| The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000. |
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| Interborough (Interboro) Parkway |
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| Interborough (Interboro) Parkway, Queens and Brooklyn boroughs of N.Y. city, SE N.Y., at extreme W end of Long Isl. Short parkway (4.7 mi/7.6 km long) snakes its way from the East N.Y.–Highland Park area of Brooklyn E to the Grand Central Parkway in Kew Gardens, Queens. Completed Aug. 1935, its lack of breakdown lanes, narrow, winding character, difficult lane changes, and low median barrier made it one of the most hazardous thoroughfares in the metropolitan area until 1973, when its safety was improved to meet modern standards. Renamed Jackie Robinson Parkway in 1997. |
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