U.S. Route 4 in New York
Route information | ||
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Maintained by NYSDOT and the cities of Troy and Mechanicville | ||
Length | 79.67 mi[1] (128.22 km) | |
Existed | 1926[2]–present | |
Tourist routes | Lakes to Locks Passage | |
Major junctions | ||
South end | US 9 / US 20 in East Greenbush | |
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North end | US 4 at the Vermont state line in Hampton | |
Location | ||
Country | United States | |
State | New York | |
Counties | Rensselaer, Saratoga, Washington | |
Highway system | ||
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U.S. Route 4 (US 4) is a part of the
The route runs along the
US 4 was assigned in 1926 and initially extended from
Route description
The portion of US 4 between
Most of the route is maintained by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT); however, two sections are maintained by local highway departments. The first lies within the city of Troy, where US 4 is completely city-maintained.[5][6] The other is in the city of Mechanicville, where local maintenance extends from Frances Street (four blocks south of NY 67) to the northern city line.[7][8]
East Greenbush to Schuylerville
US 4 begins at the concurrency of US 9 and US 20 in East Greenbush. Heading northward, it has an interchange with I-90, continuing northward into Troy. In Troy, it passes by Hudson Valley Community College as well as the headquarters of the 42nd Infantry Division. US 4 then heads downhill, passing the historic South End Tavern as Burden Avenue, named for the historic Burden Iron Works. Later, US 4 assumes Fourth Street, which splits into parallel one-way streets (Third Street handles southbound traffic from downtown). At Congress Street, in the middle of the Central Troy Historic District with St. Paul's Episcopal Church on the corner, it intersects NY 2. Once through downtown, the streets meet and pass by the Green Island Bridge, later passing under the Collar City Bridge and onto Second Avenue in Lansingburgh.[9]
After Lansingburgh, US 4 turns left to cross the Hudson River on the Troy–Waterford Bridge, entering Waterford and joining with NY 32 to head north together west of the Hudson. They run along the riverbank for seven miles (11 km) to the city of Mechanicville, where the routes cross over the Anthony Kill and intersect NY 67 in the central business district. US 4 and NY 32 continue on, passing through the nearby village of Stillwater before splitting at Bemis Heights, a small community five miles (8.0 km) northeast of Mechanicville. While NY 32 follows a more inland routing along the western edge of Saratoga National Historical Park, US 4 continues to follow the riverbank, running along the eastern boundary of the park. Past the park, the route passes by Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery before rejoining NY 32 at the southern edge of the village of Schuylerville.[9]
Schuylerville to Vermont line
US 4 begins to run along the
With the Hudson River to its west, US 4 heads northward once again, leaving NY 197 behind. Not far after Fort Edward, the highway enters Hudson Falls, where it turns into a local road. There, it heads through downtown, intersecting with NY 196 and, soon afterward, NY 254. US 4 makes a sudden curve to the northeast, heading through the rural regions for the rest of its length.[9]
There is one final intersection with NY 32, but they do not become concurrent and US 4 heads to the northeast. The route passes through Kingsbury and soon after, becomes concurrent with
History
Origins and assignment
In 1911, the
The first set of posted routes in New York were assigned in 1924. Two of the routes assigned at this time were
In the original plans for the
Southward extension and overlaps
When U.S. Routes were first posted in New York in 1927, US 9 was restored to its originally planned alignment between Albany and Glens Falls (via Waterford and Mechanicville) while the US 109 designation went unassigned. The portion of US 109's alignment south of Waterford became
Virtually all of US 4 south of Hudson Falls initially overlapped other routes, all of which were assigned as part of the renumbering. In between Hudson Falls and Northumberland, US 4 overlapped
Most of the overlaps were eliminated as time went on. In the early 1940s, NY 32A was reassigned to another highway in the Catskill Mountains while NY 32B was truncated to end in Hudson Falls. The former routing of NY 32A became a realignment of NY 32, creating an uninterrupted overlap between US 4 and NY 32 from Waterford to Northumberland.[21][22] In the mid-1950s, work began on a project to upgrade a preexisting riverside highway between Bemis Heights and Schuylerville.[23][24] The project was completed by 1958, at which time the roadway became part of a realigned US 4.[25] The overlap with NY 40 was eliminated in the late 1950s when NY 40 was truncated to begin at the junction of US 4 and Winter Street.[25][26]
Major intersections
County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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hamlet of East Greenbush | |||||
1.50 | 2.41 | Traffic circle ; hamlet of Couse Corners | |||
1.93 | 3.11 | Exit 9 on I-90 | |||
3.23 | 5.20 | NY 915E west (Third Avenue Extension) – Rensselaer | Formerly NY 43; eastern terminus of unsigned NY 915E | ||
I-90 – Rensselaer, West Sand Lake | Hamlet of Defreestville | ||||
5.62 | 9.04 | CR 74 east (Winter Street Extension) | Former western terminus of NY 405 | ||
6.61 | 10.64 | NY 136 east – Wynantskill | Western terminus of NY 136 | ||
I-787 – Menands | Eastern terminus of NY 378 | ||||
9.55 | 15.37 | NY 2 east (Ferry Street) – Brunswick | One-way eastbound | ||
9.62 | 15.48 | I-787 / I-87 – Watervliet | One-way westbound | ||
10.07 | 16.21 | NY 915B | Eastern terminus of unsigned NY 915B | ||
10.43 | 16.79 | Hoosick Street to NY 7 east | |||
10.63 | 17.11 | Jay Street to I-787 / I-87 | |||
12.65 | 20.36 | I-787 – Cohoes | Eastern terminus of NY 470; Lansingburgh section | ||
13.80 | 22.21 | NY 142 east (125th Street) – Brunswick | Western terminus of NY 142; Lansingburgh section | ||
Saratoga | Village of Waterford | 14.27 | 22.97 | NY 32 south (Broad Street) / Lakes to Locks Passage – Cohoes | Southern terminus of concurrency with NY 32 |
Halfmoon | 21.71 | 34.94 | NY 146 west to I-87 – Clifton Park | Eastern terminus of NY 146 | |
Round Lake, Malta, Ballston Spa | Southern terminus of concurrency with NY 67 | ||||
23.17 | 37.29 | NY 67 east (North Main Street) – Schaghticoke | Northern terminus of concurrency with NY 67 | ||
NY 915C – Schaghticoke, Lock 4 State Canal Park | Former routing of NY 67; western terminus of unsigned NY 915C | ||||
Saratoga Lake | Northern terminus of concurrency with NY 32; hamlet of Bemis Heights | ||||
Schuylerville | 37.88 | 60.96 | NY 32 south – Victory | Southern terminus of concurrency with NY 32 | |
37.94 | 61.06 | CR 338 west (Burgoyne Street) | Former eastern terminus of NY 338 | ||
38.08 | 61.28 | NY 29 east (Ferry Street) – Greenwich | Southern terminus of concurrency with NY 29 | ||
38.37 | 61.75 | NY 29 west to I-87 – Saratoga Springs | Northern terminus of concurrency with NY 29 | ||
Northumberland | 40.13 | 64.58 | NY 32 north – Glens Falls | Northern terminus of concurrency with NY 32; hamlet of Northumberland | |
Washington | Village of Fort Edward | 50.11 | 80.64 | NY 197 east – Argyle | Southern terminus of concurrency with NY 197 |
50.53 | 81.32 | NY 197 west to I-87 | Northern terminus of concurrency with NY 197 | ||
Hudson Falls | 52.98 | 85.26 | NY 196 east (Maple Street) – Hartford | Traffic circle; western terminus of NY 196 | |
53.04 | 85.36 | NY 254 west (River Street) to I-87 – Glens Falls, Queensbury | Traffic circle; eastern terminus of NY 254 | ||
Kingsbury | 54.48 | 87.68 | NY 32 – Glens Falls | ||
60.74 | 97.75 | NY 149 east – Granville | Southern terminus of concurrency with NY 149 | ||
Village of Fort Ann | 62.62 | 100.78 | NY 149 west to I-87 – Queensbury, Lake George | Northern terminus of conurrency with NY 149 | |
Comstock, Granville | Southern terminus of concurrency with NY 22; hamlet of Comstock | ||||
Village of Whitehall | 73.18 | 117.77 | NY 22 north / Lakes to Locks Passage – Ticonderoga | Northern terminus of concurrency with NY 22 | |
Hampton | 79.67 | 128.22 | US 4 east to VT 4A – Fair Haven, Rutland | Hamlet of Low Hampton; continuation into Vermont | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
References
- ^ a b "2014 Traffic Data Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. July 22, 2015. pp. 83–85. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
- ^ .
- ^ New York State Department of Transportation (January 2012). Official Description of Highway Touring Routes, Bicycling Touring Routes, Scenic Byways, & Commemorative/Memorial Designations in New York State (PDF). Retrieved February 1, 2012.
- ^ New York State Legislature. "New York State Highway Law § 342-DD". Retrieved May 30, 2010.
- ^ "Rensselaer County Inventory Listing" (CSV). New York State Department of Transportation. March 2, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
- ^ "Washington County Inventory Listing" (CSV). New York State Department of Transportation. March 2, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
- ^ "Saratoga County Inventory Listing" (CSV). New York State Department of Transportation. March 2, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
- ^ Mechanicville Digital Raster Quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. New York State Department of Transportation. 1992. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e 1977–2007 I Love New York State Map (Map). I Love New York. 2007.
- ^ New York State Legislature (1918). "Tables of Laws and Codes Amended or Repealed". Laws of the State of New York passed at the One Hundred and Forty-First Session of the Legislature. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 73. Retrieved May 30, 2010.
- ^ New York State Department of Highways (1920). Report of the State Commissioner of Highways. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 559. Retrieved May 30, 2010.
- ^ New York State Legislature (1921). "Tables of Laws and Codes Amended or Repealed". Laws of the State of New York passed at the One Hundred and Forty-Fourth Session of the Legislature. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 42, 70–71. Retrieved May 30, 2010.
- ^ "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers". The New York Times. December 21, 1924. p. XX9.
- State of New York Department of Public Works. 1926.
- ^ Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas (eastern New York) (Map). Rand McNally and Company. 1926. Retrieved December 27, 2009.
- ^ Automobile Blue Book. Vol. 1 (1927 ed.). Chicago: Automobile Blue Book, Inc. 1927. This edition shows U.S. Routes as they were first officially signed in 1927.
- 1930 renumbering
- ^ Dickinson, Leon A. (January 12, 1930). "New Signs for State Highways". The New York Times. p. 136.
- Standard Oil Company of New York. 1930.
- Texas Oil Company. 1932.
- Gulf Oil Company. 1940.
- ^ New York with Pictorial Guide (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1942.
- ^ New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region (Map) (1955–56 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1954.
- ^ New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region (Map) (1957 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1956.
- ^ a b New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region (Map) (1958 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1958.
- ^ New York and New Jersey Tourgide Map (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Gulf Oil Company. 1960.
External links
- U.S. Route 4 at Alps' Roads • New York Routes