New York State Route 112
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| NY Route 112 |
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| Length: | 12.50 mi[1] (20.12 km) | ||||||||||||
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| Formed: | 1930[2] | ||||||||||||
| South end: | Main Street in Patchogue | ||||||||||||
| Major junctions: |
 NY 27 in Patchogue I-495 in Medford NY 347 in Port Jefferson Station |
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| North end: |  NY 25A in Port Jefferson Station |
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| Counties: | Suffolk | ||||||||||||
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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] History
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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. [3] Additionally, 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 1890s and into the early 20th Century.[4] NY 112 was assigned to the former stage road as part of the 1930 renumbering.[2]
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.
In the 1960s and 1970s, NYSDOT wanted to realign both Route 112 and Route 25 in Coram, although plans to realign Route 112 go as far back as the 1930's.[5]
[edit] Developments
The hazardous railroad crossing in Medford was finally replaced with a steel bridge in 1940.[6] The bridge handled two tracks until the early 1960s. In 1964, the segment of NY 112 between East Main Street and Clark Street was widened to four lanes.
When the Long Island Expressway (Interstate 495) 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 1970s 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] Extension proposals
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 have been ideal for removal.
Another failed extension proposal was suggested in the late-1970s in Patchogue. This would have 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] Major intersections
| County | Location | Mile[1] | Roads intersected | Notes |
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| Suffolk | Patchogue | 0.00 | East Main Street | Former routing of  NY 27A |
| North Patchogue | 0.89 | NY 27 (Sunrise Highway) |
Exit 53 (NY 27) | |
| 1.88 |  CR 99 (Woodside Avenue) |
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| Medford | 4.07 | I-495 (Long Island Expressway) |
Exit 64 (I-495) | |
| 4.26 |  CR 16 (Horse Block Road) |
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| Coram | 7.22 |  NY 25 (Middle Country Road) |
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| 8.43 |  CR 83 (Patchogue-Mount Sinai Road) |
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| Port Jefferson Station | 11.94 | NY 347 (Nesconset-Port Jefferson Highway) |
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| 12.50 | NY 25A (Hallock Avenue / Main Street) |
[edit] References
- Old Hagstroms Long Island and Suffolk County Maps.
- Suffolk County Planning Department.
- ^ a b 2006 Traffic Data Report for New York State (PDF) p. 232. New York State Department of Transportation (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2008-02-08.
- ^ a b Leon A. Dickinson. "New Signs for State Highways", New York Times, 1930-01-12, p. 136.
- ^ [Patchogue: A Brief History(Patchogue-Medford Library Local History Department)]
- ^ [Belcher & Hyde Atlases of Suffolk County, New York (1906, 1909, and 1917)]
- ^ [Town of Brookhaven(Suffolk County) Proposed Revised Plan of Major Highways; August 4, 1937]
- ^ 1969 Photo of NY 112-LIRR Bridge in Medford (TrainsAreFun)
