What's New at NYCROADS -- January 1999 to June 1999

DECEMBER 12-18, 1999: Corrections and updates made to the Bronx River Parkway, Garden State Parkway, New Jersey Turnpike (I-95), NJ 24 Freeway and NJ 31 Freeway (unbuilt) pages. New coverage in the New York Daily News added to The Press Room.

DECEMBER 5-11, 1999: New entries added for the Bayonne-Port Newark Bridge (I-78) and NJ 3 Freeway pages. Corrections and updates made to the Pelham-Port Chester Parkway (unbuilt) and Quickway (I-86 and NY 17) pages.

NOVEMBER 28-DECEMBER 4, 1999: Corrections and updates made to the Bethpage State Parkway, Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge, JFK Expressway, Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge, Triborough Bridge (I-278), Van Wyck Expressway (I-678) and Wantagh State Parkway pages.

NOVEMBER 21-27, 1999: New entry added for the Central Corridor Expressway (NY 100 and NY 125, unbuilt) and Orange Expressway (NY 208, unbuilt) pages. Corrections and updates made to the City Line Expressway (NY 164, unbuilt), Interstate 78-New Jersey, Interstate 80-New Jersey and Sheridan Expressway (I-895) pages.

NOVEMBER 14-20, 1999: Corrections and updates made to the Garden State Parkway, New Jersey Turnpike (I-95) and West Side Highway (NY 9A) pages.

NOVEMBER 7-13, 1999: New entry added for the NJ 33 Freeway page. Corrections and updates made to the Harlem River Drive and NJ 18 Freeway pages. New coverage in Newsday and NYU-Stern School of Business-Opportunity added to The Press Room.

OCTOBER 31-NOVEMBER 6, 1999: Corrections and updates made to the Astoria Expressway (I-678, unbuilt), Eastern Long Island Sound Crossing (I-495, unbuilt), Lower Manhattan Expressway (I-78 and I-478, unbuilt), Merritt Parkway (CT 15), NJ 81 Freeway, Oyster Bay-Rye Bridge (I-287, unbuilt), Shoreham-New Haven Bridge (I-91, unbuilt) and Sunken Meadow State Parkway pages. More new photos added throughout the site.

OCTOBER 24-30, 1999:
Corrections and updates made to the Bayonne Bridge (NY 440), Bear Mountain Bridge (US 6 and US 202), Bronx-Whitestone Bridge (I-678), Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel (I-478), FDR Drive, George Washington Bridge (I-95, US 1 and US 9), Goethals Bridge (I-278), Henry Hudson Bridge (NY 9A), Holland Tunnel (I-78), Interstate 280, Interstate 684, Lincoln Tunnel (NY 495), Manhattan Bridge, Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge, Outerbridge Crossing (NY 440), Queens-Midtown Tunnel (I-495), Queensboro Bridge (NY 25), Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway (NY 135), Southern State Parkway, Tappan Zee Bridge (I-87 and I-287), Throgs Neck Bridge (I-295), Triborough Bridge (I-278), Verrazano-Narrows Bridge (I-278) and Williamsburg Bridge pages.

OCTOBER 17-23, 1999: Corrections and updates made to the Connecticut Turnpike (I-95), Cross Bronx Expressway (I-95, I-295 and US 1), CT 2 Expressway, Hutchinson River Parkway, New England Thruway (I-95), NJ 21 Freeway and Sunrise Highway (NY 27) pages.

OCTOBER 10-16, 1999: New entries added for the CT 20 Expressway, CT 32 Expressway (unbuilt) and Interstate 395-Connecticut pages. Corrections and updates made to the Clearview Expressway (I-295), Cross Island Parkway, Grand Central Parkway, Long Island Expressway (I-495), North Shore Expressway-Long Island (NY 347, unbuilt), Sheridan Expressway (I-895) and Trans-Manhattan Expressway (I-95, US 1 and US 9) pages. Responding to coverage in The New York Times and WCBS Newsradio 88, opened The Press Room.

OCTOBER 3-9, 1999: New entries added for the CT 2 Expressway, CT 2A Expressway, CT 4 Expressway (unbuilt), CT 11 Expressway and CT 17 Expressway pages. Corrections and updates made to the JFK Expressway and US 44 Expressway-Connecticut (unbuilt) pages. NYSDOT reference route designations added to the New York City, Long Island and Hudson Valley parkway pages (supplied by Nathan W. Perry).

SEPTEMBER 26-OCTOBER 2, 1999: New entries added for the Quickway (I-86 and NY 17) and Mid-Hudson Bridge (US 44 and NY 55) pages. Corrections and updates made to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (I-278), FDR Drive, Interstate 84-New York, Interstate 84-Connecticut, Interstate 384-Connecticut, NJ 23 Freeway (unbuilt), NJ 208 Freeway (unbuilt), Northern State Parkway and West Side Highway (NY 9A) pages.

SEPTEMBER 19-25, 1999: New entries added for the Shore Front Drive-Staten Island (unbuilt) and Shore Front Parkway-Rockaways (unbuilt) page. Corrections and updates made to the Cross-Brooklyn Expressway (I-287, I-695 and I-878, unbuilt), Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. Expressway (NY 440), Interstate 78, Interstate 80, NJ 85 Freeway (unbuilt), NJ 495 Freeway, North Shore Expressway-Staten Island (NY 439, unbuilt), Sheridan Expressway (I-895) pages. Photos added to more New Jersey and Connecticut pages.

SEPTEMBER 12-18, 1999: Corrections and updates added to the Bethpage State Parkway, Bronx River Parkway, Cross Bronx Expressway (I-95, I-295 and US 1), Cross Westchester Expressway (I-287), Harlem River Drive, Hutchinson River Parkway, Korean War Veterans Parkway, Major Deegan Expressway (I-87), Meadowbrook State Parkway, Nassau Expressway (NY 878), Northern Westchester Expressway (NY 35, unbuilt), Ossining-South Salem Expressway (NY 172, unbuilt), Peekskill-Brewster Expressway (US 6 and US 202, unbuilt), Pound Ridge-Stamford Expressway (NY 137 and CT 137, unbuilt), Sunken Meadow State Parkway, Van Wyck Expressway (I-678), West Shore Expressway (NY 440) and Whitestone Expressway (I-678) pages.

SEPTEMBER 5-11, 1999: Corrections and updates made to the Bruckner Expressway (I-278 and I-95), Clearview Expressway (I-295), Gowanus Expressway (I-278), Grand Central Parkway, Jackie Robinson Parkway, North Shore Expressway-Long Island (NY 347-unbuilt), Staten Island Expressway (I-278), Sunrise Highway (NY 27), and Throgs Neck Expressway (I-695) pages.

AUGUST 30-SEPTEMBER 4, 1999: New entry added for the Park Avenue Express Highway (unbuilt) page. Corrections and updates made to the Babylon-Northport Expressway (NY 231), Bergen-Passaic Expressway (I-80), Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (I-278), Bruckner Expressway (I-278 and I-95), Bushwick Expressway (I-78, unbuilt), Connecticut Turnpike (I-95), Cross Bronx Expressway (I-95, I-295 and US 1), Cross Island Parkway, Hudson River Expressway (I-487, unbuilt), Interstate 84-New York, Interstate 84-Connecticut, Interstate 287-New Jersey, Interstate 684-New York, Lower Manhattan Expressway (I-78 and I-478, unbuilt), Mid-Manhattan Expressway (I-495, unbuilt), New England Thruway (I-95), Northern State Parkway, Queens-Midtown Tunnel (I-495), Southern State Parkway, Sunrise Highway (NY 27) and Williamsburg Bridge pages.

AUGUST 15-21, 1999: Corrections and updates made to the Interstate 95-New Jersey, Interstate 695 (unbuilt), Nicolls Road (Suffolk CR 97), Northern State Parkway pages. Revisions underway "behind the scenes" for "The Exits of Metro New York" pages.

AUGUST 8-14, 1999: New entries for the Interstate 95-New Jersey (unbuilt) and Interstate 695-New Jersey (unbuilt) pages. Corrections and updates made to the Interstate 195-New Jersey, Lower Manhattan Expressway (I-78 and I-478, unbuilt), Mid-Manhattan Expressway (I-495, unbuilt), New Jersey Turnpike (I-95), NJ 31 Freeway (unbuilt) and NJ 92 Turnpike Extension (unbuilt) pages.

AUGUST 1-7, 1999: Corrections and updates made to the Belt Parkway, Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel (I-478), Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (I-278), Cross Island Parkway, CT 8 Expressway, CT 25 Expressway, Gowanus Expressway (I-278), Hutchinson River Parkway, Interstate 287, Long Island Expressway (I-495), NJ 440 Freeway-Southern Section, Saw Mill River Parkway, Sprain Brook Parkway and Taconic State Parkway pages.

JULY 25-31, 1999: New entries for the CT 3 Expressway, Interstate 284-Connecticut (unbuilt), Interstate 291-Connecticut, Interstate 384-Connecticut, Interstate 484-Connecticut (unbuilt), Interstate 491-Connecticut (unbuilt), Interstate 691-Connecticut and US 44 Expressway-Connecticut (unbuilt) pages. Corrections and updates made to the Bay Parkway, Bethpage State Parkway, CT 9 Expressway, Heckscher State Parkway, Loop Parkway, Meadowbrook State Parkway, Merritt Parkway (CT 15), NJ 18 Freeway, Northern State Parkway, Ocean Parkway, Robert Moses Causeway, Sagtikos State Parkway, Southern State Parkway, Sunken Meadow State Parkway, US 7 Expressway-Connecticut and Wantagh State Parkway pages. Opened "The Bookstore at nycroads.com."

JULY 18-24, 1999: New entries for the City Line Expressway (NY 164, unbuilt), NJ 15 Freeway, NJ 23 Freeway (unbuilt) and NJ 31 Freeway (unbuilt) pages. Corrections and updates made to the Astoria Expressway (I-678, unbuilt), Babylon-Northport Expressway (NY 231), Bushwick Expressway (I-78, unbuilt), Cross Brooklyn Expressway (I-287, I-695 and I-878, unbuilt), Cross County Parkway, CT 10 Expressway (unbuilt), CT 34 Expressway (unbuilt), CT 40 Expressway (unbuilt), Garden State Parkway, Interstate 280-New Jersey, Interstate 684-New York, Lower Manhattan Expressway (I-78 and I-478, unbuilt), Mid-Manhattan Expressway (I-495, unbuilt), New Jersey Turnpike-Northern Extension (unbuilt), Nicolls Road (Suffolk CR 97), NJ 19 Freeway, NJ 21 Freeway, NJ 178 Freeway (unbuilt), NJ 208 Freeway (unbuilt), Northern Westchester Expressway (NY 35, unbuilt), Peekskill-Brewster Expressway (US 6 and US 202, unbuilt), Pound Ridge-Stamford Expressway (NY 137 and CT 137, unbuilt), Prospect Expressway (NY 27), Spring Valley Bypass (NY 45 and NY 59, unbuilt), Sunrise Highway (NY 27), Trans-Manhattan Expressway (I-95, US 1 and US 9), Western Nassau Expressway (NY 101, unbuilt) and West Shore Expressway (NY 440) pages. Links for NJDOT straight-line diagrams added to the New Jersey expressway and parkway pages. Toll schedule (1947-1948) for New York State bridge, tunnel and ferry crossings added to "The History Index."

JULY 11-17, 1999:
New entries for the Interstate 84-New York, Interstate 84-Connecticut and Interstate 91-Connecticut pages. Corrections and updates made to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (I-278), Newburgh-Beacon Bridge (I-84 and NY 52) and Staten Island Expressway (I-278) pages.

JULY 4-10, 1999: New entries for the Alfred E. Driscoll Expressway (unbuilt), NJ 440 Freeway-Northern Section (unbuilt) and NJ 495 Freeway pages. Corrections and updates made to the Bayonne Bridge (NY 440), Bronx River Parkway, Hudson River Expressway (I-487, unbuilt), Hutchinson River Parkway, Interstate 278-New Jersey, Nassau Expressway (NY 878), New York State Thruway (I-87 and I-287), NJ 18 Freeway, NJ 85 Freeway (unbuilt), Oak Street Connector (CT 34), Pulaski Skyway (US 1 and US 9), US 7 Expressway-Connecticut and Whitestone Expressway (I-678) pages.

JUNE 27-JULY 3, 1999: Corrections and updates made to the Cross County Parkway, Garden State Parkway, NJ 440 Freeway-Southern Section, Long Island Expressway (I-495), NJ 81 Freeway and Southern State Parkway pages. Entries on "The Crossings" rearranged into geographic categories. Current road and crossing information links from Metro Commute added to each page.

JUNE 13-19, 1999:
New entries for the CT 9 Expressway, CT 72 Expressway and CT 73 Expressway (unbuilt) pages. Corrections and updates made to the Belt Parkway, Cross Island Parkway, Grand Central Parkway, Henry Hudson Parkway, Hutchinson River Parkway, Interstate 195-New Jersey, Jackie Robinson Parkway, Korean War Veterans Parkway, Mosholu Parkway, NJ 178 Freeway (unbuilt), NJ 208 Freeway (unbuilt) and Pelham Parkway pages.

JUNE 6-12, 1999: New entries for the Interstate 195-New Jersey, Interstate 287-New Jersey, NJ 81 Freeway, NJ 440 Freeway-Southern Section and Pulaski Skyway (US 1 and US 9) pages. Corrections and updates made to the Van Wyck Expressway (I-678) and Wilbur Cross Parkway (CT 15) pages.

MAY 30-JUNE 5, 1999: New entries for the NJ 18 Freeway, NJ 19 Freeway, NJ 21 Freeway, NJ 24 Freeway, NJ 74 Freeway (unbuilt) and NJ 208 Freeway (unbuilt) pages. Corrections and updates made to the Atlantic Beach Bridge (NY 878), Bronx River Parkway, NJ 75 Freeway (unbuilt), NJ 85 Freeway (unbuilt) and Verrazano-Narrows Bridge (I-278) pages. Simplified format for "The Roads," "The Crossings" and "The Exits" title pages.

MAY 23-29, 1999: New entries for the CT 8 Expressway, CT 10 Expressway (unbuilt), CT 25 Expressway, CT 34 Expressway, Milford Parkway, Sherwood Island Parkway (unbuilt) and Wilbur Cross Parkway (CT 15) pages. Corrections and updates made to the Bay Parkway, Cross County Parkway, Hutchinson River Parkway, Interstate 280-New Jersey, Major Deegan Expressway (I-87), New England Thruway (I-95), NJ 178 Freeway (unbuilt), Saw Mill River Parkway, US 7 Expressway-Connecticut and Van Wyck Expressway (I-678) pages.

MAY 16-22, 1999: New entries for the NJ 92 Turnpike Extension (unbuilt) and NJ 133 Freeway pages. Corrections and updates made to the Connecticut Turnpike (I-95), Meadowbrook State Parkway, Merritt Parkway (CT 15), Interstate 78-New Jersey, Interstate 80-New Jersey, Oyster Bay-Rye Bridge (I-287, unbuilt), Shoreham-New Haven Bridge (I-91, unbuilt) and Southern State Parkway pages.

MAY 9-15, 1999: New entries for the CT 40 Expressway, Interstate 278-New Jersey, Interstate 280-New Jersey and US 7 Expressway-Connecticut pages. Corrections and updates made to the Babylon-Northport Expressway (NY 231), Bruckner Expressway (I-278 and I-95), Garden State Parkway, Long Island Expressway (I-495), Holland Tunnel (I-78), Nassau Expressway (NY 878), North Shore Expressway-Long Island (NY 347, unbuilt), Pelham Parkway, Phelps Way (NY 117), Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway (NY 135) and Sunrise Highway (NY 27) pages.

MAY 2-8, 1999: New entries for the Interstate 78-New Jersey, Interstate 80-New Jersey, NJ 75 Freeway (unbuilt), NJ 85 Freeway (unbuilt) and NJ 178 Freeway (unbuilt) pages. Corrections and updates made to the Connecticut Turnpike (I-95), Interstate 684-New York, Jackie Robinson Parkway, Merritt Parkway (CT 15), Newburgh-Beacon Bridge (I-84 and NY 52), Ocean Parkway, Pound Ridge-Stamford Expressway (NY 137 and CT 137, unbuilt) and Southern State Parkway pages.

APRIL 25-MAY 1, 1999: Corrections and updates made to the Cross Bronx Expressway (I-95, I-295 and US 1), Holland Tunnel (I-78), Lincoln Tunnel (NY 495), Long Island Expressway (I-495), Lower Manhattan Expressway (I-78 and I-478, unbuilt), New York State Thruway (I-87 and I-287), Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway (NY 135), Sunrise Highway (NY 27), Western Nassau Expressway (NY 101, unbuilt) and West Side Highway (NY 9A) pages.

APRIL 18-24, 1999: New entries for the Connecticut Turnpike (I-95) and Merritt Parkway (CT 15) pages.

APRIL 4-10, 1999: New entries for the New Jersey Turnpike (I-95), Newark Bay Extension (I-78) and New Jersey Turnpike - Northern Extension (unbuilt) pages. Corrections and updates made to the Garden State Parkway and New York State Thruway (I-87 and I-287) pages.

MARCH 28-APRIL 3, 1999: New entry for the Hudson River Bridge (unbuilt) page. Corrections and updates made to the Manhattan Bridge, Queensboro (59th Street) Bridge (NY 25) and Williamsburg Bridge. Photos from the 1953 book "This Is Westchester" (supplied by James Rumbarger) added to several Westchester County pages.

MARCH 21-27, 1999: New entries for the Hell Gate Bridge and Newburgh-Beacon Bridge (I-84 and NY 52) pages. Corrections and updates made to the Clearview Expressway (I-295), Lincoln Tunnel (NY 495), Long Island Expressway (I-495); New York State Thruway (I-87 and I-287), Northern State Parkway, Ocean Parkway, Queens-Midtown Tunnel (I-495), Robert Moses Causeway, Sagtikos State Parkway, Saw Mill River Parkway and Sprain Brook Parkway pages.

MARCH 14-20, 1999: Robert V. Droz contributed scans from the 1928 Rand McNally "New York and Vicinity" map to "Maps and History."

MARCH 7-13, 1999: Rewrote the Brooklyn Bridge page. Introduced speed limit information from the NYSDOT Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices. Corrections and updates made to the Long Island Expressway (I-495), Major Deegan Expressway (I-87) and West Side Highway (NY 9A) pages.

MARCH 1, 1999:
Moved site into new permanent home at nycroads.com.

FEBRUARY 21-27, 1999:
Added pre-1974 speed limits for New York City, Long Island and Westchester-Rockland highways to "Maps and History."

FEBRUARY 14-20, 1999: Added George Washington Bridge - Fort Lee approach (1931) to "The History Index."

FEBRUARY 7-13, 1999: Corrections and updated made to the Hutchinson River Parkway and Northern State Parkway pages. New photos added to "The Roads" and "The Crossings" pages.

JANUARY 31-FEBRUARY 6, 1999: Corrections and updates made to the Atlantic Expressway (NY 27, unbuilt), Broad Hollow Expressway (NY 110, unbuilt), Brooklyn Bridge, North Shore Expressway-Long Island (NY 347, unbuilt) and Prospect Expressway (NY 27) pages.

JANUARY 24-30, 1999: New entries for the Blue Mountain Parkway (unbuilt) and Spring Valley Bypass (NY 45-NY 59, unbuilt) pages. Updates made to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (I-278), Cross Bronx Expressway (I-95, I-295 and US 1), FDR Drive, Long Island (Vanderbilt) Motor Parkway, Nicolls Road (Suffolk CR 97), Pearl River Bypass (NY 304), Van Wyck Expressway (I-678) and West Side Highway (NY 9A) pages. Completed listings for "The Exits of Metro New York."

JANUARY 3-9, 1999: Added information on the movable barrier system found on the Tappan Zee Bridge (I-87 and I-287). Announced plans for "The Exits of Metro New York," a new exit listing web site developed exclusively for the New York metropolitan area.

DECEMBER 27, 1998-JANUARY 2, 1999: New entry for the Pound Ridge-Stamford Expressway (NY 137 and CT 137, unbuilt) page. Updates made to the North Shore Expressway-Long Island (NY 347, unbuilt) and William Floyd Parkway (Suffolk CR 46) pages.

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