New York State Route 25D

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Elmhurst
East end NY 25 in Westbury
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountiesQueens, Nassau
Highway system
← NY 25C→ NY 26

New York State Route 25D (NY 25D) was a

Long Island Expressway (Interstate 495) took over as it was constructed in the 1950s. The NY 25D designation along the LIE was replaced by NY 24 upon the completion of the expressway through Queens and western Nassau County
in 1958.

Route description

NY 25D, as of 1950, began at an intersection with

Flushing Meadows Park, paralleling to the north of NY 25 and the Grand Central Parkway.[4]

Continuing northeast through eastern Queens, NY 25D continued along Horace Harding Boulevard, reaching the

Douglaston, running northeast to the Nassau County. Paralleling the Northern State Parkway, the route ran northeast along local streets, crossing through the North Hills section of the county. Crossing through the area, the route made a bend south through Old Westbury. The route soon reached an intersection with NY 25, marking the eastern terminus of NY 25D.[4]

History

NY 25D was assigned c. 1933 to an alternate route of NY 25 between Bayside (at Springfield Boulevard, then-NY 25) and Westbury along Horace Harding Boulevard and Ellison Avenue (now Old Westbury Road).[1][2] NY 25 was rerouted between 92nd Street and Springfield Boulevard c. 1941 to follow Queens Boulevard and Union Turnpike through eastern Queens. The former routing of NY 25 between 92nd and Springfield became an extension of NY 25D.[5][6] NY 25D was also realigned slightly on its eastern end to follow Roslyn Road, Main Street, and Broadway to a new eastern terminus at NY 25A in Roslyn.[7] The route was later extended northward along Bryant Avenue to end at Glen Cove Road in East Hills,[3] and realigned to proceed east and south on Westbury Road to NY 25 east of NY 25B in Westbury.[8]

In the 1950s, the routing of NY 25D through eastern

Long Island Expressway across Long Island.[3][9][10] Horace Harding Boulevard, and parts of Nassau Boulevard,[11][4] and Powerhouse Road were then converted into service roads for the expressway while NY 25D was moved onto the expressway as it was completed.[12][13] When the portion of the expressway in Queens and western Nassau County was completed in 1958, NY 25D was replaced with a rerouted NY 24.[3]

The portion of NY 25D in Queens was ceremoniously named World's Fair Boulevard in 1939 and 1940 for the 1939 New York World's Fair.[9]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Bayside
 NY 24 / NY 25
NassauEast HillsGlen Cove Road
Westbury NY 25
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^
    Texas Oil Company
    . 1932.
  2. ^ a b Texaco Road Map – New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Texas Oil Company. 1933.
  3. ^ a b c d Anderson, Steve. "State Roads on Long Island". NYCRoads. Archived from the original on January 22, 2008. Retrieved March 3, 2008.
  4. ^ a b c Map of 50 Mile Radius from New York City (Map). Hagstrom Map. 1950. Archived from the original on October 2, 2011. Retrieved May 9, 2010.
  5. Gulf Oil Company
    . 1940.
  6. H.M. Gousha Company
    . 1941. Retrieved March 3, 2008.
  7. ^ New York – Nassau (Map). H.M. Gousha Company. 1941. Retrieved March 3, 2008.
  8. ^ Ideal Atlas of Nassau County (Map). Geographica Map Company. 1957.
  9. ^ a b Anderson, Steve. "State and US Roads in New York City". NYCRoads. Archived from the original on February 19, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2008.
  10. ^ New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Sunoco. 1952.
  11. ^ Nassau Boulevard (WikiMapia)
  12. ^ "Greater New York Roads Map Library". Archived from the original on 2012-01-04. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
  13. ^ 1960s street-name signs on Nassau Boulevard & Horace Harding Expressway in Little Neck, Queens (Forgotten New York)

External links

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