New York State Route 2

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NY Route 2

Length:

30.89 mi^[1] (49.71 km)

Formed:

1930 (as Route 96)

West end:

I-87/NY 7 in Latham

Major
junctions:

US 9 in Latham

US 4 in Troy

East end:

MA 2 in Petersburgh

Counties:

Albany, Rensselaer

Numbered highways in New York
< US 2		NY 3 >
Interstates - U.S. Routes - State Routes

U.S. Route 2 also enters New York.

New York State Route 2 is a state route in New York state, running from Interstate 87 and NY-7 at Latham east to the Massachusetts state line, where it continues to Boston as Route 2. Cities along the highway include Troy and Watervliet. Grafton Lakes State Park is off this highway in Grafton.

At Petersburg Pass just west of the state line, Route 2 reaches 2,400 feet (732 m) in elevation, one of the highest points on New York's state highway system.

1 Communities along the route
2 Major intersections
3 History
4 References

[edit] Communities along the route

[edit] Major intersections

County	Location	Mile	Road(s)	Notes
Albany	Latham	0.0	I-87 NY 7	Exit 6 (I-87/NY 7).
	Latham	0.5	US 9	Latham traffic circle.
	Watervliet	3.8	NY 32
	Watervliet	3.9	I-787	NY 2 passes over I-787 and the Hudson River as the Congress Street Bridge.
Rensselaer	Troy	4.5	US 4
	Troy	6.1	NY 66	Northern terminus of NY 66.
	Clums Corners	12.5	NY 278	Eastern terminus of NY 278.
	Brunswick	12.9	NY 351	Northern terminus of NY 351.
	Petersburgh	25.9	NY 22
	Petersburgh	30.9	MA 2

Legend
Crossing, no access	Concurrency termini	Decommissioned	Unconstructed	Closed

[edit] History

Before the introduction of the U.S. Highway system, the number 2 was assigned to the alignment currently used by U.S. Route 11. When US 11 was established, the Route 2 designation was reassigned to the road from the Pennsylvania state line south of Corning to Rochester. (This road was originally Route 4 but also had to be renumbered due to U.S. Route 4).

In 1935, U.S. Route 15 was extended north into New York, taking over Route 2, and the existing Owego-Rochester route (old NY 15) was renumbered as NY 2. (Routes 2 and 15 were basically swapped). In the 1930 renumbering, the connection to Massachusetts Route 2 from Troy was assigned Route 96. Routes 2 and 96 were swapped by 1946 to match the Massachusetts route number, giving the Owego-Rochester route the number 96.