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New York State Route 9X was a state highway located in the New York City borough of The Bronx. The southern terminus of the route was at U.S. Route 1 in the University Heights neighborhood. The northern terminus of the route was at U.S. Route 9 in the neighborhood of Kingsbridge. NY 9X was assigned by 1941; however, the road had been signed as a numbered highway since 1934. The designation was removed entirely by the late 1940s.
[edit] Route description
NY 9X began at the modern intersection of West 207th Street and Broadway (U.S. Route 9) in the Manhattan neighborhood of Inwood. The route followed 207th through Inwood and over the Harlem River on the University Heights Bridge into The Bronx. Just east of the riverbank in University Heights, NY 9X turned north onto Sedgwick Avenue,[4] then veered onto Bailey Avenue, paralleling the Harlem River as it proceeded north. At West 230th Street in the Kingsbridge neighborhood, NY 9X turned west, following 230th for one block to Broadway (US 9), where it terminated.[3][4]
[edit] History
Although U.S. Route 9 was signed in New York in 1927,[5] it, like all other routes within the New York City limits, was not signed within the city until 1934. In mid-December of that year, US 9, as well as several other routes that passed through the city limits (such as U.S. Route 1), were posted in New York City for the first time. Several routes were also extended into the city or created within the city limits, including U.S. Route 9X, an alternate route of US 9 through northern Manhattan and the lower Bronx along 207th Street, Bailey Avenue, and 230th Street.[4] Although the termini of the route never changed,[citation needed] it was redesignated as NY 9X by 1941[3] before being removed completely by 1946.[2]
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[edit] References
US 9 in Inwood
