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Old Northern Boulevard

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324: 1242: 343:(including Roslyn) and points east. New York State Route 25A followed this route through the heart of Roslyn, to serve the community and wind around Hempstead Harbor. By 1940s, the stretch of NY 25A through Roslyn had become notorious for chronic traffic jams – in some cases, so severe that it took an hour to cross through Roslyn. As a result, the 613: 465: 130: 79: 311:; this marks the eastern terminus of the CR D71 designation, which is superseded by the CR C65 designation from here to the eastern terminus of Old Northern Boulevard. Old Northern Boulevard – now CR C65 – then veers to the north and quickly curves towards the northeast, soon reaching a junction with 366:
Upon the opening of the Bryant Viaduct, NY 25A was shifted onto the new highway, and the original stretch through Roslyn became known as Old Northern Boulevard. Ownership of Old Northern Boulevard was subsequently transferred from the State of New York to Nassau County. Nassau County then designated
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In the late 1980s, the road was rehabilitated through the downtown area of Roslyn. As part of the project, the concrete sidewalks through the historic downtown were replaced with brick ones, to further preserve the downtown area's character and history. The sidewalk bricking also coincided with a
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Like all other county routes in Nassau County, Old Northern Boulevard became unsigned in the 1970s, when Nassau County officials opted to remove the signs as opposed to allocating the funds for replacing them with new ones that met the latest federal design standards and requirements, as per the
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In the 1960s, an infamous hairpin curve at the intersection of Old Northern Boulevard and West Shore Road (CR 15) was eliminated, and the road was widened through a controversial reconstruction project.
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and then intersecting Skillman Street immediately thereafter. It then proceeds northeast, merging into eastbound Northern Boulevard (NY 25A) just west of Sinclair Martin Drive.
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major flood control project along the road, which had been delayed since first being proposed in 1972. Twenty new trees were also planted as part of the project.
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in the heart of Roslyn's downtown; CR D71 and CR7A overlap between these two intersections. It then veers back to the east to get to the east side of
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Old Northern Boulevard begins as CR D71 at a junction with Northern Boulevard (NY 25A), Middle Neck Road, and The Locusts at the border between the
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Western terminus; no access to eastbound NY 25A from Old Northern Boulevard, or access to Old Northern Boulevard from westbound NY 25A.
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spanning Hempstead Harbor; the bridge would come to be known as the Roslyn Viaduct – and later, the William Cullen Bryant Viaduct.
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Nassau County Department of Public Works (1959). "Master Plan for Nassau County". Nassau County Department of Public Works.
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Northern terminus of CR 7A and southern terminus of CR 15; eastern terminus of the western segment of CR D71
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of Flower Hill and Roslyn Estates. It proceeds east along the border, eventually reaching
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Eastern terminus of CR D71; becomes part of CR C65 and adopts the latter's mileage scheme
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Formerly part of NY 25A, the road is today owned by Nassau County and maintained by the
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Old Northern Boulevard in the heart of Roslyn, as seen from Main Street (CR 7A).
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Piatt, Gregory A. (August 10, 1988). "A Concrete Fact: Brick is Better".
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and the Roslyn Creek, crossing the Mill Dam and passing through the
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Western terminus of eastern segment of CR D71; mileage reverts to 0
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Access to/from westbound NY 25A, via Bryant Avenue and Wittes Lane
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1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Eastern terminus; access only to/from eastbound NY 25A
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Old Northern Boulevard assumes CR 7A's mileage scheme
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Old Northern Boulevard was historically part of the
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Index

County Route D71 (Nassau County, New York)
NCDPW
NY 25A
Flower Hill
Roslyn Estates
Mineola Avenue (CR E64)
West Shore Road (CR 15)
Main Street (CR 7A)
East Broadway (CR C65)
Bryant Avenue (CR C26)
NY 25A
Roslyn
United States
New York
Nassau
County routes in New York
County Routes in Nassau County
Nassau County
Long Island
Northern Boulevard (NY 25A)
Middle Neck Road
Flower Hill
Roslyn Estates
Roslyn
Nassau County Department of Public Works
Incorporated Villages
Mineola Avenue (CR E64)
West Shore Road (CR 15)
Main Street (CR 7A)
Ellen E. Ward Memorial Clock Tower

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