THE BRONX RIVER PARKWAY AT SCARSDALE 



VII. 



THE PROPOSED PARKWAY FROM NEW YORK CITY TO 

 BEAR MOUNTAIN PARK 



This project will provide the remaining link necessary to 

 complete a grand circuit from New York City through what is 

 destined to be the world's greatest outer park system. 



The parks and boulevards in Manhattan and The Bronx con- 

 nect with The Bronx River Parkway, which, in 1924, will be 

 completed to the Kensico Dam and Reservoir in Westchester 

 County. From the dam it is 22 miles past lakes and reservoirs 

 to Moliansic Park and another 12 miles to Anthony's Nose, 

 where the new bridge will span the Hudson to Bear Mountain 

 Park. Already on heavy traffic days the many excellent high- 

 ways in Westchester County are filled to capacity with an ever- 

 increasing volume of pleasure vehicles surging out from New 

 York City. With the completion of The Bronx River Parkway, 

 the first objective will be the Kensico Dam — 25 miles from the 

 Plaza at 59tli street. The second objective will be Mohansic 

 Park — 22 miles farther north. Thence another 13 miles, to Bear 

 Mountain and the Palisades Interstate Park System of 36,000 

 acres to be made directly accessible by the new bridge. From 

 Bear Mountain down through the Palisades system to the new 

 vehicular tunnel or Hudson River ferries to Manhattan com- 

 pletes a splendid circuit of approximately 125 miles, which will 

 be directly available for the seven million people residing in 

 this part of the State of New York. 



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