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County Route 63 (Suffolk County, New York)
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Suffolk County Route 63 is a two-lane county highway that leads south from downtown Riverhead, connecting to CR 51 as it makes it way southwest toward Long Island's South Shore. The road is actually a former portion of CR 51, and the designation was given to this section when CR 51 was shifted to the newly-built Center Drive South.
and provides access to streets leading to homes along the north and east side of the lake.
The road ends only about a mile and a half from where it started at a traffic circle, which forms the gateway into downtown Riverhead. Here, it links with County Routes 104
and 94
, and NYS Route 24
, and indirectly to NYS Route 25
via Peconic Avenue.
Route description
Though it is only a two-lane road, County Route 63 has a posted 55 mi/h speed limit for a majority of its length. The road heads northeast, roughly continuing the track CR 51 while that road curves north onto Center Drive South. It passes the shores of Wildwood LakeWildwood Lake (New York)
Wildwood Lake is a natural lake located in Suffolk County on Long Island in Northampton near Riverhead, New York, USA. The lake was formed by glaciers during the last Ice age...
and provides access to streets leading to homes along the north and east side of the lake.
The road ends only about a mile and a half from where it started at a traffic circle, which forms the gateway into downtown Riverhead. Here, it links with County Routes 104
County Route 104 (Suffolk County, New York)
County Route 104 is a county road in Suffolk County, New York. It runs north from County Route 80 in Quogue to NY 24, County Route 63 and County Route 94 just outside Riverhead...
and 94
County Route 94 (Suffolk County, New York)
Suffolk County Road 94 is a county-maintained segment of New York State Route 24 between Calverton, and Riverhead, New York. It runs from the Long Island Expressway at exit 71 and the traffic circle at Suffolk County Road 104...
, and NYS Route 24
New York State Route 24
New York State Route 24 is an east–west state highway on Long Island in New York in the United States. The route is split into two segments, with the longest and westernmost of the two extending from Interstate 295 and NY 25 in the Queens Village section of the New York City...
, and indirectly to NYS Route 25
New York State Route 25
New York State Route 25 is an east–west state highway in downstate New York in the United States. The route extends for just over from east midtown Manhattan in New York City to the Cross Sound Ferry terminal at Orient Point on the end of Long Island's North Fork...
via Peconic Avenue.