The Robert Moses Causeway is an controlled-access parkway in Suffolk County, New York on Long Island. It is named for the builder and urban planner Robert Moses. The parkway, originally known as the Captree Causeway, connects West Islip on Long Island to the barrier beach islands, such as Captree Island, Jones Beach Island, and the western tip of Fire Island, to the south. It is designated New York State Route 908J (NY 908J), an unsigned reference route.

Route description

thumb|left|220px|Water tower and Robert Moses Causeway roundabout at [[Robert Moses State Park (Long Island)|Robert Moses State Park]]

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thumb|left|220px|The Fire Island Inlet Bridge carrying the causeway over the Fire Island Inlet as seen from [[Captree State Park]]

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The Robert Moses Causeway begins inside Robert Moses State Park, located on the western tip of Fire Island. From here, the parkway heads north across the Fire Island Inlet on the Fire Island Inlet Bridge as a two-lane freeway. On the north side of the inlet, the parkway becomes enters Captree State Park and approaches a cloverleaf interchange with Ocean Parkway. The parkway becomes a five-lane freeway with three northbound lanes and two southbound lanes in the vicinity of the junction.

The parkway then traverses the State Boat Channel Bridge by way of a -long bascule bridge modeled after the Mill Basin Drawbridge in Mill Basin, Brooklyn. The north foot of the bridge contains an unnumbered interchange to a private road on Captree Island, where the rest of the road is surrounded by protected land. On the section that crosses over the Great South Bay, via the Great South Bay Bridge, the New York City skyline can be faintly seen on a clear day. Originally a toll bridge, the remnants of the former toll plaza for the Great South Bay Bridge can be found on the north side in West Islip. At the cloverleaf interchange with NY&nbsp;27A, the third northbound lane becomes the deceleration ramp, and from there the rest of the parkway is four lanes wide. Originally, one lane was for southbound traffic and the other for northbound traffic. In a bridge opening ceremony, the first car to drive over the bridge was a Suffolk County Sheriff's Office patrol vehicle. In 1967, a new span was built next to the original bridge, carrying three lanes of northbound traffic.

Exit list

References

  • Robert Moses Causeway Article from NYCROADS Web Site
  • Interchange of the Week; Monday, March 19, 2001 (Empire State Roads)
  • Captree State Park
  • Robert Moses State Park
  • Robert Moses Causeway (East Coast Roads)