It may be noted that it is situated on a prominent tongue of land, diverting the course of the river some distance to the east. The ground north of the place selected for the crossing which now forms part of Woodlawn cemetery, is at a higher grade and would have made it inconvenient to pass in that direction. The river farther south is tortuous, and the banks appear to have been swampy.

The position of the crossing was thus doubtless designed to take advantage of the best conditions for the convenience of the traveler. From the wading place at Williamsbridge the Shore path rose up the hillside to the line of the present White Plains road, and turning sharply to the north followed its course, which may still be traced in the irregular form of part of the west side of the avenue, up to 217th street.

Thence it took the present straight course of the highroad over level land through Wakefield as far as East 228th street where it branched off toward the northeast, crossing five blocks diagonally to East 233d street, where it can be found again today as Bussing avenue.