Interstate 87 - Route Description - Major Deegan Expressway

Major Deegan Expressway

I-87 begins at an intersection with the Bruckner Expressway (I-278) at the Triborough Bridge. For the next 8.4 miles (13.5 km), I-87 is named the Major William Francis Deegan Expressway as it travels through the Bronx. The first exit along the Major Deegan northbound is for Willis Avenue and the nearby Third Avenue Bridge. There is an exit before this going southbound, for Brook Avenue. At 1.20 miles (1.93 km), Grand Concourse interchanges at exit 3. East 149th Street is the next exit, which heads into the heart of the Bronx. Exit 5, which is signed for East 161st Street, actually lets off at Jerome Avenue, near Yankee Stadium. Exit 6 is only accessible via exit 5 (going northbound) and is for East 153rd Street. Exit 7 is for the Cross Bronx Expressway and Trans-Manhattan Expressway, both of which are signed and maintained as I-95 and U.S. Route 1 (US 1). Exit 8 is for West 179th Street, which becomes Burnside Avenue soon thereafter. Exit 9 runs parallel with Major Deegan for ending at West Fordham Road.

US 9 now runs parallel with the Deegan, which is accessible via exit 10 for West 230th Street. I-87 next enters Van Cortlandt Park and has an interchange with Van Cortlandt Park South at exit 11. Exit 12 is for the Henry Hudson Parkway and Saw Mill River Parkway, both of which are accessible by the Mosholu Parkway. Exit 13 is for East 233rd Street and Jerome Avenue. Exit 14, northbound-only, is at the northern end of Van Cortlandt Park and is for McLean Ave. The Major Deegan Expressway crosses into Westchester County at Yonkers and becomes the New York State Thruway, a 496-mile (798 km), state-wide toll highway.