New York State Route 59

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NY Route 59
Length: 14.08[1] mi (22.67 km)
West end: NY 17 in Hillburn
Major
junctions:		 US 202 in Suffern
I-87/I-287 in Nanuet
Palisades in West Nyack
East end: US 9W in Nyack
Counties: Rockland
Numbered highways in New York
< NY 58 NY 60 >
Interstates - U.S. Routes - State Routes

New York State Route 59 is an east-west road in southern Rockland County in the State of New York. It runs from New York State Route 17 at Exit 15A of the New York State Thruway in Ramapo to US-9W in Nyack. In Suffern, it also shares a wrong-way concurrency with US 202 for 0.05 miles.

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[edit] Route description

Route 59 always runs in close proximity to I-87-287, except northwest of Suffern, where it only runs along the east side of I-87. It runs on the south side of the Thruway between Suffern and Monsey, crossing over to the north side at a bridge with no interchange in Monsey to Exit 14 on the Thruway in Nanuet, where it goes back on the south side and stays there until reaching Nyack. Motorists using Exit 11 join Route 59 which goes under the Thruway again to US 9W.

[edit] Communities along the route

[edit] Major intersections

County Location Mile Road(s) Notes
Rockland Hillburn-Suffern village line 0.0 NY 17  
Suffern 0.0
I-87/I-287/Thruway		 Exit 15A (I-87/I-287/Thruway).
1.7 US 202 Wrong Way concurrency with US 202 beneath the New York State Thruway.
Airmont 3.9 CR 89 North Airmont Road-South Airmont Road
Ramapo  
I-87/I-287/Thruway		 NY 59 passes over the New York State Thruway.
6.2 NY 306 Hamlet of Monsey. Southern terminus of NY 306
Spring Valley 6.9 Kennedy Drive  
7.6 NY 45  
Nanuet 8.5
I-87/I-287/Thruway		 Exit 14 (NYS Thruway).
9.5 CR 33 Middletown Road
  NY 59A West Nyack Road
10.3 NY 304 Interchange with no exit numbers.
West Nyack 10.7 PIP Exit 8 (PIP).
  NY 59A West Nyack Road. Interchange with Rockland CR 15.
Central Nyack 12.9 NY 303 Interchange with no exit numbers.
Nyack 14.0
I-87/I-287/Thruway		 Exit 11 (NYS Thruway).
14.1 US 9W North Highland Avenue.
Legend
Crossing, no access Concurrency termini Decommissioned Unconstructed Closed

[edit] Miscellanea

The presence of grade-separated interchanges at NY 304, Strawtown Road (CR 23), Western Highway (CR 15) and NY 303, along with the southern half of the formerly proposed Spring Valley Bypass, indicates that it may have been proposed at one time as a toll-free alternative to the Thruway for local, limited-access traffic. Route 59 used to go further east along Main Street in Nyack to North Broadway.

[edit] References

  1. ^ New York Routes - New York State Route 59

[edit] External links

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