Montauk Highway

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East endMontauk Point State Park in Montauk
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountySuffolk
Highway system

Montauk Highway is an east–west road extending for 95 miles (153 km) across the southern shore of Long Island in Suffolk County, New York, in the United States. It extends from the Nassau County line in Amityville, where it connects to Merrick Road, to Montauk Point State Park at the very eastern end of Long Island in Montauk. The highway is known by several designations along its routing, primarily New York State Route 27A (NY 27A) from the county line to Oakdale and NY 27 east of Southampton. The portion of Montauk Highway between Oakdale and Southampton is mostly county-maintained as County Route 80 and County Route 85 (CR 80 and CR 85, respectively).

The highway was one of the original through

Sunrise Highway, and for a brief time all of Montauk Highway west of Southampton
was signed as NY 27A. It is still the southernmost through route on Long Island, although it has been realigned in several locations.

Route description

See also: New York State Route 27 and New York State Route 27A
Pedestrian crossing on two lane highway going through Sayville. "State Law - Yield to Pedestrians" sign over the roadway and crosswalk.
Montauk Highway Pedestrian Crosswalk; Sayville, New York

Montauk Highway begins at the

East Islip, Great River, Oakdale, Sayville, Patchogue, and Center Moriches
. In these places, Montauk Highway is often called Main Street. In addition to being called Montauk Highway and Main Street in Suffolk County, it is also historically known as South Country Road, a name that is only used by former segments today.

NY 27A ends at

Hamptons, the small-town, farming and summer resort communities especially popular with New York City
summer vacationers.

Montauk Highway forms the main street of most of the communities in the Hamptons, such as

Montauk Point
.

History

Background

Montauk Highway was planned as the southernmost all-weather road on

New England Hurricane of 1938
.

The current road is no longer a single route-designated road. In Queens, it is a city street known as

Merrick Boulevard. Through Nassau County, it is a two-to-four lane highway with traffic lights known as Merrick Road. This name is derived from the community of Merrick, through which the road passes. As such, the Montauk Highway name now applies to the section that lies within Suffolk County
.

Initial designations

Montauk Highway and

CR 36.[8] NY 27 and Montauk Highway were realigned to directly connect East Patchogue and Brookhaven via North Bellport.[9]

NY 27 was realigned west of

limited-access highway extension of NY 27 to Shirley opened to traffic in the late 1950s, at which time NY 27A was extended eastward along NY 27's former routing to meet NY 27 in Shirley.[14][15]

Construction on a new alignment for NY 27 between

overlap with NY 27.[19]

Maintenance transfers

Ownership and maintenance of Montauk Highway between Oakdale and the

town of Southampton was gradually transferred from the state of New York to Suffolk County during the 1960s and 1970s. The portion from the Patchogue village line east to NY 24 in Hampton Bays was turned over to the county on October 6, 1966, while the segment between NY 24 and Knoll Road was given to Suffolk County on February 15, 1968. This section of Montauk Highway became CR 80,[8] a route 32.50 miles (52.30 km) in length.[2] The CR 80 designation was previously used for the Nesconset–Port Jefferson Highway, a road acquired by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) and designated NY 347
in 1966.

Although most of Montauk Highway between Patchogue and the

reference route.[1][20]

Between the east end of

CR 71
, the Suffolk County Department of Public Works had once planned to widen the road from two lanes to four lanes.

Realignments

Over the years, Montauk Highway has been realigned in several locations. The former segments are now known by another name or as Old Montauk Highway, notably at

CR 55). From there, Montauk Highway turned south along CR 55 to reconnect to its modern routing.[8] Another former section is located between Montauk Beach and Montauk, where the modern road was altered to bypass the former to the north. The old road breaks from the current highway inside Hither Hills State Park
and heads through Montauk Beach before rejoining the highway between South Dearborn Place and Second House Road.

Many smaller sections also exist:

Major intersections

See also: New York State Route 27A § Major intersections

The entire route is in Suffolk County.

Locationmi
[1][2][3]		kmDestinationsNotes
Copiague0.000.00
 NY 27A west (Merrick Road)		Continuation into Nassau County
Montauk Highway is part of
NY 27A from Copiague to Great River
(16.09 miles or 25.89 kilometres)
CR 85
CR 65
east (Middle Road)		Western terminus of CR 65
CR 18
north (Broadway Avenue)		Southern terminus of CR 18
Blue Point22.6636.47
 CR 97 north (Nicolls Road) – Stony Brook		Southern terminus of CR 97
CR 85
ends		Eastern terminus of CR 85

 NY 112 north (Medford Avenue)		Southern terminus of NY 112
CR 80
begins
CR 36
east (South Country Road)		Western terminus of CR 36; former routing of Montauk Highway
26.1342.05
CR 101
north (Patchogue–Yaphank Road)		Southern terminus of CR 101
CR 36
west (South Country Road)		Eastern terminus of CR 36
30.2248.63
CR 21
north (Yaphank Avenue)		Southern terminus of CR 21
South Haven30.8849.70
 CR 16 west (Horseblock Road)		Eastern terminus of CR 16
Fire Island
CR 98 east (Moriches Bypass) – Riverhead, Southampton
Western terminus of CR 98


 CR 80 Truck east (Old Neck Road)		Western terminus of CR 80 Truck
Center Moriches

 CR 80 Truck west (Wilcox Avenue)		Eastern terminus of CR 80 Truck
CR 98 west (Moriches Bypass) – Shirley, Patchogue
Eastern terminus of CR 98
40.0964.52
CR 51 north (Moriches Riverhead Road) – Riverhead
Southern terminus of CR 51
CR 71
east (Old Country Road)		Western terminus of CR 71


 CR 80 Truck east (North Bay Avenue)		Western terminus of CR 80 Truck


 CR 80 Truck east (North Phillips Avenue)		Eastern terminus of CR 80 Truck
41.4666.72
CR 55 north (Eastport Manor Road) to NY 27
Southern terminus of CR 55
CR 71
west (Old Country Road)
46.4174.69
CR 31 north (Old Riverhead Road) to NY 27
Southern terminus of CR 31
Quogue49.4979.65
 CR 104 north (Quogue Riverhead Road)		Southern terminus of CR 104
Hampton Bays54.2287.26

 NY 24 north to NY 27		Southern terminus of eastern segment of NY 24
54.8788.30
CR 32 south (Squiretown Road) – Hampton Bays
Northern terminus of CR 32
56.0590.20
CR 62
north (Newtown Road)		Southern terminus of CR 62; no eastbound entrance
CR 39 east (North Road) to NY 27
Western terminus of CR 39
CR 80
ends
New York
Eastern terminus of CR 39A
Montauk Highway is part of
Montauk Point
(30.90 miles or 49.73 kilometres)
CR 79 north – Sag Harbor, Shelter Island
Southern terminus of CR 79
CR 113 north) – Northwest Harbor, Cedar Point
Southern terminus of CR 113

 NY 114 north (Buell Lane) – Sag Harbor, Shelter Island		Southern terminus of NY 114
Montauk Lighthouse

 NY 27
ends		Eastern terminus of NY 27
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

In popular culture

See also

References

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