Route Description
The Trans-Manhattan Expressway begins as part of I-95, U.S. Route 1 or US 1, and US 9 at the eastern approach to the George Washington Bridge. It initially heads eastward across Fort Washington Park, connecting with the Henry Hudson Parkway (New York State Route 9A or NY 9A) at an interchange on the park's eastern edge. The route continues on, crossing the Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights in a cut flanked by 178th Street to the south and 179th Street to the north. Roughly midway across Manhattan, US 9 leaves the freeway to follow Broadway northward toward the Bronx and Westchester County. Proceeding eastward, the road has several ramps that connect to the Harlem River Drive, and the expressway's original Harlem river crossing, the Washington Bridge (now carrying 181st Street local traffic over the Harlem River). The expressway then cuts across Highbridge Park and ultimately crosses into the Bronx by way of the Alexander Hamilton Bridge. The highway officially becomes the Cross Bronx Expressway at the borough line.
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