Editing Bronx River Parkway (section)

===The Bronx===
The parkway begins at Story Avenue in the neighborhood of [[Soundview, Bronx|Soundview]] in [[the Bronx]], where two roadways merge near Metcalf and Morrison Avenues. Immediately to the north is the [[cloverleaf interchange]] at the [[Bruckner Expressway]] ([[Interstate&nbsp;278]] or I-278), where most traffic enters the parkway, which begins as a six-lane [[controlled-access highway|freeway]].<ref name="exit list southern half of parkway">{{cite web|title=Bronx River Parkway Exit List (Sound View to Bronxville)|url=http://www.nycroads.com/exits/bronx-river_bronx/|website=nycroads.com|publisher=Eastern Roads, Inc.|access-date=24 September 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101064919/http://www.nycroads.com/exits/bronx-river_bronx/|archive-date=1 November 2014}}</ref> Basketball courts and baseball fields flank the highway in the strip of parkland as the road leads to the north, slightly northwestward. North of Watson Avenue, within a half-mile (1&nbsp;km) of the southern terminus, an on-ramp carries northbound traffic from Metcalf. The corresponding offramp for southbound traffic merges onto Harrod Avenue north of Westchester Avenue.<ref name="BRP Exits 1-5">{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8272624,-73.8704061,3216m/data=!3m1!1e3|access-date=25 September 2014}}</ref>
[[File:I895bronxriver.JPG|thumb|Signage at exit 6 for the [[Bronx Zoo]] on the southbound side. (I-895 has since been redesignated [[New York State Route 895|NY&nbsp;895]])]]
Now in [[West Farms, Bronx|West Farms]], the Bronx River Parkway has an onramp to the southbound lanes from East 174th Street. North of it is exit&nbsp;4, the interchange with the [[Cross Bronx Expressway]] ([[Interstate 95 in New York|I-95]]). The single ramp of exit&nbsp;5 allows southbound traffic to follow East 177th Street to [[New York State Route 895|NY&nbsp;895]] (Sheridan Boulevard) and the [[Triborough Bridge]].<ref name="BRP Exits 1-5"/> North of the interchange the road veers to the northeast slightly and crosses the railroad tracks of [[Amtrak]]'s [[Northeast Corridor]] line.<ref name="BRP crosses AMTRAK">{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8365071,-73.8735544,582m/data=!3m1!1e3|access-date=25 September 2014}}</ref> At East 180th Street, the linear park ends temporarily. The road becomes elevated to cross the [[New York City Subway yards#East 180th Street Yard|East 180th Street Yard]] along the [[New York City Subway]]'s [[IRT White Plains Road Line]], which carries the {{NYCS trains|White Plains|type=service}}, as well as the former [[New York, Westchester and Boston Railway]].<ref name="BRP crosses East 180th Street Subway Yard">{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8423754,-73.8725844,557m/data=!3m1!1e3|access-date=25 September 2014}}</ref> After crossing the yard, wooded surroundings resume as the parkway follows the eastern edge of the [[Bronx Zoo]] in the [[Bronx Park]] neighborhood and the [[Bronx River]], which gives the road its name, begins to follow it on the west.<ref name="BRP through Bronx Park">{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8617664,-73.871151,14z|access-date=25 September 2014}}</ref> On the northbound side, as it enters the park, is an unnumbered exit allowing authorized vehicles (like those of people working at the NYC Parks Department) access to local streets via Birchall Avenue.<ref name="Bronx authorized vehicle entry">{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8468061,-73.8712806,18z|access-date=25 September 2014}}</ref>
[[File:Bronx River Parkway exit 10C.jpg|left|thumb|Bronx River Parkway southbound at exit&nbsp;10C]]
A quarter-mile to the north is the main exit for the zoo at Boston Road, with access to [[Boston Post Road|Boston Road]] ([[U.S. Route 1 in New York|U.S. Route&nbsp;1]] or US&nbsp;1 northbound) for northbound traffic, then the full cloverleaf at [[Pelham Parkway]], where traffic can join US 1 southbound on [[Fordham Road]]. Past the exit the large wooded area on the west is the [[New York Botanical Garden]],<ref name="BRP through Bronx Park"/> a [[National Historic Landmark]] (NHL).<ref name="New York Botanical Garden National Historic Landmark">{{cite web|title=New York Botanical Garden|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=739&ResourceType=District|website=tps.cr.nps.gov|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=25 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113150149/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=739&ResourceType=District|archive-date=2013-11-13|url-status=dead}}</ref> One half-mile (1&nbsp;km) further north, exit&nbsp;8 allows access to the [[Mosholu Parkway]] and Allerton Avenue.<ref name="BRP and Moshulu Parkway">{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8455583,-73.8669785,15z|access-date=25 September 2014}}</ref> At the next exit, Gun Hill Road, the [[Williams Bridge (Metro-North station)|Williamsbridge]] station serving [[Williamsbridge, Bronx|that neighborhood]] on [[Metro-North Railroad]]'s [[Harlem Line (Metro-North)|Harlem Line]], which closely parallels the parkway from this point on, is located immediately west of the highway.<ref name="MTA Williams Bridge">{{cite web|title=Williams Bridge Metr-North Station|url=http://as0.mta.info/mnr/stations/station_detail.cfm?key=112|website=as0.mta.info|publisher=Mass Transit Association|access-date=26 September 2014}}</ref> The railroad tracks join the river and the parkland in paralleling the road north as it continues straight along the east edge of [[Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx)|Woodlawn Cemetery]],<ref name="Woodlawn Cemetery Google Maps">{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8856885,-73.8696597,15z|access-date=25 September 2014}}</ref> another NHL.<ref name="Woodlawn Cemetery Website">{{cite web|title=Woodlawn Cemetery|url=http://www.thewoodlawncemetery.org|website=www.thewoodlawncemetery.org|publisher=Woodlawn Cemetery|access-date=26 September 2014}}</ref>

Almost a mile and a half ({{convert|1.5|mi|disp=output only}}) to the north, the [[Woodlawn (Metro-North station)|Woodlawn]] station is located at the northeast corner of the cemetery next to the East 233rd Street exit.<ref name="Woodlawn MTA Station">{{cite web|title=Woodlawn|url=http://as0.mta.info/mnr/stations/station_detail.cfm?key=114|website=as0.mta.info/|publisher=Mass Transit Association|access-date=4 October 2014}}</ref> The highway bends left and then right again, crossing the river and the railroad, near the split along the tracks between the Harlem and [[New Haven Line|New Haven]] lines immediately north of the station. After the curves, the Bronx River Parkway crosses the county line into [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester County]] at the McLean Avenue/Nereid Avenue overpass and leaves the Bronx.<ref name="Bronx-Westchester County Line">{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bronx+County,+NY/@40.906635,-73.864469,14z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c2e08bea1f4105:0xc9a6488c48b356c2|access-date=4 October 2014}}</ref>