TRANSPORTATION / HIGHWAY TRAVEL

Complementing the Long Island Rail Road and MTA Bus, Long Island Expressway (Interstate 495) combines with the Northern State Parkway and Southern State Parkway to facilitate east-west travel on Long Island. An entire network of expressways and parkways ensure access to key points throughout the island and Queens Borough as well as other destinations in New York City. For more information about major arteries including bridges and tunnels, the following resources may be helpful:

New York State Department of Transportation
General Information
518-457-4422
www.dot.ny.gov

NYSDOT Regional Office 10
Nassau & Suffolk Counties
Hauppauge 631-952-6632
www.dot.ny.gov/divisions

NYSDOT Regional Office 11
New York City Counties
Long Island City 718-482-4526
www.dot.ny.gov/divisions

Winter Travel Advisory
www.dot.ny.gov/wta

Long Island Expressways
www.nycroads.com

Long Island Parkways
www.nycroads.com

New York City Expressways
www.nycroads.com

New York City Parkways
www.nycroads.com

MTA Bridges & Tunnels

Bronx Whitestone Bridge
http://web.mta.info/bandt/html/bronxw.html
Connects Queens and the Bronx

Brooklyn Battery Tunnel
http://web.mta.info/bandt/html/bbt.html
Connects Brooklyn and Manhattan

Henry Hudson Bridge
http://web.mta.info/bandt/html/henry.html
Connects northern Manhattan with the Bronx

Queens Midtown Tunnel
http://web.mta.info/bandt/html/qmt.html
Connects Queens and Manhattan

Robert F. Kennedy Bridge
http://web.mta.info/bandt/html/rfk.html
Flagship system connects Manhattan, Queens, and the Bronx