Interstate 695 (New York)


Interstate 695 is an auxiliary Interstate Highway in the New York City borough of the Bronx. It serves as a connector between I-95 and I-295 near the Throgs Neck Bridge toward Queens and Long Island. I-695 is named the Throgs Neck Expressway.

Route description

I-695 begins at exit 10 on the Cross Bronx Expressway Extension in the Throgs 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 Throgs Neck. Here, it connects to Randall Avenue and Lafayette Avenue as it makes its way northward. I-695 continues to the northern edge of the neighborhood, where it merges into the Bruckner Expressway at its exit 7A.

History

The Throgs Neck Expressway was completed in 1961 at a cost of $16 million, connecting the Throgs Neck Bridge to the Bruckner Expressway. For years, the highway was considered a spur of I-78, which initially followed all of modern I-295 from the Bruckner Interchange to Hillside Avenue. When this section of I-78 was renumbered to I-295 on January 1, 1970, the Throgs Neck Expressway became a spur of that route. In 1986, the New York State Department of Transportation re-signed 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, and the number was approved by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials on May 6, 2008.

Exit list

The entire route is in the Throgs Neck neighborhood of the New York City borough of The Bronx.