page_title: New York metropolitan area
section_title: Other limited-access roads
hierarchical_section_title: New York metropolitan area / Transportation / Major highways / Other limited-access roads
caption_attribution_description: English: Heavy Volume Traffic on the Parkway at mile 96.6, in Wall Township, New Jersey
context_page_description: The New York metropolitan area is the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass, at 3,450.2 sq mi. The metropolitan area includes New York City, Long Island, and the Mid and Lower Hudson Valley in the state of New York; the five largest cities in New Jersey: Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, Elizabeth, and Edison, and their vicinities; and six of the seven largest cities in Connecticut: Bridgeport, New Haven, Stamford, Waterbury, Norwalk, and Danbury, and their vicinities. The New York metropolitan area is part of the larger Northeast Megalopolis.
  The New York metropolitan area remains, by a significant margin, the most populous in the United States, as defined by both the Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Combined Statistical Area. The metropolitan area is home to approximately 6% of the United States' population. It is the largest urban agglomeration in the Americas and the tenth largest in the world. The New York metropolitan area continues to be the premier gateway for legal immigration to the United States, with the largest foreign-born population of any metropolitan region in the world.
context_section_description: Some of these roads have a numerical designation assigned to it:
   Belt Parkway
   Bronx River Parkway
  Conn. Turnpike (part of I-95)
   FDR Drive
   G.S. Parkway
   Grand Central Parkway
   Harlem River Drive
   Henry Hudson Parkway
   Hutchinson River Parkway
   Jackie Robinson Parkway (formerly: Interboro Parkway)
   Merritt Parkway (part of Route 15)
   N.J. Turnpike (part of I-95)
   New York Thruway (part of I-87)
   Northern State Parkway
   Palisades Parkway
   Saw Mill River Parkway
   Southern State Parkway
   Sprain Brook Parkway
   Taconic State Parkway
caption: Heavy traffic on the Garden State Parkway in Wall Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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