The Harlem River Drive is a major freeway-standard parkway on the east side of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It runs along the Harlem River from the Triborough Bridge to the George Washington Bridge and points further north in Manhattan. In 2003, the New York State Department of Transportation re-designated the parkway as the "369th Harlem Hellfighters Drive," in honor of the all-black regiment that fought to defend France during World War I. High-capacity freeway interchange in Los Angeles, California. ... A parkway is a general designation of a type of limited-access highway in the US and Canada. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... Manhattan Borough,highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... The Harlem River, shown in red, between the Bronx and Manhattan in New York City The Harlem River is a tidal strait in New York City, USA that flows 8 miles between the East River and the Hudson River, separating the borough of Manhattan from the Bronx. ... 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... The George Washington Bridge The George Washington Bridge is a suspension bridge over the Hudson River, connecting the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan Island in New York City to Fort Lee, New Jersey. ... Manhattan Borough,highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Harlem Hellfighters is the popular name for the 369th Infantry Regiment, formerly the 15th New York National Guard Regiment. ... World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machineguns, and poison gas. ...

The Drive originated as the Harlem River Speedway, which attracted horse owners, and later, car drivers, who could ride and race along the stretch of road. The dirt roadway stretched two and one-half miles from West 155th Street to West 208th Street.

Robert Moses envisioned the Harlem River Drive as a six-lane road linking the George Washington Bridge and the East River Drive (now the FDR Drive) north of East 125th Street. Traffic from the Triborough Bridge and the several bridges joining the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx feed into the Drive. Sections of the old speedway in the path of the highway were incorporated into the new highway. Construction ended in 1964. Robert Moses. ... The George Washington Bridge The George Washington Bridge is a suspension bridge over the Hudson River, connecting the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan Island in New York City to Fort Lee, New Jersey. ... FDR Drive is a major freeway-standard parkway on the east side of the New York City borough of Manhattan. ... 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 87 is a 346 mile (558 km) intrastate interstate highway located entirely within the state of New York. ... The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of United States. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

A four-lane viaduct rises from the Harlem River Drive to connect to both decks of the George Washington Bridge (via the Trans-Manhattan Expressway and to Amsterdam Avenue in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan. The Harlem River Drive continues north to the Inwood section of Manhattan, where it ends with connections to Tenth Avenue and Dyckman Street. Tenth Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City. ... Washington Heights is located in Upper Manhattan. ... Inwood is the northernmost neighborhood on Manhattan Island in the New York City borough of Manhattan. ...

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External links

• NYCRoads.com - Harlem River Drive