New York State Route 119 (NY 119) is an east–west
state highway
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in
Westchester County, New York, in the United States. The road starts in
Tarrytown at an intersection with
U.S. Route 9 (US 9) and comes to an end at a junction with
NY 22 in
White Plains. The road is a major thoroughfare in the county and provides access to the
New York State Thruway
, direction_a = South
, terminus_a = {{Jct, state=NY, I, 95 at the The Bronx, Bronx–Yonkers, New York City line
, junction = {{plainlist,
* {{jct, state=NY, I, 287, Parkway, Saw Mill, NY, 119 in Elmsford, New York, Elmsford
* {{jct, state=NY, ...
,
Saw Mill River Parkway,
Sprain Brook Parkway and
Bronx River Parkway
The Bronx River Parkway (sometimes abbreviated as the Bronx Parkway) is a long parkway in downstate New York in the United States. It is named for the nearby Bronx River, which it parallels. The southern terminus of the parkway is at Story Aven ...
, four of the major roads in the county. NY 119 closely parallels
Interstate 287 (I-287) and connects to the highway multiple times. The route was assigned in the
1930 renumbering of state highways in New York and once had a spur route,
NY 119A. That highway is now part of
NY 120.
Route description
NY 119 begins at an intersection with
US 9 in the village of
Tarrytown, near an interchange with the
New York State Thruway
, direction_a = South
, terminus_a = {{Jct, state=NY, I, 95 at the The Bronx, Bronx–Yonkers, New York City line
, junction = {{plainlist,
* {{jct, state=NY, I, 287, Parkway, Saw Mill, NY, 119 in Elmsford, New York, Elmsford
* {{jct, state=NY, ...
(
I-87 and
I-287
Interstate 287 (I-287) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway in the US states of New Jersey and New York. It is a partial beltway around New York City, serving the northern half of New Jersey and the counties of Rockland and Westchester in N ...
). The route heads east, following the four-lane White Plains Road through a mostly residential area of the village. At the village line, the highway widens to six lanes ahead of a more commercialized area of the town of
Greenburgh. NY 119 continues through this area to the western edge of the village of
Elmsford, where it meets I-87 and I-287 at an interchange just east of where the two Interstate Highways split. NY 119 continues into Elmsford, becoming Main Street and narrowing to four lanes as it connects to the
Saw Mill River Parkway at an interchange just west of the village center.
The route heads across Elmsford on a northwest–southeast alignment, passing several densely populated blocks of homes and meeting
NY 9A at Central Avenue (also known as Saw Mill River Road) before it passes under the
Sprain Brook Parkway at the eastern edge of the village. Outside of Elmsford, NY 119 becomes Tarrytown Road as it maintains a southeasterly alignment through the rest of the commercialized town of Greenburgh. It roughly parallels I-287 to a junction with
NY 100 near the
White Plains city line. NY 100 turns east here, following NY 119 for the next . Along this stretch, the highway splits to become a four-lane
divided highway
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.
NY 100 leaves NY 119 just inside the White Plains city limits at Central Avenue; however, NY 119 continues on, paralleling the
Bronx River for four blocks to a partial interchange with the
Bronx River Parkway
The Bronx River Parkway (sometimes abbreviated as the Bronx Parkway) is a long parkway in downstate New York in the United States. It is named for the nearby Bronx River, which it parallels. The southern terminus of the parkway is at Story Aven ...
. At this point, NY 119 splits to follow a
one-way couplet through downtown White Plains.
Eastbound NY 119 is routed along Main Street and is maintained by the city of White Plains, while westbound NY 119 is routed on Hamilton Avenue and is maintained by
Westchester County as the
unsigned County Route 52 (CR 52).
The couplet and the route end at junctions with
NY 22 (Post Road) on the eastern edge of the downtown district.
NY 119 connects to I-287 and
NY 127 at its eastern terminus via the , unsigned CR 71 (known locally as Westchester Avenue).
The portion of the route west of the one-way couplet in White Plains is maintained by the
New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT).
History
NY 119 was established as part of the
1930 renumbering of state highways in New York and originally ran from
Tarrytown through
White Plains to
Port Chester.
[''Automobile Legal Association (ALA) Automobile Green Book'', 1930–31 and 1931–32 editions, (Scarborough Motor Guide Co., Boston, 1930 and 1931). The 1930–31 edition shows New York state routes prior to the 1930 renumbering] The old route east of White Plains utilized Westchester Avenue, which is now designated as CR 62 between
NY 127 and
NY 120 and as
NY 120A east of NY 120. Originally, NY 120 continued south past Westchester Avenue to
Rye, as it does today. It was realigned to follow Westchester Avenue east to Port Chester, creating an
overlap with NY 119. NY 120's former alignment to Rye became
NY 119A.
In early 1961, the
Cross-Westchester Expressway (
I-287
Interstate 287 (I-287) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway in the US states of New Jersey and New York. It is a partial beltway around New York City, serving the northern half of New Jersey and the counties of Rockland and Westchester in N ...
) was opened to traffic, utilizing the Westchester Avenue corridor from White Plains to just west of Port Chester. Westchester Avenue itself was split into two one-way highways located on both sides of the new freeway, essentially converting Westchester Avenue into a pair of
service roads. NY 119 was moved onto both directions of the reconfigured Westchester Avenue and truncated to end at Purchase Street (NY 120) following the opening of the expressway.
It was cut back to the junction of I-287 and NY 127 by the following year and to its current eastern terminus in White Plains in the 1970s.
NY 119A
NY 119A was a short spur off of NY 119 connecting
US 1 in
Rye to NY 119 and
NY 120 (now
NY 120A) near
Rye Brook. The route was assigned
and became part of a realigned NY 120 in October 1960.
Major intersections
See also
*
List of county routes in Westchester County, New York
References
External links
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Transportation in Westchester County, New York