Gauging interest for a Long Island Road Meet

[dgolub]

As I mentioned on another thread at one point, I'm considering hosting my first meet later this year on Long Island.  This one would focus on Nassau County, both because it's where I grew up and because it would be easier to get to for people coming from our of the area.  Don't worry, though.  Even if we won't quite be going all the way out to the Montauk Point Lighthouse, there's still plenty of cool stuff to see.  My thought is to hold it at some point in October so that we can get into the parking fields at Jones Beach for free.  Highlights would include the following:

* Sea Cliff switchback
* Roslyn Viaduct reconstruction
* Throgs Neck Bridge (I-295)
* Nassau Expressway (NY 878) and Atlantic Beach Bridge
* Jones Beach
* Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway (NY 135) stub endings
* Bethpage Parkway super-2
* Pond traffic circle on Post Road (CR 4) in Old Westbury

Let me know if you might be interested in attending.

[vdeane]

I'm interested, especially as it would give me an excuse to do a roadtrip to Montauk Point after the meet, clinch NY's interstates, and finally visit Region 10.

[Alps]

Early October, I would probably end up there, though most of the items are already in my pocket. Maybe I have a couple other ideas I could throw out.

[Duke87]

* Throgs Neck Bridge (I-295)

This time hopefully via a ramp that actually exists.


Kidding aside, all this stuff is basically in my backyard so I can mosey on over pretty effortlessly if I'm around that weekend.

[froggie]

Difficult from here, but not impossible...depends on timing and finances.

[Dougtone]

Definitely a possibility here. I'm also interested in piggybacking some Suffolk County items of note and making this a multi day meet.

[dgolub]

* Throgs Neck Bridge (I-295)

This time hopefully via a ramp that actually exists.


Kidding aside, all this stuff is basically in my backyard so I can mosey on over pretty effortlessly if I'm around that weekend.

Just to clarify, my intent was to do a stop by/under the bridge off Bell Boulevard in Bayside but not to actually cross it.  That way, the meet will involve only one toll, the one for the Atlantic Beach Bridge.

[dgolub]

I'm interested, especially as it would give me an excuse to do a roadtrip to Montauk Point after the meet, clinch NY's interstates, and finally visit Region 10.

If there's interest, we could tack on a second day and use it to go out to Montauk.  We could clinch NY 27, or at least the Nassau/Suffolk part of it.

[vdeane]

Would this actually include a clinch of one or both segments of NY 878?  I got the western one after the Baltimore meet but am still missing the eastern one; I was thinking of incorporating it into my route to/from the meet if it's not included.

Definitely a possibility here. I'm also interested in piggybacking some Suffolk County items of note and making this a multi day meet.

That would be fun.  I could envision a gradual progression eastward on the island for my travels before heading home.

I'm interested, especially as it would give me an excuse to do a roadtrip to Montauk Point after the meet, clinch NY's interstates, and finally visit Region 10.

If there's interest, we could tack on a second day and use it to go out to Montauk.  We could clinch NY 27, or at least the Nassau/Suffolk part of it.

An interesting idea.  My plan was to clinch I-495, take NY 25 to its end, then NY 114 to NY 27, head its end, then head back down NY 27 at least as far as NY 24.  That could easily be added as part of an "after meet" day, even with Doug's meet, at least if we used Columbus Day weekend (though the traffic would probably be heavier that weekend).

[dgolub]

Would this actually include a clinch of one or both segments of NY 878?  I got the western one after the Baltimore meet but am still missing the eastern one; I was thinking of incorporating it into my route to/from the meet if it's not included.

My plan was to include the Nassau segment of NY 878.  It might be one block short of a clinch, since I was thinking of approaching it via Bay Boulevard (Nassau CR 2A), but we could always loop around to get the whole thing.  There are some cool signs approaching it from Rockaway Turnpike (Nassau CR 257), so it might be worth the two-minute detour.

[cpzilliacus]

I would be interested, as long as it does not compete with a meeting I will be attending in Austin, Texas (I think Austin is in November).

[brianreynolds]

As already said by others, I am interested.  Timing and finances will be determining factors.