Interstate 495 (New York)
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Interstate 495 (I-495), commonly known as the Long Island Expressway (LIE[note 1]), is an auxiliary Interstate Highway in southeastern New York state. It is jointly maintained by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT), MTA Bridges and Tunnels (TBTA), and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ).
Long Island Expressway | ||||
Route information | ||||
Auxiliary route of I-95 | ||||
Maintained by NYSDOT, NYCDOT, TBTA, and PANYNJ | ||||
Length | 66.38 mi[1] (106.83 km) | |||
Existed | 1958[2]–present | |||
NHS | Entire route | |||
Restrictions | No hazardous goods in Queens–Midtown Tunnel | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | Queens–Midtown Tunnel portal in Murray Hill | |||
Major intersections | ||||
East end | NY 25 / CR 58 in Calverton | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | New York | |||
Counties | New York, Queens, Nassau, Suffolk | |||
Highway system | ||||
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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. I-495 intersects with I-295 in Bayside, Queens, through which it connects with I-95. The 2017 route log erroneously shows the section of highway between I-278 in Long Island City and I-678 in Corona as New York State Route 495 (NY 495).[3]
The LIE designation, despite being commonly applied to I-495 in full, technically refers to the stretch of highway in Nassau and Suffolk counties. The section from the Queens–Midtown Tunnel to Queens Boulevard is known as the Queens–Midtown Expressway, and the section between Queens Boulevard and the Queens–Nassau county line is known as the Horace Harding Expressway. The service roads which run parallel to either side of the expressway in Queens are signed as Borden Avenue and Queens Midtown Expressway and as Horace Harding Expressway and Horace Harding Boulevard; from the Queens–Nassau county line to Sills Road, they are designated as the unsigned New York State Route 906A (NY 906A) and New York State Route 906B (NY 906B).