Site Navigation Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York Pennsylvania Rhode Island Vermont     New England Thruway Interstate 95 Southbound Interstate 95 crosses the Byram River into Port Chester, New York from Connecticut. Since Interstate 95 transitions into the New England Thruway of the New York Thruway System, the welcome sign features the Statue of Liberty motif rather than the plain "Welcome to the Empire State" signs found at most state line crossings. Photo taken 06/13/05. Interstate 95 (New England Thruway) southbound quickly encounters the eastern end of Interstate 287 (Cross Westchester Expressway) at Exit 21. Interstate 287 provides a metropolitan bypass route for New York city via the Tappan Zee Bridge across the Hudson River. The freeway serves the Westchester County suburbs of Harrison, White Plains, and Tarrytown. Photo taken 06/13/05. Exit 21 provides connections to Midland Avenue and the Metro Station at Port Chester in addition to the westbound beginning of Interstate 287. Midland Avenue travels south from U.S. 1 (Main Street) to Playland Parkway in Rye. Photo taken 06/13/05. Grace Church Street passes over the New England Thruway at ramp departure of Exit 21 onto Interstate 287 west. Interstate 287 follows the Cross Westchester Expressway between Interstate 95 and the New York Thruway (Interstate 87) mainline. Interstate 87 & 287 combine to cross the Tappan Zee Bridge between Tarrytown and Nyack. Interstate 287 encircles the North Jersey metropolitan area between Suffern, New York and Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Interstate 287 ends at Exit 10 of the New Jersey Turnpike. Photo taken 06/13/05. Interstate 95 continues south of the Interstate 287 eastern terminus and U.S. 1 (Boston Post Road) toward Exit 19 and Playland Parkway. Playland Parkway spurs 1.5 miles southeast from the New England Thruway through Rye to Westchester County Playland Park. Photo taken 08/29/05. Interstate 95 southbound at the Exit 19 off-ramp to Playland Parkway eastbound. Playland Parkway intersects U.S. 1 (Boston Post Road) within three quarters of a mile at Rye. U.S. 1 parallels Interstate 95 to the east between Port Chester, Rye, Harrison, Mamaroneck, Larchmont, and New Rochelle between Exits 20 and 15, Photo taken 08/29/05. North Street crosses paths with Interstate 95 at the Exit 19 trumpet interchange with Playland Parkway. Photo taken 08/29/05. Next in line is the three-quarter cloverleaf interchange with Mamaroneck Avenue at the city of Mamaroneck itself. Mamaroneck Avenue ventures north from U.S. 1 (Boston Post Road) and Harbor Island Park to New York 125 at White Plains. Photo taken 08/29/05. Exit 18A serves the Metro station at Mamaroneck and the city of Larchmont via Mamaroneck Avenue south to U.S. 1 (Boston Post Road) southbound. Larchmont resides along the Long Island Sound coastline between Mamaroneck and New Rochelle. Photo taken 08/29/05. A collector/distributor roadway departs Interstate 95 southbound for the Exit 18 interchange with Mamaroneck Avenue. Mamaroneck Avenue ends 1.2 miles to the south at U.S. 1 and 5.4 miles to the north at Main Street (New York 119) at White Plains. Photo taken 08/29/05. Exit 18B leaves Interstate 95 southbound for Mamaroneck Avenue northbound. The north-south arterial interchanges with the Hutchinson River Parkway 1.5 miles to the north alongside Saxon Woods Park. Photo taken 08/29/05. Exit 18A loops onto Mamaroneck Avenue southbound for Mamaroneck. Mamaroneck Avenue turns east at Center Avenue and Old White Plains Road within 0.7 miles. Photo taken 08/29/05. A southbound reassurance shield for Interstate 95 is positioned next to the Old White Plains Road over crossing in Mamaroneck. Photo taken 08/29/05. The only toll levied to New England Thruway drivers applies to northbound motorists between Exits 16 and 17. Interstate 95 southbound passes by the toll barrier with no interruption. Photo taken 08/29/05. Interstate 95 southbound leaves the toll plaza area and passes under Potter Avenue in the city of New Rochelle. The next interchange joins the New England Thruway with North Avenue and Cedar Street at downtown New Rochelle. Photo taken 08/29/05. Exit 16 serves the New Rochelle City shopping district located between Interstate 95 and Hugenot Street. The city of Mount Vernon is accessible from Exit 16 via North Avenue and Lincoln Avenue west. Photo taken 08/29/05. Exit 16 leaves Interstate 95 southbound for Cedar Street south and Memorial Highway west to North Avenue at downtown New Rochelle. Cedar Street links the New Rochelle City area at Hugenot Street with Garden Street and Memorial Highway nearby. North Avenue travels 3.8 miles between Pelham Road and Mill & Wilmot Roads in New Rochelle. Photo taken 08/29/05. U.S. 1 (Boston Post Road) crosses paths with Interstate 95 for a second time within New York at Exit 15 in New Rochelle. The federal highway turns southwest from central New Rochelle to Pelham Manor, Mount Vernon, and the Bronx. Photo taken 08/29/05. Interstate 95 passes over Webster Avenue and a railroad corridor one half mile east of the half-cloverleaf interchange with U.S. 1 (Exit 15). U.S. 1 (Boston Post Road) in conjunction with Kings Highway and Pelhamdale Avenue north serves interests to the city of Pelham. Photo taken 08/29/05. Southbound at the Exit 15 ramp departure to U.S. 1 (Boston Post Road) at south New Rochelle. U.S. 1 ventures one and a half mile south through Pelham Manor to the Bronx County line and New York City. Pelham lies to the north of Colonial Avenue between the Hutchinson River Parkway and New Rochelle. Photo taken 08/29/05. The Hutchinson River Parkway interchanges with Interstate 95 for the first time at Exit 14 in Pelham Bay Park. The north-south limited-access highway links the Merritt Parkway in Connecticut with Interstate 678 and the Whitestone Bridge. Like all New York state parkways, the roadway is only open to passenger vehicles. Photo taken 08/29/05. Interstate 95 enters the City of New York and Bronx County. Pictured here is a sign indicating the prohibition of truck traffic from the parkway system. The restriction relates to the low clearances of bridge heights along the parkways. Photo taken 08/29/05. The Hutchinson River Parkway enters New York City from Mount Vernon to the north. The parkway swaps places with Interstate 95 briefly in the north Bronx between Exits 14 and 9. A loop ramp carries motorists onto the parkway southbound for its direct connection to Interstate 678 south for the Whitestone Bridge and Van Wyck Expressway. Photo taken 08/29/05. Interstate 95 southbound at the Exit 14 loop ramp onto the Hutch southbound. The Hutch travels 4.5 miles south to the Bruckner Interchange with Interstates 95, 278, 295, and 678. Interstate 678 continues the parkway south as an expressway to the Whitestone Bridge, Queens, and John F. Kennedy International Airport. The prohibition of trucks and busses on the parkway mandate those vehicles to use the Exit 6A ramp at the Bruckner Interchange itself. Photo taken 08/29/05. Interstate 95 crosses the Hutchinson River beyond the Hutchinson River Parkway. Next in line for southbound motorists is the Exit 13 off-ramp to Conner Street and the Co-Op City section of the Bronx. Photo taken 08/29/05. Exit 13 departs Interstate 95 southbound onto Hollers Avenue ahead of its intersection with Conner Street. Conner Street connects the freeway with Co-Op City Boulevard via Peartree Avenue to the east. Conner Street meets U.S. 1 (Boston Road) and Provost Avenue north of Interstate 95. Use Boston Road west or 233rd Street west for Baychester Avenue and the Eastchester neighborhood of the Bronx. Photo taken 08/29/05. Interstate 95 curves southward toward the Bartow Avenue diamond interchange west of Co-Op City. Co-Op City represents a middle income housing project spread throughout three dozen or so high rises upon former wetlands. The community lies east of Interstate 95 between Baychester Avenue and Co-Op City Boulevard. Photo taken 08/29/05. The George Washington Bridge emerges as the southbound control point for Interstate 95 in the north Bronx. Exit 11 departs the freeway ahead onto the adjacent Edson Avenue frontage street. Bartow Avenue ventures west from the Bay Plaza Shopping Center and Co-Op City to Gun Hill Road. Co-Op City Boulevard arcs northward from Bartow Avenue nearby. Photo taken 08/29/05. Southbound at the Exit 11 ramp departure onto Edson Avenue for Bartow Avenue. Use Bartow Avenue west for the Baychester community of the Bronx. Photo taken 08/29/05. The Hutch crosses paths with Interstate 95 for a second time at Exit 9. A loop ramp allows for return access onto the parkway northbound for Pelham Bay Park and Mount Vernon. Gun Hill Road ties into the interchange from the northwest. Photo taken 08/29/05. Exit 9 departs Interstate 95 southbound onto the Hutchinson River Parkway northbound. The Hutch travels northeast to Pelham Bay Park at its next interchange. Exits 8C/B consist of the cloverleaf-interchange with the east-west Pelham Parkway next. Traffic interests to the Hutchinson River Parkway southbound should use Exit 8C onto the Bronx and Pelham Parkway westbound for its loop ramp onto the Hutch south. Photo taken 08/29/05. Interstate 95 transitions from the New England Thruway into the Bruckner Expressway within the Exit 8 interchange complex with Bronx and Pelham Parkway and Westchester Avenue. The Pelham Parkway consists of a controlled-access route between Bronx Park and Pelham Bay Park in northeast Bronx. Exit 8B loops onto the parkway eastbound for Pelham Bay Park, Orchard Beach, and City Island. Westbound meets the Hutch nearby on the 2.4-mile drive to junction Bronx River Parkway. Photo taken 08/29/05. Page Updated December 21, 2005.