List of Suffolk County (New York) Road proposals

Numbered highways in New York
Interstate • U.S. • N.Y. (former) • Reference • County (Suffolk)
CR 1 2 CR 3
CR 7 8 CR 9
CR 23 24 CR 25
CR 24 25 CR 26
CR 25 26 CR 27
CR 37 38 CR 39
CR 38 39 CR 39A
CR 43 44 CR 45
CR 47 48 CR 49
CR 50 50A CR 50B
CR 50B 50C CR 51
CR 58 59 CR 60
CR 73A 74 CR 75
CR 74 75 CR 76
CR 89 90 CR 91
CR 90 91 CR 92
CR 98 99 CR 100
CR 99 100 CR 101
CR 101 102 CR 103
CR 102 103 CR 104
CR 104A 105 CR 106
CR 106 107 CR 108
CR 107 108 CR 110
CR 108 110 CR 111

Throughout the 20th century, Suffolk County in the U.S. state of New York planned to upgrade and improve many of its roads. Most of the construction of these roads took place between the 1940s and 1980s. However, many of them were unfinished, unbuilt or never upgraded due to fiscal concerns and a rash of anti-highway opposition in the late 20th century. Those that were unbuilt or unfinished are listed as follows.

Contents

County roads

County Road 2

County Road 2 was proposed to be extended as part of a lengthening of Straight Path (named Straight Path Extension) northeast of NY 231. The terminus was either to be at County Road 4 (Commack Road) at the north end of the multiplex with the proposed Babylon-Northport Expressway or would merge with Carll's Straight Path just south of the Long Island Expressway, then terminate at Long Island Motor Parkway with another potential unorthodox interchange with the Babylon-Northport Expressway.

County Road 8

County Road 8 (Yaphank Bypass) was to be a new four-lane road beginning at the vicinity of exit 66 of the Long Island Expressway, running west of the Carman's River and terminating at County Road 21 near Bayliss (Bailey) Road.


County Road 24

County Road 24 (formerly Longwood Road) was planned as a Farmingville-Upton Turnpike, along Granny Road, Ashton Road, part of East Bartlett Road and Longwood Road.


County Road 25

Not to be confused with New York State Route 25, County Road 25 (formerly Wading River-Center Moriches Road) was planned to be widened and realigned west of the existing Wading River-Center Moriches Road between the Long Island Expressway's exit 69, then run south towards Moriches-Middle Island Road west of exit 59 on Sunrise Highway, where it would continue south towards Montauk Highway at the western terminus of the Moriches Bypass (Suffolk CR 98). The project was never built, and the Suffolk CR 25 designation eventually faded into oblivion.


County Road 26

Though presently a pair of unsigned roads on the North Fork, County Road 26 (North Brookhaven Expressway) was planned as an eastern extension of NY 347 (Nesconset-Port Jefferson Highway).


County Road 38

County Road 38 (North Sea Road) was proposed as a four-lane highway running along the shore of the Great Peconic Bay, Little Peconic Bay, Shelter Island Sound, Gardiner's Bay, and Napeague Bay. The extension was to be known as the Sag Harbor-Promised Land Road. This proposal dates as far back as the 1930s,[1] but continued to show up on maps well into the 1980s.


County Road 39

County Road 39 (North Road in Shinnecock Hills, Hampton Bays-Amagansett Road) was planned as an extension of North Road between Flying Point and the Sunrise Highway extension east of County Road 79 (Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Road).


County Road 44

County Road 44 (North Haven Spur) was planned as a realigned section of NY 114 leading to a bridge to Shelter Island.[2][3][4]


County Road 48

Although County Road 48 (Middle Road) was planned to be upgraded as part of an extension of the Long Island Expressway leading to a bridge to either Old Saybrook, Connecticut or Watch Hill, Rhode Island, an additional westward extension of Suffolk CR 48 at least to Suffolk CR 105 was proposed in anticipation of the construction of a second Long Island Lighting Company nuclear power plant in Jamesport, New York. Both the nuclear plant and the road were cancelled due to public opposition, however, Sound Avenue is still listed on the books as being part of CR 48 between Cross River Drive and Middle Road by Suffolk County, despite the fact that signs indicate that the road is the western terminus of CR 48.

County Roads 50A and 50C

County Roads 50A and 50C (Union Boulevard Extensions) were two proposed extensions of County Road 50 west of Babylon and east of Great River. The eastern extension was intended to run between Oakdale and Sayville. Like the existing CR 50, it was to run along the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. The western extension was to run between NY 109 in West Babylon and CR 34 in Babylon, along Park Avenue. Both were to be re-designated as CR 50.


County Road 55

County Road 55 (Eastport-Manor Road Extension) was a proposed extension of Eastport-Manor Road north of County Road 111 (Port Jefferson Westhampton Beach Highway) into the grounds of the Grumman Calverton Naval Air Weapons Research Facility. The road was to include an interchange with the Long Island Expressway, which was more than likely to be named exit 70A.[5]

County Road 59

County Road 59 (Long Lane) was planned as a realigned section of NY 114 outside of the East Hampton Historic District.[1]


County Road 74

Currently the unmarked Abrams Landing Road(former Suffolk CR 33A) in Amagansett, County Road 74 (Promised Land Road Extension) was a proposed western extension of County Road 33 to Abrams Landing Road terminating at Montauk Highway near County Road 45 (Springs-Amagansett Road).


County Road 75

County Road 75 (Fire Island Beach Road) is an existing four-lane highway at Smith Point County Park that was planned as an extension of Ocean Parkway.


County Roads 83 and 83A

County Roads 83 and 83A (Patchogue-Mt. Sinai Road and Cedar Beach Spur) was a planned extension of Patchogue-Mount Sinai Road that was to begin north of NY 25A then east through Miller Place to Sound Beach, with an extension to Cedar Beach Town Park in Mount Sinai, New York. In addition, there was a proposed extension south of NY 27 into the Village of Patchogue, possibly as far south as the Great South Bay.


County Road 90

County Road 90 (Furrow's Road and Peconic Avenue) was planned as a Central Suffolk Highway, the second part of a proposed reconnection of the two segments of NY 24.


County Road 91

County Road 91 (Manorville Branch Road) was a proposed highway that was to run along the former Manorville Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, that connected the Main Branch in Manorville and Montauk Branch in Eastport.


County Road 94

County Road 94 (Nugent Drive Extension) was to be a northwest extension of existing CR 94, replacing part of Edwards Avenue, then break away from it north of the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road. The road was to have interchanges with NY 25 and County Road 54 (Hulse Landing Road). West of there, it would then replace part of Sound Avenue until terminating at NY 25A.

County Road 99

County Road 99 (Woodside Avenue), along with some additional interchanges, was supposed to be extended east of County Road 16 terminating at an interchange with County Road 21, and west of County Road 19 terminating at either Nicolls Road or NY 454.


County Road 100

County Road 100 (Suffolk Avenue) was planned as a Central Suffolk Highway, part of a proposed reconnection of the two segments of NY 24. Only the portion between County Road 13 and NY 454 exists to this day.


County Road 101

County Road 101 (Sills Road Extension) was to be given to two extensions north of exit 66 on the Long Island Expressway. One of the two extensions would lead northeast to County Road 46 (William Floyd Parkway). The first of which was to begin at the northeast corner of Patchogue-Yaphank Road & Long Island Avenue (north side of the L.I.E.), which would then cross over Gerard Road, Lower Yaphank Lake, County Road 21 (East Main Street), and then continue northeastward to just south of the intersection of William Floyd Parkway and Longwood Road. The second would follow the existing Patchogue-Yaphank Road into "downtown" Yaphank, eliminating the two triangle intersections with Mill Road, then East & West Main Street, then heading eastward toward the aforementioned route to CR 46 and Longwood Road. Another proposal would lead it to the north side of the former Parr Meadows race track.

County Road 102

County Road 102 (East Main Street Extension) was a proposed upgrade on East Main Street in Yaphank east of County Road 21, with a realignment to exit 68 on the Long Island Expressway and William Floyd Parkway.


County Road 103

County Road 103 (Cedar Swamp Road) was a proposed connecting road in Riverhead beginning at County Road 51, running along the western edge of Cranberry Bog County Park, then crossing the Peconic River and ending either at County Road 58 east of Osborn Avenue, or at the formerly proposed North Fork extension of the Long Island Expressway.

County Road 105

County Road 105 (Cross River Drive-Hot Water Street) was a proposed western extension of existing CR 105 between County Road 104 south of Flanders and County Road 111 near Manorville. This was to be the third link in the formerly proposed Central Suffolk Highway project.


County Road 107

County Route 107 (West Babylon-Centerport Highway) was planned to replace Cadman Road, Hubbard's Path, part of Belmont Avenue, and most of County Road 86 (Broadway-Greenlawn Road).


County Road 108

County Road 108 (Old Willet's Path) was also to include Plymouth Boulevard, and most of Old Northport Road, and terminate at County Road 11 west of the railroad bridge over the Port Jefferson Branch of the Long Island Rail Road.


County Road 110

County Road 110 (A.O. Smith Turnpike) was to begin at County Road 97, replacing Wireless Road, then continue north of NY 347 running into Poquott, New York, and a possible bridge to Bridgeport, Connecticut.


County Road 111

County Road 111 (Port Jefferson-Westhampton Beach Highway) was to be a direct route from the north shore to the Hamptons. Only a portion of the road was built between Manorville and near Eastport. The road essentially became merely a four-lane version of Eastport-Manorville Road, the original two-lane road it replaced.


Other roads

Roe Boulevard

While the upgrading of NY 27 (Sunrise Highway) was delayed near Patchogue, there were occasional rumors of an effort to upgrade Roe Boulevard West, Roe Boulevard East, Vernon Avenue and Washington Place as a four-lane highway in order to take up the slack. As Sunrise Highway was finally upgraded between 1988 and 1993, the proposal to widen these roads was scrapped.

References

  1. ^ a b H.M. Gousha Company (1941). Eastern Suffolk County (Map). http://www.nycroads.com/history/1941_metro-8/. Retrieved March 18, 2010. 
  2. ^ "Suffolk County Gets New Bridges". The New York Times: p. RE3. April 12, 1931. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0F17F93D591B728DDDAB0994DC405B818FF1D3. Retrieved February 27, 2009. 
  3. ^ "New Long Island Spans". The New York Times: p. 53. May 22, 1938. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F0081FFC39581A7A93C0AB178ED85F4C8385F9. Retrieved February 27, 2009. 
  4. ^ "High Court Blocks Suffolk Projects". The New York Times: p. 29. March 1, 1933. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20617FD3C5F1A7A93C3A91788D85F478385F9. Retrieved February 27, 2009. 
  5. ^ Suffolk County Department of Planning. Proposed Park and Ride Center at Calverton (Map).