New York Roads - Suffolk CR 111
Captain Daniel Roe Hwy.
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Saving the best for last, I start in the north. CR 111 NB ends at I-495 and the two lanes merge into one. This is a 1960's design that was obsolete by the 1980's.
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Parts bin materials at the bottom of the SB offramp (there is no NB offramp). Only the South and accompanying arrow look close to matching.
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This may look like a gigantic drinking chicken, but it's in fact Linda Scott's Stargazer. The intent is that a deer looking to the sky represents the gateway to the Hamptons, at least if you're coming from I-495 instead of the southern route via NY 27. Okay, now that I know it's a deer, I can sort of see it, but why is he eating a giant tulip?
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CR 111 comes to an ignominious end at a signalized stub. I suppose in the summer there's enough traffic to warrant that signal, but it's just stupid in the off-season. The highway was supposed to continue south to CR 80, Montauk Highway and original NY 27. Most traffic isn't going down there anyway, though, so maybe a two-laner would suffice. The shifting load sign is decidedly non-standard.
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The SB and NB sides of the little loop behind the barricades. I don't see what's so harmful that this needs to be shut off - were people flying down the highway, not paying attention, and crashing into the forest?
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Views of the stub from the NY 27 EB offramp. In the second photo, you can finally see that there's light pavement, not dirt.
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Heading north again. In the background, NY 27 WB traffic comes in and heads toward I-495 on Sundays.
Onto NY 25
Onto NY 24
Onto CR 104
Into Suffolk County
CR 111 on Steve Anderson's nycroads.com
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