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Nugent Drive, Center Drive, Flanders Road, Riverhead-Hampton Bays Road |
Direction: North/South
Northern Terminus: Long Island Expressway (I-495) in Calverton
Southern Terminus: Montauk Highway (CR 80) in Hampton Bays
NY 24 begins at the Long Island Expressway (I-495) nears its eastern terminus.
The first section is Nugent Drive, a four-lane divided highway running east to
the south of the Peconic River. It is maintained by the county and is also
designated CR 94. Continuing to the east, Nugent Drive changes names to become
Center Drive. At the end of Center Drive, there is a major traffic circle.
CR 94 ends at this point. NY 24 becomes a two-lane undivided road and curves to
the southeast. It is known as Flanders Road and then changes names to become
Riverhead-Hampton Bays Road. Near the southern terminus in Hampton Bays, it
widens to four lanes again. There is a cloverleaf interchange with Sunrise
Highway (NY 27). Immediately thereafter, NY 24 ends at Montauk Highway (CR 80).
There is another route further west that is also designated NY 24, following
Hempstead Turnpike and extending from Hillside Avenue (NY 25) in Queens to Broad
Hollow Road (NY 110) in Farmingdale. The two routes used to connect before World
War II, with NY 24 extending through Suffolk County from the current eastern
terminus of the western section to the traffic circle on the eastern section.
CR 94 had not yet been built at the time. NY 24 followed roads such as Long
Island Avenue, Pine Aire Drive, Suffolk Avenue (CR 100), Johnson Avenue, and
Union Avenue, which are now no longer part of the state route system. The
original, contiguous NY 24 was an east/west route. Presently, the western
section is an east/west route while the eastern section is a north/south route.
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