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Direction: North/South
Southern Terminus: Belt Parkway and Southern Parkway at the Queens-Nassau border
Northern Terminus:
Whitestone Bridge (I-678) and Whitestone Expressway (I-678) in Queens
The Cross Island Parkway is a north/south parkway in eastern Queens. It begins
at the Belt Parkway and the Southern Parkway at the Queens-Nassau border and runs
north along the border. In the vicinity of Jericho Turnpike (NY 25), it crosses
into Nassau for a short distance and then goes back Queens. North of Northern
Boulevard (NY 25A), it runs along Little Neck Bay and then curves to the west.
It ends at I-678 just south of the Whitestone Bridge. The Cross Island Parkway
provides a route for traffic coming from the Bronx via the Throgs Neck Bridge
(I-295) and the Whitestone Bridge (I-678) as well as from Brooklyn and Kennedy
Airport via the Belt Parkway to access the major east/west routes on Long Island:
the Northern Parkway, the Southern Parkway, and the Long Island Expressway
(I-495). It also provides access to Belmont Racetrack. The exit numbering
scheme on the Cross Island Parkway is a continuation of the exit numbering scheme
on the Belt Parkway.
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