New York State Route 495

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NY Route 495
Lincoln Tunnel
Length: 1.10 mi[1] (1.77 km)
West end: NJ 495 in Weehawken, NJ
East end: 34th Street in Manhattan
Counties: New York
Numbered highways in New York
< I-495 NY 531 >
Interstates - U.S. Routes - State Routes

New York State Route 495 is the designation for the portion of the Lincoln Tunnel in New York City, including its approaches in Manhattan. The designation continues west into New Jersey as NJ 495.

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[edit] Route description

NY 495 extends 1.10 miles from the New Jersey state line on the Hudson River to the tunnel entrance/exit on 34th Street.

34th Street serves as the logical link between NY 495 on the west side of Manhattan to Interstate 495 (Queens Midtown Tunnel) on the east side. The original designation of NY 495 was I-495, which was originally planned to connect to Interstate 95 in Newark, New Jersey. However, the planned expressway in Manhattan (known as the Mid-Manhattan Expressway) was cancelled and the designation was changed to NY 495 in 1989.

Formerly, the Long Island Expressway was NY 495 to the east of the Clearview Expressway in Queens. But in the 1980s, the NY 495 signs on that stretch were removed, with the LIE becoming I-495 all the way to its eastern terminus.

[edit] Communities along the route

[edit] Major intersections

County Location Mile Road(s) Notes
New York Manhattan 0.0 NJ 495 Lincoln Tunnel.
Eastern terminus of NJ 495.
1.1 34th Street  
Legend
Crossing, no access Concurrency termini Decommissioned Unconstructed Closed

[edit] History

An earlier usage of NY 495 was the Long Island Expressway heading east from the Clearview Expressway, which is currently Interstate 295. In the 1980s, the NY 495 signs were taken down and Interstate 495 was extended to the eastern end of the Long Island Expressway.

[edit] References

  1. ^ New York Routes - New York State Route 495
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