What I remember most of Suffolk County in Long Island is when I use to travel around the upper number exits and how less of demand the areas was. It was quite open and had this beautiful rural feel towards it. There was less traffic, less congestion, less activity just about all around. But that led to less demand on maintaining I-495 and local roads. I recall when you hit around the 60s-70s exit ramps that the landscaping and interstate pavement weren't managed properly for years. One time, the pavement was so damaged, that my suspension and rack & pinion had to be replaced on my car. Looks like the landscaping improved, but the pavement could be serviced better. But I can say it was better then it was decades ago
I'm in between the 50s and 70s, and the roads are dog shit. The way I see it is, the closer you get to New York City, the better this interstate gets at the cost of more idiot drivers.
That’s the general trend as you move away from the city. Very congested and crowded through Queens, starts to space out and speed up as you go through Nassau, and really opens up the further you go into Suffolk. That’s just the stark difference in population density. It’s a very interesting roadway for that reason.
I own a Home in Shirley and travel these roads often except in the winter time then I go too my home in Sacramento the summers are better on Long Island. Be well everyone and stay safe
This video brings back a lot of great memories from where I grew up in Suffolk, now in Florida. I've done this drive many times mostly from exit 62 into the city. thank you for this.
The number of times I've been out to Riverhead and all the way back to the Midtown tunnel I could drive this road with my eyes closed. Thanks for posting this up! Goes from Pine barrens to slicing across some of the densest parts of Queens.
Nice 6 lane highway in far western Suffolk County LI and hardly a vehicle in site in either direction but then the buildup as you go east. I love the drive coming in from the west as the Big Apple does look VERY BIG! GREAT VIDEO!!!
This was great , grew up in Brentwood, worked in riverhead McDonald's on middle country rd so traveled this a lot we are now in Tn since '84, loved seeing all the exits ....😊
Interstate 495 was planned to be extended to southeastern Connecticut to meet Interstate 95 but only one section of it was built and it is now part of state route 349.
Thanks, Mike! A video extremely useful for reference / historical purposes, and also for anyone who has NOT driven the road, and wants to see certain points in preparation for a drive. I use GPS minimially, if at all, and rather go by signage. Seeing this first gives a sense of de je vu, and always someone who hasn't been there before to recognize the exits. I must say, I've been to Long Island twice driving, and both times needed someone in the passenger seat to navigate through the City. I am dumbfounded how light and serene this traffic is! Sunday morning at 5:30 AM????
From Selden too, grandfather had a summer bungalow built around '47 or so & brought my dad & family out from Queens for the summers, most definitely farmland, then they moved permanently around '54...my dad & mom bought the house from the grandparents around '62 and my brother & I grew up in it...off Middle Country near the beer distributor & the original King Kullen shopping center. Wild.
Because I-495 was supposed to go thru Midtown Manhattan as an Expressway and connect with the Lincoln Tunnel and head towards the Meadowlands, but local opposition from the NIMBYs ruined it.
You get used to odd things about Long Island - like "It's not an island, it's a peninsula". Legally, it is - it extends the territorial waters 200 miles east of Montauk Point rather that taking up 120 of them with the length of the island. I want to tell all these people to try and walk across the East River.
@@ryanearles2024 you realise Robert Moses would have destroyed blocks and blocks of some of the most expensive real estate in the world for what some reports say would have been a 10 lane expressway 10 storeys in the air.
Originally the Long Island Expressway was supposed to go all the way to New London/Groton CT or Westerly RI. That's why it's 6 lanes at its beginning and not 4 or even 2.
Now we're talking. I've never done the LIE beginning to end because I live in Western Suffolk, but have gone all the way to the East End and taken it all the way to the city before. If coming from the east, I always use exit 53 and take either Sagtikos Parkway or Commack Road home. If coming from the west, I used to use exit 51 for Deer Park Avenue but now continue on to Sagtikos or Commack Road because I recently moved.
As a Brooklyn native most of my life I use to drive way out to Coram on 495 to see a girl I was dating I use to hare that 45 min drive from Brooklyn I'm new to channel would like to see a drive on the South shore southern state parkway
@@DaKidMel33you do know that Brooklyn is a part of long island right..people get mad when i.mention that but it's a fact..but long island is only a land mass not a jurisdiction
@@kevinbrown6072 being that you can get from Brooklyn to the island without crossing any bridges or water or even getting on a highway or as we call in in north parkway,yes i agree with that statement I've been hearing people say that for years all Brooklyn queens and long island is connected. But when I worked in l think Bellmore I use to tell people I. From Brooklyn and they would look at me like I was from another planet🤣🤣🤣🤣 different breed of people on the island
@@DaKidMel33 not taking away the fact that Brooklyn and Queens are part of NYC but it makes me laugh that when I mention that they are also a part of long island I get all kind of negative messages..I guess when they think of long island they think rural.suburban
You should take "495" across Manhattan to connect I-495 and the Queens-Midtown Tunner to NJ-495 and the Lincoln Tunnel, and out to I-95 and NJ-3 in NJ.
I've only seen the first 10 minutes or so up to now, and the scenery reminds me of rural motorways in the UK; none of those annoying gaudy signs everywhere. I also noticed the low speed limit - and that you were going quite a bit faster, assuming the video is in real time!
@@JimAllen-Persona I don't "do" kph!! Based on the time from when Mike passed a 1&1/2 miles to an exit sign to when he reached the exit, I calculated it was about 70 he was doing.
🙌🏼🙌🏼💟 Tried watchijg this freeway on Roadwaywiz channel long time ago but gave up lol Since their videos be jumping around in directions video to video lol
That was definitely a slick spot for him to hide. I'm guessing they don't pull anyone unless it's like 30 MPH over the speed limit since almost everyone was going faster than it.
@@MileageMikeTravels Throughout most of Nassau and Suffolk, drivers usually average about 70 in the left lane in a 55 zone. Unless you're going egregiously fast and zipping through traffic at around 80, most cops usually don't pull you over if you're staying with the flow of traffic and in a group of cars.
@@MileageMikeTravels Oh yes. I used to commute from Exit 66 to 55 to work daily . took 45min-1hr in rush hour. Forget summer friday nights headed east to the hamptons... good 90 minutes.
I love your videos but, many areas of the USA have very old, neglected, outdated and decaying infrastructure. The roadways look and feel like a concrete washboard.....lots of trash all over the sides of the highways in USA...run down looking infrastructure....rusted overpass bridges...looks THIRD WORLD....even the billboards are old looking and rusted. USA seriously needs to upgrade and rebuild its outdated and crumbling infrastructure. Even Russia and China have more modern and nicer infrastructure than the USA.
OH MY GOD, the Long Island Expressway has changed a lot, new lights, expanded lanes and most important, electronic tolls on the Queens, Midtown tunnel, the very last time my mother {now deceased} went to that expressway was in May 1984, this is a super magnificent traveling westbound on the Long Island Expressway video!!
