An 8.24-mile-long (13.26 km) parkway on Long Island, New York, in the United States
Not to be confused with Heckscher State Park.
Heckscher State Parkway
Heckscher State Parkway highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT
Length
8.24 mi[1] (13.26 km)
Existed
1929–present
History
Opened 1929 south of NY 27A; completed November 3, 1962
Restrictions
No commercial vehicles
Major junctions
West end
Southern State Parkway / Sagtikos State Parkway in West Islip
Major intersections
NY 27 in Islip Terrace
South end
Heckscher State Park in Great River
Location
Country
United States
State
New York
Counties
Suffolk
Highway system
New York Highways
Interstate
US
State
Reference
Parkways
The Heckscher State Parkway (formerly known as the Heckscher Spur) is an 8.24-mile (13.26 km) controlled-access parkway on Long Island, New York, in the United States. The parkway is located entirely within the Suffolk County town of Islip. Although it officially begins at the south end of the Sagtikos State Parkway in West Islip, it remains signed as the Southern State Parkway until it intersects with NY 27 (Sunrise Highway) in Islip Terrace. The section signed as the Southern State Parkway proceeds east as a six-lane parkway through Brentwood and Central Islip, loosely paralleling New York State Route 27 (NY 27). At Islip Terrace, the Heckscher Parkway turns southward, crossing NY 27 where it becomes signed as the Heckscher State Parkway. The parkway comprises the eastern portion of New York State Route 908M (NY 908M), an unsigned reference route, with the Southern State Parkway occupying the western section. In order to avoid confusion, the parkway is signed as an extension of the Southern State Parkway west of the NY 27 interchange (exit 44).
The parkway was originally built in 1929 as a connector between NY 27A and the newly opened Heckscher (formerly Deer Range) State Park. In 1959, bids were announced for a new Heckscher State Parkway, which would connect the original road to the Sagtikos State Parkway. This section was officially opened on November 3, 1962, with a ceremony featuring speeches by Robert Moses and Governor Nelson Rockefeller. The Long Island Transportation Plan 2000, a long-term study done in the late 1990s, called for the Heckscher Parkway to be widened west of NY 27 to accommodate a carpool and bus lane.
^"2007 Traffic Data Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. July 25, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 12, 2012. Retrieved July 17, 2009.
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Global Information
Southern State Parkway / Sagtikos State Parkway in West Islip
NY 27 in Islip Terrace