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Re: A tile wall at Crystal Street Re: Possible new 76th Street Evidence and summary |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Tue Feb 2 14:12:56 2016, in response to Re: A tile wall at Crystal Street Re: Possible new 76th Street Evidence and summary, posted by GIS Man on Mon Feb 1 09:38:32 2016. As I understand it, and looking at a 1967 Mobil map I got from my dad, all of the segments (Cross Island, Laurelton, Shore- and originally, the pre-interstate Gowanus) had their own names, and the whole thing was called the "Belt System", forming a "belt" around NYC.I guess everybody just called the whole shebang the "Belt Parkway" from Day 1, so the powers that be (or were) gave up and made it semi-official. BUT- some remnants of the old official nomenclature lasted much longer. On the Gowanus (west/SI Bound), the signs for the Belt Parkway exit clearly had originally read "Shore"- the outline of the word "Shore" was clearly visible. These were the green, post-1964 signs- so the name "Shore" was posted at least then. By the time I noticed the sign (1979 or so) it had been changed to "Belt"- but "Shore" could easily be read. These 2 signs weren't changed out 'till 1999-2001 or so. But even more importantly, in 2011, I was stuck in some serious eastbound traffic on the Belt, and I took the chance to look at the tiny green marker signs affixed to the lampposts. Turns out the routes have official numbers, I guess for DOT purposes. They're all in the 900 series. While I forget the exact ones used, they do change at the point the Shore Parkway became the Laurelton!! So- in some fashion, the separate designations still exists. BTW- the Korean War Veterans' Pkwy on Staten Island also has a 90X number...can't recall it. |
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