The Nassau Expressway begins at Beech Street (CR 22) in Atlantic Beach. There is a turnaround before the Atlantic Beach bridge providing access to the area of Atlantic Beach to the west of the expressway.

Photos taken March 2024.

The Atlantic Beach Bridge is a drawbridge from Atlantic Beach to the Five Towns.

Photos taken March 2024.

There is a toll for the Atlantic Beach Bridge. This is the only tollbooth in Nassau County.

Photo taken March 2024.

Immediately after the toll, there is a grade-separated interchange with Seagirt Boulevard. There is currently no signage due to construction, and the signage that existed previously was tiny and did not give the street name, only that this is the exit for the Rockaways and Brooklyn.

Photos taken March 2024.

There is an exit for Rock Hall Road.

Photos taken April 2020.

Cedar Lawn Avenue begins on the left at a traffic light.

Photos taken April 2020.

There is a traffic light at Broadway.

Photos taken April 2020.

There is a traffic light at Central Avenue.

Photos taken April 2020.

There is a traffic light at Bayview Avenue.

Photos taken April 2020.

There is a traffic light at Wanser Avenue.

Photos taken April 2020.

There is a traffic light at Mott Avenue.

Photos taken April 2020.

There is a traffic light at Burnside Avenue.

Photos taken April 2020.

The median ends here. The northern tip of the Nassau Expressway is an undivided road that is locally maintained by the Nassau County Department of Public Works. Turn right at the traffic light for Bay Boulevard (CR 2A), which becomes Peninsula Boulevard (CR 2) one block east of here.

Photos taken April 2020.

This section of the Nassau Expressway ends here at a traffic light at Rockaway Turnpike (CR 257). Turn left to go north or right to go south. To access the other section, turn left and proceed northwest into Queens.

Photos taken April 2020.