New York State Roads - New York City/Long Island/Mid-Hudson History

New York City planned freeway/expressway network
The planned freeway/expressway network for the greater New York City area

The New York City area had many planned expressways and parkways that did not come to fruition due to community opposition and the freeway revolt. As a result, the network is only a fraction of its intended size. Evidence of the larger network abouts, such as I-78 ending just after crossing through the Holland Tunnel, NY/NJ 495, the stub endings of I-295 and the Korean War Veterans Parkway, stubs on NY 440, and even an unused interchange on I-278 in Staten Island that was only recently removed. The images above are from a 1964 report developed by the Tri-State Transportation Comission and published in the May 1964 edition of Regional Plan Association News, available on Steve Anderson's NYCRoads.com. The network is also roughly shown in a fictional map created by Vanshnookenraggen.