Old Country Road

Old Country Road
Old Country Road highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NCDPW and Town of Huntington
Length17.57 mi (28.28 km)
Major junctions
West endHerricks Road / Rockaway Avenue in Garden City
Major intersectionsWillis Avenue at the Mineola–Garden City line
Glen Cove Road/Clinton Road at the Mineola–Garden City line
Meadowbrook State Parkway in Carle Place
Wantagh State Parkway in Westbury
NY 106 in Hicksville
NY 107 in Hicksville
NY 135 in Plainview
I-495 in Melville
East end NY 25 in South Huntington
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
Highway system

Old Country Road is a 17.57-mile-long (28.28 km) major east–west thoroughfare through central Nassau County and extending into western Suffolk County on Long Island, New York, United States. It serves many of central Nassau County's major shopping centers, including Roosevelt Field Mall. The road also forms part of the border between the towns of Hempstead and North Hempstead.

In Nassau County, Old Country Road is county-maintained as the unsigned County Route 25 (CR 25) west of Round Swamp Road – east of which it is part of the unsigned County Route 110 until reaching the Nassau–Suffolk County line.

In Suffolk County, Old Country Road is owned and maintained by the Town of Huntington.

Route description

Old Country Road begins as the north–south Herricks Road (unsigned CR 8) curves to the west. It passes by the Nassau County government buildings – including the original and current Nassau County courthouses – in Mineola and northern Garden City around its intersection with Mineola Boulevard/Franklin Avenue (unsigned CR 5A). It then crosses Glen Cove Road/Clinton Road (unsigned CR 1), passing by a series of major shopping centers in Carle Place and Westbury including Roosevelt Field Mall and The Mall at the Source. It passes through Hicksville just south of where the concurrency between NY 106 and NY 107 ends. It intersects NY 135 in Plainview and briefly overlaps Round Swamp Road before continuing into western Suffolk County.

Now in Suffolk County, Old Country Road is concurrent with Round Swamp Road. It then underpasses the Long Island Expressway at exit 48, however, the LIE only signs Round Swamp Road. The route has a junction with NY 110 in Melville, then intersects New York Avenue. Shortly after, it overpasses Northern State Parkway, without an interchange. Old Country Road then has a 5-way junction with Wolf Hill Road (exit 41 on NSP) and Pidgeon Hill Road. Between Foxhurst Road and CR 35, the Dix Hills Road bridge goes over both Old Country Road and Northern State Parkway in Dix Hills. A connecting road between Old Country & Dix Hills Road exists, named Karbe Place. The road ends at a junction with NY 25.

Route marker

Former CR 25 highway marker

In the mid-1970s, Nassau County officials opted to remove all county route signs instead of funding replacements that were compliant with the federal government's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi
kmDestinationsNotes
NassauHerricks0.000.00Herricks Road / Rockaway AvenueWestern terminus
Mineola0.621.00Mineola Boulevard / Franklin Avenue
Carle Place1.822.93Glen Cove Road / Clinton Road
2.05–
2.17		3.30–
3.49		 Meadowbrook State Parkway – Mineola, Jones BeachExits M1E-W on Meadowbrook State Parkway
Westbury3.415.49Post Avenue / Merrick Avenue
5.34–
5.42		8.59–
8.72		 Wantagh State Parkway – Westbury, Jones BeachExit W2 on Wantagh State Parkway
Hicksville6.6710.73 NY 106 (Newbridge Road)
6.8711.06Jerusalem Avenue
7.1511.51 NY 107 (South Broadway)
Plainview9.2614.90 NY 135 – Seaford, SyossetExit 10 on NY 135
11.2718.14Round Swamp Road southWestern end of Round Swamp Road concurrency
SuffolkMelville11.4718.46 I-495 – New York, RiverheadExit 48 on I-495
11.7718.94Round Swamp Road northEastern end of Round Swamp Road concurrency
13.3721.52 NY 110 (Broadhollow Road / Walt Whitman Road)
Dix Hills17.3727.95 CR 35 (Deer Park Road)
South Huntington17.5728.28 NY 25 (Jericho Turnpike)Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "County Roads Listing – Nassau County" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. July 26, 2011. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Old Country Road (Hicksville)" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Old Country Road (Plainview–South Huntington)" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "New York State Department of Transportation Functional Class Viewer". gis.dot.ny.gov. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "New York State Roadway Inventory System Viewer". gis.dot.ny.gov. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  6. ↑ Anderson, Steve (January 3, 2009). "Nassau-Suffolk County Road History". NYCRoads. Archived from the original on January 3, 2009. Retrieved July 27, 2020.[self-published source]
  7. ↑ Anderson, Steve. "County Roads on Long Island". NYCRoads. Archived from the original on January 3, 2009. Retrieved January 3, 2008.[self-published source]
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