Category 1: The Urban Highways Award of Excellence
2002 Hutchinson River Parkway Town of Harrison and Village of Rye Brook, New York
Hutchinson River Parkway,
Town of Harrison and Village of Rye Brook,
New York
Designer:
New York State Department of Transportation,
Poughkeepsie, NY
Contractor:
ECCO III, Yonkers, NY
The aging parkway, originally conceived for leisurely weekend trips, was reconstructed into a safe, efficient commuter parkway. Tightly curved alignments, limited sight distances, a wood-post and cable-guide rail, short acceleration and deceleration lanes and ramps, and noise were addressed with widened roadways, culverts, noise walls, and landscaping while maintaining the area's aesthetic beauty.