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The '''Southern State Parkway''' on [[Long Island, New York]], links the [[Belt Parkway]] in [[New York City]] with the [[Heckscher State Parkway]] in [[Bay Shore, New York]]. The parkway runs east-west, as it goes through [[Belmont State Park]] and [[Republic Airport]], and has its western terminus at the [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau]]-[[Queens]] border. The parkway provides six lanes of traffic most of the way, with eight lanes of traffic coming between the western terminus and Eagle Avenue in [[West Hempstead, New York]].

The Parkway is heavily associated with the commuter and [[suburbs|suburban]] culture of Long Island, and services communities along the southern half of the Island. It has a "twin" -- the [[Northern State Parkway]] -- which runs roughly parallel, approximately 7 miles to the north, but is less heavily traveled. Both of these roads, along with other parkways in the system, prohibit trucks and other large commercial vehicles. Additionally, they are truly "parkways" as compared to other limited access freeways, as they are surrounded by a belt of greenery on either side, and there are no billboards or other commercial intrusions, lending them a bucolically aesthetic quality.