County Route 36 (Suffolk County, New York) - County Route 45

County Route 45

County Route 45 is primarily known as Old Stone Highway (Springs–Amagansett Road) and Springs Fireplace Road.

Route description

CR 45 begins at NY 27 as Abrahms Landing Road, where it instantly crosses the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road at Amagansett Station, and immediately makes a left-turn onto Old Stone Highway (Springs–Amagansett Road), at the South Fork Country Club. The road slants to the north as it approaches the intersection of Town Road and then to the northeast. From here, the road continues into Springs, at a former hamplet known as Barnes Hole, where it encounters Red Dirt Road, Barnes Hole Road, and the south end of Neck Path. The road continues to move northeast but suddenly curves northwest in order to avoid Accabonac Cliff, which is accessible from a side road called Louise Point Road. CR 45 intersects at Neck Path again east of the former hamlet of Kingstown, but this time it merges with the road and then immediately turns onto Accabonac Road. Curving back to the northwest, CR 45 passes by Springs General Store, then over a creek leading to Pussys Pond, and instantly intersects a fork in the road at Parsons Place, which leads to the historic Charles Parsons Blacksmith Building as well ans the NRHP-listed Ambrose Parsons House. In between both roads are the Springs Cannon, Ashawagh Hall, and for CR 45, the Springs Community Presbyterian Church on the opposite side. In front of the church Springs–Amagansett Road/Old Stone Highway curves to the right, until it reaches a wye at Springs–Fireplace Road, thus serving as the terminus of CR 41.

This segment of Springs–Fireplace Road is where one can find the NRHP-listed Pollock-Krasner House and Studio. The rest of the road runs along the northwest shore of Accabonac Harbor, along preseved land such as the Meadow Lake and Kaplan Meadows Sanctuaries. CR 45 makes a sharp left turn onto Hog Creek Road, and heads north again, while Springs–Fireplace Road continues towards Fireplace in Gardiners' Bay, as well as a former hamlet called Gerard Park. Along Hog Creek Road, CR 45 skirts the border of Springs and Fireplace, until the intersection of Kings Point Road where it makes a sharp left onto Three Mile Harbor Road and terminates at CR 40.

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