East River Drive

Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive
FDR Drive
Map of New York City with Franklin D. Roosevelt East River (FDR) Drive highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT and NYCDOT
Length:	9.44 mi (15.19 km)
Existed:	1955 – present
History:	Upgraded in 1966
Restrictions:	No commercial vehicles No buses north of exit 7
Major junctions
South end:	NY 9A in Battery Park
	Brooklyn Bridge in Two Bridges RFK Bridge in East Harlem Willis Avenue Bridge in East Harlem
North end:	Harlem River Drive in East Harlem
Location
Counties:	New York
Highway system
New York Highways Interstate U.S. State Reference Parkways

The FDR Drive (officially referred to as the Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive, and sometimes known as the FDR) is a 9.44-mile (15.19 km) freeway-standard parkway on the east side of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It starts just north of the Battery Park Underpass at South and Broad Streets and runs along the entire length of the East River, from the Battery Park Underpass under Battery Park – north of which it is the South Street Viaduct – north to 125th Street / Robert F. Kennedy Bridge / Willis Avenue Bridge interchange, where it becomes the Harlem River Drive. All of the FDR Drive is designated New York State Route 907L (NY 907L), an unsigned reference route.

The highway is mostly three lanes in each direction, with the exception of a small section underneath the Brooklyn Bridge where it is one lane in each direction and a section near the Queensboro Bridge interchange (exit 12) where there are only two lanes going northbound.

By law, the current weight limits on the FDR Drive from 23rd Street to the Harlem River Drive in both directions is posted 8,000 pounds (3,600 kg). Buses are not allowed to use the roadway north of 23rd Street, because of clearance and weight issues. All commercial vehicles (including trucks) are banned from all sections of the FDR Drive, except for a short section just north of the Battery Park Underpass where the northbound lanes temporarily merge with South Street. The FDR Drive features a mix of below-grade, at-grade, and elevated sections, as well as three partially covered tunnels.