User:Sakraft1/The History Of Long Island Roads

Many Long Island roads have been in use by indigenous peoples since pre-colonial times. These evolved from paths through the woods and plains of the island into some of the well used roads still in use today.

To get from Quogue to Brooklyn. took three days by stagecoach with two overnight stops. Until the middle of the nineteenth century, water transport was the fastest way to get around Long Island. Even in the later part of that nineteenth century (after the railroad came), steamboats were still a preferred way to travel the lenth of the island. Cars have been the main mode of transport on Long Island since the 1950s.

LIE (495)
Construction of the LIE began in 1955 (according to Ketcham).

Route 110
Former names of this native american path include: Neguntalogue Road and South Path. It was used to bring salt hay from the south shore to the Huntington area. It was designated as Route 110 as part of the 1930 renumbering.

Jericho Turnpike (Route 25)
Established at least in part along a Native American path, it later became a toll road. In the early 1800s, Jericho Turnpike ended in Jericho, New York. It was a main artery for farmers traveling from Jamaica.

In 1817, part of Jericho Turnpike was established so wagons could bypass the steep inclines on Old Country Road in West Hills.

It was designated as Route 25 as part of the 1930 renumbering.

Old Country Road
Established at least in part along a Native American path.

Northern Boulevard (25A)
The route was originally an east–west Native American trail used to get from the current North Hempstead Township to Flushing. Known by various names along its length, both presently and historically. Portions of the road were once know as North Hempstead Turnpike (some parts are still known as such or at least of signs indicating this name). In 1801, North Hempstead Turnpike opened as a toll road between Rosyln and Spinney Hill in Manhasset. I cost 2 cents to travel the road.

I.U. Willets Road
The road (in Western Nassau County) was built in 1850 through the middle of the lands of Isaac Underhill Willets. He complained that there were too many roads on Long Island to begin with. The road is known toady as I.U. Willets Road. In Willets' time, the road was known as Westbury Road. When the Northern State Parkway opened in 1931, portions of I.U. Willets Road were closed to the public (the parkway cuts across the road). At its current Western end, just past the Parkway, lies Hollow Lane. This was also once part of I.U. Willets Road. Portions of I.U. Willets Road were first paved in 1906. map Today, the road that bears Willets' name runs through parts of North Hills, Manhasset Hills, Herricks, Searingtown, Albertson and Old Westbury. The Links (a gated housing development) and the Buckley Country Day School now occupy the land on what was Willets' property.

Hempstead Turnpike
Established at least in part along a Native American path, it later became a toll road.