New York State Route 199
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| NY Route 199 |
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| Salisbury Turnpike | |||||||||||||
| Length: | 30.91 mi[1] (49.74 km) | ||||||||||||
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| West end: |   US 9W/US 209 in Ulster |
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| Major junctions: |
 US 9 in Red Hook Taconic Pkwy near Pine Plains |
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| East end: |   US 44/NY 22 in North East |
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| Counties: | Ulster, Dutchess | ||||||||||||
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New York State Route 199 is located in the Hudson Valley. From Kingston, it crosses the river via the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge to northern Dutchess County, ending near Millerton.
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[edit] Route description
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199's western terminus is the expressway overpass just north of Kingston at US 9W. US 209 ends and becomes 199.
After the road crosses the bridge, it heads north and overlaps NY 9G to Red Hook, then detaches from it and continues across the hills and fields of northern Dutchess County, intersecting US 9 and the Taconic State Parkway along the way. Past the latter, in a somewhat woodsier area, it is joined by NY 82 from the north, and together the two highways form the main street of the quiet but aptly-named Pine Plains.
West of that hamlet, the largest community on 199 after Kingston, the route remains wooded, until the road finally descends into the upper Harlem Creek valley and reaches its east end, an obliquely-angled junction with US 44 and NY 22.
[edit] History
From the early 1800s to 1910, NY 199 was the old Salisbury Turnpike. NY 199 is featured in a book by Henry Billings entitled "Construction Ahead" (1951).
Before the bridge was constructed in the late 1950s, 199 started a bit to the north, at the Barrytown ferry landing. The old route is now Dutchess County Route 82.[2]
[edit] Major intersections
| County | Location | Mile[1] | Roads intersected | Notes |
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| Ulster | Ulster | 0.00 | US 9W US 209 |
Cloverleaf interchange |
| Lake Katrine | 0.98 |  NY 32 |
Parclo interchange | |
| Dutchess | Barrytown | 4.44 |  NY 9G south |
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| 6.39 | NY 9G north |
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| Village of Red Hook | 8.15 | US 9 |
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| Rock Hill | 11.91 |  NY 308 |
Northern terminus of NY 308 | |
| Milan | 15.63 | Taconic State Parkway |
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| Pine Plains | 22.58 |  NY 82 south |
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| 24.01 | NY 82 north |
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| North East | 30.91 | US 44 / NY 22 |
[edit] References
- ^ a b 2006 Traffic Data Report for New York State (PDF) pp. 251–252. New York State Department of Transportation (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2008-02-03.
- ^ New York Routes - New York State Route 199
