Ocean Parkway (Long Island)

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Ocean Parkway
Reference Route 909D
Length:	15.59 mi[1] (25.09 km)
West end:	Meadowbrook/Bay Pkwys at Jones Beach
Major junctions:	Wantagh Pkwy at Jones Beach Robert Moses Cswy in Captree State Park
East end:	Toll booths in Captree State Park
Counties:	Nassau, Suffolk
Numbered highways in New York Interstate - U.S. - N.Y. - Reference

The Ocean Parkway is a 15.59-mile (25.09 km) long parkway that traverses the length of the barrier beaches immediately south of Long Island, New York. The Ocean Parkway begins at the southern terminus of the Meadowbrook State Parkway, intersects the south end of the Wantagh State Parkway, and ends just past the southern terminus of the Robert Moses Causeway. The parkway services a number of parks, including Jones Beach State Park and Captree State Park. It is designated New York State Reference Route 909D, an unsigned reference route.

Contents 1 Route description 2 History 3 Exit list 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Route description

It is one of the more unusual parkways of Long Island, with most of its exits not being to freeway standards. For most of its length, it is similar to a divided highway with right-in/right-out access, with right-only intersections forming most of the junctions and turnaround points for traffic coming from the opposite direction. There are three exceptions--the junction with the Wantagh State Parkway, which is a traffic circle, and the junctions with Robert Moses Causeway near Captree State Park and at Bay Parkway in Jones Beach State Park where it becomes Meadowbrook State Parkway, both of which are full cloverleaf interchanges.

Because of its southern location, Ocean Parkway is one of the few parkways in the entire state whose entire length allows truck traffic, albeit for local deliveries only. This is because an exemption to the "No Trucks" regulation was made for any length of parkway that lies south of either Merrick Road or Montauk Highway (Nassau County Route 27A and New York State Route 27A). There are no other truck routes south of this route, making the parkways the default route for deliveries to the beaches.

[edit] History

Originally, there had been plans to extend the parkway to nearby Fire Island, and two attempts were made to authorize construction. However, residents resisted the plan: the first time for economic reasons, the second for environmental reasons. Eventually, park legislation in the 1960's blocked further plans to extend the parkway.

[edit] Exit list

All exits are unnumbered.

County	Location	Mile[1]	Destinations	Notes
Nassau	Jones Beach State Park	0.00	Ocean Parkway continues north as the Meadowbrook State Parkway.
			Bay Parkway
		2.00	Wantagh State Parkway north to Southern State Parkway	Traffic circle.
At-grade intersections for 13.27 miles.
Suffolk	Captree State Park	15.27	Robert Moses Causeway – Robert Moses State Park, Fire Island
		15.59	Toll booths	Eastern terminus of state maintenance.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Ocean Parkway Article from NYCROADS Web Site
• Jones Beach State Park
• Captree State Park
• Proposed Ocean Parkway & William Floyd Parkway Intersection (Ken Spooner)
• Ocean Parkway (Greater New York Roads)

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