New York State Route 895

New York State Route 895 marker
New York State Route 895
Sheridan Boulevard
Map
Map of the Bronx in New York City with NY 895 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT
Length1.29 mi[1] (2.08 km)
History
  • Completed in 1963 as I-278[2]
  • Renumbered to I-895 on January 1, 1970[3]
  • Decommissioned as Interstate on September 24, 2017[4]
Major junctions
South end I-278 in Hunts Point
North end I-95 / East 177th Street / East Tremont Avenue in West Farms
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountiesBronx
Highway system
← NY 890→ NY 961F

New York State Route 895 (NY 895), known locally as Sheridan Boulevard, is a four-lane boulevard in the New York City borough of The Bronx. Its south end is at a merge with the Bruckner Expressway (I-278) in the Hunts Point neighborhood, and its north end is at the Cross Bronx Expressway (I-95), where the road connects with local streets in the West Farms neighborhood.

The route opened to traffic in 1963 as a freeway known as the Arthur V. Sheridan Expressway, and it was designated as Interstate 895 (I-895) in 1970. The expressway, colloquially called "The Sheridan", was co-named for the Bronx Borough Commissioner of Public Works Arthur V. Sheridan, who died in a car crash in 1952. I-895 was supposed to connect back to I-95, its parent route, further north in Eastchester. However, due to community opposition, this extension was never built. As a result, I-895 saw relatively little use, since it ran parallel to the longer Bronx River Parkway.

In the 1990s, community groups began advocating for I-895 to be demoted to a boulevard. These groups cited the Sheridan Expressway's negative impact on the community. In the 2000s and 2010s, the city and state investigated ways to integrate the highway with the neighboring community. I-895 was downgraded to a state route in September 2017, in preparation for its conversion into Sheridan Boulevard. The conversion of NY 895 into a boulevard began in September 2018, and it was completed on December 11, 2019.

This is one of two "state route 895"s that have also been designated as "Interstate 895", although Virginia's version was never signed as an Interstate due to a number of factors that prevented such from occurring.

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