User:SPUI/NYC road openings

Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

• - exits 26 to 27
• June 29, 1951 - ramp from Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel
• December 6, 1952 - exits 32A to 32B
• June 22, 1954 - exits 27 to 28
• July 8, 1957 - ? NEED SOURCE
• September 30, 1958 - exits ? to 32A
• January 12, 1959 - new eastbound exit to Brooklyn Bridge; old exit to Fulton Street was to be closed, but was either kept open or reopened by 1974
• January 22, 1959 - exits 37 to 41

• New Traffic Underpass Opened in Brooklyn, New York Times June 30, 1951 page 17
• Expressway Link Will Open Today, New York Times December 6, 1952 page 16
• 3-Level Road Link in Brooklyn Open, New York Times June 23, 1954 page 27
• Highways Linked in Three Counties, New York Times October 1, 1958 page 27
• New Brooklyn Bridge Link to Open Today, New York Times January 12, 1959 page 1
• Expressway Link Opened, New York Times January 23, 1959 page 27

Gowanus Parkway

• November 1, 1941 - Shore Parkway to exit 24
• early May 1942 - exits 24 to 26, with Hicks Street north to Atlantic Avenue widened soon after

• City to Dedicate Parkway Today, New York Times November 1, 1941 page 17
• Parkway Extension, New York Times May 9, 1942 page 12

Long island Expressway

• September 30, 1958 - ?

• Highways Linked in Three Counties, New York Times October 1, 1958 page 27

Prospect Expressway

• November 29, 1954 - exit 1 to Sixth Avenue

• Brooklyn Opens Expressway Link, New York Times November 30, 1954 page 25

Shore Parkway

• May 30, 1941 - Sheepshead Bay link from exits 8 to 9, ending the detour via Emmons Avenue

• Link in Belt Road to be Open Today, New York Times May 30, 1941 page 17