New York State Route 66
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| NY Route 66 |
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| Length: | 46.30 mi[1] (74.51 km) | ||||||||||||
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| South end: |  NY 23B in Hudson |
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| Major junctions: |
 US 20 in Nassau |
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| North end: |  NY 2 in Troy |
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| Counties: | Columbia, Rensselaer | ||||||||||||
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New York State Route 66 is a state highway in New York, running from the Columbia County city of Hudson to the Rensselaer County city of Troy.
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[edit] Route description
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NY 66 is not a direct link between Hudson and Troy, heading instead northeasterly to reach Chatham and Sand Lake. NY 66 is a two-lane highway its entire length.
[edit] Columbia County
NY 66 leaves Hudson as Union Turnpike, passes through Ghent, then enters Chatham as Hudson Avenue, then Main Street. A tight left turn around a village roundabout leads to its northern egress from Chatham. From there, NY 66 follows the Kinderhook Creek, taking a winding, serpentine path around abandoned aqueducts and the creek itself. This is a heavily-wooded area.
[edit] Rensselaer County
NY 66 continues to follow the Kinderhook Creek until well above its concurrency with US 20. After the split, the route passes by several lakes and hamlets in the southeast part of the county, including several along a concurrency with NY 43. After that split, the highway straightens out a bit, before entering Wynantskill as Main Avenue. In Troy, it becomes Pawling Avenue, ending at a Y intersection at Congress St., NY 2.
[edit] Major intersections
| County | Location | Mile[1] | Roads intersected | Notes |
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| Columbia | Hudson | 0.00 | NY 23B |
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| Claverack | 3.06 |  NY 9H |
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| Village of Chatham | 12.15 |     NY 203 (Coleman Street) to Taconic State Parkway |
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| 12.55 |  NY 295 (Railroad Avenue) |
Western terminus of NY 295 | ||
| Rensselaer | Town of Nassau | 24.59 | US 20 west |
Western terminus of overlap |
| 26.34 | US 20 east |
Hamlet of Brainard; eastern terminus of overlap | ||
| 33.86 |  NY 43 east |
Eastern terminus of overlap | ||
| Sand Lake | 36.82 | NY 43 west |
Western terminus of overlap | |
| 39.64 |  NY 351 |
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| Town of Poestenkill | 42.33 |  NY 355 |
Western terminus of NY 355 | |
| Wynantskill | 43.29 |  NY 150 |
Northern terminus of NY 150 | |
| Troy | 45.20 | Spring Avenue | Former routing of  NY 154 |
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| 46.30 | NY 2 (Congress Street) |
