Major Deegan Expressway

E27008

expressway highway limited-access road

The Major Deegan Expressway is a key segment of Interstate 87 running through the Bronx in New York City, serving as a major north–south traffic artery connecting Manhattan to upstate New York.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Major Deegan Expressway (I-87)	2
Major Deegan Expressway (Interstate 87)	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	expressway ⓘ highway ⓘ limited-access road ⓘ
abbreviation	Major Deegan ⓘ
adjacentTo	Yankee Stadium ⓘ
connectsTo	Manhattan ⓘ upstate New York ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crosses	Harlem River ⓘ
direction	north–south ⓘ
hasJunctionWith	Bruckner Expressway (I-278) ⓘ surface form: Bruckner Expressway Cross Bronx Expressway ⓘ Harlem River Drive ⓘ surface form: Harlem River Drive (via bridge connections)
hasToll	no (mainline) ⓘ
isMajorArteryFor	north–south traffic in the Bronx ⓘ
isMajorConnectorBetween	Manhattan and upstate New York ⓘ
lanes	multiple lanes in each direction ⓘ
locatedIn	New York City ⓘ New York ⓘ surface form: New York State The Bronx ⓘ
maintainedBy	New York State Department of Transportation ⓘ
namedAfter	William Francis Deegan ⓘ
namedForOccupation	U.S. Army major ⓘ
namedForRole	New York City official ⓘ
notableFor	access to Yankee Stadium events ⓘ heavy traffic congestion ⓘ
openingDate	1956 ⓘ
parallelTo	Harlem River ⓘ surface form: Harlem River (for part of its length)
partOf	Interstate 87 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate Highway System ⓘ
passesThrough	Yankee Stadium ⓘ surface form: Yankee Stadium area
regionServed	New York metropolitan area ⓘ The Bronx ⓘ
roadType	urban freeway ⓘ
routeNumber	Interstate 87 ⓘ surface form: I-87
stateRouteDesignation	New York State Route 907L (unsigned) ⓘ
terminusNorth	Interstate 87 ⓘ surface form: I-87 New York State Thruway New York State Thruway ⓘ
terminusSouth	Robert F. Kennedy Bridge ⓘ Triborough Bridge ⓘ
urbanSetting	densely built-up areas of the Bronx ⓘ
usedFor	commuter traffic ⓘ freight traffic ⓘ through traffic ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Harlem River → crossedBy → Major Deegan Expressway ⓘ

Interstate 87 → freeSection → Major Deegan Expressway ⓘ

Bronx River Parkway → hasJunctionWith → Major Deegan Expressway ⓘ

Mott Haven neighborhood → hasTransportation → Major Deegan Expressway ⓘ

subject surface form: Mott Haven

this entity surface form: Major Deegan Expressway (I-87)

Third Avenue Bridge → near → Major Deegan Expressway ⓘ

Empire City Casino → nearTransportHub → Major Deegan Expressway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Major Deegan Expressway (I-87)

Interstate 87 → partlyDesignatedAs → Major Deegan Expressway ⓘ

Kingsbridge, Bronx → traversedByRoad → Major Deegan Expressway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Major Deegan Expressway (Interstate 87)