Every now and then when I was a kid, I used to have a recurring dream where I'm driving what I assume was a next generation Volkswagen Van (this was before the Vanagon came out) north on New York State Route 112, and it's a typical crowded two lane drive... until I reach Granny Road, and I start to see some construction along the way. This gets me excited because it means that NYSDOT is finally widening the road. I don't remember what I saw in "downtown" Coram, but afterwards it looks like the widening is at or near completion. Things get better, because I see that the intersection with Patchogue-Mount Sinai Road is also in the process of being converted into an interchange. Further north than Pine Road, I see some brand new lane configurations starting with intersections like Washington Avenue, Jefferson Avenue and North Bicycle Path, and then even better; New York State Route 347 has already been converted into an interchange. Finally after the intersection with NY 25A, I find that NY 112 has joined it in a multiplex as it enters downtown Port Jefferson. I grab a ferry to Bridgeport, Connecticut, but the construction of a new bridge across the Long Island Sound is impossible to ignore. I am on my way to a great New England driving adventure.

Unfortunately, the only thing from those dreams that ended up happening in real life was getting a van, and it was my junky '85 Toyota. There was some construction on NY 112 between Coram and Port Jefferson a few years ago, but the damn road was kept at two lanes!!

That's not the only car-related dream I've had, but it's the first one I can think of right now.