New York State Route 120
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| NY Route 120 |
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| Length: | 18.03 mi[1] (29.02 km) | ||||||||||||
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| South end: |  US 1 in Rye |
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| Major junctions: |
 Hutch Pkwy in Harrison Saw Mill Pkwy in New Castle |
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| North end: |  NY 100 in New Castle |
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| Counties: | Westchester | ||||||||||||
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New York State Route 120 (NY 120) is a state highway in southern Westchester County, New York. It begins in the city of Rye at U.S. Route 1 and runs for about 18 miles north, ending in the hamlet of Millwood at NY 100.
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[edit] Route description
NY 120 begins in the city of Rye at U.S. Route 1 as Purchase Street, crossing under Interstate 95 without a junction. It continues into the village of Harrison (specifically, the community of Purchase), where it has junctions with Interstate 287 and the Hutchinson River Parkway. An alternate route, NY 120A, begins near the junction of NY 120 and I-287. NY 120 also serves Manhattanville College, the State University of New York at Purchase, and the Westchester County Airport. NY 120 then continues northward into the town of North Castle where it meets up with the other end of NY 120A (King Street). The NY 120 designation continues north on King Street. It has a junction (and short overlap) with NY 22 in North Castle then passes briefly through the northeast corner of the town of Mount Pleasant, heading into the town of New Castle. King Street ends at the Saw Mill River Parkway but NY 120 continues northwest along Quaker Road. Within New Castle, NY 120 serves the hamlets of Chappaqua, Tompkins Corners, and Millwood. NY 120 ends in Millwood at NY 100.
[edit] History
NY 120 was originally assigned in the 1930 state highway renumbering, when most of the state routes in Westchester County were first given route numbers.[citation needed] Until the early 1960s, the south end of NY 120 ran along a slightly different alignment. At the intersection with Westchester Avenue (CR 62), it turned southeast onto that road, overlapped with NY 119, ending at US 1 in Port Chester. The section of Purchase Street south of Westchester Avenue was then known as NY 119A. Modern 120 now continues south along Purchase Street to US 1. The old southern end has been reassigned as an extension of NY 120A.
[edit] NY 120A
NY 120A (8.55 miles (13.76 km)[1]) is an alternate route of NY 120 between Harrison and North Castle.
[edit] Major intersections
| County | Location | Mile[1] | Roads intersected | Notes |
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| Westchester | City of Rye | 0.00 | US 1 |
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| Harrison | 1.82 | Polly Park Road (CR 104) | ||
| 2.15 |  NY 120A (Westchester Avenue) |
Southern terminus of NY 120A; western terminus of overlap (northbound) | ||
| 2.23 | NY 120A north (Westchester Avenue) |
Eastern terminus of overlap (northbound) | ||
| 2.49 |  I-287 (Cross Westchester Expressway) |
Exit 10 (I-287) | ||
| 3.50 | Hutchinson River Parkway |
Exit 27 (HRP) | ||
| 4.51 | Anderson Hill Road (CR 18) | |||
| 6.59 | Lake Street (CR 32) | |||
| North Castle | 7.59 |  I-684 |
Exit 2 (I-684) via CR 135 | |
| 7.97 | NY 120A |
Northern terminus of NY 120A | ||
| 9.44 |  NY 22 south |
Southern terminus of overlap | ||
| 9.76 | NY 22 north |
Northern terminus of overlap | ||
| New Castle | 13.99 |  NY 117 south (Bedford Road) |
Southern terminus of overlap | |
| 14.05 | NY 117 north (Bedford Road) |
Northern terminus of overlap | ||
| 14.73 | Saw Mill River Parkway |
Exit 32 (Saw Mill) | ||
| 16.65 | Seven Bridges Road (CR 21) | |||
| 17.30 |  NY 133 east (Millwood Road) |
Eastern terminus of overlap | ||
| 17.83 | NY 133 west (Station Place) |
Western terminus of overlap | ||
| 18.03 | NY 100 (Saw Mill River Road) |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c 2006 Traffic Data Report for New York State (PDF) pp. 234–235. New York State Department of Transportation (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2008-02-08.
