New York State Route 110

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NY Route 110

Length:

15.84 mi^[1] (25.49 km)

South end:

NY 27A in Amityville

Major
junctions:

NY 27 in Amityville

Southern in East Farmingdale

I-495 in Melville

Northern in Melville

North end:

Youngs Hill Road in Halesite

Counties:

Suffolk

New York State Routes
< NY 109		US 111 >

New York State Route 110 is a major north-South 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. Only New York State Route 108 runs closer to the Nassau-Suffolk Border. Route 110 is the last non-limited-access state highway to go north of New York State Route 25A.

1 Route description
2 Communities along the route
3 Major intersections
4 History
- 4.1 Former segments
5 Miscellanea
- 5.1 Broad Hollow Expressway
- 5.2 Split in Amityville
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Route description

NY Route 110 starts along Broadway at New York State Route 27A in Amityville. After the interchange with New York State Route 27 in North Amityville, it crosses over the Bethpage-Babylon Central Branch of the Long Island Railroad and an un-numbered interchange with New York State Route 109, in a town that used to be called Maywood, which was eventually swallowed by nearby East Farmingdale. Within East Farmingdale, Route 110 passes by the Republic Airport, which in 1941 cut New York State Route 24 off from an eastern segment in Calverton. North of the eastern terminus of the western segment of NY 24, it crosses under the main line of the Long Island Railroad, then after passing by an industrial section, it takes motorists to the State University of New York at Farmingdale, as well as an amusement park called Adventureland.

North of New York State Route 25, NY 110 intersects with New York Avenue and takes it out of the hands of the Town Of Huntington as it heads towards the north shore. Route 110 had a trolley line along it. It also had a spur from the Long Island Railroad that lead to the Village of Huntington.

[edit] Communities along the route

[edit] Major intersections

County	Location	Mile	Road(s)	Notes
Suffolk	Amityville	0.0	NY 27A	Montauk Highway.
	Amityville	1.2	NY 27	Cloverleaf interchange. Suunrise Highway.
	East Farmingdale	2.6	Southern	Exits 32N-S (Southern).
		2.9	CR 47	Great Neck Road.
		3.7	NY 109	Cloverleaf interchange. Babylon-Farmingdale Turnpike.
		4.8	NY 24	Eastern terminus of NY 24 (western segment).
	Melville	7.8	I-495	Exits 49N-S (I-495). Long Island Expressway.
		8.4	CR 3	Pinelawn Drive.
		8.9	Northern	Exits 40N-S (Northern).
	South Huntington	11.2	NY 25	Jericho Turnpike.
	Huntington Station	12.5	CR 11	Pulaski Road.
	Huntington	14.5	NY 25A	Main Street.
	Huntington	14.9	CR 35	Eastern terminus of CR 35.
	Halesite	15.8	Youngs Hill Road

Legend
Crossing, no access	Concurrency termini	Decommissioned	Unconstructed	Closed

[edit] History

[edit] 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. 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 South Huntington section runs between Overhill Road and Livingston Street.

[edit] Miscellanea

[edit] Broad Hollow Expressway

During the 1960s and 1970s, the New York State Department of Transportation attempted to turn NY 110 into a limited-access highway. Business groups thwarted the project, especially those in the vicinity of NY 110 and NY 25 in South Huntington.

[edit] Split in Amityville

In the early 1980s, the state considered re-routing southbound traffic in Amityville onto Park Avenue. This too was another proposal killed off by public opposition.