"East River Drive" redirects here. For East Drive in Central Park, see East Drive (Manhattan). For the Stanley Clarke album, see East River Drive (album).
Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive
FDR Drive
FDR Drive highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT and NYCDOT
Length
9.68 mi[1] (15.58 km)
Existed
1955[2]–present
History
Upgraded in 1966[2]
Restrictions
No commercial vehicles
Major junctions
South end
I-478 / NY 9A / West Side Highway in Battery Park City
Major intersections
Brooklyn Bridge in Two Bridges
North end
NY 900G / Harlem River Drive in East Harlem
Location
Country
United States
State
New York
Counties
New York
Highway system
New York Highways
Interstate
US
State
Reference
Parkways
Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive, commonly called FDR Drive for short, is a controlled-access parkway on the east side of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It starts near South and Broad Streets, just north of the Battery Park Underpass, and runs north along the East River to the 125th Street / Robert F. Kennedy Bridge interchange, where it becomes Harlem River Drive. All of FDR Drive is designated New York State Route 907L (NY 907L), an unsigned reference route.
FDR Drive features a mix of below-grade, at-grade, and elevated sections, as well as three partially covered tunnels. The parkway is mostly three lanes in each direction, except for several small sections.
By law, the current weight limits on FDR Drive from 23rd Street to Harlem River Drive in both directions is posted 8,000 pounds (3,600 kg). All commercial vehicles (including trucks) are banned from all sections of FDR Drive.[3]
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^ abAnderson, Steve. "FDR Drive". NYCRoads. Archived from the original on January 20, 2012. Retrieved January 19, 2012.[self-published source]
^New York City Department of Transportation (2013). "Parkway Truck Restrictions". New York City Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on May 17, 2013. Retrieved June 23, 2013.
Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive, commonly called FDRDrive for short, is a controlled-access parkway on the east side of the New York City borough...
announced for direct ramps to the FDRDrive elevated highway to alleviate congestion at the approach. The ramp from the FDRDrive to the Brooklyn Bridge was...
shoreline is roughly the modern-day park's eastern boundary at State Street. FDRDrive was built along the East River shore in the 1930s using embankments and...
with East 6th Street continuing further eastward and connecting to the FDRDrive. The west end of most of these streets is the Bowery and Third Avenue...
Hellfighters Drive, is in honor of the 369th Infantry Regiment, also known as the Harlem Hellfighters. Harlem River Drive begins at exit 17 of the FDRDrive in...
rear garden at One Sutton Place South is, in fact, cantilevered over the FDRDrive, a busy parkway at Manhattan's eastern edge that is not visible from most...
neighborhoods of South Ferry and Battery Park City. The tunnel connects FDRDrive, which runs along the east side of Manhattan Island, with the West Side...
Re-entering Manhattan, it travels south along the East River on the FDRDrive. The route crosses the Queensboro Bridge into Queens before heading south...
the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel, with some routes continuing non-stop via the FDRDrive to reach Midtown. The exception to this is the BM5, which also makes stops...
westbound from the Brooklyn Bridge to the northbound FDRDrive, or drivers traveling from the FDRDrive to the Brooklyn Bridge eastbound, would be exempt...
Foundation–David Rockefeller River Campus in 2019, built along the East River over FDRDrive, added two acres to Rockefeller's footprint. Rockefeller's campus houses...
routes of MTA's Regional Bus Operations. The M34 runs from 12th Avenue to FDRDrive via 34th Street, while the M34A runs from Port Authority Bus Terminal...
greenway was built in the 1930 to 1950s in conjunction with the nearby FDRDrive, with exceptions: Waterside Plaza: 1973 East River Esplanade Park: 1992...
United States. It runs the full width of the island of Manhattan, from FDRDrive along the East River in the east to the West Side Highway along the Hudson...
District 26th to 28th Streets; 6th to 7th Avenues Brookdale 25th Street from FDRDrive to 1st Avenue Hudson Yards 30th to 34th Streets; the Hudson River to Tenth...
would be used to build the rest of the complex, as well as a deck over FDRDrive on the headquarters' eastern side. To fit in with the accelerated schedule...
Midtown Tunnel in both directions, as they run via Lower Manhattan via the FDRDrive. Manhattan-bound QM8 super express service runs along the normal QM8 route...
and highways crossing the city and metro area. East River Drive (eventually renamed FDRDrive), was built along the corresponding river in Manhattan. The...
obliged Moses to use a tunnel instead. Battery Park Underpass connects to FDRDrive. In the 1960s, Moses proposed straightening the West Side Highway, widening...
government built a footbridge across the FDRDrive at 51st Street. The strip of land east of Beekman Place, along the FDRDrive, was opened as a park from 1942...
between a makeshift ferry slip at Beach 108th Street and Beach Channel Drive in Rockaway Park, Queens, and Pier 11/Wall Street, then continuing on to...
limited-access East River Drive, which was later renamed after Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and is universally known by New Yorkers as the "FDRDrive". The road is...
where it intersects with both the unsigned Interstate 478 (I-478) and FDRDrive. The northern terminus of NY 9A is at U.S. Route 9 (US 9) in Peekskill...
Global Information
NY 900G / Harlem River Drive in East Harlem
