New York State Route 110

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NY Route 110
Length: 15.84 mi[1] (25.49 km)
South end: NY 27A in Amityville
Major
junctions:
NY 27 in Amityville
Southern in East Farmingdale
I-495 in Melville
Northern in Melville
North end: Youngs Hill Road in Halesite
Counties: Suffolk
Numbered highways in New York
< NY 109 US 111 >
Interstates - U.S. Routes - State Routes

New York State Route 110 is a major north-South Highway along the western border of Suffolk County, New York. It runs between the Village of Amityville in the Town of Babylon and Halesite in the Town of Huntington. Only New York State Route 108 runs closer to the Nassau-Suffolk Border. Route 110 is the last non-limited-access state highway to go north of New York State Route 25A.

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[edit] Route description

NY Route 110 starts along Broadway at New York State Route 27A in Amityville, where it also intersects with Oak Street(Suffolk County Road 12), Old Sunrise Highway(NY Ref 900D), the Babylon Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, and Dixon Street(Suffolk County Road 2), before the un-numbered cloverleaf interchange with New York State Route 27. After running through North Amityville, it crosses over another cloverleaf interchange with Southern State Parkway, which includes Suffolk County Road 1. It then crosses over the Bethpage-Babylon Central Branch of the Long Island Rail Road and another un-numbered interchange with New York State Route 109, in a town that used to be called Maywood, which was eventually swallowed by nearby East Farmingdale. Within East Farmingdale, Route 110 passes by the Republic Airport, which in 1941 cut New York State Route 24 off from an eastern segment in Calverton. North of the eastern terminus of the western segment of NY 24, it crosses under the main line of the Long Island Rail Road, then after passing by an industrial section, it takes motorists to the State University of New York at Farmingdale, as well as an amusement park called Adventureland.

Between the Republic Airport Zone and the Long Island Expressway in Melville, NY 110 is primarily lined with industrial buildings and office parks. North of New York State Route 25, NY 110 intersects with New York Avenue and takes it out of the hands of the Town Of Huntington as it heads towards the north shore. Route 110 had a trolley line along it. It also had a spur from the Long Island Rail Road that lead to the Village of Huntington.

[edit] Communities along the route

[edit] Major intersections

County Location Mile Road(s) Notes
Suffolk Amityville 0.0 NY 27A Montauk Highway.
1.2 NY 27 Cloverleaf interchange.
Sunrise Highway.
East Farmingdale 2.6 Southern Exits 32N-S (Southern).
2.9 CR 47 Great Neck Road.
3.7 NY 109 Cloverleaf interchange.
Babylon-Farmingdale Turnpike.
4.8 NY 24 Eastern terminus of NY 24 (western segment).
Melville 7.8 I-495 Exits 49N-S (I-495).
Long Island Expressway.
8.4 CR 3 Pinelawn Drive.
8.9 Northern Exits 40N-S (Northern).
South Huntington 11.2 NY 25 Jericho Turnpike.
Huntington Station 12.5 CR 11 Pulaski Road.
Huntington 14.5 NY 25A Main Street.
14.9 CR 35 Eastern terminus of CR 35.
Halesite 15.8 Youngs Hill Road  
Legend
Crossing, no access Concurrency termini Decommissioned Unconstructed Closed

[edit] History

[edit] Former segments

In Melville and South Huntington, two former segments of NY 110, both named Old Walt Whitman Road, run parallel to the route along the west side of the road. The northern segment in South Huntington is home to the Walt Whitman Birthplace. In between, a third former segment exists as Amityville Road, located north of the Northern State Parkway.

The Melville section of Walt Whitman Road goes from what is now Duryea Road to a dead end between Old Country Road and the Northern State Parkway. The South Huntington section runs between Overhill Road and Livingston Street.

[edit] Miscellanea

[edit] Broad Hollow Expressway

During the 1960s and 1970s, the New York State Department of Transportation attempted to turn NY 110 into a limited-access highway. Business groups thwarted the project, especially those in the vicinity of NY 110 and NY 25 in South Huntington.

[edit] Split in Amityville

In the early 1980s, the state considered re-routing southbound traffic in Amityville onto Park Avenue. This too was another proposal killed off by public opposition.

[edit] References

  1. ^ New York Routes - New York State Route 110

[edit] External links