Sunken Meadow State Parkway
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| Sunken Meadow State Parkway |
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| Reference Route 908K | |||||||||
| Length: | 6.19 mi[1] (9.96 km) | ||||||||
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| South end: |   Northern/Sagtikos Pkwy in Smithtown |
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| Major junctions: |
 NY 454 in East Commack NY 25 in East Commack NY 25A in Kings Park |
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| North end: | Sunken Meadow State Park in Kings Park | ||||||||
| Counties: | Suffolk | ||||||||
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The Sunken Meadow State Parkway is a 6.19-mile (9.96 km) long north-south parkway on Long Island in New York. All six miles of the parkway are located in the Suffolk County town of Smithtown. The southern terminus of the route is at the Northern State Parkway, where it continues southward as the Sagtikos State Parkway. The northern terminus is at the Sunken Meadow State Park toll barrier. The parkway comprises the northern half of unsigned New York State Reference Route 908K, with the Sagtikos State Parkway forming the southern portion. Commercial vehicles are restricted from using the freeway-standard highway, a restriction in place on most parkways in New York State.
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[edit] Route description
From the beginning at the Northern State-Sagtikos State Parkway interchange to the toll booth at Sunken Meadow State Park, Sunken Meadow State Parkway is a four-lane divided parkway, with greenery that lives up to its name. The median widens between Northern State Parkway and Veterans Memorial Highway, and is widest between Exits SM 3A and Exits SM 4-E-W. A Parks Department maintenance yard exists at the foot of the bridge over Sunken Meadow (St. Johnland) Road with driveways to both the Parkway and the road below it. Mapmakers have often mistaken it for an on-off ramp.
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[edit] History
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Like the Heckscher State Parkway, it originally began as an entrance to the Sunken Meadow State Park and was known as the Sunken Meadow Spur. The difference however, was that the Sunken Meadow Spur had two entrances from NY 25A which converged on a bridge over Sunken Meadow Road and Sunken Meadow Creek, a branch of the Nissequogue River.[2][3] The rest of the Parkway was added onto the west entrance during the 1950s. The extended section finally opened in 1957.[4] The east entrance which went through Parking Area #5 was closed to traffic from NY 25A in the 1970s.
The south end of the parkway was built where an old Parkway service area used to be. The service area was in the median at the terminus of Sagtikos State Parkway and the former terminus of Northern State Parkway.
In 1978, a new interchange (Exit SM 3A) was built in order to improve access to Indian Head & Harned Roads (Suffolk CR 14), in an effort to reduce congestion and accidents for traffic accessing these roads at Exit SM 3E (NY 25). The northbound entrance ramp was moved north of this newer exit ramp, and is utilized by traffic from both NY 25 & SCR 14. However, congestion for north-to-eastbound motorists still exists since Exit SM 3E is close to the NY 25-SCR 14 intersection.
[edit] Exit list
| County | Location | Mile[1] | # | Destinations | Notes |
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| Suffolk | Smithtown | 0.00 |  Sunken Meadow State Parkway continues south as the Sagtikos State Parkway. |
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| SM1 W-E | Northern State Parkway - New York, Hauppauge |
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| 1.67 | SM2 | NY 454 (Veterans Memorial Highway) - Hauppauge, Patchogue |
To  NY 347.Northbound exit, southbound entrance. |
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| 2.07 | SM3 E-W | NY 25 (Jericho Turnpike) - Commack, Smithtown |
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| SM3A |  CR 14 (Indian Head Road) - Kings Park |
Northbound exit and entrance only. | |||
| 5.07 | SM4 E-W |  CR 11 (Pulaski Road) - Huntington Station, Kings Park |
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| 6.07 | SM5 E-W | NY 25A (Fort Salonga Road) - Huntington, Smithtown |
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| 6.19 | Sunken Meadow State Park toll barrier. | ||||
[edit] References
- ^ a b Traffic Data Report - NY 908F to NY 953B (PDF). NYSDOT (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2007-08-17.
- ^ [Old Hagstroms Long Island and Suffolk County Maps]
- ^ Sunken Meadow State Park; Parking Lot #5 (WikiMapia)
- ^ [ "LI Parkway Link Will Open Today," The New York Times (April 1, 1957)]
[edit] External links
- Sunken Meadow State Parkway Article from NYCROADS.com
- Sunken Meadow State Park
- Nissequogue River State Park
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