New York State Route 114

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NY Route 114
Length: 14.40 mi[1] (23.17 km)
Formed: 1930[2]
South end: NY 27 in East Hampton
North end: NY 25 in Greenport
Counties: Suffolk
Numbered highways in New York
< NY 113 NY 115 >
Interstate - U.S. - N.Y. - Reference

New York State Route 114 is a local state route on the far east end of Long Island. It serves as a linker between the two "forks" of Long Island, crossing Shelter Island in the process. This is the only connection between the North and South Forks east of Riverhead.

NY 114 is the furthest east signed north-south state route in all of New York. Additionally, the route is the last in a series of sequential state routes on Long Island. The series begins with NY 101 in western Nassau County and progresses eastward to NY 114.

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Communities

The southern end of NY 114 is at NY 27 (Montauk Highway), just a block from the downtown area of ritzy East Hampton, playground of the rich and famous. It quickly sheds its side street status and becomes a two-lane rural highway called East Hampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike, which appropriately leads to Sag Harbor. The wooded landscape between these two resort towns is dotted with large manors and estates, many of which are set far back from the roadway.

After several miles, NY 114 once again finds itself in a town, this time Sag Harbor. This colonial whaling port is today a picturesque village of boutiques and shops along the waterfront of Sag Harbor Bay, an arm of Peconic Bay. NY 114 makes several turns as it navigates the town's centuries-old street pattern, before crossing over Sag Harbor Cove on its way north.

After leaving Sag Harbor, NY 114 encounters a modern roundabout at the intersection of Short Beach Road (Suffolk CR 60) and Tyndall Road. NY 114 makes a turn through the roundabout and then travels one more mile through North Haven before reaching the first of two ferries along its route.

Shelter Island's two ferries, both of which technically carry NY 114, are operated by two different companies. The South Ferry (between North Haven and Shelter Island) is operated by the South Ferry Company, and the North Ferry (between Shelter Island Heights and Greenport) is operated by the North Ferry Company. Since the two entities are separate, there is no incentive to use both ferries, although both companies offer discounts for round trip fares and for Shelter Island residents.

On Shelter Island itself, NY 114 acts as the main thoroughfare, once again turning several turns along different local roads. It traverses the length of the island, and ends in historic Shelter Island Heights at the North Ferry terminal.

Once across to Greenport, NY 114 ends quickly at NY 25, again just a block or so from the heart of the village.

[edit] History

NY 114 was assigned to its current alignment in the 1930 renumbering.[2]

Long Lane (County Road 59) was planned by Suffolk County to be upgraded to a four-lane highway, bypassing historic Easthampton, in hopes that the New York State Department of Transportation would acquire it and move NY 114 along there instead. Another formerly proposed Suffolk County built realignment was the North Haven Spur (County Road 44) which was planned for a future bridge to Shelter Island.[3]

[edit] Major intersections

County Location Mile[1] Roads intersected Notes
Suffolk East Hampton 0.00 NY 27 (Montauk Highway)
Sag Harbor 6.80 CR 38
CR 79 (Main Street)
North Haven CR 60 (Short Beach Road)
Shelter Island Sound 9.93 North Haven-South Shelter Island Ferry
Town of Shelter Island CR 69 (Cartwright Road) To Ram Island Road
Shelter Island Heights CR 115 (West Neck Road)
Shelter Island Sound 14.27 Shelter Island Heights-Greenport Ferry
Greenport 14.40 NY 25 (Front Street)

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Traffic Data Report - I-87 to NY 121 (PDF). NYSDOT (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2007-09-26.
  2. ^ a b Leon A. Dickinson. "New Signs for State Highways", New York Times, 1930-01-12, p. 136. 
  3. ^ News clippings on proposed bridges throughout Long Island; [1], [2], [3]

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