New York State Route 27
State highway on Long Island, New York, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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New York State Route 27 (NY 27) is a 120.58-mile (194.05 km) long state highway that runs east–west from Interstate 278 (I-278) in the New York City borough of Brooklyn to Montauk Point State Park on Long Island, New York. Its two most prominent components are Sunrise Highway and Montauk Highway, the latter of which includes the Montauk Point State Parkway. NY 27 acts as the primary east–west highway on southern Long Island east of the interchange with the Heckscher State Parkway in Islip Terrace. The entire route in Suffolk, Nassau, and Queens counties were designated by the New York State Senate as the POW/MIA Memorial Highway. The highway gives access to every town on the South Shore. NY 27 is the easternmost state route in the state of New York, as well as the longest highway on Long Island.
Route information | ||||
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Maintained by NYSDOT, NYCDOT and Suffolk County | ||||
Length | 120.58 mi[1] (194.05 km) | |||
Existed | mid-1920s[2][3]–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | I-278 in Greenwood Heights | |||
Major intersections | Belt Parkway in Howard Beach I-678 / NY 878 in South Ozone Park Belt Parkway in Laurelton Meadowbrook State Parkway in Freeport Wantagh State Parkway in Wantagh NY 135 in Seaford Robert Moses Causeway in West Islip CR 17 / Heckscher State Parkway in Islip Terrace NY 454 / CR 97 in Bayport NY 24 in Hampton Bays | |||
East end | Montauk Point State Park in Montauk | |||
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Country | United States | |||
State | New York | |||
Counties | Kings, Queens, Nassau, Suffolk | |||
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Except for a short stretch in Oakdale, NY 27 has service roads that parallel the highway continuously from North Lindenhurst to Patchogue, and intermittently to the east into Southampton. They are officially designated, but not signed, as New York State Route 906C eastbound and New York State Route 906D westbound.