Thursday, January 21, 2016

Understanding Metro NY Traffic Acronyms and Abbreviations - Volume 1

Earlier this week, I’m driving up the NJTP, when I come across one of those electronic billboards that relay messages and traffic info which is occasionally correct. It mentioned road closures using the acronym “HRD”. 

I consider myself a pretty well-seasoned NY driver, but it took me a few minutes to realize that the sign was referring to the Harlem River Drive. Well actually it was the TME that was shutting HRD, from the GWB.  Sounds like a mouthful, right?

The point is, sometimes even us locals have a hard time deciphering the dictionary of abbreviations that they use when describing roads. I have collected a glossary of some of the most common ones in case you get stuck in the NY/NJ area.

  • Belt -  the Belt Parkway in the boroughs, turns into the SSP in Long Island
  • BK Bridge -  Brooklyn Bridge
  • BQE -  Brooklyn Queens Expressway
  • Bruckner / 278 -  The Bruckner Expressway
  • CBE – Cross Bronx Expressway, also known as 95
  • CCP -  Cross County Parkway
  • CIP -  Cross Island Parkway
  • CVE- Clearview Expressway, AKA I-295, also the best CIP alternative
  • FDR -  FDR drive spans the east side of Manhattam
  • GCP -  Grand Central Parkway
  • GSP – Garden State Parkway
  • GWB (UL and LL) – George Washington Bridge (Upper level and Lower level)
  • HHP / Hen Hud Park – Henry Hudson Parkway
  • Holl -  Holland tunnel
  • HRD -  Harlem River Drive
  • Hutch – the Hutchinson River Parkway
  • JFK -  JFK Airport
  • JRP -  Jackie Robinson Parkway
  • LGA -  Laguardia Airport
  • LIE / 495 -  the Long Island Expressway
  • MDE / Deegan / 87 – Major Deegan Expressway, also know as the Thruway or I-87
  • MSP -  Meadowbrook State Parkway in Long Island
  • MT Tunn -  Midtown Tunnel
  • NJTP -  NJ Turnpike, also known as I-95
  • NSP -  Northern State Parkway in Long Island -  turns into the GCP once you hit queens
  • OBC / 440 – OuterBridge Crossing
  • OP - Ocean Parkway
  • Pal -  Palisades Parkway
  • QB bridge- Queensborogh Bridge
  • RFK -  RFK or Triborough Bridge (It’s the same thing)
  • RMP – Robert Moses Parkway. You only need this if you are going to the beach
  • SAG -  Sagtikos Parkway
  • SMP / Saw Mill -  The Saw Mill River Parkway
  • Sprain / SBP -  the SprainBrook Parkway
  • SSP – Southern State Parkway, turns into the Belt in Queens
  • TNB -  Throgs Neck Bridge
  • TZB /Tapp -  The Tappan-Zee Bridge
  • VNB – Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
  • WSB -  Whitestone Bridge
  • WSH – West Side Highway spans the east side of Manhattan
  • WSP- Wantagh State Parkway






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