SCARSDALE – Work has been completed on the largest bridge construction project that Westchester County has ever undertaken at a cost of $53 million – the Crane Road Bridge on the Bronx River Parkway.
“The good news today is that we now have a modern and safe bridge in place that will make it easier to get around Westchester and hopefully take some of the stress out of the busy lives of people who use the Bronx River Parkway,” County Executive Robert Astorino said.
The project is currently $500,000 under budget. All four lanes of the parkway opened to motorists on September 4, 2015, with all work completed on December 20, three years after it started.
The project expanded the four lanes from 9.5 feet wide to 11 feet; added a four-foot right shoulder and 2.5 foot left shoulder; added a 260-foot long deceleration lane for exiting traffic at exit 12 northbound; improved the curves to increase stopping sight distance and allow the advisory speed to increase from 20 mph to 30 mph; added a sidewalk to the south side of the bridge; and installed a pedestrian ramp to access the southbound Metro-North station platform and the Bronx River Parkway Reservation pathway.
