Sprain Brook Parkway

rdf:langString Sprain Brook Parkway

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rdf:langString Westchester

rdf:langString South

rdf:langString North

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rdf:langString US

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rdf:langString in Yonkers

rdf:langString in Hawthorne

rdf:langString in Elmsford

rdf:langString in Greenburgh

rdf:langString Hawthorne

rdf:langString Ardsley

rdf:langString Greenburgh

rdf:langString Yonkers

rdf:langString Elmsford

rdf:langString Sprain Brook Parkway highlighted in red

rdf:langString Southern terminus

rdf:langString Northern terminus; exit 2 on Taconic Parkway

rdf:langString Same-directional access only

rdf:langString Separated into eastbound and westbound exits

rdf:langString Serves Westchester Medical Center

rdf:langString No southbound access to I-287 west; exit 3 on I-287

rdf:langString No commercial vehicles

rdf:langString Jackson Avenue

rdf:langString Tuckahoe Road / Ridge Hill Boulevard

rdf:langString Sprain Brook

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rdf:langString in Yonkers

rdf:langString in Hawthorne

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rdf:langString Parkway

rdf:langString The Sprain Brook Parkway (also known as The Sprain) is a 12.65-mile (20.36 km) long north–south parkway in Westchester County, New York, United States. It begins at an interchange with the Bronx River Parkway in the city of Yonkers, and ends at the former site of the Hawthorne Circle, where it merges into the Taconic State Parkway. The parkway serves an alternate to the Bronx River Parkway, boasting an interchange connection through western Westchester with Interstate 287. New York's Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) refers to it internally as New York State Route 987F (NY 987F), an unsigned reference route. The Sprain Brook was first proposed in the early 1920s as a parkway between the Bronx River Parkway and the Hawthorne Circle. The parkway sold a majority of its right-of-way in the 1920s, but the proposed parkway met strong opposition from the village of Bronxville and Yonkers. The Sprain Brook proposal sat on the table until 1949, when the State Council of Parks, run by Robert Moses, sought to ease congestion on the Bronx River Parkway. Moses proposed that a new state park would be constructed in Westchester, with the Sprain Brook Parkway serving as a traffic alternative to the Bronx River, and nearly a decade and a half after the parkway was deeded land. This time, Bronxville opposed the project rather than Yonkers, but an agreement was worked out in 1951. This new alignment would bypass the parts of Bronxville and Yonkers to construct the freeway. Construction of the alternative highway began in 1958, with the stretch from the Bronx River Parkway to Tuckahoe Road. This section was completed in 1961. The next piece, from Tuckahoe Road to Jackson Avenue, was constructed during 1962 and 1963, with it opening in the latter. Construction continued to the Cross Westchester Expressway (I-287) and was completed in 1969. At this point, the last missing piece was between the Cross Westchester and the Hawthorne Circle. This piece was delayed until 1976, when construction began on the last 2.7 miles (4.3 km) of parkway. The last piece of the parkway was opened on October 28, 1980, having cost $25 million (equivalent to $82 million in 2021). From its opening in 1961 until 1979, the parkway was maintained by the East Hudson Parkway Authority, a commission created to maintain tolls on the Saw Mill River Parkway, the Bronx River Parkway and to provide general maintenance for the Taconic State Parkway. The authority was abolished in 1979, at which time, all maintenance of the Sprain Brook Parkway was turned over to NYSDOT.