Click Here Southern State Parkway

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WESTBOUND: start at the bottom of the page

CURRENT SOUTHERN STATE PARKWAY CONDITIONS:

BOROUGH OF QUEENS

Cross Island Parkway
(PASSENGER CARS ONLY)

NORTH ONLY - Throgs Neck Bridge, Bronx-Whitestone Bridge, LaGuardia Airport

Belmont Park, Alley Pond Park

(WESTBOUND JUNCTION ONLY --  KEEP RIGHT FOR CROSS ISLAND PKWY)

Belt Parkway
(PASSENGER CARS ONLY)

WEST ONLY - Kennedy Airport, Verrazano-Narrows Bridge

Aqueduct Racetrack, Gateway National Recreation Area

(WESTBOUND JUNCTION ONLY --  KEEP LEFT FOR BELT PKWY)

NASSAU COUNTY

Central Avenue -- Linden Boulevard
(CR 20)

SOUTH - Central Avenue, Valley Stream
NORTH - Linden Boulevard, Elmont

(EXIT 13 -- SEPARATE EXITS EASTBOUND, SINGLE EXIT WESTBOUND)

WINDING ROAD -- SLOW DOWN TO 50 MPH

Valley Stream Parking Area

PHONE (on shoulders)
(Seasonal tourist information on eastbound lanes,
state police on westbound lanes.)

Fletcher Avenue

Valley Stream

(EXIT 14 -- EASTBOUND EXIT ONLY)

Valley Stream State Park

(EXIT 15A -- EASTBOUND EXIT ONLY)

Corona Avenue (CR 22)

SOUTH - Valley Stream
NORTH - Franklin Square
(via EASTBOUND EXIT ONLY)

Franklin General Hospital use EXIT 15S

(There is no EXIT 15N westbound.)

Franklin Avenue (CR 5)

NORTH ONLY - Franklin Square

(EXIT 16 -- WESTBOUND EXIT ONLY)

Hempstead Avenue (CR 3)

SOUTH - Malverne
NORTH - Hempstead

Adelphi University use EXIT 17N

HILL -- LIMITED SIGHT DISTANCE
SLOW DOWN TO 50 MPH

LANE ENDS EASTBOUND AT EXIT 18
(ADDITIONAL LANE WESTBOUND AT EXIT 17)

Eagle Avenue

West Hempstead

Hempstead Lake State Park

Peninsula Boulevard (CR 2)

SOUTH - Rockville Centre
NORTH - Hempstead

Mercy Hospital use EXIT 19S

Grand Avenue (CR 55)

SOUTH - Baldwin
NORTH - Hempstead

Molloy College, South Nassau Communities Hospital use EXIT 20S

WINDING ROAD -- SLOW DOWN TO 50 MPH

Nassau Road (CR 7)

SOUTH - Roosevelt, Freeport
NORTH - Hempstead

Meadowbrook State Parkway
(PASSENGER CARS ONLY)

SOUTH - Freeport, Jones Beach
NORTH - Mineola, TO Northern State Parkway

Mitchel Field, Hofstra University, Nassau County Community College use EXIT 22N

Eisenhower Park, Cradle of Aviation Museum use EXIT 22N

DANGEROUS MERGE AND EXITING AREA

Meadowbrook Road

North Merrick

Merrick Avenue (CR 4)

SOUTH - Merrick
NORTH - Westbury

Newbridge Road (NY 106)

SOUTH - Bellmore
NORTH - East Meadow, Hicksville

Nassau University Medical Center use EXIT 25N

Bellmore Road

North Bellmore

(EXIT 26 -- EASTBOUND EXIT ONLY)

Wantagh State Parkway
(PASSENGER CARS ONLY)

SOUTH - Wantagh, Jones Beach
NORTH - Westbury, TO Northern State Parkway

DANGEROUS MERGE AND EXITING AREA

Wantagh Avenue (CR 189)

SOUTH - Wantagh
NORTH - Levittown

Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway (NY 135)

SOUTH - Seaford
NORTH - Syosset

Massapequa-Hicksville Road (NY 107)

SOUTH - Massapequa
NORTH - Hicksville

(EXIT 29 -- SINGLE EXIT EASTBOUND, SEPARATE EXITS WESTBOUND)

Broadway (CR 149)

SOUTH - Massapequa
NORTH - Farmingdale

Bethpage State Parkway
(PASSENGER CARS ONLY)

NORTH ONLY - Bethpage State Park
TO Linden Street - Massapequa Park
(via EASTBOUND EXIT ONLY)

SUFFOLK COUNTY

Broadway (NY 110)

SOUTH - Amityville
NORTH - Huntington
TO CR 1 (County Line Road) use EXIT 32S

Brunswick Hospital Center use EXIT 32S
Republic Airport, SUNY-Farmingdale use EXIT 32N

Babylon-Farmingdale Road (NY 109)

EAST ONLY - Babylon
(via EASTBOUND EXIT ONLY)
WEST ONLY - Farmingdale (via WESTBOUND EXIT ONLY)

New Highway (CR 28)

Farmingdale, Copiague

(EXIT 34 -- WESTBOUND EXIT ONLY)

Wellwood Avenue (CR 3)

Melville, Lindenhurst

Pinelawn Cemeteries

Straight Path (CR 2)

SOUTH - Lindenhurst
NORTH - Wyandanch

Belmont Avenue (CR 107)

SOUTH - West Babylon
NORTH - North Babylon

Long Island State Park Headquarters use EXIT 37N

Belmont Lake State Park

Deer Park Avenue (NY 231)

SOUTH - Babylon, West Islip
NORTH - Deer Park, Northport
TO Babylon-Northport Expressway (NY 231) and Deer Park Avenue (CR 34) use EXIT 39S

Robert Moses Causeway
(PASSENGER CARS ONLY)

SOUTH ONLY - West Islip, Robert Moses State Park
TO Ocean Parkway -- Captree State Park, Gilgo State Park, Jones Beach State Park

Good Samaritan Hospital

Sagtikos Manor, Fire Island National Seashore

Bay Shore Road (CR 57)

SOUTH - Bay Shore
NORTH - Deer Park

DANGEROUS MERGE AND EXITING AREA

WESTBOUND ONLY -- THROUGH TRAFFIC PASS LEFT OR RIGHT OF BRIDGE ABUTMENTS

(WESTBOUND EXITS 41N-41S-40 KEEP RIGHT)

Sagtikos State Parkway
(PASSENGER CARS ONLY)

NORTH ONLY - Kings Park, Sunken Meadow State Park

Suffolk County Community College-Brentwood

(EXIT 41A -- LEFT EXIT EASTBOUND, RIGHT EXIT WESTBOUND)

The Southern State Parkway officially ends, and the Heckscher State Parkway officially begins at EXIT 41A.

The Southern State Parkway numbering scheme continues east on the Heckscher State Parkway.

Sign images are from the Manual of Traffic Signs by Richard C. Moeur. Additional sign images by C.C. Slater. Route shields by Ralph Herman and Jim Poserina.

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