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| | VAN WYCK EXPRESSWAY - Historical Sign |
 | | The Van Wyck Expressway, named for former Mayor Robert A. Van Wyck (1849-1918), was built to connect John F. Kennedy Airport (then called Idlewild) to several of the main east-west thoroughfares that run through Queens. |
 | | Beginning at the intersection of the Whitestone Expressway and College Point Boulevard, near Flushing Bay, it runs north-south through Queens, and at the southern end in the JFK Airport, it twists through the terminal nucleus and turns into the JFK Expressway. |
 | | The City obtained the land for the expressway on March 6, 1946, and planned to build a 3.2 mile long highway with 9.345 acres of parklands and public spaces. |
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