 The route provides access to the Long Island MacArthur Airport, as well as New York State and Suffolk County government offices, and at one time the Long Island Arena.NY 454 serves as the northern terminus for the Northern State Parkway in Hauppauge, where a concurrency with NY 347 begins.The origins of NY 454 dates back to the late 1940s when a new freeway was constructed from Commack to Holbrook for $1.4 million (1949 USD).