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. It serves many of the major shopping centers in central Nassau County 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.[1] This road follows the boundary line separating the towns of Hempstead and North Hempstead.
Old Country Road | |
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 Old Country Road highlighted in red | |
| Route information | |
| Length | 17.57 mi[1][2][3] (28.28 km) |
| Major junctions | |
| West end | Herricks Road / Rockaway Avenue in Garden City |
 Meadowbrook State Parkway in Carle Place Wantagh State Parkway in Westbury NY 135 in Plainview I-495 in Melville | |
| East end |  NY 25 in South Huntington |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| Highway system | |
Route description
editOld Country Road begins as the north–south Herricks Road (unsigned CR 8) curves to the east. It passes by the Nassau County government buildings 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 (unsigned CR 110) before continuing into western Suffolk County.
Old Country Road overlaps Round Swamp Road before crossing the Nassau-Suffolk County Line at the same time as the Long Island Expressway at exit 48. The route has a junction with NY 110 in Melville. 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. The road ends at a junction with NY 25.
Route marker
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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.[4][5]
Major intersections
edit| County | Location | mi [1][2][3] | km | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nassau | Herricks | 0.00 | 0.00 | Herricks Road / Rockaway Avenue | |
| Mineola | 0.62 | 1.00 | Mineola Boulevard / Franklin Avenue | ||
| Carle Place | 1.82 | 2.93 | Glen Cove Road / Clinton Road | ||
| 2.05– 2.17 | 3.30– 3.49 | Meadowbrook State Parkway – Mineola, Jones Beach | Exits M1E-W on Meadowbrook Parkway | ||
| Westbury | 3.41 | 5.49 | Post Avenue / Merrick Avenue | ||
| 5.34– 5.42 | 8.59– 8.72 | Wantagh State Parkway – Westbury, Jones Beach | Exit W2 on Wantagh Parkway | ||
| Hicksville | 6.67 | 10.73 |  NY 106 (Newbridge Road) | ||
| 6.87 | 11.06 | Jerusalem Avenue | |||
| 7.15 | 11.51 |  NY 107 (South Broadway) | |||
| Plainview | 9.26 | 14.90 | NY 135 – Seaford, Syosset | Exit 10 on NY 135 | |
| 11.27 | 18.14 | Round Swamp Road south | |||
| Suffolk | Melville | 11.47 | 18.46 | I-495 – New York, Riverhead | Exit 48 on I-495 |
| 11.77 | 18.94 | Round Swamp Road north | |||
| 13.37 | 21.52 |  NY 110 (Broadhollow Road / Walt Whitman Road) | |||
| Dix Hills | 17.37 | 27.95 |  CR 35 (Deer Park Road) | ||
| South Huntington | 17.57 | 28.28 | NY 25 (Jericho Turnpike) | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "County Roads Listing – Nassau County" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. July 26, 2011. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
- ^ a b "Old Country Road (Hicksville)" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
- ^ a b "Old Country Road (Plainview–South Huntington)" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
- ^ 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]
- ^ Anderson, Steve. "County Roads on Long Island". NYCRoads. Archived from the original on January 3, 2009. Retrieved January 3, 2008.[self-published source]