Terms Used In New York Laws > Transportation > Article 2-E - Special Parkways

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• special parkways: shall mean the following roadways which are designated and set forth within the county of Westchester:
  
  (a) the Hutchinson river parkway from the New York city line to the Connecticut line;
  
  (b) the Saw Mill river parkway from the New York city line northerly to interstate route six hundred eighty-four;
  
  (c) the Cross County parkway connecting the Saw Mill river and Hutchinson river parkways;
  
  (d) the Taconic state parkway from the Kensico circle north to the Westchester-Putnam line; and
  
  (e) the Sprain Brook parkway from the Bronx river parkway at or about Dewitt avenue at Bronxville northerly to a connection with the Taconic state parkway at Hawthorne interchange. See N.Y. Transportation Law 70