the Cross - Bronx Expressway , as part of Interstate 95 . The bridge opened to traffic on January 15 , 1963 , the same day that the Cross - Bronx Expressway was completed . For 2011 , the ___MASK3___ , which operates and maintains the bridge , reported an average daily traffic volume in both directions of 182 , 174 ; having reached a peak ADT of 192 , 848 in 1990 . The Bronx River Parkway ( sometimes abbreviated as the Bronx Parkway ) is a long parkway in downstate New York in the United States . It is named for the nearby Bronx River , which it parallels . The southern terminus of the parkway is at Story Avenue near Bruckner Expressway in the Bronx neighborhood of Soundview . The northern terminus is at the Kensico Circle in North Castle , Westchester County , where the parkway connects to the Taconic State Parkway and , via a short connector , New York State Route 22 ( NY 22 ). Within the Bronx , the parkway is maintained by the ___MASK82___ and is designated New York State Route 907H ( NY 907H ), an unsigned reference route . In Westchester County , the parkway is maintained by the Westchester County Department of Public Works and is designated unsigned County Route 9987 ( CR 9987 ). The Cross Bronx Expressway is a major freeway in the New York City borough of the Bronx , conceived by Robert Moses and built between 1948 and 1972 . It carries traffic on Interstate 95 ( I - 95 ) through the city , and serves as a portion of I - 295 toward Long Island ; a portion is also designated U . S . Route 1 ( US 1 ). The Cross Bronx begins at the Alexander Hamilton Bridge over the Harlem River , where the Trans - Manhattan Expressway continues west across Upper Manhattan to the George Washington Bridge . While I - 95 leaves at the Bruckner Interchange in Throgs Neck , following the Bruckner Expressway and New England Thruway to Connecticut , the Cross Bronx Expressway Extension continues east , carrying I - 295 to the merge with the Throgs Neck Expressway near the Throgs Neck Bridge . Though the road goes primarily northwest - to - southeast , the nominal directions of all route numbers west of the Bruckner Interchange are aligned with the northbound route number going southeast , and the southbound route number going northwest .