Editing Cross Bronx Expressway (section)

==== Western section ====
[[File:2024-05-30 12 47 30 View north along Interstate 87 (Major Deegan Expressway) from the High Bridge in the Bronx, New York City, New York.jpg|thumb|Deegan interchange]]
The 181st Street Bridge, and the ramps from the bridge to the existing 178th Street Tunnel and a new 179th Street Tunnel in Manhattan, were originally part of the Cross Bronx Expressway.<ref name="p1327401045" /> In 1949, workers began widening the 181st Street Bridge, constructing the ramps, and excavating the 179th Street Tunnel.<ref name="nyt19490610">{{Cite news |date=June 10, 1949 |title=Widening to Start on Harlem Bridge; $736,996 Contract Let by State for Washington Span, Link in Cross Bronx Expressway |language=en-US |page=29 |work=The New York Times |url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1949/06/10/84215606.pdf |access-date=January 26, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=January 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118221255/http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1949/06/10/84215606.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=June 15, 1949 |title=Thruway Talk Snags Housing |pages=2 |work=The Herald Statesman |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68764574/thruway-talk-snags-housing/ |access-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-date=February 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201200852/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68764574/thruway-talk-snags-housing/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The widening was finished by 1950,<ref>{{cite news |date=April 8, 1950 |title=Work Progressing at Western Terminus of Cross-Bronx Expressway |page=9 |work=New York Herald Tribune |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1327401045 |url-access=subscription |access-date=January 1, 2021 |id={{ProQuest|1327401045}} |via=ProQuest}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Burns |first=Patrick |date=June 21, 1950 |title=2 Major Highways to Open This Fall: Two Major Projects in City's Highway Program |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1950/06/21/archives/2-major-highways-to-open-this-fall-two-major-projects-in-citys.html |access-date=January 28, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=February 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201144406/https://www.nytimes.com/1950/06/21/archives/2-major-highways-to-open-this-fall-two-major-projects-in-citys.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and the tunnel and interchange opened on May 5, 1952.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 4, 1952 |title=Two Traffic Aids to Open Tomorrow; Tunnel Under 179th Street and Highbridge Interchange Will End Bottlenecks |language=en-US |page=86 |work=The New York Times |url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1952/05/04/93368200.pdf |access-date=January 26, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=January 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118221253/http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1952/05/04/93368200.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=May 5, 1952 |title=179th St. Tunnel And Roadways To Open Today: Project Links Washington and George Washington Bridges and Harlem Drive A Section of Highbridge Roadway Opening Today |page=6 |work=New York Herald Tribune |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1322444596 |url-access=subscription |access-date=January 1, 2021 |id={{ProQuest|1322444596}} |via=ProQuest |archive-date=October 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031171504/https://www.proquest.com/docview/1322444596 |url-status=live }}</ref> Originally, there had not been any plans to construct an interchange with the Major Deegan Expressway, at the highway's western end, because of the area's steep topography and limited space.<ref name="nyt-1952-12-22">{{Cite news |date=1952-12-22 |title=City, State Plan Expressway Link; Interchange to Be Built Here Between Major Deegan and Cross-Bronx Highways |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1952/12/22/archives/city-state-plan-expressway-link-interchange-to-be-built-here.html |access-date=2022-10-31 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031155106/https://www.nytimes.com/1952/12/22/archives/city-state-plan-expressway-link-interchange-to-be-built-here.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In December 1952, the city and state reached an agreement to finance the construction of an interchange at that site.<ref name="nyt-1952-12-22" /><ref name="p1322287238">{{cite news |date=22 Dec 1952 |title=State to Help City Build Its Interchange in Bronx |page=32 |work=New York Herald Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1322287238}}}}</ref>

Plans for the western end of the expressway were modified substantially<ref name="nyt-1958-11-27">{{Cite news |last=Ingraham |first=Joseph C. |date=1958-11-27 |title=Cross-Bronx Road Gets Revised Plan; Better Connecting Links Are Provided -- New Harlem River Bridge Slated |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1958/11/27/archives/crossbronx-road-gets-revised-plan-better-connecting-links-are.html |access-date=2022-10-31 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031171458/https://www.nytimes.com/1958/11/27/archives/crossbronx-road-gets-revised-plan-better-connecting-links-are.html |url-status=live }}</ref> after the [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]] announced in 1957 that it would construct a lower deck on the George Washington Bridge.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ingraham |first=Joseph C. |date=July 12, 1957 |title=Fund Is Allotted Bridge To Jersey |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/07/12/archives/fund-is-allotted-bridge-to-jersey-182000000-is-set-by-port-board.html |access-date=June 15, 2018 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=June 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615191832/https://www.nytimes.com/1957/07/12/archives/fund-is-allotted-bridge-to-jersey-182000000-is-set-by-port-board.html |url-status=live }}</ref> To accommodate the additional traffic from the George Washington Bridge, the [[Trans-Manhattan Expressway]] and [[Alexander Hamilton Bridge]] were to be constructed, connecting the George Washington Bridge and the Cross Bronx Expressway.<ref>{{cite news |date=August 28, 1962 |title=Dedication Rites Set Tomorrow For George Washington 2nd Deck |pages=5 |work=Tarrytown Daily News |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252023%2FTarrytown%2520Ny%2520Daily%2520News%2FTarrytown%2520Ny%2520Daily%2520News%25201962%2FTarrytown%2520Ny%2520Daily%2520News%25201962%2520-%25204859.pdf |access-date=June 18, 2018 |via=[[Fultonhistory.com]] |archive-date=January 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118221305/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2023/Tarrytown%20Ny%20Daily%20News/Tarrytown%20Ny%20Daily%20News%201962/Tarrytown%20Ny%20Daily%20News%201962%20-%204859.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Stengren 1960">{{cite news |last=Stengren |first=Bernard |date=February 22, 1960 |title=George Washington Bridge Loops to Open in Fall |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1960/02/22/archives/george-washington-bridge-loops-to-open-in-fall-manhattan-ramps-lead.html |access-date=June 15, 2018 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=June 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615190953/https://www.nytimes.com/1960/02/22/archives/george-washington-bridge-loops-to-open-in-fall-manhattan-ramps-lead.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The revised plans were announced in 1958. At the time, the Alexander Hamilton Bridge was planned to be completed in 1962, but the interchange with the Major Deegan would not open until two years after that.<ref name="nyt-1958-11-27" /> With the opening of the Alexander Hamilton Bridge in April 1963, the $128 million Cross Bronx was completed, but two major interchanges were still incomplete: the Highbridge Interchange with the Major Deegan Expressway ([[Interstate 87 (New York)|I-87]]), and the [[Bruckner Interchange]] with the [[Bruckner Expressway]] ([[Interstate 95 in New York|I-95]]/[[Interstate 278|I-278]]), the [[Hutchinson River Parkway]], and the Hutchinson River Expressway ([[Interstate 678|I-678]]).<ref>{{cite news |date=April 14, 1963 |title=New Bridge Completes L.I.-to-Jersey Bypass |page=528 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1963/04/14/archives/new-bridge-completes-litojersey-bypass.html |access-date=April 14, 2010 |archive-date=July 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722193648/https://www.nytimes.com/1963/04/14/archives/new-bridge-completes-litojersey-bypass.html |url-status=live }}</ref>