NY 403
New York State Route 403 (NY 403) is a state highway located entirely within Putnam County, New York, Putnam County. It connects New York State Route 9D, NY 9D in Philipstown, New York, Philipstown at its northern end to U.S. Route 9 in New York, US 9 in the Hamlet (New York), hamlet of Graymoor, New York, Graymoor, where the Appalachian Trail crosses both highways. At that intersection, NY 403 is signed as a route to the Bear Mountain Bridge. Half of its length is uphill going south. Route description NY 403 begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 9 in New York, U.S. Route 9 (US 9) in the Philipstown, New York, Philipstown Hamlet (New York), hamlet of Graymoor, New York, Graymoor. Also present at this intersection with the Appalachian Trail, which crosses US 9 at-grade. NY 403 heads up the hill overlook Graymoor to the west. NY 403 bends northwest at an old alignment of Cat Rock Road. Turning westward, NY 403 goes down ...
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Philipstown, New York
Philipstown is a town located in the western part of Putnam County, New York, United States. The population was 9,831 at the 2020 census. History In 1697 Adolphus Philipse, a wealthy Province of New York landowner and merchant, purchased a tract from Dutch traders which received British Royal sanction as the ''Highland Patent''. Comprising roughly 250 square miles, it extended approximately 13 miles along the eastern shore of the Hudson River, from Annsville Creek to the Fishkill Creek, and eastward some 20 or so miles to the border of the Colony of Connecticut.Smith, Philip Henry, ''General History of Putnam County: From 1609 to 1876, inclusive'', published by the author, Pawling, NY, 1877, p. 44 Philipstown was first settled in the westernmost of this parcel ''circa'' 1715. In 1754 the Highland Patent, subsequently known as the Philipse Patent, was divided among Philipse heirs into nine parcels.French's Gazetteer of the State of New York (1860): “The Philipses Patent… ...
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