New York State Route 112

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NY Route 112
Length: 12.50 mi[1] (20.12 km)
South end: Main Street in Patchogue
Major
junctions:
NY 27 in Patchogue
I-495 in Medford
NY 347 in Port Jefferson Station
North end: NY 25A in Port Jefferson Station
Counties: Suffolk
New York State Routes
< NY 111 NY 113 >

New York State Route 112 is a New York state highway, entirely within the Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County. It runs from Montauk Highway, formerly part of NY 27A, in the village of Patchogue to NY 25A in Port Jefferson Station. It is known locally as Medford Ave in Patchougue and Patchogue Road in Terryville and Port Jefferson Station. The official name for the road outside these areas is "Patchogue-Port Jefferson Road", though it is often signed simply as "Route 112".

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[edit] Major intersections

County Location Mile Road(s) Notes
Suffolk Patchogue 0.0 NY 27A East Main Street.
North Patchogue 1.0 NY 27 Exit 53 (NY 27). Sunrise Highway.
2.0 CR 99 Woodside Avenue.
Medford 4.1 I-495 Exit 64 (I-495). Long Island Expressway.
4.3 CR 16 Horse Block Road.
Coram 7.3 NY 25 Middle Country Road.
8.5 CR 83 Patchogue-Mount Sinai Road.
Port Jefferson Station 12.0 NY 347 Nesconset-Port Jefferson Highway.
12.5 NY 25A Hallock Avenue/Main Street.
Legend
Crossing, no access Concurrency termini Decommissioned Unconstructed Closed

[edit] History

  • NY 112 was known as the Patchogue Stage Road in the 19th and early 20th Centuries, because it was the main thoroughfare for New England residents taking stagecoaches to the theaters in Patchogue.
  • The Medford Avenue segment in Patchogue and North Patchogue was part of the historic Long Island Bicycle Path, which ran from Patchogue to Port Jefferson in the 1890's and into the early 20th Century. In 1964, this segment was widened to four lanes between East Main Street and Clark Street.
  • A former segment lies behind a New York State Department of Transportation maintenance yard in Coram. Other former sections included part of Middle Island Road and an abandoned road in Medford, a section near Pine Road in Coram, and a segment near East Gate in Terryville.
  • The hazardous railroad crossing in Medford was finally replaced with a steel bridge in 1940. The bridge handled two tracks until the early-1960's.
  • In the 1960's and 1970's, NYSDOT wanted to realign both Route 112 and Route 25 in Coram.

[edit] Miscellanea

[edit] Lake 112

When the Long Island Expressway, was built across central Suffolk County between 1969 and 1971, NY 112 was widened to a four-lane divided highway in the vicinity of the new expressway. This project included tilting the curved embankment of the southbound lane, which has unfortunately created a series of floods in moderate to heavy rainstorms. Several soultions for the dangerous issue were proposed, including raising the grade of the road in the area. These plans were scrapped, however, when a Lowe's hardware franchise was built along NY 112 near the Long Island Expressway.

[edit] Automotive Alley

Since the 1970's a major increase in automotive dealerships have been built in Medford and North Patchouge. This segment has been referred to by some as "Automotive Alley." Plans to widen Route 112, which have been discussed since before World War Two have been delayed by the establishment of these dealerships, as well as other strip malls and shopping centers. East of Route 112 along Peconic Avenue, there is also a strip of automobile salvage and scrap yards beyond a residential area, which would be far more appropriate for such a description.

[edit] Extensions?

During the period when New York State Department of Transportation was planning to realign NY 25A along the Setauket-Port Jefferson Bypass, Route 112 was supposed to be extended to East and West Broadway in Downtown Port Jefferson Harbor. Sign trees along West Broadway near Main Street point motorists to both the sharp right turn of Route 25A and towards Route 112. Upon completion of the bypass, the NY 25A shields would've been ideal for removal.

Another failed extension proposal was suggested in the late-1970's in Patchogue. This would've added a whole new road south of East Main Street over the Montauk Line of the Long Island Rail Road, then west to Division Street finally terminating in front of Patchogue Station at West Street (Suffolk CR 19).

Also in Patchogue, there was a proposal to extend it over the Long Island Rail Road tracks then shift it to Bay Avenue, providing easier access to Patchogue Beach, along the Great South Bay.

[edit] References

  1. ^ New York Routes - New York State Route 112

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