New York State Route 117

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NY Route 117

Phelps Way
Bedford Road

Length:

15.57 mi^[1] (25.06 km)

West end:

US 9 in Sleepy Hollow

Major
junctions:

NY 9A / NY 100 in Mount Pleasant

East end:

Saw Mill Pkwy in Bedford

Counties:

Westchester

Numbered highways in New York
< NY 116		NY 118 >
Interstate - U.S. - N.Y. - Reference

New York State Route 117 is a 15.57 mile (25.06 km) long state highway in Westchester County, New York. The western terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 9 north of the village of Sleepy Hollow. The eastern terminus is at the Saw Mill River Parkway in the Bedford hamlet of Katonah.

1 Route description
2 History
3 Major intersections
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Route description

NY 117 off the Taconic Parkway

NY 117 originates at an interchange with U.S. Route 9 just north of the village of Sleepy Hollow in the town of Mount Pleasant. It is a freeway for its first 2.6 miles as it heads east through the town of Mount Pleasant. The freeway ends at the junction with NY 448. NY 117 continues through the rest of Mount Pleasant, crossing over the Taconic State Parkway and NY 100/NY 9A. It continues into the village of Pleasantville as Bedford Road, where it becomes parallel to the Saw Mill River Parkway. It remains close to the Saw Mill River Parkway as it passes through the towns/villages of New Castle, Mount Kisco, and Bedford. NY 117 merges into northbound Saw Mill River Parkway just before the Saw Mill River Parkway ends at Interstate 684 in Bedford.

Beginning of NY 117

[edit] History

Diagram of northern terminus realignment.

NY 117 originally included New York State Route 448, until it was realiged onto a 4 lane highway in anticipation of an interchange with the formerly proposed Hudson River Expressway. When this project was cancelled it became locally known as the "Highway to Nowhere," and ends into what is now Phelps Hospital. Near the eastern end, it originally followed Bedford Road directly into Katonah, where NY 117 terminated at New York State Route 35.^[2] Recently, the route was realigned to end at an interchange with the Saw Mill River Parkway south of Katonah.

NY 117 is also part of pop culture as portions of the "Highway to Nowhere" served as the highway in Broken Lizard's cult favorite movie Super Troopers.

[edit] Major intersections

County	Location	Mile^[1]	Roads intersected	Notes
Westchester	Mount Pleasant	0.00	US 9	Just outside Sleepy Hollow village line
		2.62	NY 448	Eastern terminus of NY 448
		2.93	NY 9A / NY 100
		~2.9	Taconic State Parkway	Access to northbound Taconic Pkwy only
	Pleasantville	4.02	Saw Mill River Parkway	Access to southbound Saw Mill Pkwy only; exit 29 (Saw Mill Pkwy)
	Pleasantville	5.30	NY 141	Northern terminus of NY 141
	New Castle	6.75	NY 120
	Mount Kisco	9.74	NY 128	Northern terminus of NY 128
		10.29	NY 172	Western terminus of NY 172
		11.14	NY 133	Eastern terminus of NY 133
	Town of Bedford	13.76	Saw Mill River Parkway	Exit 39 (Saw Mill Pkwy)
		14.73	Harris Road
		15.57	Saw Mill River Parkway	Merge onto northbound Saw Mill Pkwy