New York State Route 9D (NY 9D) is a north–south
state highway
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in the
Hudson Valley
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region of
New York
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in the United States. It starts at the eastern end of the
Bear Mountain Bridge
The Bear Mountain Bridge, ceremonially named the Purple Heart Veterans Memorial Bridge, is a toll suspension bridge in New York State. It carries US 6 and US 202 across the Hudson River between Bear Mountain State Park in Orange Co ...
at an intersection with
U.S. Route 6 (US 6) and
US 202 in
Westchester County
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, and follows the eastern shore of the
Hudson River
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for to a junction with
US 9 north of the village of
Wappingers Falls
Wappingers Falls is a Administrative divisions of New York#Village, village in Dutchess County, New York, Dutchess County, New York (state), New York, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census it had a population of 5,522. ...
in
Dutchess County
Dutchess County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 295,911. The county seat is the city of Poughkeepsie. The county was created in 1683, one of New York's first twelve counties, and later organ ...
. While US 9 follows a more inland routing between the bridge and Wappingers Falls, the riverside course of NY 9D takes the route through the village of
Cold Spring and the city of
Beacon
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.
The route was acquired by the state of New York in pieces over the course of the early 20th century. The part north of Beacon was entirely state-maintained by the end of the 1910s, while delays in rebuilding the remainder of the highway to state highway standards kept New York from fully acquiring the road until the early 1930s. NY 9D was assigned as part of the
1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, extending only from Beacon to Wappingers Falls. It was extended south to the Bear Mountain Bridge by the following year.
Route description
Westchester and Putnam counties
Like its parent road,
US 9, NY 9D runs north–south parallel to the
Hudson River
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for its entire length. The route begins near the riverbank at the
Bear Mountain Bridge
The Bear Mountain Bridge, ceremonially named the Purple Heart Veterans Memorial Bridge, is a toll suspension bridge in New York State. It carries US 6 and US 202 across the Hudson River between Bear Mountain State Park in Orange Co ...
in the
Westchester County
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town of
Cortlandt, where it meets
US 6 and
US 202 at the foot of
Anthony's Nose. It heads to the northeast as a two-lane road known as the Bear Mountain–Beacon Highway, passing through dense forests in the undeveloped northwestern part of
Camp Smith. After just a quarter-mile (0.4 km), NY 9D leaves the military reservation as it passes into
Putnam County and the town of
Philipstown. Here, the route crosses the
Appalachian Trail
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and runs adjacent to part of
Hudson Highlands State Park
Hudson Highlands State Park is a non-contiguous state park in the U.S. state of New York, located on the east side of the Hudson River. The park runs from Peekskill in Westchester County, through Putnam County, to Beacon in Dutchess County, in ...
, a preserve covering three non-contiguous areas between
Peekskill
Peekskill is a city in northwestern Westchester County, New York, United States, from New York City. Established as a village in 1816, it was incorporated as a city in 1940. It lies on a bay along the east side of the Hudson River, across fr ...
and
Beacon
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.
From the county line to the
hamlet
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of
Garrison
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, a distance of , NY 9D passes a few historical areas, such as the house
Benedict Arnold
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was holed up in prior to his treason, the point of land where he caught the ship downriver to
New York City
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, and the eastern end of the chain that was strung across the Hudson River during the
American Revolution
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to prevent ships from coming upriver north of
West Point
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. The highway serves a small number of isolated homes on its way to Garrison, where it meets the western terminus of
NY 403
New York State Route 403 (NY 403) is a state highway located entirely within Putnam County. It connects NY 9D in Philipstown at its northern end to US 9 in the hamlet of Graymoor, where the Appalachian Trail crosses both h ...
at a junction adjacent to
The Birches and the
Garrison Grist Mill Historic District
The Garrison Grist Mill Historic District is a parcel of Highlands Country Club located at the southwest corner of the intersection of NY 9D and Lower Station Road ( Putnam County Route 12) in Garrison, New York, United States. It contains thr ...
. NY 403 is the first of several roads directly connecting NY 9D to US 9, which follows a generally parallel alignment east of the former through southern Putnam County.
From Garrison, NY 9D heads through a stretch of lightly developed areas, intersecting
County Route 11 (CR 11, named Snake Hill Road), another connector to US 9, and passing the
Boscobel mansion on its way into the village of
Cold Spring. The highway, now named Chestnut Street, heads generally westward to the center of the village, where NY 9D intersects Main Street, designated as
NY 301 east of this point. On the opposite side of the intersection, NY 9D changes names to Morris Avenue for a half-mile (0.8 km) before exiting Cold Spring on a northwesterly track. Past the village line, the route parallels the
Metro-North Railroad
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for through another portion of Hudson Highlands State Park. This section of the route, located mere yards from the river,
is locally known as the River Road, for its close proximity to the river, and The Flats, for its relatively consistent elevation. The two-mile stretch leads to a tunnel through the
Breakneck Ridge
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, which carries NY 9D across the Putnam–
Dutchess
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county line.
Dutchess County
Heading away from the ridge, NY 9D continues on a northerly path through the
town of Fishkill, serving the
Breakneck Ridge station
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Stat ...
on the Metro-North Railroad before turning northeastward and diverging from the Metro-North line and the Hudson River. The road soon reaches the southern edge of the city of Beacon, where it becomes Wolcott Avenue and the surroundings transition from rural mountainous scenery to an urban setting.
Maintenance of the route also shifts from the
New York State Department of Transportation
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(NYSDOT) to the city.
Upon reaching the city center, NY 9D traverses a 90-degree bend to the northwest and becomes the main north–south street through the city. The highway crosses
Fishkill Creek
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ahead of another 90-degree turn, this time to the northeast, giving NY 9D an S-shaped alignment as it travels through downtown Beacon.
State maintenance of the road resumes one block east of the northeasterly bend.
North of the turn, NY 9D intersects Main Street, which carries
NY 52 Business through Beacon's central business district. NY 52 Business turns north onto NY 9D here, forming a
concurrency
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along the latter as Wolcott Avenue changes names to North Avenue. The overlapping routes wind their way northward through several residential blocks to reach an interchange with
Interstate 84 (I-84) and
NY 52
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just north of the city limits in Fishkill. NY 52 Business terminates at the junction while NY 9D continues to meander northeastward through the northernmost part of the town. The highway runs by several housing tracts and
Dutchess Stadium
Dutchess Stadium is a baseball park in Wappingers Falls, New York. Opened in 1994, it holds 4,500 people. It is located on New York State Route 9D and is located across Interstate 84 in New York, Interstate 84 from Fishkill Correctional Facility. C ...
, the home of the
Hudson Valley Renegades
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, a Single-A
Minor League Baseball team, before crossing into the adjacent town of
Wappinger
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At the time of first contact in the 17th century they were primarily based in what is now Dutches ...
.
Across the town line, the road takes on a straighter northeasterly track that brings it east of the hamlets of Chelsea and
New Hamburg, both of which lie roughly to the west on the banks of the Hudson. NY 9D connects to Chelsea by way of
CR 92 just north of the town line, while New Hamburg is accessed via
CR 28 in the community of
Hughsonville. From CR 28, the highway continues into the nearby village of
Wappingers Falls
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, which it enters from the south as South Avenue. NY 9D traverses several blocks of homes on the eastern edge of the
Wappingers Falls Historic District
The Wappingers Falls Historic District is in the center of that village in Dutchess County, New York, United States. It is a 90-acre (36 ha) area roughly centered along South Avenue and West Main Street, NY 9D and Wappinger Creek. It includes ...
before it meets East Main Street at a
T-intersection
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in the center of the village. Mesier Park is straight ahead, and the
Wappingers Falls Village Hall
Formerly the Wappingers Falls Village Hall this building now houses the Police Department. It is located at the corner of South Avenue ( NY 9D) and East Main Street in the village of Wappingers Falls, Dutchess County, New York.
History
It was orig ...
is on the southeastern corner of the junction.
South Avenue ends at this point, leaving NY 9D to turn northwest onto East Main Street. The highway follows East Main Street for several blocks through the central village district before crossing
Wappinger Creek
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, which serves as the boundary between the towns of Wappinger and
Poughkeepsie
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. Past the creek, the route changes names to West Main Street and makes a sharp bend to the north, passing the
Bain Commercial Building
The Bain Commercial Building is located at the corner of Church and West Main ( NY 9D) streets in Wappingers Falls, New York, United States. It is a late 19th-century brick building that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1 ...
and running alongside Wappinger Lake for a short distance before leaving the village limits. The road serves a handful of homes on the northern fringe of Wappinger Falls prior to entering a commercial district surrounding a junction with US 9 near the
South Hills Mall
The Shoppes at South Hills, formerly South Hills Mall, is a shopping mall on U.S. 9, now converted into a strip mall, in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York. The 675,000 ft² plaza opened in 1974 and included two anchors, Sears and Kmart, a ...
and the
Poughkeepsie Galleria
The Poughkeepsie Galleria is a shopping center on U.S. 9 in the Town of Poughkeepsie, New York, located just north of Wappingers Falls, and is the largest shopping center in Dutchess County. The mall is anchored by the traditional chains Macy's ...
. NY 9D ends here while its right-of-way continues past US 9 as
County Route 77 (Vassar Road).
History
Modern NY 9D was acquired by the state of New York in stages over the course of the early 20th century. The first section to become a state highway was the piece between the Fishkill–Wappinger town line and the village of Wappingers Falls, which was added to the state highway system on June 28, 1905. State maintenance was extended south to the Beacon city line on December 30, 1907.
In 1908, the
New York State Legislature
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created Route 2, an unsigned
legislative route
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following the
Albany Post Road
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Hi ...
from
New York City
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to
Valatie
Valatie (; ) is a village with several waterfalls in Columbia County, New York, United States. The population was 1,819 at the 2010 census. The village is at the center of the town of Kinderhook on US 9.
History
Valatie was first named ''Pach ...
. The post road originally passed through Wappingers Falls, entering from the southeast on East Main Street and leaving to the north on West Main Street.
The road's northern approach to the village was taken over by the state of New York on July 6, 1911.
South Avenue in Wappingers Falls became state-maintained on February 15, 1917, extending state ownership north from the village line to South Avenue's junction with East Main Street. The part of Main Street between South Avenue and the northern village limits was added as a state road on January 5, 1918.
When the first set of posted routes in New York were assigned in 1924, Main Street became part of
NY 6, which followed all of legislative Route 2 north of
Ossining.
NY 6 was replaced by
US 9 in 1927 following the creation of the
U.S. Highway System
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.
The part of what is now NY 9D south of Beacon remained an unimproved local road through the mid-1920s.
The reconstruction of this segment was authorized in 1925, and the highway was designated as legislative Route 2-a on April 2 of that year. Construction on parts of the road was stalled for years, however, with the delay on the stretch north of Cold Spring being attributed to problems in acquiring the highway's right-of-way. Work on the portion south of Garrison was completed by February 1930. In the
1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, the Beacon–Wappingers Falls state highway was designated as NY 9D while the road between the
Bear Mountain Bridge
The Bear Mountain Bridge, ceremonially named the Purple Heart Veterans Memorial Bridge, is a toll suspension bridge in New York State. It carries US 6 and US 202 across the Hudson River between Bear Mountain State Park in Orange Co ...
and Garrison became part of
NY 9C, which continued north to Cold Spring and south through Peekskill
to
Croton-on-Hudson
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.
NY 9D was extended south to the Bear Mountain Bridge by the following year, replacing NY 9C from Cold Spring to the bridge. The reconstruction of the Garrison–Cold Spring stretch was finished by February 1931, and the Cold Spring–Beacon link was opened in October 1932. Various festivities were held in Beacon on October 20 to mark the occasion. In the early to mid-1930s, US 9 was realigned near Wappingers Falls to follow a new highway bypassing the village to the east,
even though the project was staunchly opposed by the village's chamber of commerce.
The northern half of US 9's former routing through the village became an extension of NY 9D.
Major intersections
See also
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References
External links
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