Sunken Meadow State Parkway

Sunken Meadow State Parkway

Reference Route 908K

Length:

6.19 mi^[1] (9.96 km)

South end:

Northern/Sagtikos Pkwy in Smithtown

North end:

Sunken Meadow State Park in Smithtown

Counties:

Suffolk

New York State Reference Routes

The Sunken Meadow State Parkway is a mile ( km) long north-south parkway on Long Island in New York. All six miles of the parkway are located in the Suffolk County town of Smithtown. The southern terminus of the route is at the Northern State Parkway, where it continues southward as the Sagtikos State Parkway. The northern terminus is at the Sunken Meadow State Park toll barrier. The parkway comprises the northern half of unsigned New York State Reference Route 908K, with the Sagtikos State Parkway forming the southern portion. Commercial vehicles are restricted from using the freeway-standard highway, a restriction in place on most parkways in New York State.

Route description

A Parks Department maintenance yard exists at the foot of the bridge over Sunken Meadow (St. Johnland) Road with driveways to both the Parkway and the road below it. Mapmakers have often mistaken it for an on-off ramp.

History

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Like the Heckscher State Parkway, it originally began as an entrance to the Sunken Meadow State Park and was known as the Sunken Meadow Spur. The difference however, was that the Sunken Meadow Spur had two entrances from NY 25A which converged on a bridge over Sunken Meadow Road and Sunken Meadow Creek, a branch of the Nissequogue River.^[2] The rest of the Parkway was added onto the west entrance during the 1950's. The extended section finally opened in 1957. The east entrance which went through Parking Area #5 was closed to traffic from NY 25A in the 1970's.

The south end of the parkway was built where an old Parkway service area used to be. The service area was in the median at the terminus of Sagtikos State Parkway and the former terminus of Northern State Parkway.

In 1978, a new interchange (Exit SM 3A) was built in order to improve access to Indian Head & Harned Roads (Suffolk CR 14), so motorists wouldn't have to risk their necks trying to reach these roads at Exit SM 3E (NY 25). The northbound entrance ramp was moved north of this newer exit ramp, and is utilized by traffic from both NY 25 & SCR 14. However, north-to-eastbound motorists still face traffic jams due to Exit SM 3E's close proximity to the NY 25-SCR 14 intersection.

Exit list

County	Location	Mile^[1]	#	Destinations	Notes
Suffolk	Smithtown	0.00	Sunken Meadow State Parkway continues south as the Sagtikos State Parkway.
		0.00	SM1 W-E	Northern State Parkway - New York, Hauppauge
		1.67	SM2	NY 454 (Veterans Memorial Highway) - Hauppauge, Patchogue	To NY 347. Northbound exit, southbound entrance.
		2.07	SM3 E-W	NY 25 (Jericho Turnpike) - Commack, Smithtown
			SM3A	CR 14 (Indian Head Drive) - Kings Park	Northbound exit and entrance only.
		5.07	SM4 E-W	CR 11 (Pulaski Road) - Huntington Station, Kings Park
		6.07	SM5 E-W	NY 25A (Fort Salonga Road) - Huntington, Smithtown
		6.19	Sunken Meadow State Park toll barrier.

References

^ ^a ^b Traffic Data Report - NY 908F to NY 953B (PDF). NYSDOT (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2007-08-17.
^ [Old Hagstroms Long Island and Suffolk County Maps]

External links

Parkways on Long Island, New York
East-west	Northern - Southern - Heckscher - Bay - Ocean - Long Island Motor Parkway
North-south	Meadowbrook - Loop - Wantagh - Bethpage - Robert Moses - Sagtikos - Sunken Meadow
Formerly proposed	Caumsett - Sound Shore - Wildwood - Smith Point - Ponquogue

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