History
The Cross Bronx Expressway Extension, the Throgs Neck Bridge, and the portion of the Clearview Expressway north of 73rd Avenue in Queens was completed c. 1961. An extension of the Clearview south to Hillside Avenue (now NY 25) was opened to traffic in 1963. The Cross Bronx Expressway Extension and the Clearview Expressway were originally designated as part of I-78, which was to continue south from Hillside Avenue to NY 27 in Laurelton and west across Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan to the Holland Tunnel. Ultimately, none of I-78 between the Holland Tunnel and Hillside Avenue was built save for a short section near JFK Airport, resulting in the renumbering of all of I-78 north of Hillside Avenue to I-295 on January 1, 1970.
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