New York (Long Island Expressways)...


NY 878 - Nassau Expressway:
The Nassau Expressway connects the beaches in western Nassau County with the rest of the world, as well as providing a route to NYC for all the surrounding subdivisions. A much longer description, as well as my opinion of the expressway, can be found by looking at the pictures.

History:

Junction Log:

Pictures (courtesy of Eric Smith): (click here)

Ocean Parkway:
Ocean Parkway is the access road for the popular beaches of Robert Moses State Park, Captree State Park, Jones Beach State Park, and the Babylon Town Beaches. It also provides access to some houses on the barrier island. Take the picture tour for a more thorough description.

History:

Junction Log:

There are only a few at-grades on this expressway.

Pictures (courtesy of Eric Smith): (click here)

NY 24 / Suffolk CR 94:
NY 24 on Long Island is an expressway from I-495 to CR 104 south of Riverhead. Although signed as a state route, the road is actually maintained by the county.

NY 25A:
This Long Island highway has a short expressway segment around Rocky Point. Instead of going thru yet another downtown, NY 25A veers south and gets on a Super-2 expressway with no driveways and a 55 mph speed limit. The highway goes thru a nice wooded area, part of it owned by the state as wildlife land. After about a mile, the expressway merges back into the normal highway. From there, NY 25A is a 4-lane divided expressway until the next traffic light.

Pictures (courtesy of Eric Smith): (click here)

Suffolk CR 46 - William Floyd Parkway:
Although this appears to be just another one of the Suffolk County expressways, there were actually much bigger plans for the William Floyd Parkway. It was supposed to be a southern extension of I-91. A new sound crossing would’ve carried this freeway across the Long Island Sound from New Haven. Today, CR 46 is a lightly-traveled rural expressway traversing the northern half of Long Island.

History:

Pictures (courtesy of Eric Smith): (click here)

Suffolk CR 51:
One of four county-maintained expressways in the Riverhead area, CR 51 goes southwest from Riverhead, connecting to the NY 27 freeway. There are no interchanges other than the diamond at the CR 111 expressway, at which CR 111 is the through route.

Suffolk CR 83:
At Granny Rd, just north of I-495, the CR 83 7-lane arterial becomes a 6-lane expressway. For a more detailed description, see the picture tour below.

Junction Log:

Pictures (courtesy of Eric Smith): (click here)

Suffolk CR 97 - Nicolls Road:
CR 97 is the most used of the Suffolk county expressways since it connects to SUNY and travels through developed areas for its entire length.

History:

Junction Log:

Pictures (courtesy of Eric Smith): (click here)

Suffolk CR 99:
CR 99 is the more obscure of the Suffolk County expressways. Only 2 miles in length, it parallel the more important NY 27 freeway about a mile to the north and so is used only for local traffic.

Junction Log:

Pictures (courtesy of Eric Smith): (click here)

Suffolk CR 105:
 

Pictures (courtesy of Eric Smith): (click here)

Suffolk CR 111:
 

Pictures (courtesy of Eric Smith): (click here)

NY 135 (Proposed):
Expressway and freeway alternatives are being studied for a proposed northern extension of the NY 135 freeway from NY 25 to NY 25A.

NY 231:
NY 231, a north-south route on Long Island, is an expressway from NY 27A to Deer Park Ave, just south of the Southern State Parkway. There was a proposal to extend the expressway north to Northport, but plans were killed in 1982.

History:

Junction Log:

Pictures (courtesy of Eric Smith): (click here)

Sources:
Mitsguy2001, Steve Anderson, Douglas Kerr, Nathan Perry, Adam Froehlig, Mike Tantillo, Chris Kalina, Andrew Kirschner

Last Updated: 12/26/05

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