Bronx River Parkway
New York Scenic Byway 19 mi in New York.
About the Bronx River Parkway
The section of the Bronx River Parkway within Westchester County is a designated New York State Scenic Byway, from the Bronx – Westchester County line to the Kensico Dam Plaza. Construction began in Westchester County in 1907. This makes it the earliest limited access automobile route to start construction in the United States. The Bronx River Parkway was the first highway to utilize a median strip to separate opposing lanes, the first highway constructed through a park, the Bronx River Reservation, and the first highway where intersecting streets crossed over bridges. The parkway is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
New York State Department of Transportation's own description, in its words. Byway page on dot.ny.gov.
Camping along the byway
No public campground this site holds lies within 5 miles of the road.
About this page's facts
The line is the Federal Highway Administration's scenic byways layer (HEPGIS, a snapshot of 2022-06-24, a US government work), cut at the state line and simplified for the map; the length is the line's. The designation is the program's own: the national tiers from FHWA's America's Byways roster, the rest from the layer's designation field. Road conditions, closures and seasonal gates change: check the agency's own page and the state's road conditions before you go.