Route Description
The Bethpage State Parkway begins at interchange 31, a trumpet interchange, of the Southern State Parkway in the hamlet of North Massapequa in the town of Oyster Bay. This interchange also doubles southbound as exit B1. Already within the Massapequa Preserve, the Bethpage State proceeds northward through North Massapequa as a two-lane parkway. Across the trees, the parkway parallels the residence, paralleling West Drive into exit B2, where the parkway becomes four-lanes for less than 500 feet (150 m). A bicycle path also parallels to the east, crossing the ramps to exit B2, which serves Boundary Avenue. Exit B2 is only northbound, and after the interchange, the Bethpage State crosses under Boundary Avenue alongside the bicycle path.
After passing under Boundary Avenue, the Bethpage State bends to the northwest, paralleling Langdon Road in the hamlet of South Farmingdale. The parkway returns to two-lanes and bends northward once again into a partial cloverleaf interchange in the Farmingdale section of Oyster Bay. This interchange is exit B3, which serves NY 24 (the Hempstead Turnpike). Southbound, the connection is direct. However, northbound, the connection is via Beach Street. Continuing northward from the interchange, the Bethpage State crosses under Long Island Rail Road tracks and entering Bethpage. Just after the tracks, the Bethpage State enters interchange B4, which is for Central Avenue, a connector to downtown Bethpage. North of exit B4, the parkway and the bicycle path bend to the northeast, entering Bethpage State Park, where the parkway terminates at a traffic circle with Plainview Road and a local park road. Plainview Road connects to the Seaford–Oyster Bay Expressway (NY 135) and the Bethpage State Golf Course.
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