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Union Turnpike |
Direction: East/West
Western Terminus: Lakeville Road (CR 11) at the Queens-Nassau border
Eastern Terminus: Marcus Avenue and New Hyde Park Road (CR 5B) in New Hyde Park
Union Turnpike is a major street in Queens, extending from Myrtle Avenue to the
Queens-Nassau border. It extends a short distance into Nassau as a state
highway. There is no posted route number, but it has NY 25C reference markers
and a reference route number of 900F. It begins at Lakeville Road (CR 11) at the
county line and ends at New Hyde Park Road (CR 5B), where it becomes Marcus
Avenue. NY 25C is less than a mile long. The entire length is a four-lane
divided road with traffic lights.
Many years ago, NY 25C used to exist as a signed route. At that time, NY 25
followed a different alignment in Queens. It left Queens Boulevard at Union
Turnpike and ran east on Union Turnpike to Springfield Boulevard. It then cut
south on Springfield Boulevard to Braddock Avenue. NY 25C began at Springfield
Boulevard and ran east along Union Turnpike and Marcus Avenue to end at Jericho
Turnpike (NY 25) in Garden City Park. In 1970, NY 25 was realigned along
Hillside Avenue. The portion of NY 25C in Queens was decommissioned, as was the
portion along Marcus Avenue.
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