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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Drive
Reference Route 907L
Length:	9.4 mi[1] (15.13 km)
Formed:	1955 (original) 1966 (upgrade)
South end:	NY 9A (West Side Highway) South Street at the Battery Park Underpass
Major junctions:	I-495 at the Queens-Midtown Tunnel NY-25 at the Queensboro Bridge
North end:	Harlem River Drive at the Triboro Bridge
Counties:	New York
New York State Reference Routes

FDR Drive at night

FDR Drive is a nine mile freeway-standard parkway on the east side of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It starts just north of the Battery Park underpass at South and Broad Streets, runs along the entire length of the East River from the Battery Park Underpass under Battery Park (north of which it is the South Street Viaduct for a bit) north to the Triborough Bridge (where it becomes Harlem River Drive). The highway is mostly 3 lanes in each direction, with the exception of a small section underneath the Brooklyn Bridge where it is 2 lanes southbound and 1 lane northbound. An additional section between the Queensboro Bridge/60/61st Street interchange is also narrowed to 2 lanes. By law, the current weight limits on the FDR Drive from 23rd Street to the Harlem River Drive in both directions, is posted 8,000 lbs.. South of 23rd Street, buses are allowed to use this section of the FDR but are not allowed north of 23rd Street because of clearance and weight issues. All commercial vehicles (including trucks) are banned from using any section of the FDR Drive. The FDR Drive features a varied mix of below grade, at grade, elevated sections, and three partially covered tunnels, often changing every mile or two to a different mode. Image File history File links NY-blank. ... // The following is a list of New York state numbered routes. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A mile is a unit of length, usually used to measure distance, in a number of different systems, including Imperial units, United States customary units and Norwegian/Swedish mil. ... km redirects here. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... 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The Battery Park Underpass was the second section of Manhattans FDR Drive to be completed, in 1950. ... New York City waterways: 1. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Triborough Bridge is a complex of three bridges connecting the New York City boroughs of the Bronx, Manhattan, and Queens, using what were two islands, Wards Island and Randalls Island as intermediate rights-of-way between the water crossings. ... The Harlem River Drive is a major freeway-standard parkway on the east side of the New York City borough of Manhattan. ...

History

The F.D.R. Drive was originally named East River Drive, and is one of the brainchild designs of highway legend Robert Moses. Moses faced the difficult challenges of building a parkway/boulevard combination along the East River, while minimizing disruptions to residents. The section from 125th Street to 92nd Street is the original 1934 construction, while sections from 92nd Street down to Battery Park (with the exception of a section from 42nd to 49th Streets) were built as a boulevard, an arterial highway running at street level. Future reconstruction designs of the FDR Drive from 1948 to 1966 converted into a full parkway that is in use today. To date, only two movies have been filmed on the F.D.R. drive. The film Adam's Rib involves the highway in a driving scene, but an intense traffic action scene in the 1973 James Bond film Live and Let Die involves the F.D.R. drive, in which James Bond is being driven by a CIA driver when the villain Whisper drives by in a pimpmobile and shoots Bond's driver with a poison dart, leading Bond to steer the car from the backseat through dangerous New York traffic. Robert Moses with a model of his proposed Battery Bridge Robert Moses (December 18, 1888–July 29, 1981) was the master builder of mid-20th century New York City, Long Island, and other suburbs. ... Adams Rib is a 1949 film starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy and directed by George Cukor. ... Flemings commissioned image of James Bond to aid the Daily Express comic strip artists. ... Ian Flemings Live and Let Die is the eighth official film in the EON Productions Bond franchise and the first to star Roger Moore as British Secret Service agent, Commander James Bond. ... The CIA Seal The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an American intelligence agency, responsible for obtaining and analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals, and reporting such information to the various branches of the U.S. Government. ...

Topology

The FDR Drive starts at the southern tip at South and Broad Streets and quickly becomes elevated from there to a point between Jackson Street and Gouverneur Slip, by the Manhattan Bridge exit. From there it is at street level, until it passes underneath Houston St overpass, then continues at grade. Once past the 14th Street curve, it becomes elevated briefly, except the northbound roadway is at street level when passing through Waterside Plaza between 23rd and 34th Streets, then realigns with the southbound roadway above ground. The roadway quickly dips onto street level after passing 42nd Street, the southbound roadway is inside a tunnel while the northbound roadway appears to be on the outside of the tunnel. This is due to the construction of the United Nations Plaza above the FDR. Afterwards, there is another tunnel from 51st to 63rd Streets, in this tunnel, the southbound roadway is raised and runs slightly over the northbound roadway, so the Queensboro Bridge northbound exit can be built. After the roadways become level at 63rd Street, there is another tunnel, underneath the New York-Presbyterian and Cornell Medical Center hospitals, while remaining at grade. From 79th to 90th Street, the final tunnel is used, as Gracie Mansion is overhead. Except for a brief elevation over the 96th Street interchange, the remaining portion of the roadway from the Gracie Mansion tunnel to the 125th Street interchange is at grade. The Manhattan Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the East River in New York City, connecting Lower Manhattan with Brooklyn. ... San Francisco City Hall on Civic Center plaza in 2004 San Franciscos Civic Center is an area of a few blocks north of the intersection of Market Street and Van Ness Avenue that contains many of the citys largest government and cultural institutions. ... Gracie Mansion is the official residence of the mayor of New York City. ...

A plaque dedicating the East River Drive, is visible on the southbound roadway before entering the Gracie Mansion tunnel at 90th Street.

It was originally named East River Drive, and was renamed after Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Its New York State Reference Route is 907L. It is referred to by locals as simply "The FDR". In the 1980s, chunks of the elevated road falling to the ground led to the joke that "FDR" stood for "Falling Down Roadway".^{[citation needed]} Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882–April 12, 1945), 32nd President of the United States, the longest-serving holder of the office and the only man to be elected President more than twice, was one of the central figures of 20th century history. ... Reference Routes are New York State Highways that the New York State Department of Transportation has determined are too minor to have a signed number, or highways that have a signed name (mainly parkways). ...

Exit list

#	Mile	Destinations	Notes
	0.00	Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel (I-478) - Brooklyn West Side Highway (NY 9A) - Henry Hudson Bridge	Southbound junction only. Via Battery Park Underpass.
1		South Street - Battery Park, Staten Island Ferry, Financial District	Additional northbound entrance from Old Slip
2		Pearl Street - Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Civic Center
3		South Street - Manhattan Bridge, Chinatown, Little Italy	southbound exit and northbound entrance
4		Grand Street - Lower East Side	southbound entrance and exit
5		Houston Street - Williamsburg Bridge, East Village, Greenwich Village
6		East 15th Street	Permanently closed after 9/11
7		East 23rd Street - Gramercy Park, Chelsea	Northbound exit is East 20th/23rd Streets. Southbound exit is East 23rd Street only
		East 30th Street	southbound entrance only
8		East 34th Street To Queens-Midtown Tunnel (I-495) - Queens, Riverhead
9		East 42nd Street	northbound exit and southbound entrance
10		East 49th Street	southbound exit, northbound entrance from East 48th Street
11		East 53rd Street	southbound exit only
12		East 61st Street / East 63rd Street To Queensboro Bridge (NY 25) - Queens	southbound entrance and exit at East 63rd Street, northbound exit to East 61st Street, northbound entrance at East 60th Street
13		East 71st Street - Upper East Side	southbound exit to East 71st Street, southbound entrance from East 73rd Street, no northbound access/exit
		East 79th Street	southbound entrance only
		East 92nd Street/York Ave	southbound entrance only
14		East 96th Street - Yorkville
15		East 106th Street - Spanish Harlem	southbound exit and entrance
16		East 116th Street - East Harlem	southbound exit and entrance
17		Triboro Bridge (I-278) - Bruckner Expressway, Grand Central Parkway, Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
Exit numbering continues on the Harlem River Drive

Exit numbers on Interstate 4 in Volusia County, Florida. ... Image File history File links I-478. ... The Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel is a toll road in New York City which crosses under the East River at its mouth and connects the Boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan, nearly passing under, but providing no access to Governors Island. ... Interstate 478 is an unsigned Interstate Highway in New York City. ... Image File history File links NY-9A.svg‎ File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): U.S. Route 9 Harlem River Henry Hudson Bridge Interstate 287 Taconic State Parkway Henry Hudson Parkway Broadway Bridge (Manhattan) Saw Mill... The last elevated portion of the West Side Highway by Trump Place apartment complex The West Side Highway (officially the Joe DiMaggio Highway, formerly the Miller Highway) is a mostly-surface section of New York State Route 9A (NY 9A) that runs from West 72nd Street along the Hudson River... New York State Route 9A is a state highway in New York, United States, providing an alternate to US 9 from New York City north to Peekskill. ... South Street in Manhattan is noted for its seaport, also called the South Street Seaport. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Lower Manhattan skyline from the deck of the Ferry, 2003 Main article: Transportation in New York City The Staten Island Ferry is a passenger ferry operated by the New York City Department of Transportation between Whitehall Street at the southernmost tip of Manhattan near Battery Park (South Ferry) and St. ... For other uses, see Brooklyn Bridge (disambiguation). ... South Street in Manhattan is noted for its seaport, also called the South Street Seaport. ... The Manhattan Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the East River in New York City, connecting Lower Manhattan with Brooklyn. ... Cooperative Village at the eastern end of Crand Street. ... Houston Street looking east, from The Bowery Houston Street looking west, from The Bowery Houston Street (pronounced ) is a major east-west thoroughfare in downtown New York City. ... The Williamsburg Bridge is a suspension bridge in New York City across the East River connecting Manhattan at Delancey St. ... 23rd Street runs from river to river across Manhattan, carrying two-way traffic. ... Gramercy Park (sometimes misspelled as Grammercy) is a small, fenced-in private park in the Gramercy neighborhood of the New York City borough of Manhattan, accessible only to residents of certain townhouses in the area who have keys to the park. ... 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Main article: Transportation in New York City 42nd Street, NYC 42nd Street is a major crosstown street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, known for its theaters, especially near the intersection with Broadway at Times Square. ... 53rd Street is a midtown cross street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, that contains buildings such as the Citicorp Building. ... Image File history File links NY-25. ... The Queensboro Bridge, also known as the 59th Street Bridge, is a cantilever bridge over the East River in New York City. ... New York State Route 25 is a major east-west road running from the Queensboro Bridge on the East River in Queens, New York City to the Orient Point Ferry terminal on the end of the North Fork of Long Island. ... 79th Street is a major two-way street in the Upper East Side and Upper West Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan. ... 96th Street is a major two-way street in the Upper East Side and Upper West Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan, running from the East River at the FDR Drive to the Henry Hudson Parkway at the Hudson River. ... 116th Street in Manhattan is the location of Columbia University, one of the Ivy League schools. ... Image File history File links I-278. ... Aerial view of the Triborough Bridge (left) and the Hell Gate Bridge (right) The Triborough Bridge is a complex of three bridges connecting the New York City boroughs of the Bronx, Manhattan, and Queens, using what were two islands, Wards Island and Randalls Island as intermediate right-of... Interstate 278 is an Interstate Highway in the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York. ... The Bruckner Expressway is a freeway in The Bronx. ... The Grand Central Parkway is a parkway that stretches from the Triborough Bridge in New York City to Nassau County in Long Island. ... On the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (I-278). ... The Harlem River Drive is a major freeway-standard parkway on the east side of the New York City borough of Manhattan. ...

External links

• nycroads.com - FDR Drive