History
Harbor Road was improved to state highway standards as part of a project contracted out by the state of New York on September 4, 1919. A total of 5.86 miles (9.43 km) of highway were rebuilt as part of the $205,500 project (equivalent to $2.65 million in 2013), including the westernmost 4.5 miles (7.2 km) of modern NY 25A in Suffolk County. The roads reconstructed as part of the project were added to the state highway system on January 11, 1921, as unsigned State Highway 1525 (SH 1525). The east–west portion of SH 1525 was designated as part of NY 25 in the mid-1920s; however, the north–south leg did not receive a posted route number until c. 1932, when it became NY 108. The alignment of NY 108 has not been altered since.
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