U.S. Route 9 in New York

This article is about the section of U.S. Route 9 in New York. For the entire route, see U.S. Route 9.

U.S. Route 9 marker
U.S. Route 9
Map
Map of New York with US 9 highlighted in red and former routings maintained as reference routes in blue
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT, NYCDOT, PANYNJ, Westchester County, and the cities of Yonkers, Hudson, Albany, Saratoga Springs, Glens Falls, and Plattsburgh
Length324.72 mi[1] (522.59 km)
ExistedNovember 11, 1926[2]–present
Tourist
routes		 Lakes to Locks Passage
Mohawk Towpath Scenic Byway
Major junctions
South end I-95 / US 1-9 / US 46 at the New Jersey state line in Manhattan
Major intersections
North end I-87 / NY 971B in Champlain
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountiesNew York, Bronx, Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Columbia, Rensselaer, Albany, Saratoga, Warren, Essex, Clinton
Highway system
← NY 8→ NY 9A
← NY 9DUS 9E→ NY 9F
← NY 108US 109→ NY 109

U.S. Route 9 (US 9) is a part of the United States Numbered Highway System that runs from Laurel, Delaware, to Champlain, New York. In New York, US 9 extends 324.72 miles (522.59 km) from the George Washington Bridge in Manhattan to an interchange with Interstate 87 (I-87) just south of the Canadian border in the town of Champlain. US 9 is the longest north–south U.S. Highway in New York. The portion of US 9 in New York accounts for more than half of the highway's total length.

The section of US 9 in New York passes through busy urban neighborhoods, suburban strips, and forested wilderness. It is known as Broadway in Upper Manhattan, the Bronx and much of Westchester County,[3] and uses parts of the old Albany Post Road in the Hudson Valley, where it passes the historic homes of a U.S. President (Franklin D. Roosevelt) and Gilded Age heir.[4] It passes through the downtown of Albany, the state capital,[5] as well as Saratoga Springs.[6] It penetrates into the deep recesses of the Adirondack Park and runs along the shore of Lake Champlain,[7] where it is part of the All-American Road known as the Lakes to Locks Passage.[8]

US 9 spawns more letter-suffixed state highways than any other route in New York, including the longest, 143-mile (230 km) New York State Route 9N (NY 9N).[9] Outside of the cities it passes through, it is a mostly a two-lane road, save for two freeway segments in the mid-Hudson region. For much of its southern half, it follows the Hudson River closely; in the north it tracks I-87 (Adirondack Northway).

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  3. ^ "US 9". Google Maps. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  4. ^ "Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum". Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  5. ^ "US 9". Google Maps. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  6. ^ "Saratoga Springs". Google Maps. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  7. ^ "Plattsburgh, NY". Google Maps. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  8. ^ "U.S. Transportation Secretary Mineta Names 36 New National Scenic Byways, All-American Roads (6/13/02) - Press Releases - Federal Highway Administration". US DOT. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  9. ^ "US 9" (PDF). Greater New York Roads.