U.S. Route 4 in New York

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U.S. Route 4
Maintained by NYSDOT
Length:	79.75 mi[1] (128.35 km)
Formed:	1926[2] (extended 1930s[3])
South end:	US 9/US 20 in East Greenbush
Major junctions:	I-90 near Albany NY 32 from Waterford to Stillwater NY 22 from Fort Ann to Whitehall
North end:	US 4 at Hampton
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Within the U.S. state of New York, U.S. Route 4 spans 79.75 miles (128.35 km) from the eastern suburbs of Albany to the Vermont state line in Washington County. While the remainder of US 4 east of New York is an east-west route, US 4 in New York is signed north-south due to the alignment the route takes through the state. The southern terminus, as well as the overall western terminus of US 4, is at US 9 and US 20 in East Greenbush. The northern terminus is at the Vermont state line at Hampton, where US 4 continues into Vermont. US 4 between Waterford and Whitehall is part of the All-American Road called the Lakes to Locks Passage.

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

[edit] Route description

US 4 begins at the concurrency of US 9 and US 20 in East Greenbush. Heading northward, it has an interchange with I-90, continuing northward into Troy. In Troy, it passes by Hudson Valley Community College as well as the headquarters of the 42nd Infantry Division. US 4 then heads downhill, passing the historic South End Tavern as Burden Avenue, named for the historic Burden Iron Works. Later, US 4 assumes Fourth Street, which splits into parallel one-way streets (Third Street handles southbound traffic from downtown). Once through downtown, the streets meet and pass by the Green Island Bridge, later passing under the Collar City Bridge and into Lansingburgh.

After Lansingburgh, US 4 turns left to cross the Hudson River on the Troy-Waterford Bridge, entering Waterford, joining with NY 32 to head north together west of the Hudson. After Mechanicville, US 4 and NY 32 split, and US 4 passes by the Battle of Saratoga and the Saratoga National Cemetery. NY 32 joins again to pass through Schuylerville, after which US 4 splits off to cross the Hudson one last time.

Running parallel to the Champlain Canal, US 4 passes through villages including Fort Edward, Hudson Falls, Fort Ann and Whitehall. After a concurrency with NY 22, US 4 heads eastward into Vermont, where it becomes a four-lane expressway upon crossing the state line.

[edit] History

In 1924, what is now US 4 from Mechanicville to Bemis Heights, from Schuylerville to Northumberland, and from Hudson Falls to the Vermont state line, was designated as New York State Route 30. Between Bemis Heights and Schuylerville, NY 30 followed the routing of modern NY 32. North of Northumberland, NY 30 followed modern NY 32 to Glens Falls, then used the present NY 254 routing to reconnect to the current US 4 alignment in nearby Hudson Falls. South of Mechanicville, US 4 was part of NY 6 from Mechanicville to Waterford,^[4][5] and unnumbered from Waterford to East Greenbush.^[5]

In the 1926 U.S. Highway plan, US 4 was assigned to then-NY 30 between Glens Falls and Vermont.^[2] In the 1930 renumbering, modern US 4 from Hudson Falls to Schuylerville became part of NY 32B while the segment from Schuylerville to north of Mechanicville was designated New York State Route 32A. The Mechanicville-Waterford portion became part of NY 32.^[6] US 4 was later truncated to Hudson Falls, then extended south to East Greenbush on its current alignment in the mid-1930s.^[3]

[edit] Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[1]	Roads intersected	Notes
Rensselaer	East Greenbush	0.00	US 9 / US 20
		1.51	NY 151
		2.06	I-90	Exit 9 (I-90)
	Defreestville	4.00	NY 43
	North Greenbush	5.62	Winter Street Extension	Former western terminus of NY 405
		6.62	NY 136	Western terminus of NY 136
	Troy	7.90	NY 378 (High Street)	Eastern terminus of NY 378
		9.58	NY 2 west (Ferry Street)
		9.66	NY 2 east (Congress Street)
		10.43	NY 7 (Hoosick Street)
	Lansingburgh	12.69	NY 470 (112th Street)	Eastern terminus of NY 470
		13.85	NY 142 (125th Street)	Western terminus of NY 142
Saratoga	Village of Waterford	14.33	NY 32 south	Southern terminus of overlap
	Halfmoon	21.61	NY 146	Eastern terminus of NY 146
	Mechanicville	23.14	NY 67 west	Southern terminus of overlap
		23.24	NY 67 east	Northern terminus of overlap
	Town of Stillwater	28.45	NY 32 north	Northern terminus of overlap
	Schuylerville	37.90	NY 32 south	Southern terminus of overlap
			CR 338 (Burgoyne Avenue)	Former eastern terminus of NY 338
		38.09	NY 29 east	Southern terminus of overlap
		38.38	NY 29 west	Northern terminus of overlap
	Northumberland	40.17	NY 32 north	Northern terminus of overlap
Washington	Village of Fort Edward	50.12	NY 197 east	Southern terminus of overlap
		50.60	NY 197 west	Northern terminus of overlap
	Hudson Falls	53.00	NY 196	Western terminus of NY 196
		53.09	NY 254	Eastern terminus of NY 254
		54.52	NY 32
	Kingsbury	60.77	NY 149 east	Southern terminus of overlap
	Village of Fort Ann	62.63	NY 149 west	Northern terminus of overlap
	Town of Fort Ann	66.48	NY 22 south	Southern terminus of overlap
	Village of Whitehall	73.19	NY 22 north	Northern terminus of overlap
	Hampton	79.75	US 4	Continuation into Vermont

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• New York Routes - U.S. Route 4