New York State Route 25
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| NY Route 25 | |||||||||
| Length: | 114.07[1] mi (183.65 km) | ||||||||
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| West end: |  FDR Drive in New York City |
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| Major junctions: |
 I-278 in Woodside I-495 in Elmhurst Jackie Robinson in Kew Gardens I-678 in Kew Gardens  I-295/NY 24 in Queens Village Cross Island in Bellerose Terrace Northern in Mineola I-495 in Westbury Sunken Meadow in Commack I-495 in Calverton |
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| East end: | Orient Point ferry landing in Orient Point | ||||||||
| Counties: | New York, Queens, Nassau, Suffolk | ||||||||
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New York State Route 25 is a major east-west road running from east midtown Manhattan, New York City, to the Cross Sound Ferry terminal at Orient Point on the end of the North Fork of Long Island.
NY 25 has many names. In the borough of Queens, it is called Queens Boulevard, but more infamously known as the "Boulevard of Death," as it has the highest rate of pedestrian deaths in New York City. In Nassau and Western Suffolk counties, Route 25 is referred to as Jericho Turnpike. Moving east, the highway changes names to Main Street in Smithtown, Middle Country Road in Central Suffolk, Main Street again in Riverhead and finally Main Road in Eastern Suffolk.
NY 25 is carried from Queens to Manhattan over the East River via the double-decked Queensboro Bridge. The bridge is sometimes referred to as the 59th Street Bridge. The bridge is the only double-decked portion of NY-25.
Two alternate routings exist bearing the designation "Truck Route 25," both along the North Fork of Long Island. One is between Laurel and Mattituck, and the other is in Greenport.
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[edit] Route description
[edit] Communities along the route
- New York City
- Hempstead
- Oyster Bay
- Huntington
- Smithtown
- Brookhaven
- Riverhead
- Southhold
[edit] Major intersections
| Mile | Road(s) | Location | Notes |
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| New York County | |||
| 0.0 | FDR Drive |
New York | Exit 8 (FDR Drive). |
| Queens | |||
| 1.6 |  NY 25A |
Queens | Jackson Avenue/Northern Boulevard. |
| 3.8 | I-278 |
Queens | Exit 36 (I-278). |
| I-495 |
Queens | Exit 20 (I-495). | |
| Jackie Robinson |
Queens | Exit 7 (Jackie Robinson Pkwy). | |
 NY 25C |
Queens | Union Turnpike | |
| 8.6 | I-678 |
Queens | Exit 8 (I-678). |
| 13.4 |  NY 25B |
Queens | Western terminus of NY 25B. |
| 14.5 | Cross Island |
Queens | Exit 27 (Cross Island Pkwy). |
| Nassau County | |||
| NY 25C |
Garden City Park | Marcus Avenue Extension. | |
| 20.3 | Northern |
Mineola | Exit 31 (NSP). |
| 20.8 | NY 25B |
Queens | Eastern terminus of NY 25B. |
 Wantagh |
Old Westbury | Formerly proposed Wantagh State Parkway Extension. | |
| 24.6 | I-495 |
Westbury | Exit 40 (I-495). |
| 33.2 |  NY 106 NY 107 |
Jericho | cloverleaf interchange with no exit numbers |
| 34.1 |  NY 135 |
Locust Grove | Northern terminus of NY 135. |
 Caumsett |
Locust Grove | Formerly proposed Caumsett State Parkway. | |
| Suffolk County | |||
| 38.6 |  NY 110 |
Huntington | Broad Hollow Road. |
 NY 231 |
Elwood | Formerly proposed Babylon-Northport Expressway. | |
| 45.2 |  NY 454 |
Commack | Western terminus of NY 454. |
| 49.1 | Sunken Meadow |
Commack | Exit SM3 (SMSP). |
| 50.5 | NY 25A |
Smithtown | Western terminus of duplex. Site of the Smithtown Bull. |
| 51.9 | NY 25A |
Village of the Branch | Eastern terminus of duplex. Shared intersection with NY 111. |
| 51.9 |  NY 111 |
Village of the Branch | Northern terminus of NY 111. Shared intersection with east end of NY 25-25A duplex. |
 CR 16 |
Village of the Branch | Terry Road. | |
| 43.5 |  NY 347 |
Nesconset | Smithtown Bypass/Nesconset Highway. |
 CR 97 |
Centereach | Nicoll's Road. First Single Point Urban Interchange in New York State. | |
 CR 83 |
Selden | Patchogue-Mount Sinai Road. | |
| 50.7 |  NY 112 |
Coram | |
 CR 46 |
Ridge | William Floyd Parkway. Cloverleaf interchange with no exit numbers. | |
 CR 111 |
Ridge | Formerly proposed Port Jefferson-Westhampton Beach Road. | |
| 62.5 | NY 25A |
Calverton | Eastern terminus of NY 25A. |
| 66.2 | I-495 |
Calverton | Exit 72 (I-495). |
 NY 113 |
Riverhead | Former NY 113 now  Suffolk CR 104 |
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 CR 105 |
Aquebogue | Cross River Drive. | |
| 90.3 |  NY 114 |
Greenport | Northern terminus of NY 114. |
| 114.1 | Orient Point ferry landing | Orient Point | To Fisher's Island, New York and/or New London, Connecticut |
| Legend | |||||
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| Crossing, no access | Concurrency termini | County | Decommissioned | Unconstructed | Closed |
[edit] History
[edit] Former segments
Jericho:
- Between Marian Road and somewhere west of NY 106-107 Interchange
Coram:
- From east of Paul's Path to Grant Smith Road.
- Between Coram-Mount Sinai Road & Winfield Davis Road.
Middle Island:
- Near Spring Lake.
- Between Lakeview Terrace & Curran's Road.
- From Artist's Lake to Woodville Road.
Riverhead:
- From River Road to Forge Road.
- Forge Road, from Peconic River Bridge to Kroemer Avenue.
Mattituck:
- From Gray Avenue to West of Sigsbee Road.
Peconic:
- Lower Road.
- Ackerly Pond Lane between Lower Road & Main Road.
Southold:
- Between Budd's Pond & Mill Creek to Hashamomuck Pond.
Greenport:
- Between the creek from Silver Lake & Silvermere Road.
Orient Point:
- West of Bight Road.
- Near former Charles Rose Airport.
[edit] Miscellanea
- The first series of lime green school zone signs in the United States were installed along a section of NY 25 in Westbury, New York.
- In the early-1970's, the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) wanted to install frontage roads along a divided Route 25 between Nesconset and Lake Grove as part of a proposed upgrade of NY 347 into the limited-access highway it was originally meant to be.
- In the 1960's and 1970's, NYSDOT wanted to realign both Route 112 and Route 25 in Coram. The realignment and widening of NY 25 was to take place between NY 112 and Winfield Davis Road.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Queensborough Bridge History from NYCROADS.com
- Queens Boulevard Expressway proposals from NYCROADS.com
- NY 25-25A Multiplex(Gribblenation.net)
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