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The Long Island Expressway (I-495) is the interstate hightway that runs east-west across Long Island. Spanning 70.8 miles, the expressway starts at the Queens Midtown Tunnel and ends at County Road 58 in Riverhead.
The Long Island Expressway (I-495) is the interstate hightway that runs east-west across Long Island. Spanning 70.8 miles, the expressway starts at the Queens Midtown Tunnel and ends at County Road 58 in Riverhead.
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Manorville Brush Fire Prompts Evacuations
pix11.com | @JuliaTheWriterA brush fire broke out in Manorville causing at least 25 homes and a daycare in the town of Brookhaven to evacuate. Smoke from Long Island could be seen from miles away, and around 1:40 p.m. 30 fire departments in Suffolk and Nassau Counties have...Tags: Cook County, Chicago, India, Fires, New York City
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Sheriff's Deputy Patrol Car Accidentally Mows Down Teen On LIE
A tragic accident on the Long Island Expressway has left a teen dead after he was mowed down by a Suffolk County sheriff's deputy.
According to officials, the incident happened Wednesday at about 6 p.m. in a westbound HOV lane of the LIE in Ronkonkoma....Tags: Suffolk County (New York), Ronkonkoma
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Assault And Possible Abduction At LIRR Station [VIDEO]
pix11.com | @wpixPolice are looking for a man caught by surveillance cameras brutally assaulting and possibly abducting a woman outside the LIRR Ronkonkoma station Sunday morning. The incident occurred just after 7:40 a.m. when the woman got off the train. The man can be...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Long Island Rail Road, Ronkonkoma, Kidnapping
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Bandits Armed With Machine Guns Rip Off Jewelry Store In Americana Mall
pix11.comGun-toting thieves robbed a Long Island jewelry store in broad daylight, this afternoon. Police say four men entered the London Jewelers at the Americana Mall, a.k.a. "Miracle Mile," just before 2pm. Police say one car drove up, let three men out, and...Tags: Theft, Long Island
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Wrong-Way Crash On L.I.E. Service Road Kills, 1, Injures 2
pix11.comPolice are looking for the man they say caused a deadly, wrong-way crash on the Long Island Expressway service road early Saturday. The accident occured around 6:45 a.m. Saturday near Exit 19, the off-ramp for Woodhaven and Queens boulevards....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Elmhurst (Queens, New York), Chrysler Group LLC, Woodhaven
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City Left Billboards As Unintentional Graffiti Canvasses: Councilman
pix11.comIf you have driven on the Long Island Expressway lately, you may have noticed a lot of empty billboards. It's not a reflection of a bad economy, says Councilmember Peter Vallone Jr., it's a reflection of a bad choice by the City. "The City passed a...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Transportation, Long Island City, Long Island, Travel
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Daughter Brings DWI Message To Fatal Accident Scene
pix11.comCourtney Rey Ahlsen of Greenlawn, Long Island drove her pick-up truck to the eastbound service road of the Long Island Expressway in Flushing, Queens Monday. She parked near 150th Street and carried a homemade poster to the fence. It read, "In Memory of...Tags: Punishment, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Motorvehicle Accidents, Crime, Law and Justice, Transportation
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Hundreds of Police Officers Unite and Ride In Honor Of Fallen Cops
PIX11.comWhen it comes to unity, there may be no more shining example than the men and women we trust to protect us every day. In funeral after funeral this year alone, they came out in numbers to honor their fallen brothers and sisters. And today, up to 700...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Massapequa Park, National Government, Murder, Washington, DC
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Thousands Mourn Fallen Nassau Police Officer
pix11.comAt the church where he was married, Nassau County Police Department Officer Michael Califano will be buried Thursday, six days after losing his life when a truck slammed into the police cruiser in which he was sitting. Highway Officer Califano was 44-...Tags: Nassau County Police, Nassau County, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Roman Catholicism
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Sleeping Driver Kills Cop on LIE
Staff reporterA police officer sitting in his cruiser with lights flashing during a traffic stop on the Long Island Expressway died Saturday after being hit by a flatbed truck. Nassau County Officer Michael Califano had pulled a vehicle over near exit 39 in Old...Tags: Health, Injuries and Wounds, Nassau County, Transportation, Crime, Law and Justice
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LIE Drag Race Ends With Gas Station Explosion
An early morning drag race, where speeds reportedly reached 145 miles per hour, left one driver injured and a gas station up in flames, police said.
"These 2 cars are flying in the left and center lane and he said it actually rocked the car as they went...Tags: Downstream Oil and Gas Activities, Health, Injuries and Wounds, Suffolk County (New York), Crime, Law and Justice
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Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Motorcyclist While Speeding Down LIE
wpix.comA motorcyclist is dead Monday after he was struck from behind on a highway by a speeding driver, who fled the scene but was caught a short time later by cops. Police say the the motorocyclist was travelling eastbound on the Horace Harding Expressway at...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Transportation, Crimes, Travel, Road Transportation
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