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PARKWAY
P R E S E N T E D B Y : J E N N Y- LY K A V. T I N G S O N

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WHAT IS PARKWAY?
BY DEFINITION, IT IS A BROAD
L A N D S C A P E D T H O R O U G H FA R E W I T H A
DIVIDING STRIP OR SIDE STRIPS PLANTED
WITH GRASS, TREES, ETC.
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 ORIGIN OF PARKWAY
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 The earliest parkways were established in the Northeast.
When construction began on the Bronx River
Parkway in early 1907 it was the model for a string of
s i m i l a r p a r k w a y s a c r o s s t h e s t a t e o f N e w Yo r k .
 Inspired by the designs of Frederick Law Olmsted and
the rapidly developing field of landscape architecture .
 Were designed to address both circulation to and from and
around cities, while providing aesthetic and recreational
respite from the linear and often blighted and always
congested roads that transversed the cities.

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PARKWAY ROAD

NARROWER LANES THAN

F R E E WAY o r E X P R E S S WAY
 M AY N O T R E Q U I R E A T O L L
 N I C E LY D E C O R AT E D A N D
LANDSCAPED
LIMITED ACCESS or RESTRICTED
ACCESS FOR LARGER VEHICLES
SUCH AS TRUCKS and BUSES

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