Editing Cross Bronx Expressway (section)

=== Later modifications ===
The $12.6 million Highbridge Interchange opened in November 1964.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ingraham |first=Joseph C. |date=November 15, 1964 |title=New York Bypass: Narrows Bridge Adds More New Ways To Avoid City's Traffic Jams |page=XX1 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/11/15/archives/new-york-bypass-narrows-bridge-adds-more-new-ways-to-avoid-citys.html |access-date=April 14, 2010 |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627091630/https://www.nytimes.com/1964/11/15/archives/new-york-bypass-narrows-bridge-adds-more-new-ways-to-avoid-citys.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=November 19, 1964 |title=Expressway Ramps Opening |page=39 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0D15F9385E147A93CBA8178AD95F408685F9 |access-date=April 14, 2010 |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103021729/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0D15F9385E147A93CBA8178AD95F408685F9 |url-status=live }}</ref> The $68 million reconstruction of the Bruckner Interchange, allowing Bruckner Expressway traffic to bypass the old [[traffic circle]], opened on January&nbsp;2, 1972.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Bruckner Interchange Open at Last |first=Frank J. |last=Prial |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/12/21/archives/the-bruckner-interchange-open-at-last.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=December 21, 1972 |page=40 |access-date=April 14, 2010 |archive-date=September 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907170505/http://www.nytimes.com/1972/12/21/archives/the-bruckner-interchange-open-at-last.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Metropolitan Briefs |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/12/31/archives/metropolitan-briefs.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=December 31, 1972 |page=36 |access-date=April 14, 2010 |archive-date=September 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907165237/http://www.nytimes.com/1972/12/31/archives/metropolitan-briefs.html |url-status=live }}</ref> (Cross Bronx traffic passing through to the [[Throgs Neck Bridge]] had been able to avoid the circle, but drivers taking the Bruckner in either direction, including those bound for New England, had to exit onto the surface.)<ref>{{cite map |title=Rand McNally Road Atlas: United States, Canada and Mexico |year=1964 |publisher=[[Rand McNally and Company]]}}</ref>

In late 2023, the U.S. government allocated $150 million for bus lanes, sidewalks, and bicycle lanes on parts of the Cross Bronx Expressway. This was part of a $258 million project to replace five bridges along the expressway.<ref>{{cite web |last=Botello |first=Camille |date=December 20, 2023 |title=Feds announce $150 million for new bus, pedestrian and cyclist lanes on the Cross Bronx – Bronx Times |url=https://www.bxtimes.com/million-cross-bronx/ |access-date=August 3, 2024 |website=Bronx Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=December 18, 2023 |title=Cross-Bronx Expressway Project Gets A $150 Million Federal Grant |url=https://bronx.com/cross-bronx-expressway-project-gets-a-150-million-federal-grant/ |access-date=August 3, 2024 |website=The Bronx Daily}}</ref> The following June, the New York state and city governments began hosting meetings with local residents to determine how to reconnect neighborhoods that had been split during the expressway's construction.<ref>{{cite web |date=June 8, 2024 |title=Reimagining the Cross Bronx Expressway: Residents weigh-in at Parkchester meeting |url=https://brooklyn.news12.com/reimagining-the-cross-bronx-expressway-residents-weigh-in-at-parkchester-meeting |access-date=August 3, 2024 |website=News 12 - Default}}</ref> The state government planned to finalize the designs for the five new bridges by late 2024; at the time, the project was scheduled to take four years. Several environmental groups objected to the bridge replacement, saying that the state government had not solicited enough feedback from local residents.<ref>{{cite web |last=Custodio |first=Jonathan |date=July 31, 2024 |title=Local Opposition Grows Against Project to ‘Transform’ Cross Bronx Expressway |url=https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/07/31/cross-bronx-expressway-bridge-reconstruction/ |access-date=August 3, 2024 |website=THE CITY - NYC News}}</ref>