The Tri-State Campaign and Bronx groups recently proposed that NY dig up the Sheridan Expressway and make it into a park rather than spend $245 million to fix its interchange with the Bruckner Expressway.

In an El Diario-La Prensa story last week, the NY State DOT's project manager justified upgrading the interchange, saying that the present highway configuration made it difficult for highway truck traffic to access the Hunts Point Market.

Advocates of eliminating the Sheridan agree that truck traffic in the residential neighborhoods of Hunts Point is a major problem. The Campaign's "Redundant Roadway" paper points out that getting rid of the Sheridan can make it easier to route trucks directly to the market, away from schools and people.

By eliminating the Sheridan Expressway, the State DOT can eliminate numerous elevated highway ramps and four sets of traffic movements at the interchange ¾ two between the Sheridan and the Bruckner and two between the Sheridan and Edgewater Road. By simplifying the system, highway engineers can concentrate on improving truck movements from the Bruckner Expressway (where most of the trucks destined for the market originate) onto Edgewater Road, the best Hunts Point Market truck route.



See information related to this article:

• Click here to see the Campaign's paper -- "Redundant Roadway: Deconstructing the Bronx' Sheridan Expressway"

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