Central Park

===Transverse roads===
[[File:CP Transverse Rd 1 west arches cloudy early spring jeh.jpg|thumb|upright=1|alt=A stone transverse arch|66th Street transverse]]
Central Park contains four transverse roadways that carry crosstown traffic across the park.<ref name="central-park-map"/>{{sfn|Rosenzweig|Blackmar|1992|pp=130–135}}{{sfn|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1974|p=6 (PDF p. 7)}} From south to north, they are at [[66th Street (Manhattan)|66th&nbsp;Street]], [[79th Street (Manhattan)|79th&nbsp;Street]], [[86th Street (Manhattan)|86th&nbsp;Street]], and [[97th Street (Manhattan)|97th&nbsp;Street]]; the transverse roads were originally numbered sequentially in that order. The 66th&nbsp;Street transverse connects the discontinuous sections of 65th&nbsp;and 66th&nbsp;streets on either side of the park. The 97th&nbsp;Street transverse likewise joins the disconnected segments of [[96th Street (Manhattan)|96th]]&nbsp;and 97th&nbsp;streets. The 79th&nbsp;Street transverse links West&nbsp;81st and East&nbsp;79th streets, while the 86th&nbsp;Street transverse links West 86th&nbsp;Street with East 84th&nbsp;and 85th&nbsp;streets.<ref name="central-park-map"/> Each roadway carries two lanes, one in each direction, and is sunken below the level of the rest of the park to minimize the transverses' visual impact on it.{{sfn|Rosenzweig|Blackmar|1992|pp=130–135}}{{sfn|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1974|p=6 (PDF p. 7)}} The transverse roadways are open even when the park is closed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://portal.311.nyc.gov/article/?kanumber=KA-02612|title=Central Park|date=March 18, 2009|publisher=[[Government of New York City]]|access-date=April 14, 2019}}</ref>

The 66th&nbsp;Street transverse was the first to be finished, having opened in December 1859.{{sfn|New York City Department of Parks and Recreation|1863|p=77 (PDF p. 80)}} The 79th&nbsp;Street transverse—which passed under Vista Rock, Central Park's second-highest point—was completed by a railroad contractor because of their experience in drilling through hard rock;{{sfn|Rosenzweig|Blackmar|1992|pp=168–169}} it opened in December 1860. The 86th&nbsp;and 97th&nbsp;Street transverses opened in late 1862.{{sfn|New York City Department of Parks and Recreation|1863|p=77 (PDF p. 80)}} By the 1890s, maintenance had decreased to the point where the 86th&nbsp;Street transverse handled most crosstown traffic because the other transverse roads had been so poorly maintained.{{sfn|Rosenzweig|Blackmar|1992|pp=294–295}} Both ends of the 79th&nbsp;Street transverse were widened in 1964 to accommodate increased traffic.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/08/09/archives/city-to-open-last-section-of-road-in-central-park.html |title=City to Open Last Section Of Road in Central Park|date=August 9, 1964|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 18, 2019|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418180857/https://www.nytimes.com/1964/08/09/archives/city-to-open-last-section-of-road-in-central-park.html|archive-date=April 18, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> Generally, the transverses were not maintained as frequently as the rest of the park, though being used more frequently than the park proper.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/05/realestate/streetscapes-central-park-transverses-neglected-and-abused-crosstown-roads.html |title=Streetscapes: Central Park Transverses|last=Gray|first=Christopher|date=November 5, 1989 |work=The New York Times|access-date=April 18, 2019|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418215308/https://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/05/realestate/streetscapes-central-park-transverses-neglected-and-abused-crosstown-roads.html|archive-date=April 18, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>