New York State Route 293 (NY 293) is a state highway located entirely within eastern

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, in the United States. The highway starts at U.S. Route 6 (US 6, known as the Long Mountain Parkway) in

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, and heads to the northeast, ending at an intersection with

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and NY 218 in the community of

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. It does not pass through any notable populated areas as most of the land around it is

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either as state parkland or US military reservation. However, it receives much traffic as the major route between the

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at West Point and the

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( Interstate 87 or I-87). What is now NY 293 was originally designated as part of NY 37 in the mid-1920s. All of NY 37 became part of a realigned US 6 in 1928. US 6 was rerouted again to bypass West Point to the south. Its former routing through the academy grounds became NY 293.

Route description

NY 293 in West Point Military Reservation, Woodbury, NY

NY 293 begins at a junction with US 6 in

less than east of the Thruway, in Harriman State Park. From there it travels in a roughly east-northeast direction between the Harriman properties and the vast USMA reservation, most of which is only selectively open to the public. NY 293's next major junction also serves as its northern terminus, at US 9W in

. NY 218 ends its concurrency with US 9W there and takes over the roadway that continues east beyond the

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. West Point's Washington Gate is a short distance past the intersection. NY 293 is concurrent with US 6 Truck for its entire route. The

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hiking trail follows in the woods closely alongside NY 293 near its southern terminus. Since truck traffic cannot use US 6, truck drivers may use NY 293 to reach US 9W.

History

What is now NY 293 was originally designated as part of NY 37, an east–west highway extending from Monroe to the

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state line near Brewster over most of modern US 6, in the mid-1920's. In 1927, the first route log of the

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published by

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placed US 6 on what is now

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from

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to Kingston within

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. At the time, the US 6 designation ended in Kingston and resumed at the

state line in

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. The gap in the designation was eliminated in 1928 when US 6 was realigned east of Port Jervis to follow most of its modern alignment; however, from

to the

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, US 6 followed what had been NY 37 from Central Valley to

and

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ped with

south from Highlands to the bridge. US 6 was realigned to bypass

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to the south while its former routing through the academy grounds was re-designated as NY 293.

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Transportation in Orange County, New York

Route description

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