New York State Route 82

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NY Route 82
Length: 59.91 mi[1] (96.42 km)
Formed: 1930[2]
South end: NY 52 in Brinckerhoff
Major
junctions:		 Taconic Pkwy in Arthursburg
US 44 in Millbrook
US 44 in Washington's Hollow
Taconic Pkwy in West Taghkanic
North end: US 9/NY 9H/23 in Bell Pond
Counties: Dutchess, Columbia
Numbered highways in New York
< NY 81 NY 83 >
Interstate - U.S. - N.Y. - Reference

New York State Route 82 is a state highway in the eastern Hudson Valley. It begins northeast of Fishkill, bends eastward towards Millbrook, and then returns westward to end at a junction with three other roads at Bell Pond, near Claverack.

NY 82 is the only state highway to have more than one exit with the Taconic State Parkway.

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[edit] Route description

NY 82 looking south, near Millbrook
NY 82 looking south, near Millbrook

[edit] Dutchess County

NY 82 begins at an intersection with NY 52 in Brinckerhoff. The route proceeds to the northeast, paralleling the path of the Fishkill Creek through southern Dutchess County. At the East Fishkill hamlet of Hopewell Junction, NY 82 briefly overlaps NY 376 before separating from the waterway east of the hamlet. NY 82 continues north to the community of Arthursburg, where it meets the Taconic State Parkway at an interchange. Past the exit, the two roads begin to follow parallel routings through the center of the county. To the north in Billings, NY 82 intersects NY 55 before continuing onward toward the village of Millbrook. South of Millbrook, NY 82 turns to the west at an intersection with NY 343. Midway between Millbrook and the Taconic Parkway, NY 82 meets U.S. Route 44 and overlaps the route for a short distance to the west. The two routes separate just east of where US 44 meets the parkway.[3]

Signage for NY 82 near Millbrook
Signage for NY 82 near Millbrook

North of the split with US 44, NY 82 leaves the vicinity of the parkway and begins parallel the Wappinger Creek as it heads through the northern extent of Dutchess County. At Pine Plains, the creek terminates while NY 82 intersects NY 199 in the center of the hamlet. NY 82 turns east, forming a brief overlap with NY 199 before splitting outside of the community. Shortly after leaving NY 199, NY 82 passes into Columbia County.[4]

[edit] Columbia County

Within Columbia County, NY 82 maintains a predominantly northwest-southeast routing. From the county line northward, NY 82 passes through Ancramdale and Ancram prior to meeting the Taconic Parkway a second time near the Lake Taghkanic State Park in West Taghkanic.[5] Past the Taconic, NY 82 continues onward to Bell Pond, where it terminates at an intersection with U.S. Route 9, NY 9H, and NY 23.[6]

[edit] History

NY 82 was first designated in the 1930 renumbering on a previously unnumbered road connecting the hamlet of Brinckerhoff (near the village of Fishkill) and the hamlet of Pine Plains via Stanfordville in Dutchess County.[2] An alternate route between South Millbrook and Pine Plains, designated as New York State Route 82A, was also assigned in 1930, which ran further east through the town of Amenia.[2] NY 82A ran along modern US 44 in going through the village of Millbrook and following the present Dutchess County Route 83. CR 83 begins at US 44 west of the hamlet of Amenia, runs north through the town of North East, then northwest to the town of Pine Plains, ending at current NY 82 south of the hamlet of Pine Plains.

By 1938, NY 82 and NY 82A between South Millbrook and Pine Plains were swapped,[7] with the route via Amenia becoming NY 82 and the route via Stanford becoming NY 82A. At the same time, NY 82 was extended north of Pine Plains to its current northern terminus.[7]

Sometime later, the NY 82 designation was restored to its original western alignment, and the portion of the eastern alternate route that did not overlap US 44 between Amenia and Pine Plains was decommissioned and became Dutchess CR 83.

NY 82 also originally went through the hamlet of South Millbrook. A bypass was later constructed and the old route was redesignated as Dutchess County Route 111.

[edit] Major intersections

County Location Mile[1] Roads intersected Notes
Dutchess Brinckerhoff 0.00 NY 52
Hopewell Junction 4.24 NY 376 south Western terminus of overlap
4.30 NY 376 north Eastern terminus of overlap
Arthursburg 7.83 Taconic State Parkway Grade-separated interchange
Billings 11.35 NY 55
Millbrook 20.24 NY 343 Western terminus of NY 343
22.13 US 44 east Eastern terminus of overlap
Washington's Hollow 23.17 US 44 west Western terminus of overlap
Pine Plains 38.91 NY 199 west Western terminus of overlap
40.34 NY 199 east Eastern terminus of overlap
Columbia West Taghkanic 55.07 Taconic State Parkway Grade-separated interchange
Bell Pond 59.91 US 9/NY 23
NY 9H
 Southern terminus of NY 9H

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Traffic Data Report - NY 55 to I-87 (PDF). NYSDOT (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2007-10-09.
  2. ^ a b c 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
  3. ^ Google Maps (2008). Overview of New York StateRoute 82 from starting terminus to Milbrook. [Map]. Retrieved on 2008-02-24.
  4. ^ Google Maps (2008). Overview of New York State Route 82 from Millbrook to Pine Plains. [Map]. Retrieved on 2008-02-24.
  5. ^ Googla Maps (2008). Overview of New York State Route 82 from Pine Plains to Ancram. [Map]. Retrieved on 2008-02-24.
  6. ^ Google Maps (2008). Overview of New York State Route 82 from Ancram to ending terminus. [Map]. Retrieved on 2008-02-24.
  7. ^ a b Automobile Legal Association (ALA) Automobile Green Book, 1938/39 edition, (W.A. Thibodeau, 1938).

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