 New York State Route 747 | ||||
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 NY 747 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by NYSDOT | ||||
| Length | 3.48 mi[1] (5.60 km) | |||
| Existed | 2007[2]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  NY 207 in New Windsor International Boulevard – Stewart Airport in New Windsor | |||
 I-84 in Newburgh | ||||
| North end |  NY 17K in Montgomery | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | New York | |||
| Counties | Orange | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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New York State Route 747 (NY 747) is a state highway in northeast Orange County, New York, in the United States. The route extends for about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) from NY 207 in the town of New Windsor to NY 17K in the town of Montgomery. It officially came into existence when exit 32 on Interstate 84 was completed and opened in 2007. Most of NY 747 follows Drury Lane, once a highway maintained by Orange County as County Route 54.
The road provides easy access to Stewart International Airport via International Boulevard, a newly built connecting road. The lack of such access has long been seen as an obstacle to the airport's development. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has taken the airport over from former private lessees National Express with the intent of realizing long-held hopes of making the airport the New York Metropolitan Area's fourth major airport; improved access to the airport is seen as essential to that goal.
Drury Lane, which divided the airport property from what is now Stewart State Forest, save for a small corridor along the road near the interstate, was long the line in the sand for local environmental activists who opposed any development to its west. Construction of the highway involved significant relocation of some of the route for these and other issues.