Sagtikos State Parkway

Sagtikos State Parkway
Route information
Length:	5.14 mi[1] (8.27 km)
History:	Constructed 1949–1952
Major junctions
South end:	Heckscher Parkway / Southern State Parkway in West Islip/Bay Shore
	I-495 in Hauppauge
North end:	Northern Parkway / Sunken Meadow Parkway in Smithtown
Location
Counties:	Suffolk
Highway system
Numbered highways in New York Interstate • U.S. • N.Y. (former) • Reference • County

The Sagtikos State Parkway (also known as The Sagtikos or The Sag) is a 5.14-mile (8.27 km) long north–south limited-access parkway in Suffolk County on Long Island in New York. The southern terminus of the route is at the Heckscher State Parkway and the Southern State Parkway in West Islip. The northern terminus is at the Northern State Parkway, where the parkway continues northward as the Sunken Meadow State Parkway. The parkway comprises the southern half of New York State Route 908K, an unsigned reference route, with the Sunken Meadow State Parkway forming the northern portion. Commercial vehicles are restricted from using the freeway-standard highway, a restriction in place on most parkways in New York State.

As with many parkways in the Tri-State area, the Sagtikos is substandard, having no shoulders, tightly curved ramps, and a lack of adequate acceleration/deceleration lanes. In common keeping with the majority of roads and towns on Long Island, the Sagtikos is named for a Native American tribe that had a strong presence in the area during the colonial era. It is often mispronounced as "Sagitos", "Saktikos", "Sagitikos", and "Sakitos" by young and inexperienced drivers, or individuals not local to Long Island.

The parkway cost $8 million to construct and opened on September 29, 1952, closing the highway loop on Long Island.^[2][3]

History

Sagtikos State Parkway was originally part of a private road leading to Sagtikos Manor in West Bay Shore, New York.^[4]

The interchange with Northern State Parkway and Sunken Meadow State Parkway was built where a widened and curved median used to be. A Parkway service area was in the median at the terminus of Sagtikos State Parkway and the former terminus of Northern State Parkway.

Exit S1 northbound was originally Suffolk CR 67 (the Long Island Motor Parkway) until it was replaced by Interstate 495 (the Long Island Expressway). It had a northbound off-ramp, a northbound on-ramp and a southbound on-ramp located next to the underpass. Only the northbound on-ramp remains active.

Exit list

The entire route is in Suffolk County.

Location	Mile[1]	Exit	Destinations	Notes
West Islip	0.00	S4 W	Southern State Parkway west	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	0.00	S4 E	Southern State Parkway / Heckscher Parkway east
Brentwood	2.00	S3	Pine Aire Drive
Hauppauge		S2	CR 13 (Crooked Hill Road)	Northbound exit via G Street; southbound exit via access roads of the Pilgrim State Psychiatric Center.
	4.00	S1 E-W	I-495 (Long Island Expressway)
	5.14	SM1 E-W	Northern Parkway
			Sunken Meadow Parkway	Continuation beyond Northern Parkway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

New York Roads portal

1. ^ ^{a b} "2007 Traffic Data Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. July 25, 2008. https://www.nysdot.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/NYSDOT_Traffic_Data_Report_2007.pdf. Retrieved July 17, 2009. 
2. ^ "Two Main Long Island Parkways to Be Linked at East Ends Today". The New York Times: p. 25. September 29, 1952. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20A1EF73A58107A93CBAB1782D85F468585F9. Retrieved April 24, 2010. 
3. ^ Anderson, Steve. "Sagtikos State Parkway". NYCRoads. http://www.nycroads.com/roads/sagtikos/. Retrieved April 24, 2010. 
4. ^ Hagstrom's Road Atlast of Western Suffolk County (1941)

External links

• Sagtikos Parkway Article from NYCROADS Web Site
• Pilgrim State Psychiatric Center Map (showing Exit S2) (Long Island Oddities Website)
• Interchange of the Week; Monday, March 19, 2001 (Empire State Roads)
• Sagtikos Parkway (Greater New York Roads)