Editing Interstate 287 (section)

==Future==
{{Main|Long Island Sound link}}
In 2008, a private firm, Polimeni Associates, proposed to construct a more than {{convert|16|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} tunnel across Long Island Sound between Rye and Oyster Bay.<ref name=nyt27>{{cite news |last=Applebome |first=Peter |title=For a Tunnel to Go 16 Miles, No Light Yet |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/29/nyregion/29towns.html?scp=5&sq=long%20island%20sound%20tunnel&st=cse |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 29, 2007 |access-date=December 23, 2009}}</ref> This proposed tunnel would be the longest highway tunnel in the world, with its length exceeding that of the [[Lærdal Tunnel]] in Norway by {{One2a|{{convert|1|mi|km|spell=in}}}}.<ref name=inquirer>{{cite news |last=Eltman |first=Frank |title=World's longest highway tunnel proposed for N.Y. |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=January 28, 2008}}</ref> It would start at the junction with the Cross Westchester Expressway and the New England Thruway in Rye and end at NY&nbsp;135 and [[New York State Route 25|NY&nbsp;25]] in [[Syosset, New York|Syosset]].<ref name=nyt28>{{cite news |last=Nardiello |first=Carolyn |title=Is Sound Tunnel D.O.A. Or Just Decades Away? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/10tunnelwe.html?scp=1&sq=long%20island%20sound%20tunnel&st=cse |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 10, 2008 |access-date=December 23, 2009}}</ref> Estimated to cost approximately $10&nbsp;billion, it would feature three tubes: the outer tubes would have three lanes of vehicular traffic each and the inner tube would be used for maintenance.<ref name=inquirer/> The proposed tunnel, which is to be operated by a private firm, is still awaiting approval to begin construction.<ref name=nyt29>{{cite news |last=Lambert |first=Bruce |title=In Hard Times, Tight Credit Slows Projects |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/05/nyregion/long-island/05hubli.html?scp=4&sq=long%20island%20sound%20tunnel&st=cse |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 3, 2009 |access-date=December 23, 2009}}</ref>