Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive
The Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive (or FDR Drive or The Drive ) is a 15.19 km (9.44 miles) long highway similar Parkway on the East Side of New York City's borough Manhattan , USA . The entire FDR Drive is also known as New York State Route 907L (NY 907L); the New York State Department of Transportation and the New York City Department of Transportation are responsible for maintenance and care .
history
Originally this city highway was called East River Drive and was later named after the US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt . The road was designed by Robert Moses . The difficulty was to build a parkway or boulevard that runs along the East River and at the same time disturbs the residents as little as possible.
The section between 125th Street and 92nd Street was originally built in 1934. The sections from 92nd Street to Battery Park were laid out at ground level as a boulevard and main thoroughfare , with the exception of the section between 42nd Street and 49th Street . Between 1948 and 1966, FDR Drive was converted into a full parkway. This is how it is used to this day.
The section between 23rd Street and 34th Street was built during World War II on gravel brought by freighters returning from Bristol , England : the German Air Force flew heavy bombardments against Bristol. The British were supplied with war supplies by ship. The ships then loaded ballast as ballast and then drove back to New York, where the construction teams could use the cargo.
Location and course
The FDR Drive runs continuously along the East River . It extends from Battery Park Underpass at the level of South Street and Broad Street in the south to 125th Street (exit to the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge ) in the north, where it is renamed Harlem River Drive .
To the south, FDR Drive becomes an elevated street after beginning on South Street / Broad Street to a point between Jackson Street and Governor Slip near the Manhattan Bridge exit . From there, FDR Drive runs back to street level until it passes under the Houston Street Overpass and then runs back to ground level. After the curve at 14th Street , it becomes an elevated street again, with the exception of the north lanes that run at street level between 23rd Street and 34th Street (this is where Waterside Plaza is located ). These tracks then run as an elevated road again.
After 42nd Street , FDR Drive returns to street level. The tracks to the south later run in a subsequently constructed tunnel structure, whereas the tracks to the north do not run in the tunnel. This structural intervention took place with the construction of the UN headquarters , which is partly on a platform above the FDR Drive, which runs at ground level here.
From 51st Street to 63rd Street , FDR Drive is in a tunnel in which the lanes to the south have been raised and run slightly above the lanes to the north, so that the exit to the Queensboro Bridge could be built. North of 63rd Street, all lanes are again at the same level - at ground level below the platform of the New York Presbyterian Hospital .
From 79th Street to 90th Street , FDR Drive runs at ground level in the last tunnel structure - the Gracie Mansion Tunnel. Here the promenade of Carl Schurz Park near the Gracie Mansion was built over the highway. Apart from a flyover over 96th Street , the last part of FDR Drive is at ground level from the tunnel to 125th Street .
The freeway has mostly three lanes in both directions, with the exception of a small section under the Brooklyn Bridge where it has two lanes to the south and one lane to the north. A section at Queensboro Bridge , 60th Street and 61st Street has two lanes in both directions.
By law, the maximum weight for vehicles on FDR Drive between 23rd Street and Harlem River Drive is limited to 3,600 kg (8,000 pounds) in either direction. Thus, buses north of 23rd Street are not allowed to use the city freeway. Delivery vehicles (including trucks ) are not allowed to drive on the entire FDR Drive.
The Manhattan Waterfront Greenway runs under, next to, or above the city freeway - except between 34th Street and 63rd Street. A sign saying "Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive" is visible from the southbound lanes before they enter the Gracie Mansion Tunnel at 90th Street.
Individual evidence
- ^ NY State Bridge Data . New York City Department of Transportation . September 4, 2012. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
- ↑ FDR Drive - Historical Sign . New York City Department of Parks and Recreation . December 20, 2001. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
- ^ East River Park Highlights . New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
- ↑ Michael Pollak: FYI Column . In: The New York Times , June 26, 2009. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
- ↑ Parkway Truck Restrictions on nyc.gov (English)
