Interstate 495 (New York)

{{Infobox road |state=NY |type=I |route=495 |map=I-495 (NY) map.svg |map_notes=Map of New York with I-495 highlighted in red |maint=[[New York State Department of Transportation|NYSDOT]], [[New York City Department of Transportation|NYCDOT]], [[MTA Bridges and Tunnels|Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority]] and [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey|PANYNJ]] |length_mi=71.02 |length_round=2 |length_ref=<ref name="2008tvr" /> |established=1958<ref name="nycr" /> |direction_a=West |terminus_a=37th Street in [[Manhattan]] |junction={{Jct|state=NY|I|278}} in [[Queens]]<br>{{Jct|state=NY|I|678|Parkway|Grand Central}} in Queens<br>{{Jct|state=NY|I|295}} in Queens<br>{{jct|state=NY|Parkway|Cross Island}} in Queens<br>{{jct|state=NY|Parkway|Northern}} in Nassau<br>{{Jct|state=NY|Parkway|Sagtikos}} in Suffolk |direction_b=East |terminus_b={{jct|state=NY|CR|58|county1=Suffolk}} in [[Riverhead (CDP), New York|Riverhead]] |previous_type=Interstate |previous_route=490 |browse_route=[[File:NY-495.svg|25px|link=|alt=NY 495]] |next_type=NY |next_route=531 }} '''Interstate 495''' ('''I-495''') is an [[auxiliary Interstate Highway]] on [[Long Island]] in [[New York]] in the United States. The route extends for {{convert|71|mi|0}} from the western portal of the [[Queens–Midtown Tunnel]] in the New York City borough of [[Manhattan]] to [[County Route 58 (Suffolk County, New York)|County Route 58]] (CR 58) in [[Riverhead (CDP), New York|Riverhead]], [[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk County]]. I-495 does not intersect its parent route, [[Interstate 95 in New York|I-95]]; however, it does connect to I-95 through [[Interstate 295 (New York)|I-295]], which it meets in [[Queens]]. The portion of I-495 in Suffolk County is known as the '''Long Island Expressway''' ('''LIE'''), a name commonly applied to the entirety of I-495. The section of the route west of the [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau]]–Suffolk county line is also named the '''Queens–Midtown Expressway''' west of [[Queens Boulevard]] and the '''Horace Harding Expressway''' east of Queens Boulevard. ==Route description== ===New York City=== The expressway begins at the western portal of the [[Queens–Midtown Tunnel]] in the [[Murray Hill, Manhattan|Murray Hill]] section of [[Manhattan]]. The route heads eastward, passing under [[FDR Drive]] and the [[East River]] as it proceeds through the tunnel to [[Queens]]. Once on [[Long Island]], it becomes known as the Queens–Midtown Expressway as it travels through the western portion of the [[borough (New York)|borough]]. A mile after entering Queens, I-495 meets [[Interstate 278|I-278]] (the [[Brooklyn–Queens Expressway]]) at exit 17. It continues on a generally easterly path to the [[Rego Park, Queens|Rego Park]] neighborhood, where it connects to [[New York State Route 25]] (NY 25, named [[Queens Boulevard]]) and becomes the Horace Harding Expressway. I-495 heads northeast through [[Corona, Queens|Corona]] to [[Flushing Meadows–Corona Park]], intersecting both the [[Grand Central Parkway]] and the [[Van Wyck Expressway]] ([[Interstate 678|I-678]]) within the park limits. Because the two interchanges are close together, the highway employs a [[collector/distributor road]] through this area. [[File:I-495 (NY) 4.JPG|thumb|left|I-495 in Queens with heavy traffic in both directions]] The expressway continues east, veering to the southeast to bypass [[Kissena Park]] before curving back to the northeast to meet the [[Clearview Expressway]] ([[Interstate 295 (New York)|I-295]]) at the northern edge of [[Cunningham Park]]. Past I-295, I-495 passes by the "[[Queens Giant]]", the oldest and tallest tree in the [[New York metropolitan area]]. The tree, located just north of I-495 in [[Alley Pond Park]], is visible from the highway's westbound lanes. To the east, the freeway connects to the [[Cross Island Parkway]] at exit 30 in the park prior to crossing into [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]] and becoming the Long Island Expressway (LIE). Although the name officially begins here, almost all locals and most signage use "the Long Island Expressway" or "the LIE" to refer the entire length of I-495.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=12404 |title=Long Island Expressway |publisher=[[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation]] |work=Historical Sign Listings |date=November 27, 2001 |accessdate=June 25, 2010}} {{Dead link|date=November 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> The service roads of I-495 are called the Queens–Midtown Expressway between the [[Brooklyn–Queens Expressway]] and Queens Boulevard and the Horace Harding Expressway between Queens Boulevard and the Nassau County line, and are generally signed as such like any other city streets. It is common to refer to the service roads by these names — particularly Horace Harding — in local usage, for instance when referring to the location of a business on that address. The names may have been intended to refer to sections of the expressway proper, but current guide signs (and Queens residents) simply refer to it as the Long Island Expressway. The Horace Harding Expressway section follows the path of Horace Harding Boulevard, which was named for Horace J. Harding (1863–1929), a finance magnate who directed the [[New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad]] and the New York Municipal Railways System. Harding used his influence to promote the development of Long Island's roadways, lending strong support to [[Robert Moses]]'s "great parkway plan." Harding also urged construction of a highway from Queens Boulevard to the Nassau County Line, in order to provide better access to Oakland Country Club, where he was a member. After his death, the boulevard he helped build was named for him. Horace Harding was not related to the former President [[Warren G. Harding]]. ===Nassau and Suffolk counties=== Heading into Nassau County, the expressway sports a [[High-Occupancy Vehicle Lane]] (HOV), which begins at exit 33 and runs to central Suffolk County. In its run through Nassau, it is the only major east–west highway that does not interchange with the [[Meadowbrook State Parkway|Meadowbrook]] or the [[Wantagh State Parkway|Wantagh]] State parkways, which end to the south at the adjacent [[Northern State Parkway]], which parallels the LIE through the county. The two highways meet three times, although it actually crosses only once at exit 46 near the county line. I-495 does, however, interchange with the [[Seaford–Oyster Bay Expressway]] ([[New York State Route 135|NY 135]]) as the east–west parkways do, and often has heavy traffic. In [[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk County]], the LIE continues its eight-lane configuration with the HOV lane to exit 64 ([[New York State Route 112|NY 112]]). At this point, the HOV lane ends and the highway narrows to six lanes. Additionally, the concrete [[Jersey barrier]] also gives way to a wide, grassy [[median (road)|median]], the [[asphalt]] road surface is replaced by a [[concrete]] surface, and the expressway is no longer lit by streetlights. [[File:I-495 in Nassau County.jpg|thumb|I-495 in Nassau County]] From NY 112 east, the expressway runs through more rural, woodland areas on its trek towards [[Riverhead (CDP), New York|Riverhead]]. Exit 68 ([[William Floyd Parkway]]) marks the terminus of the service roads, which are fragmented by this point. Exit 70 ([[County Route 111 (Suffolk County, New York)|CR 111]]) in [[Manorville, New York|Manorville]] is the last full interchange, as it is the last interchange that allows eastbound traffic on, and the first to allow westbound off. After exit 71 (Nugent Drive), the expressway begins to narrow as it approaches its eastern terminus. Until 2008, just before exit 72 (NY 25), the three eastbound lanes narrowed to two, which in turn narrowed almost immediately to a single lane at exit 73, which lies {{convert|800|ft|m}} east of exit 72. All traffic took exit 73 onto [[County Route 58 (Suffolk County, New York)|CR 58]], marking the end of the expressway. As of 2008, one lane has been designated for exit 72, and another one for 73, ending the squeeze into a single lane at exit 73. ==History== ===Construction=== The Long Island Expressway was constructed in stages over the course of three decades. The first piece, the [[Queens–Midtown Tunnel]] linking [[Manhattan]] and [[Queens]], was opened to traffic on November 15, 1940.<ref>{{cite news |title=$58,000,000 Tunnel to Queens Opened |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F3081EFC3C5D177A93C4A8178AD95F448485F9 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 16, 1940 |page=1 |accessdate=October 11, 2009}}</ref> A highway connecting the tunnel to Laurel Hill Boulevard was built around the same time and named the "Midtown Highway".<ref>{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=[[Esso]] |year=1940 |cartography=[[General Drafting]]}}</ref><ref name="1942map">{{cite map |title=New York with Pictorial Guide |publisher=[[Esso]] |year=1942 |cartography=General Drafting}}</ref> The tunnel, the Midtown Highway, and the segment of Laurel Hill Boulevard between the highway and [[Queens Boulevard]] all became part of a realigned [[New York State Route 24|NY 24]] in the mid-1940s.<ref name="1942map" /><ref>{{cite map |title=Official Highway Map of New York State |publisher=[[State of New York Department of Public Works]] |edition=1947–48 |cartography=General Drafting}}</ref> In the early 1950s, work began on an eastward extension of the Midtown Highway. The road was completed to 61st Street by 1954, at which point it became known as the "Queens–Midtown Expressway".<ref>{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=[[Sunoco]] |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]] |year=1952}}</ref><ref>{{cite map |title=New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region |publisher=[[Esso]] |cartography=General Drafting |edition=1955–56 |year=1954}}</ref> By 1956, the road was renamed the "Long Island Expressway" and extended east to the junction of Queens (NY 24 and [[New York State Route 25|NY 25]]) and Horace Harding ([[New York State Route 25D|NY 25D]]) Boulevards. NY 24 initially remained routed on Laurel Hill Boulevard (by this point upgraded into the [[Brooklyn–Queens Expressway]]) and Queens Boulevard, however.<ref>{{cite map |title=New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region |publisher=[[Esso]] |cartography=General Drafting |edition=1957 |year=1956}}</ref> [[File:LIE Calvary Cem jeh.jpg|thumb|left|Crossing New Calvary Cemetery]] In eastern Queens and western [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]], the LIE was built over much of Horace Harding Boulevard and Power House Road, designated as NY 25D. The section of the highway in the vicinity of [[Alley Pond Park]] was completed by 1958.<ref>{{cite map |title=New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region |publisher=[[Esso]] |cartography=General Drafting |edition=1958 |year=1958}}</ref> Within two years time, the expressway was open from Manhattan to [[Roslyn Heights, New York|Roslyn Heights]] and entirely designated as NY 24. The old surface alignment of NY 24 south of the expressway became [[New York State Route 24A|NY 24A]].<ref name="1960map">{{cite map |title=New York and New Jersey Tourgide<!--sic--> Map |publisher=[[Gulf Oil Company]] |cartography=Rand McNally and Company |year=1960}}</ref> However, the section of the freeway west of the [[Clearview Expressway]] was also designated as I-495 in October 1958.<ref name="nycr" /> The LIE was extended east to NY 25 in [[Jericho, New York|Jericho]] ca. 1961<ref name="1960map" /><ref name="1961map">{{cite map |title=New York and Metropolitan New York |publisher=[[Sunoco]] |cartography=[[H.M. Gousha Company]] |year=1961 |edition=1961–62}}</ref> and to [[New York State Route 110|NY 110]] in [[Melville, New York|Melville]] ca. 1962. Around the same time, NY 24 was removed from the LIE and reassigned to its former surface alignment to the south while the portion of the freeway east of the Clearview Expressway became NY 495.<ref name="1961map" /><ref name="1962map">{{cite map |title=New York with Sight-Seeing Guide |publisher=[[Esso]] |cartography=General Drafting |year=1962 |edition=1962}}</ref> Ca. 1963, over one-third of the LIE across [[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk County]]—from Melville to Veterans Memorial Highway (now [[New York State Route 454|NY 454]]) near [[Islandia, New York|Islandia]]—was opened to traffic.<ref name="1962map" /><ref>{{cite map |title=New York Happy Motoring Guide |publisher=[[Esso]] |cartography=General Drafting |year=1963 |edition=1963}}</ref> Two more sections—from Islandia to exit 61 in [[Holbrook, New York|Holbrook]] and from [[William Floyd Parkway]] to exit 71 near [[Riverhead (CDP), New York|Riverhead]]—were completed in the mid-1960s.<ref name="1965map">{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=[[Mobil]] |cartography=Rand McNally and Company |year=1965}}</ref><ref>{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=[[Esso]] |year=1968 |edition=1969–70 |cartography=General Drafting}}</ref> The gap in the freeway between Holbrook and William Floyd Parkway was filled by 1971<ref>{{cite map |title=New York Thruway |publisher=[[New York State Thruway Authority]] |cartography=Rand McNally and Company |year=1971}}</ref> while the last {{convert|2|mi|1}} of the LIE from exit 71 to [[County Route 58 (Suffolk County, New York)|CR 58]] were opened to traffic on June 28, 1972.<ref>{{cite news |title=It's the End of the Road for the LIE |last=Eichel |first=Larry |date=June 29, 1972 |newspaper=[[Newsday]] |location=[[New York City]]}}</ref> ===Extensions=== Plans for I-495 called for it to extend across Manhattan on the [[Mid-Manhattan Expressway]] to the [[Lincoln Tunnel]], where it would follow the tunnel into [[New Jersey]] and connect to [[Interstate 95 in New Jersey|I-95]] in [[Secaucus, New Jersey|Secaucus]]. The I-495 designation was assigned to the New Jersey approach to the tunnel in anticipation of the Mid-Manhattan Expressway being completed;<ref name="1965map" /> however, the project was cancelled and the Mid-Manhattan Expressway was officially removed from I-495 on January 1, 1970.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.greaternyroads.info/pdfs/state70.pdf |title=Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State |author=[[State of New York Department of Transportation]] |date=January 1, 1970 |format=PDF |accessdate=June 25, 2010}}</ref> The New Jersey stretch of I-495 later{{Clarify|date=June 2010}} became [[New Jersey Route 495|Route 495]]. Long Island, meanwhile, lobbied to extend I-495 east over NY 495. The extension took place in the 1980s, at which time the NY 495 signs were taken down and I-495 was extended to the east end of the LIE. The section of I-495 in the vicinity of the Lincoln Tunnel was redesignated as NY 495 at this time. The extension of I-495 to Riverhead makes the highway a spur, which should have an odd first digit according to the [[Interstate Highway System]]'s numbering scheme. Even first digits are usually assigned to bypasses, connectors, and beltways, as I-495 was prior to the 1980s.<ref name="nycr"/> A proposed [[Long Island Crossing]] would have extended the LIE across [[Long Island Sound]] to [[Interstate 95 in Rhode Island|I-95]] in either [[Guilford, Connecticut]], [[Old Saybrook, Connecticut]], or [[Rhode Island]] via a series of existing and man-made islands, but a lack of funding as well as public opposition led to the demise of these proposals.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nycroads.com/crossings/eastern-sound/ |title=Eastern Long Island Sound Crossings |first=Steve |last=Anderson |work=NYCRoads |accessdate=March 18, 2010}}</ref> [[County Route 48 (Suffolk County, New York)|CR 48]] in Suffolk County was originally intended to become part of the North Fork extension of the Long Island Expressway.<ref name="Atlas of Suffolk County, New York">{{cite map |title=Atlas of Suffolk County, New York |publisher=[[Hagstrom Map]] |year=1969}}</ref><ref>{{cite map |title=Atlas of Suffolk County, New York |publisher=[[Hagstrom Map]] |year=1973}}</ref><!--and other dates--> ===Improvements=== From 1994 to 2005, [[High-occupancy vehicle lane]]s (HOV) were added to I-495. Beginning with a small section in Western Suffolk County, the lanes were added in subsequent sections until their completion on June 30, 2005. There is one HOV lane in each direction, in the median of the highway. They now run from exit 31 [[Cross Island Parkway]] to exit 64 at [[Medford, New York|Medford]] in central Suffolk County.<ref name="nycr"/> From 6:00 am to 10:00 am and from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm Monday through Friday, the HOV lanes are limited to buses, motorcycles, and Clean Pass vehicles without occupancy requirement and passenger vehicles with at least two occupants. Trailers and commercial trucks are always prohibited therein.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.4commute.com/commuters/hov.htm |title=HOV Lane Information |publisher=MetroPool Long Island |accessdate=November 6, 2010}}</ref> I-495 lacked proper lighting along its route in [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau]] and [[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk]] counties for many years. Because of this, motorists would be driving into complete darkness after crossing the [[Queens]]-[[Nassau County, New York|Nassau]] border. Despite constant requests from New York local officials, no immediate plans were made. Finally, in 1980, the first streetlights were installed in eastern Nassau county. The final streetlights were installed between exits 39 and 40 in 2002 in Nassau County.<ref name="nycr">{{cite web |url=http://www.nycroads.com/roads/long-island/ |title=Long Island Expressway |first=Steve |last=Anderson |work=NYCRoads |accessdate=March 18, 2010}}</ref> ===Proposed interchanges and service road configurations=== {{copyedit section|date=February 2012}} {{Refimprove section|date=June 2010}} As the Long Island Expressway was being built across Long Island, it was specifically being designed to accommodate certain topographical conditions and proposed interchanges. Exit 30 was originally a partial cloverleaf interchange with [[Cross Island Parkway]]. Eastbound exit 30S was for Easthampton Boulevard with a connecting ramp to the Southbound Cross Island Parkway. Exit 31 was originally a Westbound Only interchange for Douglaston Parkway.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/expwy/lie/phlie_cip0501.htm |title=LIE/Cross Island Interchange Reconstruction 2001 |first=Jeff |last=Saltzman |accessdate=June 25, 2010}}</ref> Exit 39A was intended for the proposed extension of the [[Wantagh State Parkway]] near Powell Road in Old Westbury. It was going to be a "Y" Interchange with an east-to-southbound only off-ramp and a north-to-westbound only on-ramp running beneath Powell Road.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nycroads.com/roads/wantagh/ |title=Wantagh State Parkway |first=Steve |last=Anderson |work=NYCRoads |accessdate=March 18, 2010}}</ref><ref>[http://wikimapia.org/4404181/Formerly_Proposed_Exit_39A Long Island Expressway near proposed Wantagh Parkway Extension (WikiMapia)]</ref> Exit 40 originally had only same-directional off-ramps under the Expressway to realigned sections of [[New York State Route 25|NY 25]]. When exit 41 was originally constructed, it had no south-to-west connecting ramp. Westbound access to the expressway was provided at the nearby exit 40 on-ramp at NY 25.<ref>[http://wikimapia.org/7567058/Exit_40%3B_Interstate_495_and_New_York_State_Route_25 Long Island Expressway & Jericho Turnpike Interchange (WikiMapia)]</ref> An alternate design for exit 42 was to be similar to the one proposed for [[New York State Route 135|NY 135]] and [[Bethpage State Parkway]],<ref>{{cite map |url=http://www.greaternyroads.info/maps/viewmap.asp?map=nas40_06 |title=Map of Nassau County, Long Island, New York |publisher=[[Hagstrom Map]] |year=1940 |accessdate=June 25, 2010}}</ref> and westbound exit 46 was originally a partial cloverleaf.<ref>[http://wikimapia.org/7623308/Exit_46_on_the_Long_Island_Expressway Long Island Expressway and Sunnyside Boulevard (Original exit 46)]</ref><ref>{{cite map |url=http://www.webscope.com/li/liconst.gif |title=NY 135/LIE Interchange project – Recommended Modified Alternative |publisher=New York State Department of Transportation<!--?--> |accessdate=June 25, 2010}}</ref> Exit 47 was intended for the extension of the [[Bethpage State Parkway]] near Washington Avenue in Plainview. This was to be a partial cloverleaf with southbound only off-ramps in both directions, and northbound only on-ramps in both directions. The West-to-Southbound ramp was also to have an additional connecting ramp to a two-way frontage road for a development and an industrial area near exit 46.<ref>[http://wikimapia.org/4404124/Formerly_Proposed_Exit_47 Long Island Expressway at the vicinity of formerly proposed Bethpage State Parkway Interchange (WikiMapia)]</ref> Notice that exit 47 is now intended as the truck inspection site between exits 46 and 48. The original rights-of-way for the service roads between exits 48 and 49 were intended to weave around the steep Manetto Hills area of the main road, rather than running parallel to the road as it does today. The land between the service road and the main road was reserved for housing developments. The right-of-way for the original westbound service road still weaves through the development on the north side of the road.<ref name="Atlas of Suffolk County, New York"/><!--and other dates--> Exit 49 was originally a cloverleaf interchange with the outer-ramps connecting to the service roads nearer to [[New York State Route 110|NY 110]]. This was in preparation for NY 110's formerly proposed upgrade into the Broad Hollow Expressway. After the project was canceled in the 1970s, the west-to-northbound on-ramp was moved to nearby CR 3 (Pinelawn Road) and the original ramp was replaced with a Park & Ride. Other outer-ramps were eventually moved further away from NY 110. Exit 52 (Commack Road/CR 4), was intended to be moved west to an interchange with the formerly proposed Babylon–Northport Expressway (realigned [[New York State Route 231|NY 231]]) in the vicinity of the two parking areas. These ramps were supposed to be accessible from the service roads. The westbound off-ramp and service road at exit 54 (Wicks Road/CR 4) originally terminated at [[Long Island Motor Parkway]] east of Wicks Road. The westbound on-ramp was squeezed between the northwest corner of the Wicks road bridge and exit 53. Excessive weaving between exits 52, 53, and 54 caused the NYSDOT to reconstruct all three interchanges into one, and replace the west-to-southbound off-ramp to [[Sagtikos State Parkway]] with a flyover ramp.<ref>{{cite news |title=Unsnarling a Dangerous Interchange; Remedies eyed for Commack troublespot |first=Stuart |last=Vincent |newspaper=Newsday |location=New York City |date=March 30, 1988}}</ref> Exit 55A was meant to be a trumpet interchange for the Hauppauge Spur of [[New York State Route 347|NY 347]], between [[Long Island Motor Parkway]] (exit 55) and [[New York State Route 111|NY 111]] (exit 56). The service roads were supposed to go around the interchange, rather than run parallel to the main road. Ramps on the east side of Motor Parkway and west side of NY 111 were to be eliminated. Between exits 57 and 58, there was a proposed extension of [[Northern State Parkway]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nycroads.com/roads/northern/ |title=Northern State Parkway |first=Steve |last=Anderson |work=NYCRoads |accessdate=March 18, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite map |url=http://www.nycroads.com/roads/northern/img20.gif |title=Map of proposed interchange |year=1963 |publisher=Suffolk County Department of Public Works}}</ref> Prior to the construction of the interchange with [[County Route 97 (Suffolk County, New York)|CR 97]] (Nicolls Road), exit 62 was for Morris Avenue and Waverly Avenue eastbound, and Morris Avenue westbound.<ref>Aerial Photo by Lockwood, Kessler & Bartlett, Incorporated Consulting Engineers of Syosset, New York (Pre-1971 Nicolls Road)</ref><ref>{{cite map |title=Street Map of Lake Ronkonkoma, Holbrook, Farmingville, and Vicinity |publisher=Mooney, Frank J. |date=1971–72}}</ref> Between exits 63 and 64 the eastbound service road was supposed to weave around a recharge basin and replace a local residential street. Residents would have lived on both sides of the service road, similar to the segment between exits 59 and 60.<ref>[1975 NYSDOT Map (but other evidence exists)]</ref> Exit 68 was originally planned to be built as a cloverleaf interchange without collective-distributor roads.<ref>{{cite map |title=Proposed Park and Ride Center at Yaphank |publisher=Suffolk County Department of Planning}}</ref> Additionally in the 1970s, Suffolk County Department of Public Works was proposing an extension of East Main Street in Yaphank (CR 102), that would have terminated at the west end of this interchange.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greaternyroads.info/pdfs/suffcr.pdf |title=County Road System – County of Suffolk, New York |publisher=Suffolk County Department of Public Works |date=December 29, 2005 |accessdate=June 25, 2010}}</ref> In the 1960s and 1970s Suffolk County Planning Department was considering an extension of CR 55 to the Grumman Calverton Naval Air Base between exits 70 and 71. This would have provided an additional interchange known as exit 70A. Exit 71 itself was intended to be a cloverleaf interchange with [[County Route 94 (Suffolk County, New York)|Nugent Drive]], and an additional Hamptons Spur of the Long Island Expressway.<ref>{{cite map |title=Proposed Park and Ride Center at Calverton |publisher=Suffolk County Department of Planning}}</ref> After the cancellation of this proposal it was merely proposed to be a complete diamond interchange. ==Exit list== {{NYinttop|exit|length_ref=<ref name="2008tvr">{{cite web |url=https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/Traffic%20Volume%20Report%202008.pdf |title=2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State |date=June 16, 2009 |format=PDF |pages=239–241 |publisher=[[New York State Department of Transportation]] |accessdate=January 31, 2010}}</ref>}} {{NYint|exit |county=New York |cspan=10 |location_special=[[Hudson River]] |mile=0.00 |road={{jct|state=NJ|NJ|495}} |notes=[[Lincoln Tunnel]]; continuation into [[New Jersey]] }} {{NYint|exit |location_special=[[New York City]] |lspan=9 |road=39th Street |notes=Westbound exit and entrance }} {{NYint|exit |mile=0.82 |road={{jct|state=NY|to2=to|NY|9A|road=[[42nd Street (Manhattan)|42nd Street]]|city1=Uptown Manhattan|location2=[[Theater District (Manhattan)|Theater District]]}} |notes=Eastbound exit and westbound entrance }} {{NYint|exit |road=36th Street |notes=Intersection (eastbound only) }} {{NYint|exit |road=30th–31st Streets ([[Lincoln Tunnel Expressway]]) |notes=Eastbound exit and westbound entrance }} {{NYint|exit |road=35th Street |notes=Intersection }} {{NYint|exit |mile=1.10 |road={{jct|state=NY|to1=to|I|495|dir1=east|road=[[34th Street]]|city1=Downtown Manhattan|nolink1=yes|location2=[[Madison Square Garden]]}} |notes=Intersection }} {{jctgap |col=4 |text=Connection between NY 495 and I-495 made via 34th Street }} {{NYint|exit |mile=0.00 |road=37th–40th Streets |notes=Westbound exit and eastbound entrance }} {{NYint|exit |mile=0.00 |road=[[34th Street (Manhattan)|34th Street]] (to NY 495 west) / 35th Street – [[Midtown Manhattan]] |notes=Westbound exit and eastbound entrance }} {{jctbridge |river=[[East River]] |mile=1.01 |tunnel=[[Queens–Midtown Tunnel]] ($6.50 toll charged in both directions<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mta.info/bandt/traffic/btmain.html |title=MTA Bridges and Tunnels Crossing Charges |publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York)|Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] |date=December 30, 2010 |accessdate=January 14, 2011}}</ref>) }} {{NYint|exit |county=Queens |cspan=23 |location_special=[[New York City]] |lspan=23 |mile=1.43 |exit=13 |road=Borden Avenue – [[Pulaski Bridge]] |notes=No westbound exit }} {{NYint|exit |mile=1.53 |exit=14 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|25A|dir1=east|name1=21st Street|city1=Long Island City}} |notes=Eastbound exit and westbound entrance }} {{NYint|exit |mile=2.09 |exit=15 |road=Van Dam Street |notes=No eastbound exit }} {{NYint|exit |mile=2.34 |exit=16 |road=Hunters Point Avenue / Greenpoint Avenue |notes=Westbound exit and eastbound entrance }} {{NYint|exit |mile=2.61 |exit=17W |road={{jct|state=NY|I|278|dir1=west|name1=[[Brooklyn–Queens Expressway]]|city1=Brooklyn|city2=Staten Island}} }} {{NYint|exit |mile=2.61 |exit=17E |road={{jct|state=NY|I|278|dir1=east|name1=[[Brooklyn–Queens Expressway]]}} – [[La Guardia Airport]], [[Bronx, New York|Bronx]] |notes=Eastbound exit and westbound entrance }} {{NYint|exit |mile=3.47 |exit=18 |road=Maurice Avenue |notes=Eastbound exit is part of exit 17 }} {{NYint|exit |mile=5.27 |exit=19 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|25|name1=[[Queens Boulevard]]|road=[[Woodhaven Boulevard]]}} }} {{NYint|exit |mile=5.58 |exit=20 |road=Junction Boulevard |notes=Westbound exit and eastbound entrance }} {{NYint|exit |mile=6.91 |exit=21 |road=108th Street |notes=Westbound exit is part of exit 22A }} {{NYint|exit |mile=7.25 |exit=22A |road={{jct|state=NY|Parkway|Grand Central|location1=[[Robert F. Kennedy Bridge]]|location2=[[Kennedy Airport]]}} }} {{NYint|exit |mile=7.35 |exit=22B |road={{jct|state=NY|I|678|name1=[[Van Wyck Expressway]]|location1=[[Whitestone Bridge]]|location2=[[Kennedy Airport]]|road=College Point Boulevard}} }} {{NYint|exit |mile=8.45 |exit=23 |road=Main Street }} {{NYint|exit |mile=9.10 |exit=24 |road=Kissena Boulevard }} {{NYint|exit |mile=10.02 |exit=25 |road=Utopia Parkway / 164th Street / 188th Street }} {{NYint|exit |mile=11.04 |exit=26 |road=[[Francis Lewis Boulevard]] |notes=Eastbound exit and westbound entrance }} {{NYint|exit |mile=11.43 |exit=27 |road={{jct|state=NY|I|295|name1=[[Clearview Expressway]]|to2=to|Parkway|Grand Central|NY|25|city1=Bronx}} |notes=Signed as 27S (south) and 27N (north) }} {{NYint|exit |mile=11.93 |exit=28 |road=Oceania Street / [[Francis Lewis Boulevard]] |notes=Westbound exit and eastbound entrance }} {{NYint|exit |mile=12.31 |exit=29 |road=[[Springfield Boulevard]] }} {{NYint|exit |mile=12.91 |exit=30 |road=East Hampton Boulevard / Douglaston Parkway |notes=Eastbound exit only }} {{NYint|exit |mile=13.27 |exit=31S |road={{jct|state=NY|Parkway|Cross Island|dir1=south|location1=[[Kennedy Airport]]}} }} {{NYint|exit |mile=13.27 |exit=31N |road={{jct|state=NY|Parkway|Cross Island|dir1=north|location1=[[Whitestone Bridge]]}} |notes=Westbound exit and eastbound entrance }} {{NYint|exit |mile=14.25 |exit=32 |road=Little Neck Parkway }} {{NYint|exit |county=Nassau |cspan=17 |location=Lake Success |mile=15.43 |exit=33 |road=Lakeville Road / Community Drive – [[Great Neck, New York|Great Neck]] }} {{NYint|exit |location=North Hills |lspan=3 |mile=16.37 |exit=34 |road=New Hyde Park Road }} {{NYint|exit |mile=17.57 |exit=35 |road={{jct|state=NY|to1=to|Parkway|Northern|road=Shelter Rock Road|city1=Manhasset}} |notes=Westbound exit is via exit 36 }} {{NYint|exit |mile=18.43 |exit=36 |road=Searingtown Road – [[Port Washington, New York|Port Washington]] }} {{NYint|exit |location=North Hempstead |mile=18.95 |exit=37 |road=Willis Avenue – [[Mineola, New York|Mineola]], [[Roslyn, New York|Roslyn]] }} {{NYint|exit |location=East Hills |mile=20.14 |exit=38 |road={{jct|state=NY|Parkway|Northern|dir1=east|city1=Hauppauge}} |notes=Eastbound exit and westbound entrance }} {{NYint|exit |location=Old Westbury |mile=20.31 |exit=39 |road=[[Glen Cove Road]] – [[Hempstead (village), New York|Hempstead]], [[Glen Cove, New York|Glen Cove]] }} {{NYint|exit |location=Jericho |lspan=4 |mile=24.07 |exit=40 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|25|city1=Mineola|city2=Syosset}} |notes=Signed as 40W (west) and 40E (east) }} {{NYint|exit |mile=25.23 |exit=41 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|106|NY|107|city1=Hicksville|city2=Oyster Bay|areadab2=hamlet}} |notes=Signed as 41S (south) and 41N (north) }} {{NYint|exit |rowspan=2|mile=26.05 |exit=42 |road={{jct|state=NY|Parkway|Northern|dir1=west|city1=New York}} |notes=Westbound exit only }} {{NYint|exit |exit=42 |road={{jct|state=NY|Parkway|Northern|dir1=east|city1=Hauppauge}} |notes=Eastbound exit only }} {{NYint|exit |location=Syosset |lspan=3 |exit=43A |road=Robbins Lane |notes=Westbound exit and eastbound entrance }} {{NYint|exit |mile=27.07 |exit=43 |road=South Oyster Bay Road – [[Bethpage, New York|Bethpage]], [[Syosset, New York|Syosset]] }} {{NYint|exit |mile=27.83 |exit=44 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|135|city1=Seaford|city2=Syosset}} |notes=Signed as 44S (south) and 44N (north) eastbound }} {{NYint|exit |location=Plainview |lspan=3 |mile=28.17 |exit=45 |road=Manetto Hill Road – [[Plainview, New York|Plainview]], [[Woodbury, Nassau County, New York|Woodbury]] |notes=Eastbound exit and westbound entrance }} {{NYint|exit |mile=28.95 |exit=46 |road=Sunnyside Boulevard / Washington Avenue – [[Plainview, New York|Plainview]] |notes=Washington Avenue is only marked on the expressway service road }} {{jctbridge |mile=29.65 |restarea=Truck inspection station (eastbound when traffic light flashes) }} {{NYint|exit |county1=Nassau |county2=Suffolk |location_special=Plainview–Huntington<br>town line |mile=29.68 |exit=48 |road=Round Swamp Road – [[Old Bethpage, New York|Old Bethpage]], [[Farmingdale, New York|Farmingdale]] }} {{NYint|exit |county=Suffolk |cspan=25 |location=Huntington |lspan=3 |mile=31.82 |exit=49 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|110|city1=Amityville|city2=Huntington}} |notes=Signed as 49S (south) and 49N (north) }} {{NYint|exit |mile=34.25 |exit=50 |road=Bagatelle Road – [[Dix Hills, New York|Dix Hills]], [[Wyandanch, New York|Wyandanch]] }} {{NYint|exit |mile=35.87 |exit=51 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|231|to2=to|Parkway|Northern|city1=Babylon|areadab1=village|city2=Northport}} }} {{NYint|exit |location_special=Huntington–[[Smithtown (town), New York|Smithtown]]<br>town line |mile=38.56 |exit=52 |road={{jct|state=NY|CR|4|county1=Suffolk|name1=Commack Road|city1=North Babylon|city2=Commack}} |notes=Westbound exit is part of exit 53 }} {{NYint|exit |location_special=Smithtown–Islip<br>town line |mile=39.28 |exit=53 |road={{jct|state=NY|Parkway|Sagtikos|city1=Bay Shore|city2=Sunken Meadow Park}} }} {{NYint|exit |location=Islip |lspan=3 |area=town |mile=39.90 |road=Wicks Road ([[County Route 7 (Suffolk County, New York)|CR 7]]) |notes=Part of exit 53 }} {{NYint|exit |mile=41.72 |exit=55 |road={{jct|state=NY|CR|67|county1=Suffolk|name1=Motor Parkway|city1=Central Islip}} }} {{NYint|exit |mile=42.66 |exit=56 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|111|city1=Islip|areadab1=CDP|city2=Smithtown}} }} {{NYint|exit |location=Islandia |lspan=2 |mile=44.30 |exit=57 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|454|name1=Veterans Highway|city1=Patchogue|city2=Commack}} }} {{NYint|exit |mile=45.64 |exit=58 |road=Old Nichols Road – [[Central Islip, New York|Central Islip]], [[Nesconset, New York|Nesconset]] }} {{NYint|exit |location=Islip |area=town |mile=47.50 |exit=59 |road={{jct|state=NY|CR|93|county1=Suffolk|name1=Ocean Avenue|city1=Oakdale|city2=Ronkonkoma}} }} {{NYint|exit |location=Brookhaven |lspan=12 |mile=48.19 |exit=60 |road=Ronkonkoma Avenue – [[Lake Ronkonkoma, New York|Lake Ronkonkoma]], [[Sayville, New York|Sayville]] |notes=Former [[County Route 29 (Suffolk County, New York)|CR 29]] }} {{NYint|exit |mile=49.62 |exit=61 |road={{jct|state=NY|CR|19|county1=Suffolk|name1=Patchogue–Holbrook Road|city1=Patchogue|city2=Holbrook}} }} {{NYint|exit |mile=51.24 |exit=62 |road={{jct|state=NY|CR|97|county1=Suffolk|name1=[[Nicolls Road]]|city1=Stony Brook|city2=Blue Point}} }} {{NYint|exit |mile=53.04 |exit=63 |road={{jct|state=NY|CR|83|county1=Suffolk|name1=North Ocean Avenue|city1=Mount Sinai|city2=Patchogue}} }} {{NYint|exit |mile=54.29 |exit=64 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|112|city1=Patchogue|city2=Port Jefferson}} }} {{NYint|exit |mile=55.44 |exit=65 |road={{jct|state=NY|CR|16|county1=Suffolk|name1=Horse Block Road|city1=Centereach|city2=Shirley}} }} {{NYint|exit |mile=57.41 |exit=66 |road={{jct|state=NY|CR|101|county1=Suffolk|name1=Sills Road|city1=East Patchogue|city2=Yaphank}} }} {{NYint|exit |mile=58.55 |exit=67 |road={{jct|state=NY|CR|21|county1=Suffolk|name1=Yaphank Avenue|city1=Yaphank|city2=Brookhaven}} }} {{NYint|exit |mile=60.17 |exit=68 |road={{jct|state=NY|CR|46|county1=Suffolk|name1=[[William Floyd Parkway]]|city1=Wading River|city2=Shirley}} }} {{NYint|exit |mile=64.05 |exit=69 |road=Wading River Road – [[Wading River, New York|Wading River]], [[Center Moriches, New York|Center Moriches]] |notes=Former [[County Route 25 (Suffolk County, New York)|CR 25]] }} {{NYint|exit |mile=65.25 |exit=70 |road={{jct|state=NY|CR|111|county1=Suffolk|city1=Eastport|city2=Manorville}} }} {{NYint|exit |mile=69.27 |exit=71 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|24|city1=Hampton Bays|city2=Calverton}} |notes=Eastbound exit and westbound entrance }} {{NYint|exit |location=Riverhead |lspan=2 |area=town |mile=70.75 |exit=72 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|25|city1=Riverhead|city2=Calverton}} |notes=Eastbound exit and westbound entrance }} {{NYint|exit |mile=71.02 |exit=73 |road={{jct|state=NY|CR|58|county1=Suffolk|name1=[[Old Country Road]]|city1=Greenport|countydab1=Suffolk|city2=Orient}} |notes=Eastbound exit and westbound entrance }} {{NYintbtm|exit}} ==See also== {{Portal|New York Roads}} * [[Mid-Manhattan Expressway]] * [[L.I.E.]] * [[495 Productions]] ==References== {{Reflist|2}} ==External links== {{Commons category}} {{NYSR external links|type=I|route=495|alps=yes}} * [http://www.interstate-guide.com/i-495_ny.html Interstate 495 - New York] (AARoads.com) * [http://www.greaternyroads.info/roads/nyinter/i495 I-495 (Greater New York Roads)] * [http://www.LongIslandBB.com/ Long Island's Official Online Community & LIE Relief Site] * [http://www.freewebs.com/lie-liroads/index.htm Long Island Expressway @ NYC Road Geek] {{3di|95}} {{Expressways in New York City}} [[Category:Three-digit Interstate Highways|95-4 New York]] [[Category:Interstate Highways in New York|95-4]] [[Category:Expressways in New York City]] [[Category:Long Island highways]] [[Category:Robert Moses projects]] [[Category:Interstate 95|4 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