Route 114 spans from East Hampton, through Sag Harbor and does continue on to Shelter Island, but to continue to through to Shelter Island or the north fork you must utilize the local ferries to and from Shelter Island. Long Island’s north and south forks do not have a continuous roadway connecting them. Jericho Turnpike (Route 25) is a local road that runs parallel to the 495 and also spans the island from the western Nassau County border all the way to the north fork terminating at the north-easternmost town Orient Point. Almost every major highway on Long Island has a local roadway running parallel to it. Sunrise Highway spans from the border of Nassau county and Queens county and runs all the way through to Montauk Point at the south-easternmost tip of Long Island. The Southern State Parkway spans a portion of Long Island’s southernmost shore from Hecksher State Parkway in East Islip to the western junction of the Belt Parkway and Cross Island Parkway which zigzags over the border between Queens County and Nassau County. The Northern State Parkway transitions from the Grand Central Parkway in the Lake Success area and continues eastward to Hauppauge where it runs into Route 347. or the 495) and runs along at roughly the center of the island from Exit 72 in Riverhead all the way west to the highway’s terminus at the Midtown Tunnel (also known as the Queens Midtown tunnel) which enters Manhattan’s East side between East 34th street and East 42nd street. There are a few major highways/roadways that span most of Long Island from East to West… the Long Island Expressway is the largest highway (known locally as the L.I.E.
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