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East of the Queens–Midtown Tunnel, I-495 is known as the Long Island Expressway (LIE [note 1]). Spanning approximately 66 miles (106 km), I-495 traverses Long Island from the western portal of the Queens–Midtown Tunnel in the New York City borough of Manhattan to County Route 58 (CR 58) in Riverhead in the east.
County Route 101 runs northeast and southwest from CR 80 (Montauk Highway) to Long Island Avenue, north of exit 66 on the Long Island Expressway. The road is known as Patchogue–Yaphank Road in some sections and Sills Road in others. Patchogue–Yaphank Road continues past Long Island Avenue as a Brookhaven-maintained road.
The road rejoined the modern routing at the Long Island Lighting Company High Tension Line right-of-way midway between I-495 and CR 16. This segment was completely abandoned as North Ocean Avenue was realigned to accommodate exit 63 along I-495 (the Long Island Expressway). [6]
A proposed extension to Interstate 495 (the Long Island Expressway) has been on the books since the late 1950s, for which the right-of-way was acquired. [17] This extension of the Wantagh Parkway would proceed north from the interchange with the Northern State Parkway, soon reaching a cloverleaf interchange with Jericho Turnpike (NY 25) . [ 8 ]
New York State Route 25A (NY 25A) is a state highway on Long Island in New York, United States.It serves as the main east–west route for most of the North Shore of Long Island, running for 73 miles (117 km) from Interstate 495 (I-495) at the Queens–Midtown Tunnel in the New York City borough of Queens to NY 25 in Calverton, Suffolk County.
Amtrak and Long Island Rail Road (Northeast Corridor) Queens–Midtown Tunnel: 1940: 1,955 m (6,414 ft) 4 lanes of I-495 (Long Island Expressway) Steinway Tunnel: 1915 trains: 53rd Street Tunnel: 1933 trains: 60th Street Tunnel: 1920 trains: 63rd Street Tunnel: 1989: 960 m (3,140 ft) Upper level: train Lower level: LIRR to Grand Central Madison
This was built in conjunction with the interchanges with the Long Island Expressway at exits 72 and 73. After the incomplete interchange with I-495 (which would have been expanded when I-495 was extended eastward), the road quickly narrows to four lanes with a center-turn lane as it passes the large Tanger Outlet Center complex, which was built ...
The tunnel consists of a pair of tubes, each carrying two lanes. The west end of the tunnel is located on the East Side of Midtown Manhattan, while the east end of the tunnel is located in Long Island City in Queens. Interstate 495 (I-495) runs the entire length of the tunnel; I-495's western terminus is at the Manhattan portal of the tunnel.