| Interstate 487 Deleted route of the Interstate Highway System |
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Interstate 487 was a proposed intrastate Interstate Highway in New York that was to run from The Bronx to Beacon. The Dwight D Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, commonly called the Interstate Highway System (or simply the Interstate System) The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT is responsible for the establishment and classification of a State highway network which includes interstate highways New York State Route 481 is a state highway in Central New York. New York State Route 488 is an east-west and north-south running route located entirely within Ontario County. New York State Route 397 is a short state highway in New York, running from the village of Altamont to the hamlet of Dunnsville, in Albany County New York State Route 400 is a limited-access State highway totally contained within Erie County, New York, USA. The list of Interstate Highways in New York encompasses 29 currently in-use Interstate Highways &mdasheight primary Interstates and 21 auxiliary Interstates&mdashwhich In the US state of New York, US Routes are maintained by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT The following is a list of numbered State highways in the US state of New York. New York State Reference Routes and Parkway Routes are New York State Highways that possess a signed name (mainly parkways that the New York State Department The Dwight D Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, commonly called the Interstate Highway System (or simply the Interstate System) Beacon is a City located in Dutchess County New York, United States. After much resident opposition, the highway was cancelled in the 1960s. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969
Interstate 487, named the "Hudson River Expressway", was an idea dating back to the 1920's. The Hudson River Expressway was originally planned as a parkway, but the $55 million price tag for a 30-mile stretch of road cancelled the idea. In the United States, Parkways are defined as follows A type of road A broad landscaped thoroughfare especially: one from which trucks and In 1936, the Regional Plan Association proposed an expressway from The Bronx to Albany. The Regional Plan Association (RPA is an independent not-for-profit regional planning organization founded in 1922 that focuses on recommendations to improve the quality of life and Albany is the Capital of the State of New York and the County seat of Albany County. This route would parallel US-9 but was cancelled by World War II. At, US Route 9 's New York segment accounts for more than half of the highway 's total length World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The New York State Department of Public Works (now the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) proposed a 30-mile long expressway in 1952. The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT is responsible for the development and operation of Highways, railroads, Mass transit systems Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This route would begin at Interstate 87/I-287 interchange in Tarrytown and end at I-84 in Beacon. Interstate 87 (abbreviated I-87) is a 33349 mile (53670 km intrastate Interstate highway located entirely within the state of New York Interstate 287 (abbreviated I-287) is a major Interstate highway in New Jersey and New York. Tarrytown is a village in the Town of Greenburgh in Westchester County, New York, United States. Interstate 84 (abbreviated I-84) is an Interstate highway extending from Dunmore Pennsylvania (near Scranton Pennsylvania) at an intersection
Then, in May, 1965, Governor Rockefeller introduced the "Hudson River Expressway", a 30-mile long expressway on the east side of the Hudson River from Interstate 87 (Major Deegan Expressway in The Bronx to I-84 in Beacon. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. The Hudson River, called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk, the Great Mohegan by the Iroquois, or as the Lenape Native Americans called it in Unami Interstate 87 (abbreviated I-87) is a 33349 mile (53670 km intrastate Interstate highway located entirely within the state of New York The Major William Francis Deegan Expressway (sometimes called " The Major Deegan " or simply " the Deegan " is an 8 Its parent route, I-87, led to the I-487 designation. However, resident opposition led Rockefeller to cancel the section between The Bronx and Tarrytown in August of the same year. Two years later, the Peekskill-Beacon section was also cancelled, leaving only the 10. 4 mile section between Ossining and Tarrytown to remain. This section of roadway, once designated New York State Route 399, is now the Croton Expressway (US-9). At, US Route 9 's New York segment accounts for more than half of the highway 's total length
A 69-mile "West Dutchess Expressway" from Poughkeepsie to Tarrytown was proposed in the 1970s using the I-487 designation, but was denied.