Interstate 87 North - New York City

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Interstate 87 North

Ramps from I-278 east from the RFK Bridge, I-278 west along the Bruckner Expressway and adjacent 135th Street converge at the beginning of Interstate 87 northbound, a quarter mile from Exit 2.
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The first confirming marker for Interstate 87 stands at the Brook Avenue under crossing and Mott Haven neighborhood of the Bronx.
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Exit 2 joins 135th Street ahead of Willis Avenue. Willis Avenue south connects with the Third Avenue Bridge spanning the Harlem River to East Harlem in Manhattan.
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Curving north onto a six lane elevated roadway, I-87 (Major Deegan Expressway) advances a quarter mile to Exit 3 for Grand Concourse.
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Grand Concourse constitutes a four to six lane boulevard north from Exit 3 to Mosholu Parkway at Bedford Park.
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The Harlem River Lift Bridge spans the river between I-87 (Major Deegan Expressway) and Harlem River Drive in Manhattan.
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Exit 3 partitions with a ramp for E 138th Street to the Madison Avenue Bridge west to Harlem. Greened out here was Bronx Terminal Market.
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The succeeding exit joins I-87 north with E 149th Street, the 145th Street Bridge and River Avenue north to Yankee Stadium.
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Exit 4 lowers from the Major Deegan Expressway to a five point intersection at E 149th Street, River Drive and Exterior Street to Bronx Terminal Market.
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Interstate 87 continues two miles north to Exits 7 N/S for I-95/U.S. 1 (Cross Bronx Expressway) between Washington Heights in Manhattan and Highbridge in the Bronx.
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Exit 5 forms a service road north to loop ramps with Macombs Dam Bridge and Jerome Avenue west of E 161st Street at Yankee Stadium.
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The Macombs Dam Bridge spans the Harlem River west to Macombs Place, W 155th Street, and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard in Upper Manhattan.
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U.S. 1 overlaps with Interstate 95 between Fort Lee, New Jersey and Webster Avenue at Tremont in Bronx.
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Built in 1848, the High Bridge pedestrian span crosses I-87 (Major Deegan Expressway) and the Harlem River west to Highbridge Park on Manhattan Island.
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Exit 7 N connects with I-95 north across the Bronx to New Rochelle, Rye and Port Chester. Exit 7 S ascends onto I-95 south across the Alexander Hamilton Bridge spanning the Harlem River.
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Interstate 87 (Major Deegan Expressway) proceeds north through the multi level interchange with I-95/U.S. 1 (Cross Bronx Expressway).
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Exit 8 departs from I-87 (Deegan Expressway) north in 0.75 miles for W 179th Street at Morris Heights.
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Spanning I-87 high above this distance sign, the Washington Bridge crosses the Harlem River between 181st Street at Washington Heights and Edward L. Grant Highway / University Avenue at Mt. Eden.
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Interstate 87 expands to six lanes north between Roberto Clemente State Park and Morris Heights.
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A diamond interchange at Exit 9 links I-87 with W Fordham Road and the University Heights Bridge to Inwood at the north end of Manhattan Island.
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Exit 9 leaves the Major Deegan Expressway north for W Fordham Road at the University Heights neighborhood.
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I-87 passes by Fordham Hill north from Exit 9.
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U.S. 9 (Broadway) crosses the Harlem River on a nearby lift bridge.
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The diamond interchange at Exit 10 connects I-87 (Deegan Expressway) with W 230th Street between the Marble Hill and Kingsbridge Heights neighborhoods.
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A lid spans the northbound roadway for Interstate 87 below Albany Crescent.
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Exit 11 loops onto Van Cortlandt Park S and Bailey Avenue at Van Cortlandt Park.
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Exit 12 joins I-87 north with Mosholu Parkway (NY 908F) northbound within Van Cortlandt Park.
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Mosholu Parkway (NY 908F) concludes 0.88 miles north of Exit 12 at a trumpet interchange joining Henry Hudson Parkway (NY 907V) west and Saw Mill River Parkway (NY 987D) north.
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Saw Mill Parkway parallels I-87 north through the city of Yonkers. Henry Hudson Parkway becomes part of NY 9A south from U.S. 9 en route to Inwood on Manhattan Island.
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The trumpet interchange at Exit 13 ties into the intersection joining E 233rd Street and Jerome Avenue adjacent to Woodlawn Cemetery and Van Cortlandt Park.
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Service stations line both sides of I-87 (Major Deegan Expressway) by the exchange with E 233rd Street and Jerome Avenue.
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Leaving Van Cortlandt Park, Interstate 87 proceeds north into the city of Yonkers and Westchester County along the New York State (NYS) Thruway.
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Exit 14 is a slip ramp onto the adjacent service road leading north to Parkway N and McLean Avenue in Yonkers.
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Exit numbers reset as the NYS Thruway begins along Interstate 87 northbound.
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Photo Credits:

08/09/04, 07/27/07, 12/17/17 by AARoads

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Page Updated 03-03-2023.

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