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"East River Drive" redirects here. For East Drive in Central Park, seeEast Drive (Manhattan).For the Stanley Clarke album, seeEast River Drive (album).

Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive marker

Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive

FDR Drive
Map
FDR Drive highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained byNYSDOTandNYCDOT
Length9.68 mi[1](15.58 km)
Existed1955[2]–present
HistoryUpgraded in 1966[2]
RestrictionsNo commercial vehicles north of exit 1
Major junctions
South end
Major intersections
North endNY 900G/Harlem River Drivein East Harlem
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountiesNew York
Highway system

Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive,commonly calledFDR Drivefor short, is acontrolled-accessparkwayon the east side of theNew York Cityborough ofManhattan.It starts near South and Broad Streets, just north of theBattery Park Underpass,and runs north along theEast Riverto the125th Street/Robert F. Kennedy Bridgeinterchange, where it becomesHarlem River Drive.All of FDR Drive is designatedNew York State Route 907L(NY 907L), an unsignedreference 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 limit 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 FDR Drive north of exit 1.[3]

Route description[edit]

TheEast River Greenwayruns below, beside, or above FDR Drive along nearly its entire length, except for a section between 38th and 60th Streets.[4]A plaque dedicating the East River Drive is visible on the southbound roadway before entering theGracie Mansiontunnel at 90th Street.

Downtown[edit]

FDR Drive southbound approaching theBrooklyn Bridge,which connectsManhattanandBrooklyn

FDR Drive starts at the southern tip ofManhattanatSouthandWhitehall Streetsin theFinancial District.It rises from the undergroundBattery Park Underpassto an elevated viaduct above South Street, with an at-grade connection to South Street at exit 1. The elevated viaduct continues northeast, with an interchange atBrooklyn Bridgeat exit 2. The elevated road, also known as theSouth Street Viaduct,continues until Gouverneur Slip, near theManhattan Bridgeinterchange (exit 3), where there are a southbound exit and northbound entrance. From here, the road is at-grade, with a southbound exit/entrance atGrand Street,exit 4.[5]

FDR Drive continues north throughLower East SideandAlphabet City,and dips underHouston Streetat exit 5, in a three-way interchange. It continues north as an at-grade road. Between14thand15th Streets,FDR Drive passes a largeCon Edisonsubstation. The substation is surrounded by ramps for the former exit 6, a southbound exit and entrance which was closed afterSeptember 11, 2001.[5]

By18th Street,FDR Drive curves north onto an elevated viaduct aboveAvenue C.The elevated viaduct continues until25th Streetto serve the23rd Streetinterchange at exit 7. This exit serves the neighborhood ofKips Bay.At 23rd Street, Avenue C continues as the northboundservice roadfor FDR Drive, while the southbound lanes split from the main highway at 25th Street.[5]

Midtown[edit]

FDR Drive northbound approaching theQueensboro Bridgeinterchange

FDR Drive continues north as an at-grade road, with theWaterside Plazacomplex located along the East River to the east of the parkway. The southbound lanes ascend to a viaduct at28th Street,and the northbound lanes ascend at30th Street.There are a southbound entrance and northbound exit at ground level at 28th-30th Streets, where the southbound service road begins again. The northbound exit, labeled exit 8, serves34th StreetinMurray Hill,which is located four blocks north; the FDR Drive service road curves underneath the main highway until 36th Street. Another southbound entrance is located at 34th Street itself, and rises to the viaduct level.[5]

At 38th Street, the northbound-only exit 9 for42nd Street,servingTurtle Bay,splits from FDR Drive. Exit 9 continues as an elevated ramp until the intersection of 42nd Street andFirst Avenue,where it becomes the westbound lanes of 42nd Street. FDR Drive dips onto street level and merges with the northbound service road. The southbound service road continues parallel to FDR Drive, and the southbound exit 8 splits from the parkway near 41st Street. The southbound service road then becomes the eastbound lanes of 42nd Street.[5]

Theheadquarters of the United Nationswas constructed on a platform above at-grade FDR Drive from 42nd to 48th Streets.[6]The southbound roadway is inside a later structure resembling a tunnel while the northbound roadway is located just outside of the tunnel.[5]This section is often referred to as theUnited Nations Tunnel,even though only the westernmost lane of the northbound roadway is under the structure.[6]

At 48th Street, FDR Drive emerges from the United Nations tunnel. A northbound ramp from First Avenue merges onto the northbound roadway. The southbound roadway contains two exits: exit 10 at 49th Street, and exit 11 at 53rd Street.[5]At 54th Street, the road enters theSutton Place Tunnel,which passes under apartment buildings on the east side ofSutton Place and York Avenueuntil 60th Street.[7]In this tunnel, the southbound roadway is raised and runs over the northbound roadway for northbound access to and from theQueensboro Bridgeinterchange (exit 12).[5]As part of the design in this area, numerous homes on the river were demolished and rebuilt or otherwise modified to accommodate the highway.[7]At 63rd Street, the southbound lanes descend to ground level, at the same elevation as the northbound lanes.[5]

Uptown[edit]

FDR Drive at night in September 2015

From 63rd to 71st Streets, FDR Drive passes under a series of interconnected at-grade tunnels. The segment from 63rd to 68th Street runs under an annex constructed byRockefeller University,[8]while the section of roadway between 68th and 71st Streets runs underneath thepilotisof theNewYork–Presbyterian Hospital.Afterward, FDR Drive continues north at ground level. There is a southbound-only entrance and exit, labeled exit 13, at 71st–73rd Streets, servingLenox Hillon theUpper East Side.Another southbound-only entrance exists at79th Street;there is no exit from either direction, nor is there any exit number reserved for this interchange.[5]

From 81st to 90th Streets runs a final, enclosed double-decker structure. The southbound roadway is again raised over the northbound roadway in a short segment of the tunnel between 81st and 86th Streets.[5]The promenade ofCarl Schurz Parkwas built over the highway in 1939, nearGracie Mansion,the New York City mayor's residence.[9]There is a southbound entrance to FDR Drive at the intersection of 92nd Street and York Avenue. York Avenue then parallels FDR Drive until96th Street,where York Avenue ends. FDR Drive ascends onto a short elevated viaduct over the 96th Street interchange (exit 14) then descends to street level again.[5]

The remaining portion of FDR Drive is at grade, passing throughEast Harlem.There is a southbound-only entrance at 102nd Street, as well as a southbound-only exit at106th Street,labeled exit 15. At116th Street,there is another southbound-only exit and entrance numbered exit 16. When FDR Drive reaches 120th Street, there is an interchange (exit 17) for theRobert F. Kennedy Bridge,where it transitions into theHarlem River Driveand continues north after 125th Street.[5]

History[edit]

20th century[edit]

FDR Drive seen from the 6th Street overpass in 2024
Southbound viaduct at 28th Street inKips Bay

A shorefront parkway in Manhattan along the East River was first proposed by Manhattan Borough PresidentJulius Millerin 1929. The 3.5-mile (5.6 km) parkway would extend from South Street to 54th Street.[10]The first sections of the East River Drive were constructed in the 1930s and were designed byRobert Moses.Moses faced the difficulties of building a parkway/boulevard combination along the East River while minimizing disruptions to residents. Many property owners along the East River Drive, especially in Midtown, opposed the boulevard unless noise mitigation measures were added.[11]

The section from125th Streetand theTriborough Bridgeramp south to 92nd Street was completed in 1936.[12]The sections from 92nd Street down toBattery Park(with the exception of a section from42ndto 49th Streets, located underneath theheadquarters of the United Nations) were built as a boulevard running at street level.[13]The first "downtown" section of the boulevard, betweenGrandand 12th Streets, was completed in June 1937.[14]Two more downtown sections, from 12th to14thStreets and then from 14th to 18th Streets, were opened in 1939.[15]A short connector from Grand to Montgomery Street was completed in May 1940, which meant that the boulevard was now continuous from Montgomery to 30th Streets.[16]The next month, a large stretch from 49th to 92nd Streets opened. By this point, the only contiguous section that remained to be completed was the stretch between 30th and 49th Streets.[17]

Around this time, city officials started making plans for reconstructing existing sections of the boulevard so that several intersections would be grade-separated or double-decked. A plan to build a three-level section from 81st to 89th Streets was released in April 1940,[18]followed by an East River Drive overpass over96th Streetin June.[19]Due to a bulkhead restriction, a section from 51st to 60th Streets was already being built with two decks.[18]

The section of the East River Drive from23rdto34th Streetswas completed in October 1941.[20]Known as the Bristol Basin, this section was built on wartimerubbledumped by cargo ships returning fromBristol,England,duringWorld War II.The GermanLuftwaffebombed Bristol heavily. After delivering war supplies to the British, the ships' crews loaded rubble onto the ships forballast,then sailed back to New York, where construction crews made use of it.[21]On June 29, 1942, a plaque commemorating the use of rubble was dedicated by MayorFiorello LaGuardia,[22]and is currently installed at theWaterside Plazacomplex. The final part of the original boulevard, between 34th and 49th Streets, opened in May 1942.[23]Construction of this segment required modifications to the elevators and underground carriers that transported coal and ash between barges docked in the East River and theWaterside Generating StationandKips Bay Steam Plant.[24]Future reconstruction designs from 1948 to 1966 converted FDR Drive into the full parkway that is in use today.[13]Upon the death ofFranklin Delano Roosevelt,the East River Drive was dedicated to him in June 1945.[25]The drive is now commonly called the "FDR Drive".[26]The section from 49th to 92nd Streets was converted to a limited access highway in 1948.[2]An elevated ramp between 18th and 25th Streets, serving as an extension of the highway south of 23rd Street, was completed the next year,[27]replacing an at-grade section.[28]The Battery Park Underpass was completed in 1951, connecting with the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel.[29]

An elevated highway aboveSouth Street,connecting the at-grade parkway north of Grand Street to theBattery Park UnderpassandBrooklyn–Battery Tunnelat the southern tip of Manhattan, was completed in May 1954.[30]This repced the existing at-grade segment.[2]In 1960, a project to the segment from Jackson Street and East 14th Street was upgraded to a controlled acesess highway.[2]By 1966, the same had occurred to the segment between East 14th Street and East 42nd Street. This segment also took advantage of newly constructed elevated viaducts.[2]

In 1965, plans were announced for direct ramps to theBrooklyn Bridge,this would eliminate congestion at its approach by relocating traffic onto the parkway.[31]The ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge was opened in 1968,[32]followed by the ramp onto the FDR Drive in 1969.[33]

In Kips Bay, FDR Drive is located on a viaduct between 30th and 37th Streets. The southbound and northbound roadways rise onto a viaduct separately between 28th and 30th Streets; the southbound roadway ascends onto the viaduct at 28th Street, followed by the northbound roadway at 30th Street, and the two roadways merge into a single structure at 32nd Street. At this point, there is a two-lane shoulder on the left side of the northbound roadway, with one of the lanes cordoned off by a short concrete barrier. There is a provision for a southbound exit and northbound entrance at 30th Street, which was built in 1967 and would have connected to theMid-Manhattan Expressway.However, after plans for the expressway were abandoned, this exit was never used, largely because there was already an exit four blocks north, at 34th Street. The unused exit was then blocked with a semi-permanent concrete barricade.[34]

Beginning on August 15, 1985, the ramp with 42nd Street was closed for an extensive rebuild. When it reopened in April, it had an entirely new viaduct.[35]This was part of al larger project to replace the viaduct between 42nd Street and 50th Street. This viaduct, which had deteriorated significantly in its later years, was known to be at significant risk of collapse.[2]

In the late 1990s, a project to reconstruct the segment from 14th Street to 34th Street was competed.[2]

In 1987, the ramps with 48th street were permanently closed after significant deterioration was discovered. While initially no replacement was planned, congestion quickly increased, prompting construction of a replacement ramp at 49th street. This opened in October 1998.[2]

21st century[edit]

Exit 6, at 15th Street, formerly passed through aConEdisonsubstation, which handles most of the electricity forLower Manhattan.It was permanently closed after theSeptember 11 attackswhen city and ConEdison officials concluded it was too risky to allow such easy access to such a critical piece of infrastructure.[36]The exit was demolished in 2014 after theNew York State Department of Transportationreceived notification from theNew York City Police Departmentthat the exit would not be re-opened since the ConEdison facility was deemed a potential terrorist target. East 15th Street, as well as a corresponding entrance ramp from14th Street,were also closed east ofAvenue C,except to ConEdison and law enforcement vehicles. All signage of exit 6 was dismantled by early 2016.[5]

In 2002, a project to improve safety from East 63rd Street north to whats now theTriborough Bridgewas completed. Also as part of this project, exit 16 was entirely reconstructed.[2]

In 2004, a reconstruction of the Gracie Mansion tunnel‘s roof was completed.[2]

In December 2002, work began to reconstruct the segment of roadway between East 54th Street and East 63rd Street. It was substantially competed in August 2007, and involved the construction of a temporary roadway in some areas.[37]

In December 2015, a resurfacing between 125th street and the Brooklynn bridge was cpmpeted.[38]

In 2019, the viaduct inLower Manhattanwas rehabilitated and repainted purprle.[39]

Proposed reconstruction in Lower Manhattan[edit]

In September 2023, plans were announced by mayorMark Levineto replace the elevated expressway from the Brooklyn Bridge to the Brooklyn Battery tunnel with anurban boulevardif funding is obotained.[40]As stated by Mark, it "is the least heavily used part of the FDR and it has created a noisy uglier barrier between the people of lower Manhattan and their waterfront". Additionally, it has also deteriorated significantly, requiring more maintenance than is deemed acceptable.[41]

Transportation[edit]

TheSIM3,SIM6,SIM10,SIM11,SIM31,X37andX38express busesuse FDR Drive between its start inLower Manhattanand23rd Street.[42][43][44]In addition, theQM7,QM8,QM8 Super Express,QM11andQM25use FDR Drive between theBrooklyn Bridgeexit and34th Street[45][46]

TheBM1,BM2,BM3andBM4buses use the FDR between Brooklyn Bridge and 23rd Street during the off-peak hours, but during thepeak hour,"Midtown Express" buses skip Downtown, running directly up the FDR to 23rd.[44][47]

Exit list[edit]

The entire route is in theNew York CityboroughofManhattan.

Locationmi
[1][5][48]		kmExitDestinationsNotes
Battery Park City0.000.00–

NY 9Anorth (West Side Highway) /Hugh L. Carey Tunnel(I-478south) toI-278–Brooklyn		Southern terminus; exit 1 on NY 9A (West Side Highway)
Battery Park0.1–
0.5		0.16–
0.80		Battery Park Underpass
Financial District0.60.971South Street–Battery Park,Staten Island FerrySouth Street not signed southbound; all trucks must exit
Two Bridges1.412.272Brooklyn Bridge–Manhattan Civic CenterAccess to Civic Center viaPearl Street
2.43.93South Street–Manhattan BridgeSouthbound exit and northbound entrance
Lower East Side2.64.24Grand Street–Williamsburg BridgeSouthbound exit and entrance
3.094.975East Houston Street–Williamsburg BridgeFormerly signed forHolland Tunnel
East Village3.705.956East 15th StreetSouthbound exit and entrance; permanently closed in 2002 due to post-9/11security concerns[36]
Peter Cooper Village4.306.927East 20th Street/East 23rd StreetEast 20th Street not signed southbound; also servesAvenue C
Kips Bay4.67.4–East 30th StreetSouthbound entrance only
Murray Hill4.867.828

East 34th StreettoI-495east (Queens–Midtown Tunnel)
4.97.99East 42nd StreetNorthbound exit only
Midtown East5.2–
5.5		8.4–
8.9		Tunnel underUnited Nations Headquarters
5.69.010East 49th StreetSouthbound exit and northbound entrance
Sutton Place5.89.311East 53rd StreetSouthbound exit only
5.8–
6.1		9.3–
9.8		Tunnel underSutton Place
Upper East Side6.1–
6.3		9.8–
10.1		12

East 61st Street/East 63rd StreettoNY 25east (Queensboro Bridge)		Signed for 61st Street northbound, 63rd Street southbound
6.3–
6.7		10.1–
10.8		Tunnel underRockefeller University/NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital/Hospital for Special Surgery
6.710.813East 71st StreetSouthbound exit and entrance
Yorkville7.011.3–East 79th StreetSouthbound entrance only
7.2–
7.6		11.6–
12.2		Tunnel underCarl Schurz Park
East Harlem7.9612.8114East 96th StreetAlso servesEast 97th StreetandYork Avenue
8.6313.8915East 106th StreetSouthbound exit and entrance
9.1514.7316East 116th StreetSouthbound exit only
9.6815.5817


RFK Bridge(NY 900Gsouth) toI-278/Grand Central Parkwayeast –Bruckner Expressway		Northern terminus of unsigned NY 900G; also servesRandall's Island
–
Harlem River Drivenorth –George Washington Bridge		Continuation north
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
FDR Drive near theEd Koch Queensboro Bridge

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