New York State Route 110

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New York State Route 110

Map
Map of Suffolk County on Long Island with NY 110 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT
Length15.84 mi[1] (25.49 km)
Existed1930[2]–present
Major junctions
South end NY 27A in Amityville
Major intersections NY 27 in Amityville
Southern State Parkway in East Farmingdale
NY 24 in East Farmingdale
I-495 in Melville
Northern State Parkway in Melville
NY 25 in Huntington Station
NY 25A in Huntington
North endYoungs Hill Road in Halesite
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountiesSuffolk
Highway system
← NY 109→ NY 111

New York State Route 110 (NY 110) is a major north–south state highway along the western border of Suffolk County, New York. It runs between the village of Amityville in the town of Babylon and Halesite in the town of Huntington. NY 110 comes close to the Nassau County line several times in the town of Babylon, which is only surpassed by NY 108 in distance to the county line for a state highway.

Route description

NY 110 begins at an intersection with

Sunrise Highway).[3]

NY 110 continues into

Babylon into East Farmingdale.[3]

NY 110 as seen from Old Country Road in Melville. The Northern State Parkway is visible crossing over NY 110 in the distance

Entering East Farmingdale, NY 110 crosses over the

Huntington.[3]

Now in Huntington, NY 110 crosses into East Melville, passing through several commercial strips, entering exit 49S–N of the

CR 3 (Pinelawn Road). The route crosses several streets in at-grade junctions, crossing Old Country Road before changing names to Walt Whitman Road. After the name change, NY 110 crosses into an interchange with the Northern State Parkway (exit 40) and becomes a four-lane boulevard. Continuing north along Walt Whitman Road, NY 110 proceeds north through a commercial strip in Melville. The route proceeds north as a four-lane boulevard for several miles, crossing West Hills County Park and past Walt Whitman Shops. Just north of Walt Whitman Shops, NY 110 enters an at-grade intersection with NY 25 (West Jericho Turnpike) in the hamlet of South Huntington.[3]

the Huntington LIRR station
. Pedestrian bridges crossing the roadway connect both of the station's parking lots

North of NY 25, NY 110 shrinks to a two-lane road, crossing through South Huntington as Walt Whitman Road until the junction with New York Avenue, where that name terminates. NY 110 then proceeds northwest along New York Avenue, crossing through

Huntington station. Expanding back to four lanes, the route continues through Huntington, bending northwest at Henry Street. NY 110 crosses northwest, passing a large shopping center.[3]

Reducing itself back to two lanes, NY 110 passes Huntington Rural Cemetery, crossing into

Huntington Bay. Crossing into the hamlet of Halesite, NY 110 intersects with Youngs Hill Road, where the designation terminates.[3]

History

The entirety of NY 110 was assigned as part of the

Walt Whitman Birthplace,[4] whose preservation was also proposed in 1936 due to the lack of a "suitable" memorial to the famed poet on Long Island.[5] On March 12, 1940, the town of Huntington approved the measure, renaming a 4-mile (6.4 km) stretch of Huntington–Amityville Road as Walt Whitman Road.[6]

In March 1953, work began on widening NY 110 between

USD), would expand the corridor to four lanes from two, as the road had already become the most heavily traveled section of routes in Suffolk County.[7] In 1970, the alignment of NY 110 was proposed by the Nassau-Suffolk Regional Planning Board to be replaced with a new expressway between NY 27 (Sunrise Highway) and NY 25. The new expressway was proposed to help work with traffic projected to increase along the corridor from 1970 to 1985. The new expressway would replace the two–four lane-wide NY 110 corridor with six lanes.[8]

Under the Long Island Transportation Plan, proposed in 2000, engineers suggested that NY 110 should be expanded to six lanes between the junction with NY 109 in Amityville to NY 27 along with a third lane between NY 27 and the Northern State Parkway. One of the engineers involved in the project stated that if NY 110 had more office building development, a light rail line would probably be constructed, but the engineer mentioned that the development was unlikely.[9]

On June 21, 2013, the

Long Island Expressway (I-495) and the Northern State Parkway. The construction would become a makeover to connect two previously completed reconstruction projects to help the roadway become ADA-accessible, upgrade the sewage systems, resurface the pavement along the alignment along with new traffic light systems and landscaping work. Construction of the new $22.5 million project would be completed by the end of 2014.[10]

NY 110's interchange with the Northern State was completed on November 13, 2013. The project, which cost $60 million, included demolishing the old Northern State bridge, expanding NY 110 to three travel lanes and building a new bridge that was designed with parts of the old bridge to keep Robert Moses's styles intact.[11]

Former segments

In Melville and South Huntington, two former segments of NY 110, both named Old Walt Whitman Road, run parallel to the route along the west side of the road. The northern segment in South Huntington is home to the Walt Whitman Birthplace.[12] In between, a third former segment exists as Amityville Road, located north of the Northern State Parkway.

The Melville section of Walt Whitman Road goes from what is now Duryea Road to a dead end between Old Country Road and the Northern State Parkway. The realigned segment is on the former right-of-way for the Huntington Railroad Trolley line. The South Huntington section runs between Overhill Road and Livingston Street.[13]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Suffolk County.

Locationmi[1][14]kmDestinationsNotes
Amityville0.000.00 NY 27A (Merrick Road)Southern terminus
1.141.83
New York, Montauk
Cloverleaf interchange
New York, East Islip
Exits 32N-S on Southern Parkway
East Farmingdale3.725.99 NY 109 – Hempstead, BabylonCloverleaf interchange
4.837.77
 NY 24 west – Farmingdale		Eastern terminus of NY 24 (western segment)
New York, Riverhead
Exits 49N-S on I-495 (Long Island Expressway)
New York, Hauppauge
Exit 40 on Northern Parkway
New York, Smithtown, West Hills
Community of Huntington14.4923.32 NY 25A (Main Street) – Cold Spring Harbor, Northport
Traffic circle; southern terminus of CR 35 concurrency
15.3
CR 35
north (Mill Dam Road)		Traffic circle; northern terminus of CR 35 concurrency
15.8425.49Youngs Hill Road eastNorthern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "2014 Traffic Data Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. July 22, 2015. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Dickinson, Leon A. (January 12, 1930). "New Signs for State Highways". The New York Times. p. 136. Retrieved July 18, 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Microsoft; Nokia. "overview map of NY 110" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  4. ^ "Road Named for Whitman Proposed on Long Island". The New York Times. May 6, 1936. p. 13.
  5. ^ "Drive For Shrine to Whitman Begun". The New York Times. June 1, 1936. p. 21.
  6. ^ "Road Named for Walt Whitman". The New York Times. March 13, 1940. p. 32.
  7. ^ "Route 110 Job to Start Soon". The New York Times. March 8, 1953. p. 45.
  8. ^ Comprehensive Plan Series: Transportation (Report). Nassau-Suffolk Regional Planning Board. 1970. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
  9. ^ Cotsalas, Valerie (July 1, 2001). "A Transportation Vision for 2020: Is It 20/20?". The New York Times. p. 1. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
  10. ^ "NYSDOT Announces $22.5 Million Makeover for NY Route 110 Corridor Now Under Way" (Press release). New York State Department of Transportation. June 21, 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
  11. ^ "NYSDOT Announces Completion of New York Route 110-Northern State Parkway Interchange in Suffolk County" (Press release). November 13, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  12. Standard Oil Company
    . 1927. Retrieved April 1, 2010. Note Walt Whitman's Birthplace on the right side of NY 110, instead of the left, where it is today.
  13. ^ Hagstrom Map of Pinelawn and Melville, New York (Map). Hagstrom Map. 1941. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
  14. ^ "Suffolk County Inventory Listing" (CSV). New York State Department of Transportation. August 7, 2015. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  15. ^ a b Google (January 23, 2020). "New York State Route 110" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 23, 2020.

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