The largest project soon to get under way in Westchester involves work on I-287, the Cross Westchester Expressway.

The number of trucks on the Cross Westchester Expressway has risen 70 percent in just the last two years, Mr. Ronnenberg said.

Officials blocked off the road, Interstate 287, the Cross Westchester Expressway, to repair damage caused by the accident.

But several years ago, the Cross Westchester Expressway, also known as Interstate 287, assumed that title.

Others, meanwhile, said they felt that the new bridge would necessitate the widening of the Cross Westchester Expressway - thus promoting more suburban sprawl.

At a cost of $50 million, the Cross Westchester Expressway was opened December 1960.

He often perches at the exit of the Cross Westchester Expressway and looks out longingly at the cars streaming by.

"Especially those who live in Rockland County and are facing traffic on I-287 - the Cross Westchester Expressway."

Work began last week on the final phase of a $500 million project to upgrade Interstate 287, the Cross Westchester Expressway.

The Cross Westchester Expressway is the busiest highway in the Hudson Valley region, carrying about 140,000 vehicles a day.