Sagtikos State Parkway
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| Sagtikos State Parkway |
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| Reference Route 908K | |||||||||
| Length: | 5.14 mi[1] (8.27 km) | ||||||||
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| South end: |   Heckscher/Southern Pkwys in West Islip |
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| Major junctions: |
 I-495 in Smithtown |
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| North end: |   Northern/Sunken Meadow Pkwys in Smithtown |
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| Counties: | Suffolk | ||||||||
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The Sagtikos State Parkway is a 5.14-mile (8.27 km) long north-south limited-access parkway in Suffolk County on Long Island in New York. The southern terminus of the route is at the Heckscher State Parkway and the Southern State Parkway in West Islip. The northern terminus is at the Northern State Parkway, where the parkway continues northward as the Sunken Meadow State Parkway. The parkway comprises the southern half of New York State Reference Route 908K, an unsigned reference route, with the Sunken Meadow State Parkway forming the northern portion. Commercial vehicles are restricted from using the freeway-standard highway, a restriction in place on most parkways in New York State.
As with many parkways in the Tri-State area, the Sagtikos is substandard, having no shoulders, tightly curved ramps, and a lack of adequate acceleration/deceleration lanes.
The parkway was opened in September, 1952 at a cost of $8 million[citation needed] and closed the highway loop on Long Island.
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[edit] History
The interchange with Northern State Parkway and Sunken Meadow State Parkway was built where a widened and curved median used to be. A Parkway service area was in the median at the terminus of Sagtikos State Parkway and the former terminus of Northern State Parkway.
Exit S1 northbound was originally Suffolk CR 67 (the Long Island Motor Parkway) until it was replaced by Interstate 495 (the Long Island Expressway). It had a northbound off-ramp, a northbound on-ramp and a southbound on-ramp located next to the underpass. Only the northbound on-ramp remains active.
[edit] Exit list
| County | Location | Mile[1] | # | Destinations | Notes |
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| Suffolk | West Islip | 0.00 | Southern State Parkway west/ Heckscher State Parkway east |
Southbound exit, northbound entrance. | |
| Brentwood | 2.00 | S3 | Pine Aire Drive | ||
| Smithtown | S2 |  CR 13 (Crooked Hill Road) |
Northbound exit via G Street; southbound exit via access roads of the Pilgrim State Psychiatric Center. | ||
| 4.00 | S1 E-W | .svg/25px-I-495_(NY).svg.png){kind=small} I-495 (Long Island Expressway) |
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| 5.14 | Northern State Parkway |
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 Sagtikos State Parkway continues north as the Sunken Meadow State Parkway. |
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[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Sagtikos Parkway Article from NYCROADS Web Site
- Pilgrim State Psychiatric Center Map (showing Exit S2) (Long Island Oddities Website)
- Interchange of the Week; Monday, March 19, 2001 (Empire State Roads)
- Sagtikos Parkway (Greater New York Roads)
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