Bruckner Expressway

Northern part

The expressway begins at the northern approach to the Triborough Bridge, where I-278 meets the southern end of I-87, here known as the Major Deegan Expressway. It heads to the northeast as an elevated highway, carrying the I-278 designation through the South Bronx. After 2 miles (3.2 km), the Bruckner Expressway meets NY 895 (Sheridan Boulevard) and turns eastward to cross the Bronx River into the Soundview neighborhood. Here, the highway connects to the Bronx River Parkway at an interchange one block north of that road's official southern terminus. The Bruckner Expressway remains I-278 into the adjacent neighborhood of Castle Hill, where I-278 enters the west half of the complicated Bruckner Interchange and I-95 transitions from the Cross Bronx Expressway to the Bruckner.

In the east half of the junction, located on the opposite bank of Westchester Creek in Throggs Neck, the Bruckner Expressway (now designated I-95) intersects the Hutchinson River Parkway, I-295, and I-678. I-295 proceeds southeast from the Bruckner Interchange as the Cross Bronx Expressway Extension, while the Hutchinson Parkway and I-678 head to the north and south, respectively. The Bruckner eventually makes a turn to the north as well, connecting with I-695 in the process. The Hutchinson and the Bruckner follow mostly parallel alignments to Pelham Bay Park, where the Bruckner Expressway ends at an interchange with the Pelham Parkway. I-95 continues north from this point as the New England Thruway.

The Bruckner Expressway was a project envisioned by Robert Moses, who steered the Bruckner through the Soundview section of the Bronx, further altering the neighborhood after the 15-year construction of the Cross Bronx Expressway, which was completed in 1963. The Bruckner Expressway itself was completed in 1973, making it one of the last roads of the New York City Expressway system to be built. It is named in honor of former Bronx Borough President and Congressman, Henry Bruckner (1871–1942), and was built on and over the roadway of Bruckner Boulevard.[2]

Unlike the Cross Bronx Expressway, which cut through the existing street grid, the Bruckner Expressway was built along the Bruckner Boulevard alignment (except at its western end, where the Bruckner Expressway and Major Deegan Expressway meet). Between Sheridan Boulevard and the eastern end of the Bruckner Expressway, the Bruckner Boulevard is the service road, except at the Bruckner Interchange, where Bruckner Boulevard passes underneath the flying junction. West of Sheridan Boulevard, Bruckner Boulevard is underneath the expressway, and extends past the expressway's western terminus for about 0.5 miles (0.80 km), ending under the Third Avenue Bridge.

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

Location	mi[1][3][4]	km	Old exit	New exit	Destinations	Notes
Port Morris	0.00	0.00		–	I-278 west (Robert F. Kennedy Bridge) – Manhattan, Queens, Randalls Island	Bridge with electronic toll collection
			44	47	I-87 north (Major Deegan Expressway) to Third Avenue Bridge – Albany	Southern terminus of I-87
	0.60	0.97	45	48	East 138th Street	No westbound entrance
Hunts Point	1.50	2.41	46	49	NY 895 north (Sheridan Boulevard) to East 177th Street	Eastbound exit and westbound left entrance; southern terminus of NY 895 (formerly I-895)
	1.90	3.06		50	Hunts Point Avenue – Hunts Point Market	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Bronx River	2.00	3.22	Drawbridge
Soundview	2.20	3.54		51	Bronx River Avenue	Westbound exit only
	2.30– 2.70	3.70– 4.35	51	52	Bronx River Parkway north – White Plains	No westbound exit; exit 2 on Bronx Parkway; no commercial vehicles
	3.00– 3.50	4.83– 5.63	52	53	White Plains Road / Castle Hill Avenue
Throggs Neck (Bruckner Interchange)	3.60– 4.00	5.79– 6.44		54	I-295 south / I-678 south – Throgs Neck Bridge, Whitestone Bridge	Westbound access via exits 6A-B; northern termini of I-295 and I-678
					Hutchinson River Parkway north	Secondary signage for exit 54; southern terminus of Hutchinson Parkway
	4.50	7.24		6A	I-678 south – Whitestone Bridge	Westbound exit only; exit 19 on I-678
	4.73	7.61		6B	I-95 south (Cross Bronx Expressway) – George Washington Bridge	Route transition from I-278 to I-95
Schuylerville	5.40	8.69		7A	I-695 south to I-295 south – Throgs Neck Bridge	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; northern terminus of I-695
	5.50	8.85		7B	East Tremont Avenue	Southbound exit only
Country Club	5.60– 6.00	9.01– 9.66		7C	Country Club Road – Pelham Bay Park	Northbound exit and entrance
	6.00– 6.60	9.66– 10.62		8A	Westchester Avenue	No northbound exit
Pelham Bay Park	6.50– 7.02	10.46– 11.30		8B	Orchard Beach, City Island	Access via Shore Road
				8C	Pelham Parkway west	Eastern terminus of Pelham Parkway; no commercial vehicles
				–	I-95 north (New England Thruway) – New Haven	Continuation beyond Pelham Parkway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Electronic toll collection       Incomplete access       Route transition