Editing Interstate 91 (section)

=== Unbuilt Long Island extension ===
{{Interstate 91 Extension}}
Between the 1950s and 1970s, officials proposed extending I-91 across the [[Long Island Sound]] from its current terminus at the I-91/[[Interstate 95|I-95]] interchange in [[New Haven, Connecticut]], to [[Wading River, New York]], by means of a bridge over the Long Island Sound, as one of the many [[Long Island Sound link|Long Island Sound Link]] proposals.<ref name=":0" /> The extension would have continued southward from Wading River to the southern shore of [[Long Island]] by the existing [[County Route 46 (Suffolk County, New York)|County Route&nbsp;46]] (William Floyd Parkway) in central [[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk County]]—which would have been updated to [[Interstate Highway standards]]. It would also provide easier access to New York City via the [[Interstate 495 (New York)|Long Island Expressway]] (I-495), as well as to [[the Hamptons]] via [[New York State Route 27]] (Sunrise Highway). The various proposals for this never-built extension were ultimately dropped after a 1979 study of the concept.<ref>{{cite news |last = Stannard |first = Charles |date = May 14, 2002 |title = The Bridge That Never Was: Cable Flap Brings To Mind Sound-Crossing Controversy |work = [[Hartford Courant]] |url = https://www.courant.com/2002/05/14/the-bridge-that-never-was/ |access-date = September 18, 2015 |archive-date = September 23, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150923060937/http://articles.courant.com/2002-05-14/news/0205141460_1_long-island-sound-bridge-project-chesapeake-bay-bridge-tunnel |url-status = live }}</ref> Following this, officials proposed to connect the New Haven and [[Shoreham, New York|Shoreham]]–Wading River areas by means of ferry service across the Long Island Sound—however, the plans to implement these cross-sound ferry services were ultimately mothballed, as well.<ref>{{cite web |last = Anderson |first = Steve |title = William Floyd Parkway |url = http://www.nycroads.com/roads/CR-46/ |access-date = March 18, 2010 |work = NYCRoads |archive-date = June 6, 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100606072306/http://www.nycroads.com/roads/CR-46/ |url-status = live }}{{sps|certain=yes|date=July 2020}}</ref>

Despite the cancelation of the bridge, many Long Islanders are still in favor of building one.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title = Shoreham-New Haven Bridge (I-91, unbuilt) |url = http://www.nycroads.com/crossings/shoreham-newhaven/ |access-date = 2020-07-25 |website = NYCRoads |archive-date = January 29, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200129130546/http://www.nycroads.com/crossings/shoreham-newhaven/ |url-status = live }}{{sps|certain=yes|date=July 2020}}</ref> In 2000, a survey was conducted by [[News 12 Networks]] and [[Newsday]], which found that the majority (63&nbsp;percent) of Long Islanders were in support of such a project.<ref name=":1" />

In 2016, the proposal was again renewed by New York Governor [[Andrew Cuomo]], as either a bridge or a tunnel.<ref name=":1" /> However, these plans were also dropped, as announced by the [[New York State Department of Transportation]] in 2018.<ref name=":1" />
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