.svg) U.S. Route 202 | ||||
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 US 202 highlighted in red and US 202 Alt. in blue | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by NYSDOT and Westchester County | ||||
| Length | 55.57 mi[1] (89.43 km) | |||
| Existed | June 1934[2](signage was not up until April 1, 1935[3])–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |   US 202 / CR 507 at the New Jersey state line in Suffern | |||
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| East end |  US 6 / US 202 at the Connecticut state line in Southeast | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | New York | |||
| Counties | Rockland, Orange, Westchester, Putnam | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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U.S. Route 202 (US 202) is a part of the U.S. Highway System that runs from New Castle, Delaware, to Bangor, Maine. In the U.S. state of New York, US 202 extends 55.57 miles (89.43 km) from the New Jersey state line near Suffern to the Connecticut state line east of Brewster. While most of US 202 is signed north–south, the portion within New York is signed east–west. It drifts north slowly as it crosses southern New York. US 202 is the only road to cross New York between New Jersey and Connecticut and not pass through New York City on the way.
US 202's New York stretch is roughly bisected by the Hudson River. West of it, the highway runs northeast, east and north along the edge of suburbia in Rockland County to Bear Mountain Bridge; to the east, it follows a mainly east–west orientation except for the New York State Route 22 (NY 22) concurrency between Croton Falls and Brewster. It is mostly a two-lane road, expanding to four in some busier sections, with a brief freeway stretch in Peekskill.
As it does in other states, US 202 serves mainly as a local road in suburban and exurban communities along the outskirts of the metropolitan area, mostly two lanes with the exception of some four-lane sections and a brief concurrency onto a freeway in Peekskill. Its course along the Hudson River takes it first north up the west side, over the historic Bear Mountain Bridge, then south along the east side. It takes in many scenic areas, such as the Ramapo Mountains and Hudson Highlands, and two New York City reservoirs.
Its circuitous path across the state puts it on many concurrencies—only 14.5 miles (23.3 km), or 26%, of US 202's mileage in New York is signed as US 202 alone. Among the roads it joins are three U.S. highways and two state routes. It forms four three-route concurrencies, including the only such grouping of three U.S. routes in the state, again in Peekskill.