Throgs Neck Expressway | ||||
Route information | ||||
Auxiliary route of I-95 | ||||
Maintained by NYSDOT | ||||
Length | 1.4 mi [1] (2.3 km) | |||
Existed | 1986 [2]–present | |||
NHS | Entire route | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | I-295 in Throggs Neck | |||
North end | I-95 in Throggs Neck | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | New York | |||
Counties | Bronx | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Interstate 695 (I-695), also known as the Throgs Neck Expressway, 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, which connects the Bronx with Queens and Long Island.
I-695 begins at exit 10 on the Cross Bronx Expressway ( I-295) in the Throggs 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 Throggs 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]
The Throgs Neck Expressway was completed in 1961 at a cost of $16 million (equivalent to $125 million in 2023 [4]), [5] connecting the Throgs Neck Bridge to the Bruckner Expressway. [6] For years, the highway was considered (and signed as) a spur of I-78, [5] which initially followed all of modern I-295 from the Bruckner Interchange to Hillside Avenue (now New York State Route 25). [7] When this section of I-78 was renumbered to I-295 on January 1, 1970, [8] the Throgs Neck Expressway became a spur of that route. [5] In 1986, the New York State Department of Transportation resigned 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, [2] and the number was approved by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials on May 6, 2008. [9]
The entire route is in the Throggs Neck neighborhood of the New York City borough of the Bronx. All exits are unnumbered.
mi [10] [11] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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0.00 | 0.00 | I-295 south ( Cross Bronx Expressway) – Throgs Neck Bridge, Long Island | Exit 10 on I-295 | ||
0.74 | 1.19 | Randall Avenue | Southbound exit only | ||
1.04 | 1.67 | Lafayette Avenue | Northbound exit and entrance | ||
1.77 | 2.85 | I-95 north ( Bruckner Expressway) – New Haven | Exit 7A on I-95 | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |