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|established=1955<ref name="nycroads.com">{{cite web |url = http://www.nycroads.com/roads/fdr/ |title = FDR Drive |last = Anderson |first = Steve |work = NYCRoads |access-date = January 19, 2012 |archive-date = January 20, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120120104953/http://www.nycroads.com/roads/fdr/ |url-status = live }}{{self-published inline|certain=y|date=October 2016}}</ref>
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|restrictions=No commercial vehicles north of exit 1
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*[[Brooklyn Bridge]] in [[Two Bridges, Manhattan|Two Bridges]]
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|direction_b=North
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'''Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive''', commonly known as the '''FDR Drive''', is a [[controlled-access highway|controlled-access]] [[Parkways in New York|parkway]] on the east side of the [[New York City]] borough of [[Manhattan]]. It starts near [[South Street (Manhattan)|South]] and [[Broad Street (Manhattan)|Broad Street]]s, just north of the [[Battery Park Underpass]], and runs north along the [[East River]] to the [[125th Street (Manhattan)|125th Street]]&nbsp;/ [[Robert F. Kennedy Bridge]] interchange, where it becomes [[Harlem River Drive]]. All of FDR Drive is designated '''New York State Route&nbsp;907L''' ('''NY&nbsp;907L'''), an unsigned [[List of reference routes in New York|reference route]].

FDR Drive features a mix of below-grade, at-grade, and elevated sections, as well as three partially covered tunnels. The parkway is mostly three lanes in each direction, except for several small sections.

By law, the current weight limit on FDR Drive from 23rd Street to Harlem River Drive in both directions is posted {{convert|8000|lb}}. All commercial vehicles (including trucks) are banned from FDR Drive north of exit 1.<ref>{{cite web |author = New York City Department of Transportation |author-link = New York City Department of Transportation |url = http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/motorist/commvehicle.shtml |title = Parkway Truck Restrictions |publisher = New York City Department of Transportation |date = 2013 |access-date = June 23, 2013 |archive-date = May 17, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130517085412/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/motorist/commvehicle.shtml |url-status = live }}</ref>

==Route description==
The [[East River Greenway]] runs below, beside, or above FDR Drive along nearly its entire length, except for a section between 41st and 53rd Streets.<ref>{{cite web |last=Quigley |first=Liam |date=August 23, 2024 |title=$120M project to fill East River greenway gap near United Nations moving ahead |url=https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-moves-ahead-with-120m-project-to-fill-gap-in-east-river-greenway-near-united-nations |access-date=October 6, 2024 |website=Gothamist}}</ref> A plaque dedicating the East River Drive is visible on the southbound roadway before entering the [[Gracie Mansion]] tunnel at 90th Street.

===Downtown===
[[File:2024-06-15 09 16 23 View south along the Franklin Delano Roosevelt-East River Drive from the Manhattan Bridge in Manhattan, New York City, New York.jpg|thumb|FDR Drive southbound approaching the [[Brooklyn Bridge]], which connects [[Manhattan]] and [[Brooklyn]]]]
FDR Drive starts at the southern tip of [[Manhattan]] at [[South Street (Manhattan)|South]] and [[Whitehall Street]]s in the [[Financial District, Manhattan|Financial District]]. It rises from the underground [[Battery Park Underpass]] to an elevated viaduct above South Street, with an at-grade connection to South Street at exit 1. The elevated viaduct continues northeast, with an interchange at [[Brooklyn Bridge]] at exit 2. The elevated road, also known as the '''South Street Viaduct''', continues until Gouverneur Slip, near the [[Manhattan Bridge]] interchange (exit 3), where there are a southbound exit and northbound entrance. From here, the road is at-grade, with a southbound exit/entrance at [[Grand Street (Manhattan)|Grand Street]], exit 4.<ref name="google maps"/>

FDR Drive continues north through [[Lower East Side]] and [[Alphabet City, Manhattan|Alphabet City]], and dips under [[Houston Street]] at exit 5, in a three-way interchange. It continues north as an at-grade road. Between [[14th Street (Manhattan)|14th]] and [[15th Street (Manhattan)|15th Streets]], FDR Drive passes a large [[Con Edison]] substation. The substation is surrounded by ramps for the former exit 6, a southbound exit and entrance which was closed after [[September 11 attacks|September 11, 2001]].<ref name="google maps"/>

By [[18th Street (Manhattan)|18th Street]], FDR Drive curves north onto an elevated viaduct above [[Avenue C (Manhattan)|Avenue C]]. The elevated viaduct continues until [[25th Street (Manhattan)|25th Street]] to serve the [[23rd Street (Manhattan)|23rd Street]] interchange at exit 7. This exit serves the neighborhood of [[Kips Bay, Manhattan|Kips Bay]]. At 23rd Street, Avenue C continues as the northbound [[Frontage road|service road]] for FDR Drive, while the southbound lanes split from the main highway at 25th Street.<ref name=" google maps"/>

===Midtown===
[[File: FDR Drive NB approaching NY 25.jpeg|thumb|FDR Drive northbound approaching the [[Queensboro Bridge]] interchange]]
FDR Drive continues north as an at-grade road, with the [[Waterside Plaza]] complex located along the East River to the east of the parkway. The southbound lanes ascend to a viaduct at [[28th Street (Manhattan)|28th Street]], and the northbound lanes ascend at [[30th Street (Manhattan)|30th Street]]. There are a southbound entrance and northbound exit at ground level at 28th-30th Streets, where the southbound service road begins again. The northbound exit, labeled exit 8, serves [[34th Street (Manhattan)|34th Street]] in [[Murray Hill, Manhattan|Murray Hill]], which is located four blocks north; the FDR Drive service road curves underneath the main highway until 36th Street. Another southbound entrance is located at 34th Street itself, and rises to the viaduct level.<ref name=" google maps"/>

At 38th Street, the northbound-only exit 9 for [[42nd Street (Manhattan)|42nd Street]], serving [[Turtle Bay, Manhattan|Turtle Bay]], splits from FDR Drive. Exit 9 continues as an elevated ramp until the intersection of 42nd Street and [[First Avenue (Manhattan)|First Avenue]], where it becomes the westbound lanes of 42nd Street. FDR Drive dips onto street level and merges with the northbound service road. The southbound service road continues parallel to FDR Drive, and the southbound exit 8 splits from the parkway near 41st Street. The southbound service road then becomes the eastbound lanes of 42nd Street.<ref name=" google maps"/>

The [[headquarters of the United Nations]] was constructed on a platform above at-grade FDR Drive from 42nd to 48th Streets.<ref name=":0a"/> The southbound roadway is inside a later structure resembling a tunnel while the northbound roadway is located just outside of the tunnel.<ref name="google maps"/> This section is often referred to as the '''United Nations Tunnel''', even though only the westernmost lane of the northbound roadway is under the structure.<ref name=":0a">{{Cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1949/06/20/85643640.pdf|title=U. N. to Make $2,250,000 Steel Contract Soon To Start Second Unit of East River Project|date=1949-06-20|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-12-22|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=July 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731043738/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1949/06/20/85643640.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false|url-status=live}}</ref>

At 48th Street, FDR Drive emerges from the United Nations tunnel. A northbound ramp from First Avenue merges onto the northbound roadway. The southbound roadway contains two exits: exit 10 at 49th Street, and exit 11 at 53rd Street.<ref name=" google maps"/> At 54th Street, the road enters the '''Sutton Place Tunnel''', which passes under apartment buildings on the east side of [[York Avenue/Sutton Place|Sutton Place and York Avenue]] until 60th Street.<ref name=":0b"/> In this tunnel, the southbound roadway is raised and runs over the northbound roadway for northbound access to and from the [[Queensboro Bridge]] interchange (exit 12).<ref name=" google maps"/> As part of the design in this area, numerous homes on the river were demolished and rebuilt or otherwise modified to accommodate the highway.<ref name=":0b">{{cite news |last = Gray |first = Christopher |url = https://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/15/realestate/streetscapes-franklin-d-roosevelt-drive-institutions-use-air-rights-over.html |title = Streetscapes: Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive; Institutions Use Air Rights Over a Multilevel Marvel |work = [[The New York Times]] |date = May 15, 1988 |access-date = May 9, 2016 |archive-date = June 4, 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160604073852/http://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/15/realestate/streetscapes-franklin-d-roosevelt-drive-institutions-use-air-rights-over.html |url-status = live }}</ref> At 63rd Street, the southbound lanes descend to ground level, at the same elevation as the northbound lanes.<ref name="google maps"/>

===Uptown===
[[File:P9280090_(21176901283).jpg|thumb|FDR Drive at night in September 2015]]
From 63rd to 71st Streets, FDR Drive passes under a series of interconnected at-grade tunnels. The segment from 63rd to 68th Street runs under an annex constructed by [[Rockefeller University]],<ref>{{cite web |first= Zach |last= Veilleux |url= http://newswire.rockefeller.edu/2014/05/14/ny-city-council-approves-new-rockefeller-laboratory-building/ |title= NY City Council approves new Rockefeller laboratory building |publisher= [[Rockefeller University]] |date= May 14, 2014 |access-date= May 9, 2016 |quote= The Rockefeller University's proposal to build a two-story, {{convert|160,000|sqft|m2|adj=on|disp=sqbr}} building over FDR Drive adjacent to its campus passed an important milestone today with the City Council's vote to approve the plan. |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160506032452/http://newswire.rockefeller.edu/2014/05/14/ny-city-council-approves-new-rockefeller-laboratory-building/ |archive-date= May 6, 2016 |url-status= dead }}</ref> while the section of roadway between 68th and 71st Streets runs underneath the [[piloti]]s of the [[NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital]]. Afterward, FDR Drive continues north at ground level. There is a southbound-only entrance and exit, labeled exit 13, at 71st–73rd Streets, serving [[Lenox Hill]] on the [[Upper East Side]]. Another southbound-only entrance exists at [[79th Street (Manhattan)|79th Street]]; there is no exit from either direction, nor is there any exit number reserved for this interchange.<ref name="google maps"/>

From 81st to 90th Streets runs a final, enclosed double-decker structure. The southbound roadway is again raised over the northbound roadway in a short segment of the tunnel between 81st and 86th Streets.<ref name=" google maps"/> The promenade of [[Carl Schurz Park]] was built over the highway in 1939, near [[Gracie Mansion]], the New York City mayor's residence.<ref>{{cite web |author = New York City Department of Parks and Recreation |author-link = New York City Department of Parks and Recreation |url = http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/carl-schurz-park/history |title = Carl Schurz Park |publisher = New York City Department of Parks and Recreation |access-date = May 9, 2016 |archive-date = May 13, 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160513182041/https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/carl-schurz-park/history |url-status = live }}</ref> There is a southbound entrance to FDR Drive at the intersection of 92nd Street and York Avenue. York Avenue then parallels FDR Drive until [[96th Street (Manhattan)|96th Street]], where York Avenue ends. FDR Drive ascends onto a short elevated viaduct over the 96th Street interchange (exit 14) then descends to street level again.<ref name="google maps"/>

The remaining portion of FDR Drive is at grade, passing through [[East Harlem]]. There is a southbound-only entrance at 102nd Street, as well as a southbound-only exit at [[106th Street (Manhattan)|106th Street]], labeled exit 15. At [[116th Street (Manhattan)|116th Street]], there is another southbound-only exit and entrance numbered exit 16. When FDR Drive reaches 120th Street, there is an interchange (exit 17) for the [[Robert F. Kennedy Bridge]], where it transitions into the [[Harlem River Drive]] and continues north after 125th Street.<ref name=" google maps"/>

==History==
===20th century===
[[File:2024-05-20 11 33 29 View north along the Franklin Delano Roosevelt-East River Drive from the pedestrian overpass at East 6th Street in Manhattan, New York City, New York.jpg|thumb|FDR Drive seen from the 6th Street overpass in 2024]]
[[File: FDR Drive - New York City, New York (6818047361).jpg|thumb|Southbound viaduct at 28th Street in [[Kips Bay, Manhattan|Kips Bay]]]]
A shorefront parkway in Manhattan along the East River was first proposed by Manhattan Borough President [[Julius Miller]] in 1929. The {{convert|3.5|mi|km|adj=on}} parkway would extend from South Street to 54th Street.<ref>{{cite web | title={{as written|Eas|e [sic]}} River Drive To Cost $9,000,000 Planned By Miller; Proposal for Shore Road From South Street to 54th Laid Before Estimate Board. City Share $4,000,000 Private Owners Would Have to Pay Rest, Under Old Water Grants, Says Borough Head. Link To West Side In View Road Like Thames Embankment Expected to Create New Taxable Property Worth Millions. Like Victoria Embankment. Part to Be Eighty Feet Wide. East River Drive Planned By Miller Plan Additional Wharfage. Eighteen Months for Building. | website=The New York Times | date=1929-01-28 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1929/01/28/archives/ease-river-drive-to-cost-9000000-planned-by-miller-proposal-for.html | access-date=2018-07-03 | archive-date=July 3, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703190945/https://www.nytimes.com/1929/01/28/archives/ease-river-drive-to-cost-9000000-planned-by-miller-proposal-for.html | url-status=live }}</ref> The first sections of the East River Drive were constructed in the 1930s and were designed by [[Robert Moses]]. Moses faced the difficulties of building a parkway/boulevard combination along the East River while minimizing disruptions to residents. Many property owners along the East River Drive, especially in Midtown, opposed the boulevard unless noise mitigation measures were added.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1936/09/20/archives/land-owners-fight-east-river-drive-plan-want-it-roofed-if-built-to.html|title=Land Owners Fight East River Drive Plan; Want It Roofed, if Built, to Stifle Noise|date=1936-09-20|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-03-22|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=March 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323040847/https://www.nytimes.com/1936/09/20/archives/land-owners-fight-east-river-drive-plan-want-it-roofed-if-built-to.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The section from [[125th Street (Manhattan)|125th Street]] and the [[Triborough Bridge]] ramp south to 92nd Street was completed in 1936.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1936/10/31/archives/east-drive-link-opens-southbound-lanes-ready-today-from-92d-to-122d.html|title=East Drive Link Opens; Southbound Lanes Ready Today From 92d to 122d Streets|date=1936-10-31|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-03-22|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=July 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701083147/https://www.nytimes.com/1936/10/31/archives/east-drive-link-opens-southbound-lanes-ready-today-from-92d-to-122d.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The sections from 92nd Street down to [[Battery Park]] (with the exception of a section from [[42nd Street (Manhattan)|42nd]] to 49th Streets, located underneath the [[headquarters of the United Nations]]) were built as a boulevard running at street level.<ref name="east river parks fdr" /> The first "downtown" section of the boulevard, between [[Grand Street (Manhattan)|Grand]] and 12th Streets, was completed in June 1937.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1937/06/24/archives/new-section-ready-on-east-side-drive-milelong-stretch-between-grand.html|title=New Section Ready On East Side Drive; Mile-Long Stretch, Between Grand and 12th Sts., to Be Opened on Tuesday 35-Aacre Park Adjoins It Six-Lane Auto Highway Later Will Form Part of Road Chain Circling Manhattan|date=1937-06-24|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-03-22|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=March 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323040821/https://www.nytimes.com/1937/06/24/archives/new-section-ready-on-east-side-drive-milelong-stretch-between-grand.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Two more downtown sections, from 12th to [[14th Street (Manhattan)|14th]] Streets and then from 14th to 18th Streets, were opened in 1939.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1939/12/28/archives/section-of-drive-on-east-side-open-stretch-from-14th-to-18th-sts.html|title=Section Of Drive On East Side Open; Stretch From 14th to 18th Sts. Placed in Commission by Isaacs and Party|date=1939-12-28|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-03-22|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=March 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323040926/https://www.nytimes.com/1939/12/28/archives/section-of-drive-on-east-side-open-stretch-from-14th-to-18th-sts.html|url-status=live}}</ref> A short connector from Grand to Montgomery Street was completed in May 1940, which meant that the boulevard was now continuous from Montgomery to 30th Streets.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1940/05/17/archives/drive-section-open-today-east-river-road-montgomery-to-30th-st.html|title=Drive Section Open Today; East River Road, Montgomery to 30th St., Ready for Use|date=1940-05-17|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-03-22|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=March 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323040907/https://www.nytimes.com/1940/05/17/archives/drive-section-open-today-east-river-road-montgomery-to-30th-st.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The next month, a large stretch from 49th to 92nd Streets opened. By this point, the only contiguous section that remained to be completed was the stretch between 30th and 49th Streets.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1940/06/19/archives/new-link-is-opened-in-east-river-drive-along-the-section-of-east.html|title=New Link Is Opened In East River Drive; Along the Section of East River Drive Which Was Dedicated Yesterday|date=1940-06-19|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-03-22|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=March 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323034144/https://www.nytimes.com/1940/06/19/archives/new-link-is-opened-in-east-river-drive-along-the-section-of-east.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The section of the East River Drive from [[23rd Street (Manhattan)|23rd]] to [[34th Street (Manhattan)|34th Streets]] was completed in October 1941.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1941/10/23/archives/east-river-drive-gets-a-new-link-mayor-hails-it-as-example-of.html|title=East River Drive Gets A New Link; Mayor Hails It as Example of 'Perfect Engineering and Clean Financing'|date=1941-10-23|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-03-22|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=March 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323041023/https://www.nytimes.com/1941/10/23/archives/east-river-drive-gets-a-new-link-mayor-hails-it-as-example-of.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Known as the Bristol Basin, this section was built on wartime [[rubble]] dumped by cargo ships returning from [[Bristol]], [[England]], during [[World War II]]. The German [[Luftwaffe]] bombed Bristol heavily. After delivering war supplies to the British, the ships' crews loaded rubble onto the ships for [[sailing ballast|ballast]], then sailed back to New York, where construction crews made use of it.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/nyregion/28fyi.html?ref=nyregion|title=FYI Column|last=Pollak|first=Michael|date=June 26, 2009|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=June 28, 2009|archive-date=November 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110232115/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/nyregion/28fyi.html?ref=nyregion|url-status=live}}</ref> On June 29, 1942, a plaque commemorating the use of rubble was dedicated by Mayor [[Fiorello La Guardia|Fiorello LaGuardia]],<ref>{{Cite news|date=1942-06-30|title=Bricks of Bombed British Homes Used in City Highway Are Marked; La Guardia Warns at Dedication That We May Get Bombings Like Those of Britain -- Haggard Stresses Anglo-U.S. Unity|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1942/06/30/104316669.html?pageNumber=22|access-date=2021-07-13|work=The New York Times|language=en}}</ref> and is currently installed at the [[Waterside Plaza]] complex.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=124605 |title=Bristol Basin Historical Marker |website=Historical Marker Database |access-date=2025-01-23}}</ref> The final part of the original boulevard, between 34th and 49th Streets, opened in May 1942.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1942/05/26/archives/east-river-drive-is-opened-in-full-final-link-34th-to-49th-sts.html|title=East River Drive Is Opened In Full; Final Link, 34th to 49th Sts., Completes 7 1/2-Mile Stretch That Cost $46,000,000 WORK OF 3 BOROUGH HEADS Mayor Praises Cooperation of Levy, Isaacs, Nathan and Private Industries|date=1942-05-26|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-03-22|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=April 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407213338/https://www.nytimes.com/1942/05/26/archives/east-river-drive-is-opened-in-full-final-link-34th-to-49th-sts.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Construction of this segment required modifications to the elevators and underground carriers that transported coal and ash between barges docked in the East River and the [[Waterside Generating Station]] and [[Kips Bay Generating Station|Kips Bay Steam Plant]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Markland |first=John |date=1941-10-26 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1941/10/26/archives/east-river-drive-gains-only-one-more-section-to-be-completed-on.html |title=East River Drive Gains; Only One More Section to Be Completed On Highway Along the City's Rim |work=The New York Times |access-date=2023-07-11 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=July 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711110952/https://www.nytimes.com/1941/10/26/archives/east-river-drive-gains-only-one-more-section-to-be-completed-on.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

East River Drive was renamed as '''Franklin Delano Roosevelt East River Drive''' in June 1945, in honor of [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1945/06/29/archives/council-votes-to-name-east-drive-for-roosevelt.html|title=Council Votes to Name East Drive for Roosevelt|date=1945-06-29|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-03-22|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=March 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323035723/https://www.nytimes.com/1945/06/29/archives/council-votes-to-name-east-drive-for-roosevelt.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Despite this, the road is commonly referred to simply as "FDR Drive".<ref name="fdr drive">{{cite web|url=http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=12179|title=FDR Drive: Historical Sign|author=New York City Department of Parks and Recreation|date=December 20, 2001|publisher=New York City Department of Parks & Recreation|access-date=August 27, 2011|archive-date=September 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930062139/http://www.nycgovparks.org/about/history/historical-signs/listings?id=12179|url-status=live}}</ref>

Only a few years after its oldest stretches opened, city officials began planning to upgrade the parkway into an expressway. At-grade intersections would be eliminated on certain portions, while others would be replaced by new concrete viaducts, and others would be capped as tunnels. The road would also be extended to meet the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}} A plan to build a three-level section from 81st to 89th Streets was released in April 1940,<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1940/04/29/archives/details-are-given-of-new-drive-link-isaacs-makes-public-description.html|title=Details Are Given Of New Drive Link; Isaacs Makes Public Description of Triple-Deck Section|date=1940-04-29|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-03-22|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=March 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323092250/https://www.nytimes.com/1940/04/29/archives/details-are-given-of-new-drive-link-isaacs-makes-public-description.html|url-status=live}}</ref> followed by an East River Drive overpass over [[96th Street (Manhattan)|96th Street]] in June.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1940/06/06/archives/city-to-act-today-on-east-drive-link-plan-for-ninetysixth-street.html|title=City to Act Today on East Drive Link; Plan for Ninety-Sixth Street Overpass Along the East River Drive|date=1940-06-06|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-03-22|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=March 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323030919/https://www.nytimes.com/1940/06/06/archives/city-to-act-today-on-east-drive-link-plan-for-ninetysixth-street.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Due to a bulkhead restriction, a section from 51st to 60th Streets was already being built with two decks.<ref name=":0" /> Future reconstruction designs were created that would convert FDR Drive into the expressway that is in use today.<ref name="east river parks fdr">{{cite web |author = New York City Department of Parks and Recreation |url = http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/eastriverpark/highlights/12173 |title = East River Park Highlights |publisher = New York City Department of Parks & Recreation |access-date = August 27, 2011 |archive-date = May 1, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130501063719/http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/eastriverpark/history |url-status = live }}</ref> In 1948, construction was completed on a project that converted the section from 49th to 92nd Streets into a limited access highway.<ref name="nycroads.com"/>  An elevated ramp between 18th and 25th Streets, serving as an extension of the highway south of 23rd Street, was completed the next year,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1949/06/07/archives/mayor-and-rogers-open-raised-road-east-side-span-takes-express.html|title=Mayor And Rogers Open Raised Road; East Side Span Takes Express Highway From 18th to 25th St. -- Other Links Pushed|last=Bennett|first=Charles G.|date=1949-06-07|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-03-22|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=March 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323030912/https://www.nytimes.com/1949/06/07/archives/mayor-and-rogers-open-raised-road-east-side-span-takes-express.html|url-status=live}}</ref> replacing another at-grade section.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1948/03/08/archives/city-will-raise-part-of-east-river-drive.html|title=City Will Raise Part of East River Drive|date=1948-03-08|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-03-22|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=March 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323092510/https://www.nytimes.com/1948/03/08/archives/city-will-raise-part-of-east-river-drive.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The Battery Park Underpass was completed in 1951, indirectly connecting to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1951-04-11|title=City Opens Underpass at Battery, $10,000,000 Link in Express Route|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1951/04/11/archives/city-opens-underpass-at-battery-10000000-link-in-express-route-new.html|access-date=2024-07-17|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The [[South Street (Manhattan)|South Street]] Viaduct, connecting the at-grade parkway north of Grand Street to the [[Battery Park Underpass]] and [[Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel]] at the southern tip of Manhattan, was completed in May 1954,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1954/05/29/archives/underpass-linked-to-east-side-drive-ceremony-at-battery-end-of.html|title=Underpass Linked To East Side Drive; Ceremony at Battery End of Elevated Highway Officially Completes Peripheral Road MAYOR LAUDS ENGINEERS Borough President Speaks at Gathering of 2,000 at South Street and Coenties Slip|date=1954-05-29|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-03-22|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=March 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323034141/https://www.nytimes.com/1954/05/29/archives/underpass-linked-to-east-side-drive-ceremony-at-battery-end-of.html|url-status=live}}</ref> replacing the at-grade segment.<ref name="nycroads.com"/> In 1960, construction was completed on a project that rebuilt the segment from Jackson Street and East 14th Street into a controlled access highway.<ref name="nycroads.com"/> In 1966, construction was completed in a project that rebuilt the segment between East 14th Street and East 42nd Street into a grade separated expressway with an elevated viaduct. This marked completion of the expressway upgrade, and made it so that all exits were grade separated interchanges. It also made it so that most of the road consisted of six lanes, with only a few exceptions.<ref name="nycroads.com"/>

In 1967, ramps were built that would have provided connections to the [[Mid-Manhattan Expressway]]. However, after plans for the expressway were abandoned, the exit went unused, largely because there was already an exit four blocks north, at 34th Street. The unused exit was then blocked with a semi-permanent concrete barricade.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/11/26/archives/new-exit-ramp-just-a-dead-end-east-river-drive-connects-to-an.html|title=New Exit Ramp Just A Dead End; East River Drive Connects to an Unbuilt Expressway A Link for Expressway 'Not a Mistake'|date=1967-11-26|website=The New York Times|access-date=2018-07-06|archive-date=July 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706075003/https://www.nytimes.com/1967/11/26/archives/new-exit-ramp-just-a-dead-end-east-river-drive-connects-to-an.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1965, plans were announced for direct ramps to the [[Brooklyn Bridge]], this would eliminate congestion at its approach by relocating traffic onto the expressway.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1965/09/04/archives/brooklyn-bridge-will-get-ramps-2year-project-designed-to-ease.html|title=Brooklyn Bridge Will Get Ramps; 2-Year Project Designed to Ease Street Traffic|date=September 4, 1965|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|access-date=July 4, 2019|archive-date=July 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704014717/https://www.nytimes.com/1965/09/04/archives/brooklyn-bridge-will-get-ramps-2year-project-designed-to-ease.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge was opened in 1968,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1968/04/17/archives/brooklyn-bridge-ramp-opened.html|title=Brooklyn Bridge Ramp Opened|date=April 17, 1968|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|access-date=July 4, 2019|archive-date=July 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704015151/https://www.nytimes.com/1968/04/17/archives/brooklyn-bridge-ramp-opened.html|url-status=live}}</ref> followed by the ramp onto the FDR Drive in 1969.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/06/22/archives/brooklyn-bridge-getting-ramp-to-fdr-drive-1500foot-exit-is-latest.html|title=Brooklyn Bridge Getting Ramp to F.D.R. Drive; 1,500-Foot Exit Is Latest in $8.5-Million Series to Relieve Congestion|last=Burks|first=Edward C|date=June 22, 1969|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|access-date=July 4, 2019|archive-date=July 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704014717/https://www.nytimes.com/1969/06/22/archives/brooklyn-bridge-getting-ramp-to-fdr-drive-1500foot-exit-is-latest.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1971, plans to reconstruct the portion of the South Street Viaduct between its southern end and exit 2 as an extension of the Battery Park Underpass were announced. This was meant to improve the quality of life experienced by those who live near the structure. A new exit 1, consisting of a diamond configuration onto Wall Street would be built, replacing the existing exit 1 onto Water Street. Primarily due to its expensive cost, this was never undertaken.<ref name="nycroads.com"/>

In the mid-1990s, a project to reconstruct the segment from 14th Street to 34th Street was undertaken.<ref name="nycroads.com"/>

Beginning on August 15, 1985, the ramp with 42nd Street was closed for an extensive rebuild. When it reopened in April, it had an entirely new viaduct.<ref>{{cite news |date=August 14, 1985 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/14/nyregion/rebuilding-to-affect-fdr-drive-traffic.html |title=Rebuilding to Affect F.D.R. Drive Traffic |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |access-date=July 17, 2024}}</ref> This was part of a larger project to rebuild the portion of the South Street Viaduct between 42nd Street and 50th Street. This structure, which had deteriorated significantly in its later years, was known to be at significant risk of collapse. A replacement ramp at 49th Street opened in October 1998.<ref name="nycroads.com"/>

===21st century===
Exit 6, an at-grade interchange which connected to at 15th Street, passed through a [[Consolidated Edison|ConEdison]] substation, which handles most of the electricity for [[Lower Manhattan]]. It was permanently closed after the [[September 11 attacks]] when city and ConEdison officials concluded it was too risky to allow such easy access to such a critical piece of infrastructure.<ref name=15thStreetClosed/> The exit was demolished  in 2014 after the [[New York State Department of Transportation]] received notification from the [[New York City Police Department]] that the exit would not be re-opened since the ConEdison facility was deemed a potential terrorist target. East 15th Street, as well as a corresponding entrance ramp from [[14th Street (Manhattan)|14th Street]], were also closed east of [[Avenue C (Manhattan)|Avenue C]], except to ConEdison and law enforcement vehicles. All signage of exit 6 was dismantled by early 2016.<ref name="google maps"/>

In 2002, a project to improve safety from East 63rd Street to the southern terminus at the [[Triborough Bridge]] was completed. Also as part of this project, Exit 16 was entirely reconstructed.<ref name="nycroads.com"/>

In 2004, a reconstruction of the Gracie Mansion Underpass was completed.<ref name="nycroads.com"/>

In November 2005, as part of the reconstruction of [[New York State Route 9A|NY&nbsp;9A]], the western end of the Battery Park Underpass was extended to the north by about {{convert|25|ft|m}}.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |title=A Little Easier Getting Around Downtown |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 2, 2005 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/02/nyregion/a-little-easier-getting-around-downtown.html |access-date=2009-07-25}}</ref>

In December 2002, work began to reconstruct the segment of roadway between East 54th Street and East 63rd Street. It was substantially completed in August 2007, and involved the construction of a temporary roadway in some areas.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dot.ny.gov/regional-offices/region11/projects/project-repository/fdr_54_63/workstages.html |title=FDR East River Drive Rehabilitation Project E 54th St. - E 63rd St. |website=New York State Department of Transportation |access-date=July 17, 2024}}</ref>

During [[Effects of Hurricane Sandy in New York|Hurricane Sandy]], the Battery Park Underpass was filled with seawater. The damage resulted in major repairs.<ref name="flooding">{{cite web |url=https://abc7ny.com/archive/8883986/ |title=Battery Park Underpass partially reopens |publisher=[[WABC-TV]] |date=November 13, 2012 |access-date=April 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425002737/http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=resources%2Ftraffic&id=8883986 |archive-date=April 25, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In November 2015, a resurfacing was completed between 125th Street and the Brooklyn Bridge.<ref>{{cite news |last=Grynbaum |first=Michael M. |date=November 30, 2015 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/01/nyregion/mayor-de-blasio-promotes-smoother-ride-on-fdr-drive.html |title=Mayor de Blasio Promotes Smoother Ride on F.D.R. Drive |work=The New York Times |access-date=July 17, 2024}}</ref>

In 2016, the Rockfeller Tunnel was extended.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ogorodnikov |first=Vitali |date=October 21, 2016 |url=https://newyorkyimby.com/2016/10/the-rockefeller-university-river-campus-deck-expansion-progressing-atop-the-fdr-drive.html |title=The Rockefeller University River Campus Deck Expansion Progressing Atop The FDR Drive |website=New York YIMBY |access-date=July 17, 2024}}</ref>

In 2019, the South Street viaduct was rehabilitated and repainted purple.<ref>{{cite web |last=Howden-Chapman |first=Amy |date=February 6, 2019 |url=https://urbanomnibus.net/2019/02/lavender-lane/ |title=Lavender Lane |website=Urban Omnibus |access-date=July 17, 2024}}</ref>

In September 2023, plans were announced by Manhattan [[borough president]] [[Mark Levine (New York politician)|Mark Levine]] to replace the South Street Viaduct with an [[urban boulevard]]. This would only occur if funding is obtained.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brachfeld |first1=Ben |last2=Holtermann |first2=Gabriele |date=September 20, 2023 |url=https://www.amny.com/transit/manhattan-borough-president-levine-fdr-drive/ |title=Manhattan Borough President Levine pushes plan to raze FDR Drive in Lower Manhattan |work=amNY |access-date=July 17, 2024}}</ref> As stated by Levine, it "is the least heavily used part of the FDR and it has created a noisy uglier barrier between the people of lower Manhattan and their waterfront". The structure has also deteriorated significantly, requiring more maintenance than is deemed acceptable.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kelly |first=Keith J. |date=March 13, 2024 |url=https://www.ourtownny.com/home/tear-down-fdr-south-of-brooklyn-bridge-urges-borough-pres-levine-JI3208803 |title=Tear Down FDR South of Brooklyn Bridge, Urges Borough Pres. Levine |website=Our Town |access-date=July 17, 2024}}</ref>

== Transportation ==
The {{NYC bus link|SIM3|SIM6|SIM10|SIM11|SIM31|X37|X38|prose=y}} [[List of express buses in New York City|express buses]] use FDR Drive between its start in [[Lower Manhattan]] and [[23rd Street (Manhattan)|23rd Street]].<ref>{{Cite NYC bus|SIM3}}<br>{{Cite NYC bus|SIM6}}<br>{{Cite NYC bus|SIM10}}<br>{{Cite NYC bus|SIM11}}<br>{{Cite NYC bus|SIM31}}<br>{{Cite NYC bus|X37}}<br>{{Cite NYC bus|X38}}</ref><ref>{{Cite NYC bus map|S}}</ref><ref name=bklnbus>{{Cite NYC bus map|B}}</ref> In addition, the {{NYC bus link|QM7|QM8|QM8 Super Express|QM11|prose=y|QM25}} use FDR Drive between the [[Brooklyn Bridge]] exit and [[34th Street (Manhattan)|34th Street]]<ref>{{Cite NYC bus map|Q}}</ref><ref>{{Cite NYC bus|QM7}}<br>{{Cite NYC bus|QM8}}<br>{{Cite NYC bus|QM25}}<br>{{Cite NYC bus|QM11}}</ref>

The {{NYC bus link|BM1|BM2|BM3|BM4|prose=y}} buses use the FDR between Brooklyn Bridge and 23rd Street during the off-peak hours, but during the [[Rush hour|peak hour]], "Midtown Express" buses skip Downtown, running directly up the FDR to 23rd.<ref name=bklnbus/><ref>{{Cite NYC bus|BM1}}<br>{{Cite NYC bus|BM2}}<br>{{Cite NYC bus|BM3}}<br>{{Cite NYC bus|BM4}}</ref>

==Exit list==
{{NYinttop|exit|nyc=yes|borough=Manhattan|length_ref=<br><ref name=2014tdr>{{cite web |url=https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/NYSDOT_Traffic_Data_Report_2014.pdf |title=2014 Traffic Data Report for New York State |date=July 22, 2015 |publisher=[[New York State Department of Transportation]] |access-date=January 14, 2020 |archive-date=June 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605122340/https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/NYSDOT_Traffic_Data_Report_2014.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="google maps">{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/40.7064369,-74.0162723/40.7973977,-73.9291616/@40.7516716,-74.0002348,12.57z/data=!4m9!4m8!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d-73.9901286!2d40.7098597!3s0x89c25a2ef23c33bd:0xe3e7b24e6bbb3fd9!1m0!3e0 |access-date=January 14, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/HighwayInventory-NewYorkCounty-2016.zip |title=New York County Inventory Listing |date=August 7, 2015 |publisher=New York State Department of Transportation |format=CSV |access-date=September 5, 2017 |archive-date=July 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701201050/https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/HighwayInventory-NewYorkCounty-2016.zip |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
{{NYCint|exit
|borough=Manhattan
|location=Battery Park City
|mile=0.00
|exit=–
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|9A|dir1=north|name1=[[West Street]]|road|[[Hugh L. Carey Tunnel]]|name2=[[Interstate 478 (New York)|I-478 Toll]] south|I|278|to3=yes|city1=Brooklyn}}
|notes=Southern terminus; exit 1 on West Side Highway
}}
{{jcttunnel|exit
|location_special=[[Battery Park]]
|mile=0.1
|mile2=0.5
|tunnel=[[Battery Park Underpass]]
}}
{{NYCint|exit
|borough=Manhattan
|location=Financial District
|mile=0.6
|exit=1
|road=[[South Street (Manhattan)|South Street]]&nbsp;– [[Battery Park]], [[Staten Island Ferry]]
|notes=South Street not signed southbound; all trucks must exit
}}
{{NYCint|exit
|borough=Manhattan
|location=Two Bridges
|lspan=2
|mile=1.41
|exit=2
|road=[[Brooklyn Bridge]]&nbsp;– [[Manhattan Civic Center]]
|notes=Access to Civic Center via [[Pearl Street (Manhattan)|Pearl Street]]}}
{{NYCint|exit
|mile=2.4
|exit=3
|type=incomplete
|road=[[South Street (Manhattan)|South Street]]&nbsp;– [[Manhattan Bridge]]
|notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance
}}
{{NYCint|exit
|borough=Manhattan
|location=Lower East Side
|lspan=2
|mile=2.6
|exit=4
|type=incomplete
|road=[[Grand Street (Manhattan)|Grand Street]]&nbsp;– [[Williamsburg Bridge]]
|notes=Southbound exit and entrance
}}
{{NYCint|exit
|mile=3.09
|exit=5
|road=[[Houston Street (Manhattan)|East Houston Street]]&nbsp;– [[Williamsburg Bridge]]
|notes=Formerly signed for [[Holland Tunnel]]
}}
{{NYCint|exit
|borough=Manhattan
|location=East Village
|mile=3.70
|exit=6
|type=closed
|road=[[15th Street (Manhattan)|East 15th Street]]
|notes=Southbound exit and entrance; permanently closed in 2002 due to post-[[September 11 attacks|9/11]] security concerns<ref name=15thStreetClosed>{{cite web |last = Siff |first = Andrew | date = May 28, 2013 |title = Since 2002, FDR Drive's Exit 6 Mysteriously Says 'Closed' |url = http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/FDR-Drive-Exit-6-Closed-Signs-Con-Edison-Substation-209239661.html |location = New York |publisher = [[WNBC]] |access-date = February 10, 2014 |archive-date = February 22, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140222064640/http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/FDR-Drive-Exit-6-Closed-Signs-Con-Edison-Substation-209239661.html |url-status = live }}</ref>
}}
{{NYCint|exit
|location_special=[[Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village|Peter Cooper Village]]
|mile=4.30
|exit=7
|road=[[20th Street (Manhattan)|East 20th Street]]&nbsp;/ [[23rd Street (Manhattan)|East 23rd Street]]
|notes=East 20th Street not signed southbound; also serves [[Avenue C (Manhattan)|Avenue C]]
}}
{{NYCint|exit
|borough=Manhattan
|location=Kips Bay
|mile=4.6
|exit=–
|type=incomplete
|road=[[30th Street (Manhattan)|East 30th Street]]
|notes=Southbound entrance only
}}
{{NYCint|exit
|borough=Manhattan
|location=Murray Hill
|lspan=2
|mile=4.86
|exit=8
|road={{jct|state=NY|road|[[34th Street (Manhattan)|East 34th Street]]|to2=to|I|495|dir2=east|name2=[[Queens&ndash;Midtown Tunnel]]}}
}}
{{NYCint|exit
|mile=4.9
|exit=9
|type=incomplete
|road=[[42nd Street (Manhattan)|East 42nd Street]]
|notes=Northbound exit only
}}
{{jcttunnel|exit
|location_special=[[Midtown East, Manhattan|Midtown East]]
|lspan=2
|mile=5.2
|mile2=5.5
|tunnel=Tunnel under [[UN Headquarters|United Nations Headquarters]]
}}
{{NYCint|exit
|mile=5.6
|exit=10
|type=incomplete
|road=[[49th Street (Manhattan)|East 49th Street]]
|notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance
}}
{{NYCint|exit
|borough=Manhattan
|location=Sutton Place
|lspan=2
|mile=5.8
|exit=11
|type=incomplete
|road=[[53rd Street (Manhattan)|East 53rd Street]]
|notes=Southbound exit only
}}
{{jcttunnel|exit
|mile=5.8
|mile2=6.1
|tunnel=Tunnel under [[Sutton Place, Manhattan|Sutton Place]]
}}
{{NYCint|exit
|location=Upper East Side
|borough=Manhattan
|lspan=3
|mile=6.1
|mile2=6.3
|exit=12
|road={{jct|state=NY|road|[[61st Street (Manhattan)|East 61st Street]]&nbsp;/ [[63rd Street (Manhattan)|East 63rd Street]]|to2=to|NY|25|dir2=east|name2=[[Queensboro Bridge]]}}
|notes=Signed for 61st Street northbound, 63rd Street southbound
}}
{{jcttunnel|exit
|mile=6.3
|mile2=6.7
|tunnel=Tunnel under [[Rockefeller University]]&nbsp;/ [[NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital]]&nbsp;/ [[Hospital for Special Surgery]]
}}
{{NYCint|exit
|mile=6.7
|exit=13
|type=incomplete
|road=[[71st Street (Manhattan)|East 71st Street]]
|notes=Southbound exit and entrance
}}
{{NYCint|exit
|borough=Manhattan
|location=Yorkville
|lspan=2
|mile=7.0
|exit=–
|type=incomplete
|road=[[79th Street (Manhattan)|East 79th Street]]
|notes=Southbound entrance only
}}
{{jcttunnel|exit
|mile=7.2
|mile2=7.6
|tunnel=Tunnel under [[Carl Schurz Park]]
}}
{{NYCint|exit
|location=East Harlem
|borough=Manhattan
|lspan=5
|mile=7.96
|exit=14
|road=[[96th Street (Manhattan)|East 96th Street]]
|notes=Also serves [[97th Street (Manhattan)|East 97th Street]] and [[York Avenue]]
}}
{{NYCint|exit
|mile=8.63
|exit=15
|type=incomplete
|road=[[106th Street (Manhattan)|East 106th Street]]
|notes=Southbound exit and entrance
}}
{{NYCint|exit
|mile=9.15
|exit=16
|type=incomplete
|road=[[116th Street (Manhattan)|East 116th Street]]
|notes=Southbound exit only
}}
{{NYCint|exit
|mile=9.68
|mspan=2
|exit=17
|type=etc
|road={{jct|state=NY|road|[[RFK Bridge]] ([[New York State Route 900G|NY 900G]] south)|I|278|Parkway|Grand Central|to2=yes|dir3=east|location1=[[Bruckner Expressway]]}}
|notes=Also serves [[Randall's Island]]
}}
{{NYCint|exit
|mile=none
|exit=–
|road={{jct|state=NY|Parkway|Harlem River|dir1=north|location1=[[George Washington Bridge]]|road|[[Willis Avenue Bridge]]|to3=to|I|87|dir3=north|name3=[[Major Deegan Expressway]]}}
|notes=Continuation north
}}
{{jctbtm|keys=incomplete,closed,etc}}
[[File:fdrdrive.jpg|center|thumb|700px|FDR Drive near the [[Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge]]]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Attached KML|from=FDR Drive|display=inline,title}}
{{Commons category|Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive}}
{{NYSR external links|alps=fdr|termini=fdr}}
* [http://www.greaternyroads.info/roads/nypark/fdr FDR Drive (Greater New York Roads)]

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[[Category:Transportation in Manhattan]]
[[Category:Robert Moses projects]]