County Route C71 (Nassau County, New York)
County Route C71 is a major, county highway located in Nassau County, New York, United States.
Owned by Nassau County and maintained by the Nassau County Department of Public Works, CR C71 runs south–north between North Valley Stream and Elmont, consisting of Elmont Road and Elmont Avenue.
Route description
CR C71 begins at the Queens–Nassau County Line in North Valley Stream, as a northern continuation of Brookville and Hook Creek Boulevards. It then runs northeast, soon intersecting Stuart Avenue before crossing over the Southern State Parkway and intersecting Linden Boulevard. It then continues north and intersects Dutch Broadway, entering Elmont.North of Dutch Broadway, Elmont Road continues north–northeast. It soon intersects Hempstead Turnpike ; the street name changes to Elmont Avenue at the north side of the intersection. Elmont Avenue then continues north to Plainfield Avenue. At Plainfield Avenue, the CR C71 designation ends and becomes part of CR D90.
The entirety of CR C71 is classified as a minor arterial road by the New York State Department of Transportation.
History
Beginning in 1959, when the Nassau County Department of Public Works created a numbered highway system as part of their "Master Plan" for the county highway system, what is now CR C71 was originally designated as part of County Route 99, with Plainfield Avenue. This route, along with all of the other county routes in Nassau County, became unsigned in the 1970s, when Nassau County officials opted to remove the signs as opposed to allocating the funds for replacing them with new ones that met the latest federal design standards and requirements stated in the federal government's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.Subsequently, Nassau County renumbered many of its county roads, with CR 99 being split in two: Elmont Road would become CR C71, while Plainfield Avenue would become CR D90.