Gatsby: translation of the 1st sentence of 2nd chapter （請指教）

About half way between West Egg and New York the motor road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land.

在西單和紐約之間，機動車道和鐵道會合並與其平行延伸了大約四分之一英裏，繞開了一片荒涼貧瘠的土地。

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討論一下：原文是不是在New York 之後少了個comma?