New York State Route 120

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North end NY 100 in Millwood
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountiesWestchester
Highway system
← NY 119→ NY 120A

New York State Route 120 (NY 120) is a

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NY 120 was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, but only to the portion of its routing north of Westchester Avenue. It was extended south to Rye c. 1938, then rerouted to follow Westchester Avenue east to Port Chester by the following year. Most of NY 120's former routing to Rye became part of New York State Route 119A at that time. NY 120 was rerouted to serve Rye again in October 1960, replacing NY 119A.

Route description

Rye to Harrison

NY 120 begins at an intersection with

Rye's station on the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line. Past the station, the highway passes under the New Haven Line, Amtrak's Northeast Corridor line, and I-95 in quick succession ahead of the Purchase Street Business District. The commercial surroundings give way to residential neighborhoods after three blocks as NY 120 winds northward through the northern part of Rye to the adjacent village/town of Harrison.[3]

In Harrison, NY 120 passes several mansions on both sides of the highway as it gradually turns northwestward and approaches

collector/distributor roads running northwestward along both sides of I-287. The route remains on the frontage roads for about a half-mile (0.8 km) to another section of Purchase Street, where NY 120 turns to follow a slightly more northward track through another residential section of Harrison.[3]

NY 120 northbound approaching the junction with NY 22 on the shores of the Kensico Reservoir in North Castle

Less than 1 mile (1.6 km) from I-287, NY 120 connects to the

Manhattanville College's campus and passes a short distance west of the State University of New York at Purchase.[3] Part of Purchase Street near the entrance to SUNY Purchase at Anderson Hill Road is named the Specialist Anthony N. Kalladeen Memorial Highway in memory of United States Army Specialist Anthony Kalladeen, a SUNY Purchase student who was killed in Iraq in 2004.[4][5] A dormitory at the school is also named for him.[6]

Another stretch of homes north of Purchase leads to

County Route 135 or CR 135), where NY 120 becomes a two-lane surface road.[3]

North Castle to Millwood

Continuing northward, I-684 and NY 120 head due north toward the state line, where NY 120A rejoins its parent route at a junction with King Street just north of the airport. From here, I-684 continues north into Connecticut while NY 120 takes on the King Street name and turns northwest to straddle the state line for roughly 1 mile (1.6 km). The route passes over I-684 and the northern tip of Rye Lake and serves an industrial complex in the Connecticut town of

overlap to cross the inlet on a causeway before splitting on the water body's north shore. From here, NY 120 heads through substantially less developed, mostly wooded areas as it traverses the northeastern edge of the reservoir.[3]

North of the reservoir, NY 120 crosses the northernmost part of the

Chappaqua's station on the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line.[3]

NY 120 southbound along concurrency with NY 133 in Millwood

After crossing the Harlem Line, the route dips under the

Quaker meeting house that was then the center of Chappaqua, line the road. Today these are listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Old Chappaqua Historic District.[7]

Roughly 1.5 miles (2.4 km) past the historic district, NY 120 makes a gradual turn to the west to reach a junction with

Millwood's station, which was demolished in May 2012 after years of neglect.[8] Just after the railroad right-of-way, NY 133 turns southwestward onto Station Place while NY 120 proceeds northwest as Millwood Road for one more sparsely developed block before terminating at a junction with NY 100 (Saw Mill River Road) at the northern edge of the hamlet.[3]

History

The segment of modern NY 120 between Westchester Avenue and the north end of the

Rye c. 1938 by way of Purchase Street and Highland Road.[11][12]

NY 120 was altered again by the following year to follow NY 119 east along Westchester Avenue to US 1 in Port Chester. Most of NY 120's former routing south of Westchester Avenue became part of NY 119A, a new route assigned to all of Purchase Street between NY 119 and NY 120 in Harrison and US 1 in Rye.[13] NY 120 was realigned once more in October 1960 to follow Purchase Street south to Rye, supplanting NY 119A. At the same time, NY 119 was truncated on its east end to Purchase Street while the portion of Westchester Avenue that had carried NY 119 and NY 120 between Purchase Street and Port Chester became an extension of NY 120A.[14]

The two-lane bridge carrying NY 120 over the

Special Forces linguist and Korean immigrant, was three credits shy of his law degree at Brooklyn Law School when he was killed in Afghanistan.[17]

Suffixed routes

Rye city–North Castle
Existedc. 1932[18]–c. 1939[13]

NY 120 once had two suffixed routes; only one still exists.

  • NY 120A (8.55 miles or 13.76 kilometres) is an alternate route of NY 120 between Harrison and North Castle. The northern half of the route straddles the New York–Connecticut state line, and two portions of the route are physically located in Connecticut.[1] It was assigned c. 1931.[2][19]
  • Rye and North Castle. It was assigned by 1932[18] and partially replaced by NY 120A c. 1939.[13][20]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Westchester County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
City of Rye
0.000.00 US 1 (Boston Post Road)Southern terminus
Harrison2.153.46
 NY 120A north (Westchester Avenue)		Southern terminus of NY 120A
2.494.01
I-287 / Westchester Avenue west – Rye, White Plains
Exit 10 on I-287
3.505.63
hamlet of Purchase
Southern end of limited-access section
I-287 – Westchester County Airport
Exit 2 on I-684
Northern end of limited-access section
7.9712.83
 NY 120A south		Northern terminus of NY 120A
9.4415.19Southern end of limited-access section
At-grade intersection
; southern terminus of NY 22 concurrency
9.7615.71
 NY 22 north – Armonk		At-grade intersection; northern terminus of NY 22 concurrency
Northern end of limited-access section
Town of New Castle
13.9922.51
 NY 117 south – Pleasantville		Southern terminus of NY 117 concurrency; hamlet of Chappaqua
14.0522.61
Mt. Kisco
Northern terminus of NY 117 concurrency; hamlet of Chappaqua
14.7323.71 Saw Mill River ParkwayAccess via local roads; exit 32 on Saw Mill Parkway
17.3027.84
Mt. Kisco
Southern terminus of NY 133 concurrency
17.8328.69
 NY 133 west		Northern terminus of NY 133 concurrency; hamlet of Millwood
18.0329.02 NY 100 – SomersNorthern terminus; hamlet of Millwood
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "2008 Traffic Data Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. pp. 245–246. Retrieved November 19, 2009.
  2. ^
    Standard Oil Company of New York
    . 1930.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Microsoft; Nokia (May 14, 2012). "overview map of NY 120" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Governor Cuomo Signs Legislation to Designate Two Portions of State Route 120 in Westchester After Two Service Members Who Were Killed Overseas" (Press release). Office of the Governor of New York. July 3, 2012. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  5. ^ Oliva, Zach (June 14, 2012). "Bill Would Name Local Road After Fallen Soldier". Harrison Patch. Patch Media. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  6. SUNY Purchase
    . July 5, 2012. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  7. ^ Lynn Beebe Weaver (October 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:Old Chappaqua Historic District". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
  8. ^ Marschhauser, Brian (July 14, 2012). "Millwood Train Station Replica Still In The Works". The Daily Voice. Chappaqua, NY. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
  9. ^ State of New York Department of Highways (1909). The Highway Law. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 53. Retrieved June 10, 2010.
  10. ^ New York State Department of Highways (1920). Report of the State Commissioner of Highways. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 495–496. Retrieved June 10, 2010.
  11. Standard Oil Company
    . 1937.
  12. ^ Thibodeau, William A. (1938). The ALA Green Book (1938–39 ed.). Automobile Legal Association.
  13. ^ a b c New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Standard Oil Company. 1939.
  14. ^ "State Shifts Numbers Of Area Routes". The Herald Statesman. October 11, 1960. p. 11. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  15. ^ Ganga, Lisa (December 22, 2011). "Chappaqua's Route 120 bridge dedicated by DOT, officials". The Journal News. White Plains, NY. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  16. ^ Auctherlonie, Tom (July 3, 2012). "Cuomo Signs Bill Renaming Chappaqua Bridge After Slain Soldier". Chappaqua Patch. Patch Media. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  17. The Daily Voice
    . Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  18. ^
    Texas Oil Company
    . 1932.
  19. Kendall Refining Company
    . 1931.
  20. ^ New York Road Map for 1938 (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1938.

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