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Robert Moses Causeway

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to Captree Island was completed in 1951. The structure is 3,206.2 metres (2.0 mi) in length with a middle clearance for boats of 18.2 metres (59.7 ft). Originally, one lane was for southbound traffic and the other for northbound traffic. In a bridge opening ceremony, the first car to drive
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over the bridge was a Suffolk County Sheriff's Office patrol vehicle. In 1967, a new span was built next to the original bridge, carrying three lanes of northbound traffic. The original bridge was reconfigured to carry southbound traffic.
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was proposed to alleviate traffic, but it was never constructed. When first proposed in 1938, the span was to be a
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for the Great South Bay Bridge can be found on the north side in West Islip. At the cloverleaf interchange with
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exist on a partial cloverleaf just west of Bay Shore Road's interchange with the Southern State.
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The parkway soon takes a slight northeastern turn and later rises to move over Union Boulevard (
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The Fire Island Inlet Bridge carrying the causeway over the Fire Island Inlet as seen from
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as a two-lane undivided road. On the north side of the inlet, the parkway becomes enters
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Signed as exits RM1E (east) and RM1W (west); exit 41 on NY 27; all trucks must exit
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with three northbound lanes and two southbound lanes in the vicinity of the junction.
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Northbound exit and southbound entrance; exit 40 on Southern Parkway
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ramp, and from there the rest of the parkway is four lanes wide.
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The Fire Island Inlet span was completed in 1964. By 1985 a
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Exit contains ramps for reversing direction on the Causeway
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to the barrier beach islands, such as Captree Island,
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Robert Moses Causeway Article from NYCROADS Web Site
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Water tower and Robert Moses Causeway roundabout at
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The parkway, originally known as the 62:Robert Moses Causeway highlighted in red 1221:Former toll bridges in New York (state) 928: 400:by way of a 665-foot (203 m)-long 968: 966: 964: 41: 1216:Former toll roads in New York (state) 1007: 1005: 849: 840: 815: 779: 751: 742: 714: 705: 693: 683: 668: 659: 647: 641: 604: 595: 583: 573: 554: 545: 495:with a design similar to that of the 7: 1231:Trestle bridges in the United States 1241:Bridges in Suffolk County, New York 1226:Bascule bridges in New York (state) 1031:Maiorana, Ronald (June 14, 1964). 525: 389:. The parkway becomes a five-lane 25: 1033:"New L.I. Bridge Opened By Moses" 327:, to the south. 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New York State Route 908J
Long Island
Niagara Falls
Niagara Scenic Parkway
Robert Moses Causeway marker
NYSDOT
Robert Moses State Park
Fire Island
Ocean Parkway
Captree State Park
NY 27A
West Islip
NY 27
West Bay Shore
Southern State Parkway
Bay Shore
United States
New York
Suffolk
New York Highways
Interstate
US
State
Reference
Parkways
state parkway
Suffolk County, New York
Long Island
Robert Moses
West Islip

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