New York State Route 25
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| NY Route 25 |
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| Maintained by NYSDOT | |||||||||||||
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| Length: | 105.07 mi[1] (169.09 km) | ||||||||||||
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| Formed: | 1920s[2][3] | ||||||||||||
| West end: | Queensboro Bridge in New York City | ||||||||||||
| Major junctions: |
 I-278 in Woodside I-495 in Elmhurst Jackie Robinson Pkwy in Kew Gardens I-678 in Kew Gardens  I-295/NY 24 in Queens Village Cross Island Pkwy in Bellerose Terrace Northern Pkwy in Mineola I-495 in Westbury Sunken Meadow Pkwy 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 Braddock Avenue, Hillside Avenue and finally Queens Boulevard (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 Greenport, and the other is directly within Greenport itself along Moore's Lane.
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[edit] Route description
[edit] New York City
Route 25 begins near Second Avenue at the western end of the double-decked Queensboro Bridge over the East River and Roosevelt Island in New York City. East of the bridge, Route 25 becomes Queens Boulevard at the intersection with New York State Route 25A in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens. Queens and Queensboro Plazas are based on this section of the road. In Long Island City, Route 25 runs southeast beneath an elevated railway. At Thompson Avenue, the route turns to run eastward as the multi-lane divided Queens Boulevard. In the Sunnyside neighborhood of Queens, Route 25 interchanges Interstate 278, at exit 39. In Corona, the road intersects Interstate 495 and the northern terminus of Woodhaven Boulevard. Throughout most of its route in New York City, Route 25 is one of the most important commuters in the borough of Queens. A major commercial roadway, it provides Metro Rail stations along the boulevard.[4]
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Outside of Rego Park, Route 25 turns slightly southeast into Forest Hills and Jamaica. In Kew Gardens, the route is connected to the westbound and eastbound carriageways of the Union Turnpike and passes over the Jackie Robinson Parkway without access. Near Jamaica, the road partially interchanges with Interstate 678, at exit 9. Three blocks southeast of I-678, Route 25 turns east and is known as Hillside Avenue. This roadway of Route 25 is undivided but has several lanes in the Jamaica-Hollis area. In Queens Village, the route interchanges the southern terminus of Interstate 295. East of I-295, Route 25 intersects the eastern termini of New York State Route 25B; 25 turns southeast onto Braddock Avenue while 25B continues as Hillside Avenue. In Bellerose, the roadway passes over the Cross Island Parkway and turns east onto Jamaica Avenue. Jamaica Avenue becomes the Jericho Turnpike as Route 25 departs New York City.[4]
[edit] Long Island
State Route 25B and Hillside Avenue merge into Route 25 in Mineola.[5] Route 25 continues as a divided highway again and parallels the Northern State Parkway along the northern portion of Long Island. Route 25 intersects with the Long Island Expressway once again in Jericho. State Routes 106 and 107 interchange with Route 25 in downtown Jericho, however the exit is not numbered.[6] The end of the Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway comes at Route 25 in Syosset. State Route 110 intersects at 32.76 miles in Huntington. State Route 454 begins at an intersection with Route 25 in Commack.[7] Just after the 454 intersection, the Sunken Meadow State Parkway interchanges with Route 25. State Route 25A, a spur of Route 25, becomes concurrent with Route 25 in Smithtown.[8] In Village of the Branch, Route 25A leaves to the north when Route 111 intersects from the south.
State Route 347 intersects at 47.93 miles in Nesconset. In Coram, Route 25 intersects with State Route 112. Route 25A comes to an end at Route 25 in Calverton, and four miles later, the Long Island Expressway interchanges a final time. 20 miles later, in Greenport, Route 25 intersects with Route 114 at its northern terminus.[9] Route 25 continues on the northwestern end of Long Island for the final ten miles. Route 25 enters Orient and comes to an end at the Orient Point Ferry Landing. An attraction along Route 25 in Orient is Orient Beach State Park.[10]
[edit] History
NY 25 was designated between 1924 and 1926 along what is now NY 25A from the New York City line to Smithtown and its current alignment (except for minor realignments) from Smithtown east to Greenport.[2][3] By 1929, the current routing of NY 25 from New York City to Smithtown was designated as part of NY 25A.[11] In the 1930 renumbering, the routings of NY 25 and NY 25A were flipped west of Smithtown, placing both routes on their current alignments.[12]
NY 25 was extended west into New York City in December 1934[13] and east to Orient Point by 1946.[14]
[edit] Former segments
Many former segments of the roads NY 25 follows exist along the current alignment, with most prefaced by the word "Old" in the road name. Within Jericho, Old Jericho Turnpike parallels the current road from a point east of the NY 106/NY 107 interchange and Marian Lane, where the old alignment merges with the current NY 25.[6] In Coram, an old alignment of Middle Country Road (NY 25) extends from east of Paul's Path to Grant Smith Road.[15] The road, however, is discontinuous at NY 112.[16] At Middle Island, Middle Country Road used to dip south to avoid a small lake to the north.[17] A small segment of the road remains intact as Old Middle Country Road from Picaso Way to Woodville Road.[18] Prior to the construction of Picaso Way and the cluster developments it leads to, this section of Old Middle Country Road connected to the existing section at its west end, the stub of which can still be found.[19]
Near Riverhead, Middle Country Road once followed a parallel roadway to the south of the current roadway between River Road and Forge Road.[20] Although some of this section has been dismantled, a portion still exists as modern Forge Road from the Peconic River Bridge to Kroemer Avenue.[21] In Mattituck, an old alignment of Main Road (NY 25) exists as Old Main Road from Gray Avenue to west of Sigsbee Road. Southwest of Southold, Main Road originally followed the length of Lower Road and Ackerly Pond Lane between Lower Road and Main Road.[citation needed] To the northeast of the community, another former segment remains intact as Old Main Road between Budd's Pond and Mill Creek to Hashamomuck Pond.[22]
East of Greenport, a former alignment of Main Road is located between the creek from Silver Lake and Silvermere Road.[20] In Orient, two former routings of Main Road exist, both in the vicinity of Bight Road. The first, a loop connecting Grandview Drive to NY 25, is located west of Bight Road. The second, a loop providing access to Whalers Road from NY 25, is west of Charles Rose Airport.[23]
[edit] Reconstruction and widening projects
In the early-1970s, 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.[24]
In the 1960s and 1970s, 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.[citation needed]
[edit] Suffixed routes
NY 25 once had as many as four suffixed routes; two no longer exist.
- NY 25A (72.91 miles (117.34 km)[25]) is an alternate route of NY 25 across northern Long Island. The route begins at the Queens Midtown Tunnel in Queens and ends at NY 25 in Calverton.
- NY 25B (7.25 miles (11.67 km)[25]) is an alternate route of NY 25 between eastern Queens and Mineola, Nassau County.
- NY 25C was an alternate route of NY 25 along Union Turnpike and Marcus Avenue in the New York City borough of Queens and the county of Nassau.
- NY 25D was a connector between NY 25 in Queens and NY 25A in Nassau County.
[edit] Major intersections
| County | Location | Mile[1] | Roads intersected | Notes |
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| New York | Manhattan | 0.00 | 2nd Avenue south, 60th Street west | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance |
 To FDR Drive / 1st Avenue north |
Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |||
| 0.48 | Queensboro Bridge over the East River | |||
| Queens | Queens | |||
| Jackson Avenue (NY 25A west) | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |||
 NY 25A east (Northern Boulevard) |
Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |||
| 1.62 | Queensboro Bridge upper roadway | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| 1.62 | NY 25A (Jackson Avenue, Northern Boulevard) |
Turns only allowed from NY 25 west and to NY 25 east | ||
| 3.83 | I-278 |
Exit 36 (I-278) | ||
| I-495 |
Exit 20 (I-495) | |||
| Jackie Robinson Parkway |
Exit 7 (Jackie Robinson Pkwy) | |||
| 7.99 | Union Turnpike | Former western terminus of  NY 25C |
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| 8.59 | I-678 |
Exit 8 (I-678) | ||
| I-295/NY 24 |
Southern terminus of I-295; western terminus of the western segment of NY 24 | |||
| 13.37 |  NY 25B |
Western terminus of NY 25B | ||
| 14.43 | Cross Island Parkway |
Exit 27 (Cross Island Parkway) | ||
| Nassau | Garden City Park | Marcus Avenue | Former eastern terminus of NY 25C |
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| Mineola | 20.27 | Northern State Parkway |
Exit 31 (Northern State Parkway) | |
| 20.76 | NY 25B |
Eastern terminus of NY 25B | ||
| Old Westbury |  Wantagh |
Formerly proposed Wantagh State Parkway Extension | ||
| Westbury | 24.54 | I-495 |
Exit 40 (I-495) | |
| Jericho | 25.40 |   NY 106 / NY 107 |
Cloverleaf interchange with no exit numbers | |
| Syosset | 28.25 |  NY 135 |
Northern terminus of NY 135 | |
 Caumsett |
Formerly proposed Caumsett State Parkway | |||
| Suffolk | Huntington | 32.76 |  NY 110 (Broad Hollow Road) |
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| Elwood |  NY 231 |
Formerly proposed Babylon-Northport Expressway | ||
| Commack | 39.58 |  NY 454 |
Western terminus of NY 454 | |
| 39.88 | Sunken Meadow State Parkway |
Exit SM3 (SMSP) | ||
| Smithtown | 43.80 | NY 25A west |
Western terminus of overlap; site of the Smithtown Bull | |
| Village of the Branch | 45.15 |  NY 25A east / NY 111 |
Eastern terminus of NY 25/25A overlap; northern terminus of NY 111 | |
 CR 16 (Terry Road) |
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| Nesconset | 47.93 |  NY 347 (Nesconset Highway) |
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| Centereach | 51.92 |  CR 97 (Nicolls Road) |
First single-point urban interchange in New York State[26] | |
| Selden | 54.25 |  CR 83 (Patchogue-Mount Sinai Road) |
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| Coram | 55.10 |  NY 112 |
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| Middle Island |  CR 8 |
Formerly proposed Yaphank Bypass | ||
| Ridge | 61.63 |  CR 46 (William Floyd Parkway) |
Cloverleaf interchange with no exit numbers | |
 CR 111 |
Formerly proposed Port Jefferson-Westhampton Beach Road | |||
| Calverton | 66.85 | NY 25A |
Eastern terminus of NY 25A | |
 CR 94 |
Formerly proposed Nugent Drive Extension | |||
| 70.57 | I-495 |
Exit 72 (I-495) | ||
| CDP of Riverhead | 73.85 |   To CR 104 |
Former routing of  NY 113 |
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| Aquebogue | 75.95 |  CR 105 (Cross River Drive) |
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| Greenport | 95.68 |  NY 114 |
Northern terminus of NY 114 | |
| Orient Point | 105.07 | Orient Point ferry landing | To Fisher's Island, New York and/or New London, Connecticut | |
[edit] References
- ^ a b Traffic Data Report - NY 23 to NY 32 (PDF). NYSDOT (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2007-09-14.
- ^ a b "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers", New York Times, 1924-12-21, p. XX9.
- ^ a b Rand McNally. Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas [map]. (1926) Retrieved on 2007-10-11.
- ^ a b Google Maps. Route 25 in New York City [map]. Retrieved on 2007-10-11.
- ^ Google Maps. Route 25 in Mineola, NY [map]. Retrieved on 2007-10-11.
- ^ a b Google Maps. Route 25 in Jericho, NY [map]. Retrieved on 2007-10-11.
- ^ Google Maps. Route 25 in Commack, NY [map]. Retrieved on 2007-10-11.
- ^ Google Maps. Route 25 in Smithtown, NY [map]. Retrieved on 2007-10-11.
- ^ Google Maps. Route 25 in Greenport, NY [map]. Retrieved on 2007-10-11.
- ^ Orient Beach State Park (HTML). NYS (2007). Retrieved on 2007-10-11.
- ^ Automobile Blue Book Inc.. Automobile Blue Book [map]. (1929) Retrieved on 2007-10-11.
- ^ Leon A. Dickinson. "New Signs for State Highways", New York Times, 1930-01-12, p. 136.
- ^ "Mark Ways in the City", New York Times, 1934-12-16.
- ^ Rand McNally. Rand McNally Road Atlas [map]. (1946) Retrieved on 2007-10-11.
- ^ United States Geological Survey. New York (Suffolk County) - Setauket Quadrangle [map], 1 : 62,500, 15 Minute Series (Topographic). (1904) Retrieved on 2007-12-18.
- ^ Google Maps - Coram, NY. Retrieved on 2007-12-18.
- ^ United States Geological Survey. New York (Suffolk County) - Moriches Quadrangle [map], 1 : 62,500, 15 Minute Series (Topographic). (1903) Retrieved on 2007-12-18.
- ^ Google Maps - Middle Island, NY. Retrieved on 2007-12-18.
- ^ Google Maps: Middle Island, New York(Satellite Version)
- ^ a b New York 1941 (Eastern Suffolk). Retrieved on 2007-12-18.
- ^ Google Maps - Riverhead, NY. Retrieved on 2007-12-18.
- ^ United States Geological Survey. New York (Suffolk County) - Shelter Island Quadrangle [map], 1 : 62,500, 15 Minute Series (Topographic). (1904) Retrieved on 2007-12-18.
- ^ United States Geological Survey. New York (Suffolk County) - Shelter Island Quadrangle [map], 1 : 62,500, 15 Minute Series (Topographic). (1904) Retrieved on 2007-12-18.
- ^ [New York State Department of Transportation pamphlet: Proposed Improvements; Route 347 Veterans Memorial Highway to Route 25A/Route 25 Sunny Drive to Hawkins Avenue (1973)]
- ^ a b 2006 Traffic Data Report for New York State (PDF) pp. 146–148. New York State Department of Transportation (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2008-02-10.
- ^ Nicoll's Road @ NYCROADS.com
