U.S. Route 9W

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U.S. Route 9W

Length:

141 mi^[1] (227 km)

Formed:

1926^[1]

South end:

I-95/US 1/9/46 in Fort Lee, NJ

North end:

US 9 in Albany, NY

United States Numbered Highways

U.S. Route 9W is a U.S. Highway which runs from Interstate 95, U.S. Routes 1 and 9, US-46, and the Palisades Interstate Parkway at the foot of the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, New Jersey up the west side of the Hudson River to terminate at its parent, U.S. Route 9, again in Albany, New York.

1 States traversed
- 1.1 New Jersey
- 1.2 New York
2 Major intersections
- 2.1 New Jersey
- 2.2 New York
3 Notes
4 References
5 External links

[edit] States traversed

Major cities
Fort Lee, New Jersey Haverstraw, New York Newburgh, New York Albany, New York Kingston, New York

[edit] New Jersey

Heading north from Fort Lee, US 9W occupies the right-of-way of the Palisades Interstate Parkway to Lemoine Avenue, the northern terminus of Route 67. US 9W exits the expressway, turning north onto Lemoine Avenue, later Sylvan Avenue, and paralleling the PIP as they progress northward along the west bank of the Hudson River. Near Norwood, the two roads simultaneously enter New York.

[edit] New York

Across the state line, US 9W enters Nyack where it meets with Interstate 87/287 (New York State Thruway). US-9W, exit 11 from I-87/287, is the last exit before the Tappan Zee Bridge, although US-9W Exit 10 is the first exit after the Tappan Zee at an unconventional interchange. Heading up the Hudson to West Haverstraw, 9W forms a duplex with US-202. US-9W/202 head through a winding route through Bear Mountain State Park up to a traffic circle at the foot of the Bear Mountain Bridge, where it meets with the Palisades Interstate Parkway (Designated US-6) for the final time. US-6 and 202 head east over the bridge while 9W heads north.

South of Highland Falls, a four-lane 9W and the southern end of NY-218 meet at a trumpet interchange, only to meet again a half mile later, this time, forming a duplex. NY-218 leaves 9W when the roads meet NY-293 in Highlands, and 218 meets 9W once more at 218's northern terminus in Cornwall. A little north of NY-94, 9W finds itself duplexed again, this time with NY-32. NY-32 heads west of 9W after meeting the Interstate 84/NY-52 duplex in Newburgh, a very short distance from the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge.

It is an uneventful route until Highland, where US-44 and NY-55 join US-9W a mile shy of the Mid-Hudson Bridge, for a short 2,000 feet. In Lloyd, 9W meets NY-299 at its eastern terminus. NY-299 serves as a connector route to Interstate 87. Near Kingston, 9W and NY-32 form a short, 500 foot duplex. Near Ulster, 9W meets US-209 and NY-199 at the same interchange. Again, 9W finds itself duplexed with NY-32 in Saugerties, and NY-32 departs to duplex with NY-212.

In Catskill, 9W meets with NY-23A, then NY-385 at its southern terminus, then a mile north, NY-23.

In Coxsackie, 9W meets this time with the northern terminus of NY-385, as well as the eastern terminus of NY-81. In West Coxsackie, 9W meets with the New York State Thruway(I-87), then a little bit further north, NY-144, then NY-143.

NY-396 meets 9W in Selkirk. After briefly duplexing again with NY-32, 9W meets Interstate 787 south of Albany. Immediately thereafter, NY-443 joins 9W until US-20, where NY-443 ends at the intersection.

Finally, 9W meets with NY-5 at its eastern terminus before meeting US-9 at Clinton Street, US-9W's northern end.

[edit] Major intersections

[edit] New Jersey

[edit] New York

New York State Thruway (Interstate 87/287)
U.S. Route 202
Palisades Interstate Parkway/U.S. Route 6/202
New York State Route 218
New York State Route 32
Interstate 84/New York State Route 52
U.S. Route 44
New York State Route 299
Interstate 587/New York State Route 28
U.S. Route 209/New York State Route 199
New York State Route 23A
New York State Route 23

[edit] Notes

In Albany, New York, the north end of US 9W and part of US 9 were intended to be rerouted onto a formerly proposed limited-access highway called the Mid-Crosstown Arterial.