Interstate 684
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Interstate 684 (I-684) is a 28.47-mile (45.82 km)
Route description
Cross-Westchester Expressway to Saw Mill River Parkway
Northward, I-684 begins as two separate spur routes. The primary spur, which is officially designated I-684, begins at the
Just north of that exit, NY 120 crosses over the road. Immediately after this exit, I-684 crosses the Connecticut state line. Signage indicates this, but it retains its New York reference markers as it curves more to the northeast for the next 1.41 miles (2.27 km) through wooded and swampy country in the western corner of Greenwich. There is no exit in Connecticut. A mile (1.6 km) after it reenters New York, in the town of North Castle, it reaches its next exit, where NY 22 serves that community and the nearby hamlet of Armonk. The short section of I-684 in Connecticut is owned by the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT), but maintenance and repairs to the stretch are performed by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), with the cost of maintenance being reimbursed to New York by Connecticut.
Past that exit, it bends even more to the northeast, continuing past houses, parks, and golf courses located amidst dense woodlands. At Byram Lake Reservoir, it returns to a northward heading for a mile (1.6 km), crossing into the town of Bedford. The highway then curves northeasterly and then to the northwest once the reservoir is past. The Arthur W. Butler Memorial Sanctuary, a private nature preserve, replaces it on the east of the highway. Just south of the exit for NY 172, I-684 bends northwest again.
Over the next two miles (3.2 km), the Interstate curves gently back and forth, maintaining its generally northerly heading, as its median strip widens slightly. The surrounding lands start to include some more cleared lots, larger estates that were once small farms. At the northern end of this section, a rest area serves southbound traffic. The highway passes Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women, one of New York's two main women's prisons, a short distance to its west, and then bends northwest into the most extensive junction since its beginning: the northern terminus of the Saw Mill River Parkway.
Saw Mill River Parkway to Brewster
The Saw Mill merges from the southeast, its two roadways forming
North of that station is the North Salem town line. NY 22 detours slightly eastward, away from the interstate, for a mile (1.6 km). When it returns, the roads and the railroad tracks bend strongly to the northeast, following the Croton River on their west. After a mile (1.6 km), this brings them to I-684's next exit, at NY 116, again for only northbound traffic but with southbound entry. Purdy's station is also adjacent to the highway but is screened from view by a line of trees. A quarter-mile (400 m) to the north, NY 22 crosses under to the opposite side. A short distance later, the Harlem Line veers northwest, followed quickly by NY 22, as the Interstate veers northeast. The Hardscrabble Road exit serves both directions and, via NY 22, allows access to the nearby hamlet of Croton Falls. One mile (1.6 km) past that junction, I-684 crosses into Putnam County and the town of Southeast.
Within a thousand feet (300 m) of the county line, the Brewster rest area serves northbound traffic. Beyond, the highway turns slightly more to the east, then swings back to the north into its northern terminus at I-84. An almost-complete cloverleaf interchange guides traffic east to Danbury, Connecticut, or west toward Newburgh. Traffic continuing north remains on a limited-access route, designated but not signed as NY 981B, to the last signed exit with the concurrent routes of US Route 6 (US 6) and US 202 adjacent to East Branch Reservoir. The highway carrying both roads parallels I-84 at this point. Just past it, I-684 officially ends as NY 22 merges onto the highway, having left the US 6/US 202 concurrency. Over the next quarter-mile (400 m), the two roadways slowly converge into a two-lane surface road by the at-grade intersection with Sodom and Old Milltown roads, continuing north toward Pawling.[3]
History
An expressway along the NY 22 corridor between White Plains and Brewster was planned by Westchester County in 1956. In 1961, the proposed routing of I-87 north of Elmsford along the east bank of the Hudson River was relocated to use the NY 22 corridor instead via modern I-287 and I-84. After much controversy, the routing of I-87 was approved by the
On January 1, 1970, I-87 was relocated to follow the New York State Thruway north of Elmsford. The old route was redesignated as I-684.[2] Later that year, a third segment of the new highway between Armonk and Bedford Hills opened to traffic as well. For a time, Route 22 was a four-lane superhighway extending from Bedford Hills/Katonah to Goldens Bridge. The final segment eventually utilized the footprint of Route 22 and the Route 22 designation was returned to "Old Route 22", a parallel local road. The portion from Goldens Bridge to Brewster, which proved to be difficult from an engineering standpoint, was completed in December 1974.
Exit list
I-684
I-684's exit numbers are
State | County | Location | mi [4][5][6] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes | ||
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Rye, White Plains | Southern terminus; exit 9A on I-287 | ||||||||
NY 984J | |||||||||
SUNY Purchase | |||||||||
Connecticut | Fairfield |
No major junctions | |||||||
New York | Westchester | North Castle | 7.63 | 12.28 | 3 | NY 22 – Bedford, Armonk | Signed as exits 3N (north) and 3S (south) northbound | ||
Town of Bedford | 12.72 | 20.47 | 4 | NY 172 – Bedford, Mount Kisco | |||||
14.86 | 23.91 | Bedford Rest Area (southbound) | |||||||
16.94 | 27.26 | 5 | NY 117 south / Saw Mill River Parkway south | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; northern terminus of Saw Mill River Parkway | |||||
17.55 | 28.24 | 6 | NY 35 – Cross River, Katonah | Also serves Katonah station | |||||
Lewisboro | 6A | NY 22 to NY 138 – Goldens Bridge | Northbound exit only; also serves Goldens Bridge station | ||||||
Purdys, Somers | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; NY 22 not signed; also serves Purdy's station | ||||||||
23.93 | 38.51 | 8 | Hardscrabble Road – Croton Falls | Also serves Croton Falls station | |||||
Putnam | Brewster | 25.30 | 40.72 | Brewster Rest Area (northbound) | |||||
28.21 | 45.40 | 9 | Signed as exits 9E (east) and 9W (west); exit 68 on I-84 | ||||||
28.47 | 45.82 | 10 | US 6 / US 202 / NY 22 south – Brewster | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||||
Southeast | 28.53 | 45.91 | — | NY 22 north – Pawling | Northern terminus | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
NY 984J
The entire route is in Harrison, Westchester County.
mi [4][7] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes | |
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0.00 | 0.00 | New York City | Southern terminus; exit 16A on HRP | ||
0.40 | 0.64 | — | Manhattanville Road | All trucks must exit | |
1.53 | 2.46 | I-684 north – Brewster | Northern terminus; exit 1 on I-684 | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
See also
References
- ^ Starks, Edward (January 27, 2022). "Table 2: Auxiliary Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways". FHWA Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
- ^ State of New York Department of Transportation (January 1, 1970). Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State(PDF). Retrieved June 3, 2009.
- ^ Google (June 8, 2009). "Interstate 684" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 8, 2009.
- ^ a b "2019 Traffic Volume Report - Routes" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. July 30, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
- ^ "Westchester County Inventory Listing" (CSV). New York State Department of Transportation. August 7, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
- ^ "Putnam County Inventory Listing" (CSV). New York State Department of Transportation. August 7, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
- ^ Google (July 20, 2022). "Distance from 984J southern terminus to Manhattanville Road jct" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 20, 2022.