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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]
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.
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. [49] [50] By early 1960, the LIE saw more than 120,000 vehicles per day, although congestion frequently built up at Bayside.
At U.S. 61 (Airline Drive), the local name changes to Clearview Parkway, and LA 3152 continues to an interchange with I-10. Clearview Parkway continues northward across Veterans Memorial Boulevard and eventually ends at Lake Pontchartrain. LA 3152 is a divided, six-lane highway for its entire length.
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The only full interchange along the route occurs at (South) Clearview Parkway , a north-south thoroughfare which connects the Huey P. Long Bridge with U.S. 61 and I-10. From this interchange, the expressway proceeds westward to a terminus at Dickory Avenue ( LA 3154 ) near Harahan .
While south of Fort Totten, the parkway enters exit 32, a diamond interchange with Bell Boulevard. A short distance later, the parkway enters another diamond interchange, exit 33, this time for the Clearview Expressway (I-295) and the Throgs Neck Bridge. The northbound lanes also boast a ramp for Utopia Parkway (signed as exit 34).
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