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Map Library The following are maps of the New York area as it was decades ago, showing earlier stages in the development of its route systems. They are provided as high-resolution JPEG files, and therefore they may take some time to download on slower Internet connections. Special thanks to Hagstrom for allowing their maps to be displayed here. Hagstrom's Map of Nassau County, L.I., N.Y. (1940) A map of Nassau County in 1940. Note that at the time, Rockaway Turnpike was designated NY 104, NY 27A extended west along Merrick Road to Sunrise Highway (NY 27) in Rockville Centre, and NY 106 extended south along Newbridge Road to Merrick Road. The Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway (NY 135) had not yet been built, and there was a proposal to extend the Bethpage Parkway north to the Northern Parkway. Copyright © Hagstrom Map Company. Used with permission. Hagstrom's Map of Westchester County, N.Y. (1943) A map of Westchester County in 1943. Since the New York Thruway (I-87) had not yet been built, NY 100 extended south into the Bronx on Jerome Avenue and the Grand Concourse, crossed the Harlem River on the 145 Street Bridge, and ran south through Manhattan on Lenox Avenue, 5 Avenue, and Park Avenue. Since the Cross Bronx Expressway (I-95) had also not been built, US 1 crossed Manhattan on West 181 Street, took the Washington Bridge across the Harlem River to the Bronx, and then ran along University Avenue and West Fordham Road. Mamaroneck Avenue carried the designation NY 126. There existed a NY 137A between NY 137 and the Connecticut border, where it became CT 29, which is now CT 124. NY 9A left Saw Mill River Road in Hawthorne and followed Old Saw Mill River Road, County House Road, and Sleepy Hollow Road to US 9. The Briarcliff-Peekskill Parkway, which is now part of NY 9A, was then NY 404. Finally, the New England Thruway (I-95) and the Cross Westchester Expressway (I-287) did not yet exist. Copyright © Hagstrom Map Company. Used with permission. Hagstrom's Map of 50 Mile Radius from New York (1950) A map of the New York metropolitan area in 1950. In the city, NY 100 extended south through the Bronx into Manhattan. NY 22 left Provost Avenue just after entering the Bronx and followed East 233 Street to Jerome Avenue. It then ran south, multiplexed with NY 22. NY 1A began in Manhattan and ran north into the Bronx, where it followed Bruckner Boulevard and the Hutchinson Parkway to end at US 1, just past the Bronx-Westchester border. NY 164 began at the Whitestone Bridge and followed Bruckner Boulevard, Baychester Avenue, Nereid Avenue, and McLean Avenue to end at US 9 in Yonkers. NY 25 left Queens Boulevard at Union Turnpike and ran east along it and south on Springfield Boulevard to Braddock Avenue. NY 25C began at Springfield Boulevard and ran east on Union Turnpike and Marcus Avenue to Jericho Turnpike (NY 25) in Garden City Park. NY 25D began at Queens Boulevard (NY 25) in Queens and ran east along Horace Harding Boulevard, Powerhouse Road, and Old Westbury Road to Jericho Turnpike (NY 25) in Old Westbury. These streets would later become the service road for the Long Island Expressway (I-495). In Suffolk, NY 27A extended east of Oakdale on Montauk Highway. On Staten Island, there was a NY 439 designation along Forest Avenue and Victory Boulevard from the Goethals Bridge to the Staten Island Ferry. The designation NY 439A was applied to the portion of Victory Boulevard further west. In Westchester, NY 119 extended east along Westchester Avenue to US 1 in Port Chester. The former NY 137A had been redesignated NY 394. Copyright © Hagstrom Map Company. Used with permission.

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