New York State Route 45

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NY Route 45

Length:

8.60^[1] mi (13.85 km)

South end:

CR 73 in Montvale, NJ

Major
junctions:

NY 59 in Spring Valley

Palisades near New Hempstead

North end:

US 202 near Mount Ivy

Counties:

Rockland

New York State Routes
< NY 44A		NY 46 >

New York State Route 45 is a north-south highway in Central Rockland County, New York. It spans from US 202 in Mount Ivy to the vicinity of Chestnut Ridge at the New York-New Jersey border where it becomes Bergen County Road 73. Though an interchange does exist with the Palisades Interstate Parkway, it has no access to the New York State Thruway.

1 Communities along the route
2 Major intersections
3 History
- 3.1 Spring Valley Bypass
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Communities along the route

[edit] Major intersections

County	Location	Mile	Road(s)	Notes
Rockland	Chestnut Ridge	0.0	CR 73	New Jersey state line.
			I-87/I-287/Thruway
		2.5	CR 62
	Spring Valley	3.0	NY 59
	Ramapo	4.4	CR 74	Hamlet of Hillcrest.
	New Hempstead	5.9	CR 80	New Hempstead Road.
	Ramapo	7.5	PIP	Exit 12.
	Haverstraw	8.6	US 202	Near hamlet of Mount Ivy.

Legend
Crossing, no access	Concurrency termini	Decommissioned	Unconstructed	Closed

[edit] History

[edit] Spring Valley Bypass

During the 1960's as the NYSDOT was predicting growth in Hudson Valley, they knew they had to build a free limited-access highway around Spring Valley. This was planned as a "J" shaped road along the east side of existing NY 45 and the south side of NY 59. The Southwest end would've been at the intersection of NY 59 & 306 in Monsey, while the north end would've been somewhere along NY 45 in New Square. Some believe this would also have included an extension of the Garden State Parkway. However, like so many proposed highways of the late-20th Century, it was cancelled by public opposition.