New York State Route 59

New York State Route 59 marker
New York State Route 59
Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway
Map
Map of Rockland County in southeastern New York with NY 59 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT
Length14.08 mi[1] (22.66 km)
Existedlate 1920s[2][3]–present
Major junctions
West end I-87 / New York Thruway / NY 17 in Ramapo
Major intersections
East end I-87 / I-287 / New York Thruway / US 9W in Nyack
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountiesRockland
Highway system
← NY 58→ NY 60

New York State Route 59 (NY 59) is an east–west state highway in southern Rockland County, New York, in the United States. The route extends for 14.08 miles (22.66 km) from NY 17 in Hillburn to U.S. Route 9W (US 9W) in Nyack. In Suffern, it has a concurrency with US 202 for 0.05 miles (0.08 km). NY 59 runs parallel to the New York State Thruway its entire route. The routing of NY 59 became a state highway in 1911 and was signed as NY 59 in the late 1920s.

When NY 59 was first assigned, it began at NY 17 in Suffern. A western bypass of Suffern was designated as New York State Route 339 c. 1932; however, it became part of a realigned NY 17 in the mid-1930s. NY 339 was reassigned to NY 17's former routing between Hillburn and Suffern, but it was replaced again c. 1937 by an extended NY 59. In the 1960s, proposals surfaced for the Spring Valley Bypass, a highway that would utilize the NY 59 corridor between NY 306 in Monsey and NY 45 in Spring Valley. The proposed highway was never built.

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