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Interstate 295 (I-295) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway within New York City.Measuring 7.7 miles (12.4 km) in length, I-295 originates at NY 25 (Hillside Avenue) in Queens, running north across Queens and over the tolled Throgs Neck Bridge, to Bruckner Interchange, a junction with I-95, I-278, I-678, and the Hutchinson River Parkway in the Bronx.
A diagram of the Clearview Interchange. The interchange is a windmill interchange, connecting two major, controlled-access expressways: the Long Island Expressway (Interstate 495) and the Clearview Expressway (Interstate 295) – the latter highway being the interchange's namesake. [1]
The Cross Bronx Expressway Extension and the Clearview Expressway were originally designated as part of I-78, [46] [47] [48] which was to continue through Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan to the Holland Tunnel. [49] [50] [51] Ultimately, most of I-78 was canceled in 1971.
The lack of expressway names on the signs, as specified by federal standards, caused confusion among drivers who knew the highways by their names. [24] [25] The Clearview Expressway was completed to its present extent in mid-1963, [26] and a short eastbound-only piece of the Nassau Expressway opened in 1971. [27]
The section of the LIE west of the Clearview Expressway was designated as I-495 in October 1958. [2] The windmill interchange with the Clearview Expressway in Bayside was the last section of the LIE in New York City to be completed. Construction on that interchange had started in January 1959.
A 1964 map showing the planned I-78, including the Bushwick Expressway, Nassau Expressway, and Clearview Expressway extension. From circa 1959 until 1970, the I-878 designation was used for a section of what is now I-278 (Bruckner Expressway) between Sheridan Boulevard (formerly the Sheridan Expressway) and the Cross Bronx Expressway in the Bronx.
New York State Route 24 (NY 24) is a 30.84-mile-long (49.63 km) east–west state highway on Long Island in the U.S. state of New York.The highway is split into two segments; the longer western section extends 18.68 miles (30.06 km) from an interchange with Interstate 295 (I-295, named the Clearview Expressway) and NY 25 (Hillside Avenue) in the Queens Village section of the New York City ...
Clearview Expressway, a short expressway in Queens, New York Clearview (typeface) , font family for traffic signs Clear view screen , a device used to keep rain or snow off of a vehicle windshield