New York State Route 9N
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| NY Route 9N |
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| Length: | 143.49 mi[1] (230.92 km) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Formed: | 1930[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| South end: |    US 9/NY 29/NY 50 in Saratoga Springs |
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| Major junctions: |
 I-87 in Lake George  NY 22 / NY 74 in Ticonderoga I-87 in Westport I-87 in Au Sable |
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| North end: | US 9/NY 22 in Keeseville |
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| Counties: | Saratoga, Warren, Essex, Clinton | ||||||||||||||||||||
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New York State Route 9N is a state highway in Eastern New York, running north to south from U.S. Route 9, NY 29, and NY 50 in Saratoga Springs to US 9 and NY 22 in the Clinton County village of Keeseville. At 143.49 miles (230.92 km) in total length, it is the longest letter-suffixed route in the state. Route 9N is concurrent with its parent route through the scenic village of Lake George.
The NY 9N designation was originally created in the 1930 renumbering to replace NY 9W, a route assigned to an alternate routing of US 9 from Elizabethtown to Keeseville. Over time, NY 9N was extended southward to Lake George, then to Saratoga Springs, supplanting several other routes in the process.
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[edit] Route description
Route 9N is the longest suffixed route in the state at 143 miles (230 km). The route stretches through four counties: Saratoga, Warren, Essex and Clinton. Route 9N stretches from Routes 9, 29 and 50 in Saratoga Springs to a junction with US 9 in Keeseville.
[edit] Saratoga County
NY 9N begins in the town of Saratoga Springs in Saratoga County, New York.[3] The road at this point is known as Church Street. Route 9N goes on to South Greenfield, where Saratoga County Route 21 begins to the left. In downtown Greenfield Center, Saratoga County Route 36 (Wilton Road) begins to the right. Another Saratoga County Route, 25, crosses in North Greenfield. Route 9N goes closer to the Saratoga-Warren border, which is in Corinth. After a short distance, in Corinth, Route 10 begins to the left.
[edit] Warren County
Just after entering Corinth, Route 9N enters Adirondack Park.[3] 9N makes a turn to the east and then back to the north. 9N then begins to parallel a river before entering Lake Luzerne. 9N heads to the northeast, passing Second Lake, Third Lake and Fourth Lake before entering the hamlet of Lake Vanare. 9N continues to the northeast, interchanging with the Adirondack Northway in Lake George Village. Just after the Northway interchange, the road becomes concurrent with its parent route, U.S. Route 9.
Route 9L leaves to the right just after the concurrency begins.[3] 9N and 9 enter downtown Lake George Village and crosses local roads. At the north end of the village, 9 and 9N split in different directions, with 9N headed northeast along the coast of Lake George. 9N continues and four miles from the village, enters the hamlet of Diamond Point. 9N leaves Diamond Point for the town of Bolton and soon the hamlet of Bolton Landing. In downtown Bolton Landing, there is access to the Sagamore, a resort on an island in Lake George. 9N leaves the coast of Lake George as the lake alters to the right.
9N comes back to the shore of Lake George and enters Sabbath Day Point.[3] 9N enters Hague and intersects with Route 8 in the downtown portion. 9N leaves the lake for a final time before entering Ticonderoga. Routes 74 and 22 intersect in Ticonderoga, as 9N continues north concurrent with 22.
[edit] Essex and Clinton Counties
9N and 22 begin to parallel Lake Champlain as the roads enter Crown Point. Route 910L (an unsigned reference route) leaves to the right between Crown Point and Port Henry, connecting NY 9N and NY 22 to Vermont Route 17. The roads continue north for a while until Westport, where they fork.
9N intersects the Adirondack Northway once again just before entering Elizabethtown, where it becomes concurrent with its parent route again.[3] The roads quickly split and 9N continues to the west towards Keene, where it intersects with Route 73. The roads fork and 9N heads north towards Keeseville. Several miles later, 9N interchanges with the Northway and ends at Route 9.
[edit] History
When state highways in New York were first signed in 1924, the section of modern NY 9N from Saratoga Springs to Lake George was designated as part of NY 10 while the portion between Ticonderoga and Westport became part of NY 30.[4] By 1926, the piece from Hague to Ticonderoga was designated as the easternmost leg of NY 47.[5] Later, an alternate route of U.S. Route 9 from Elizabethtown to Keeseville was designated New York State Route 9W between 1926 and 1930.[2][5]
In the 1930 renumbering, NY 9W was renumbered to NY 9N while New York State Route 47 was realigned south of Hague to follow a previously unnumbered roadway along the western shore of Lake George to the village of the same name, where it ended at US 9. NY 10, realigned south of Long Lake, was replaced with New York State Route 9K from Saratoga Springs to Lake George while the roadway connecting Ticonderoga to Westport was renumbered to NY 22 after NY 30 was reassigned elsewhere in the state. The segment of modern NY 9N from Westport to Elizabethtown, previously unnumbered, was designated New York State Route 195.[2]
By 1938, NY 9N was extended south to Lake George, supplanting all of NY 47 and NY 195 and overlapping NY 22 from Ticonderoga to Westport.[6] NY 9N was later extended southward to Saratoga Springs over NY 9K between 1946 and 1967, creating a short overlap between US 9 and NY 9N in the village of Lake George.[7][8]
[edit] Major intersections
| County | Location | Mile[1] | Roads intersected | Notes |
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| Saratoga | Saratoga Springs | 0.00 | US 9 / NY 29 / NY 50 |
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| Warren | Town of Lake George | 29.49 | I-87 |
Exit 21 (I-87) |
| 29.69 | US 9 south |
Southern terminus of overlap | ||
| 30.02 |  NY 9L |
Northern terminus of NY 9L | ||
| Village of Lake George | 31.57 | US 9 north |
Northern terminus of overlap | |
| 31.94 | I-87 |
Exit 22 (I-87) | ||
| Hague | 59.72 |  NY 8 |
Northern terminus of NY 8 | |
| Essex | Village of Ticonderoga | 69.33 | NY 22 south / NY 74 |
Southern terminus of NY 9N/22 overlap |
| Crown Point | 81.64 |    VT 17 via NY 910L (Bridge Road) |
To Champlain Bridge | |
| Westport | 94.81 | NY 22 north |
Northern terminus of overlap | |
| 98.90 | I-87 |
Exit 31 (I-87) | ||
| Elizabethtown | 103.19 | US 9 north |
Eastern terminus of overlap | |
| 103.65 | US 9 south |
Western terminus of overlap | ||
| Keene | 113.74 |  NY 73 east |
Southern terminus of overlap | |
| 115.59 | NY 73 west |
Northern terminus of overlap | ||
| Jay | 125.21 |  NY 86 |
Eastern terminus of NY 86 | |
| Clinton | Au Sable | 142.06 | I-87 |
Exit 34 (I-87) |
| Keeseville | 143.22 | NY 22 north |
Southern terminus of overlap | |
| 143.49 | US 9 / NY 22 south |
Northern terminus of NY 9N/22 overlap |
[edit] References
- ^ a b Traffic Data Report - US 1 to US 9 (PDF). NYSDOT (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2007-11-15.
- ^ a b c Leon A. Dickinson. "New Signs for State Highways", New York Times, 1930-01-12, p. 136.
- ^ a b c d e Google Maps (2007). RT-9N, New York, United States. Google. Retrieved on 2007-09-06.
- ^ "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers", New York Times, 1924-12-21, p. XX9.
- ^ a b Rand McNally. Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas (eastern New York) [map]. (1926) Retrieved on 2008-01-06.
- ^ Automobile Legal Association (ALA) Green Book, 1938-39 edition, (William A. Thbodeau, 1939).
- ^ Rand McNally. Rand McNally Road Atlas [map]. (1946) Retrieved on 2007-10-11.
- ^ Gousha. Gousha Road Atlas [map]. (1967) Retrieved on 2007-10-11.
