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Korean War Veterans Parkway

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23: 616: 798: 603: 532: 322: 400:. Stubs intended to continue both directions of the parkway past Greenridge are present at the merge with Drumgoole Road. The unused highways roughly parallel Drumgoole Road, crossing over Richmond Avenue before abruptly becoming a small two-lane road just east of the overpasses. The road continues as a non-public asphalt roadway used for construction vehicles. 609: 538: 118: 97: 622: 449:
and would have required the condemnation and razing of miles of private property. The 4.8-mile (7.7 km) section of the parkway between Richmond Avenue and the proposed Staten Island Expressway interchange ended up never being built, and the route was subsequently demapped. From time to time,
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proposals have been made to revive the aborted section of the parkway in response to steadily increasing traffic congestion on Staten Island. However, none of these proposals have received significant support from the island's elected officials or residents.
1082: 460:(I-278) in Todt Hill, with the intention of using it for the terminus of the Richmond Parkway. However, this never came to be finished and the interchange was demolished in 2012 as part of a project to widen the Staten Island Expressway. 896: 309:. The section of the Richmond Parkway east of Richmond Avenue was canceled sometime after the 1960s as a result of community opposition; likewise, Wolfe's Pond Parkway was canceled in the 1970s. Today, the part of the 1173: 1168: 470:
In 1997, the Richmond Parkway was renamed the Korean War Veterans Memorial Parkway; however, when signs announcing the change were erected, the word "Memorial" was inadvertently omitted.
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The parkway that exists today represents less than half of the highway that was originally planned. From Richmond Avenue, the parkway would have continued northeast to Staten Island's
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on Staten Island's South Shore, was proposed by Robert Moses in 1941. The highway never advanced past the planning stage, and it was ultimately cancelled in the 1970s.
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and connects to Maguire Avenue by way of ramps leading to and from Drumgoole Road. The parkway continues slightly northeastward through Pleasant Plains to
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Nugent, Patrick (2017-05-01). "From the Richmond Parkway to the Staten Island Greenbelt: The Rise of Ecological Zoning in New York City".
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as Drumgoole Road begins to run along both sides of the highway. Not far to the east, the parkway runs along the southern edge of
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designation for the parkway, continues to follow Drumgoole Road to its end a short distance later at an intersection with
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In the late 1960s, intense community opposition erupted over the portion east of Richmond Avenue—much of it from
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From Huguenot Avenue, the highway takes a more pronounced northeasterly track through the neighborhoods of
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in the median. The Korean War Veterans Parkway ends at the merge; however, NY 909C, the unsigned
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Northern end of NY 440 concurrency; I-278 not signed southbound; exit number not signed southbound
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toll gantry and runs from southwest to northeast to a merge with Drumgoole Road in the island's
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As originally planned, the parkway would have continued northeast to an interchange with
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The Korean War Veterans Parkway, facing northeast from Tyrellan Avenue
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where the parkway would have run is still known as Richmond Parkway.
1001:"Unused Staten Island overpasses being dismantled, and so is an era" 427:, the Irish-born founder of the Mission of the Immaculate Virgin, a 357:. Past NY 440, the four-lane parkway heads northeast, gaining 353:, where NY 440 splits from the parkway and heads north on the 599: 528: 463:
Wolfe's Pond Parkway, a spur route connecting Richmond Parkway to
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Northbound exit and southbound entrance; all trucks must exit
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1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Signed for Albee Avenue southbound, Annadale Road northbound
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on Staten Island's South Shore by way of a spur known as
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Unfinished buildings and structures in the United States
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Maguire Avenue / Foster Road / Huguenot Avenue
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Korean War monuments and memorials in the United States
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Southern terminus; southern end of NY 440 concurrency
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Northbound exit only; access via Drumgoole Road East
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Index

Korean War Veterans Parkway marker
NYSDOT
NY 440
Pleasant Plains
NY 440
Richmond Avenue
Greenridge
United States
New York
Richmond
New York Highways
Interstate
US
State
Reference
Parkways
controlled-access
parkway
South Shore
Staten Island, New York
Outerbridge Crossing
Greenridge
reference route
Richmond Avenue
overlaps
NY 440
Interstate 278
Sunnyside
Wolfe's Pond Park
Staten Island Greenbelt

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