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unusual facts about U.S. Route 9 in New York


New York State Route 9

U.S. Route 9 in New York, the only route numbered "9" in New York since 1926


Isaac Van Wart

Van Wart died in Elmsford and is buried in the cemetery of the Old Dutch Reformed Church on Route 9.

New York State Route 113

Spackenkill Road initially followed what is now IBM Road through the interchange with US 9 and into the IBM plant, where it ended at the CR 48 portion of IBM Road.

New York State Route 146

Soon after the NY 146A intersection, the route encounters I-87 (the Adirondack Northway) at exit 9 and intersects US 9.

Old Albany Post Road

Starting from an intersection with Sprout Brook Road at Continental Village just north of the Putnam-Westchester county line, it ends at an oblique junction with US 9 east of Garrison.

Peekskill Downtown Historic District

The Albany Post Road, followed later by US 9 until its relocation to the Croton Expressway closer to the river, and the Danbury Turnpike, still followed by US 202 (and, in the western part of the city and district, US 6 and NY 35).

Port Kent and Hopkinton Turnpike

Of the four designations that occupied parts of the turnpike's former routing in 1930—US 9, NY 9N, NY 99, and NY 373—three still exist today.

Past Keeseville, the routing of the turnpike continued to the hamlet of Port Kent on modern U.S. Route 9 (US 9) and NY 373.

Roundabout interchange

U.S. Route 9 & New York State Route 2, Latham, New York, is a roundabout interchange with U-turn lanes for the freeway.


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