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47-559: The Congress Street Bridge carries NY 2 across the Hudson River connecting Watervliet, New York , with Troy, New York . The bridge has slated improvements to bring multimodal transportation to this bridge. This article about a bridge in New York is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . New York State Route 2 Most of the route was originally designated as part of an unsigned legislative route in

94-522: A combined 0.41 miles (0.66 km) in length, are now designated as NY 914A, an unsigned reference route . In 1942, the state of New York switched the alignments of NY 96 and NY 2 , a highway extending from Owego to Rochester in the Finger Lakes region. The change placed NY 2 on the Troy–Massachusetts routing. Around the same time as the designation swap, NY 2

141-582: A junction with CR 28 . Just north of the hamlet, the route turns northeast at a junction with CR 17 . Winding along Kinderhook Creek, NY 66 turns northward near Spangler Road, remaining a two-lane rural roadway. Continuing northward, the route crosses under the Berkshire Thruway section of the New York State Thruway ( I-90 ). After a junction with the eastern terminus of CR 32 , NY 66 turns northeast into

188-411: A junction with CR 9 (Mellenville Road). NY 66 reaches the hamlet of Ghent, where it meets a junction with the southern terminus of a section of CR 21 (Church Street). Continuing out of Ghent, NY 66 crosses over an abandoned railroad grade and a junction with another section of CR 9 (Arnolds Mill Road). At CR 9, NY 66 turns north through the town of Ghent, reaching

235-523: A partial interchange with Front Street and splits into a one-way pair along Congress Street (westbound) and Ferry Street (eastbound), both two lanes wide. The couplet takes the route through the Central Troy Historic District , where NY 2 eastbound heads into a two-block tunnel that carries the highway underneath the campus of Russell Sage College . Ferry Street returns to surface level at 3rd Street, where NY 2 meets

282-501: A residential section of Troy. It loosely parallels the northern edge of Poesten Kill to the Troy city line, where the highway reaches the southern terminus of County Route 141 (CR 141 or South Lake Avenue). State maintenance of NY 2 resumes as the road heads into the town of Brunswick , where the homes along the highway become less frequent and more scattered. The route runs past occasional stretches of dense woods to reach

329-617: A section of NY 7 that had been realigned onto a new parallel freeway to the north. NY 2 begins at I-87 (the Adirondack Northway) exit 6 in the hamlet of Latham , where NY 7 leaves Troy–Schenectady Road to join I-87. The route proceeds east on Troy–Schenectady Road, a four-lane boulevard in the town of Colonie . Passing south of the Latham Farms Shopping Center, and soon north of

376-487: A short commercialized stretch on its way into the riverside city of Watervliet , where it becomes 19th Street. Two blocks into the city, maintenance of the route shifts from the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) to the city highway department. The highway initially serves three blocks of homes before entering a linear commercial district at a junction with 12th Avenue. From here,

423-975: Is a state highway in the Capital District of New York in the United States. The route begins at an intersection with US 9 and NY 23B in the Columbia County city of Hudson and ends at a junction with NY 2 in the Rensselaer County city of Troy . While both Hudson and Troy are located on the Hudson River , NY 66 follows a more inland routing between the two locations to serve several rural villages and hamlets , including Chatham and Sand Lake . NY 66 overlaps with U.S. Route 20 (US 20) and NY 43 , two regionally important east–west highways, in Nassau and Sand Lake, respectively. The route

470-497: Is now NY 2 and NY 7 . When the first set of posted routes in New York were assigned in 1924, the portion of Route 42 west of 1st Street became part of NY 9 . The rest of Route 42 remained unnumbered until the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York , when it was designated as NY 96. Near Troy, NY 96 bypassed Pawling and Pinewoods avenues to the north on Brunswick Road instead of following

517-537: The Albia section of Troy, the route runs northwest along Pawling Avenue, remaining a two-lane residential street for a distance through Troy. At the junction with Pinewoods Avenue and passing south of Ida Lake, NY 66 turns north past Mount Ida Cemetery and crosses the Poesten Kill before reaching a junction with NY 2 (Congress Street). This junction marks the northern terminus of NY 66 just south of

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564-605: The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and southeast of downtown Troy. When the New York State Legislature assigned Route 21, an unsigned legislative route , in 1908, it followed modern CR 15 and CR 51 between Averill Park and the village of Nassau . The route was realigned on March 1, 1921, to use what is now NY 66 between Averill Park and current US 20 instead. This leg of Route 21

611-528: The Sand Lake town line. The remainder of modern NY 66 north to Troy was part of NY 45, which was assigned around the same time as NY 66 and utilized modern CR 45 in the vicinity of Averill Park. In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York , the NY ;45 designation was reassigned elsewhere in the state while its former routing was split up into several routes. One of these

658-434: The 1910s. In 1924, the portion of modern NY 2 between the hamlet of Latham and downtown Troy became part of NY 9 . The rest of the highway was designated as NY 96 as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York . NY 96 was renumbered to NY 2 in 1942. From 1942 to 1970, NY 2 continued south along the Hudson River from Troy to Albany . It was extended to Latham in 1985, replacing

705-485: The Latham Circle Mall, the route enters Latham Circle , where it connects to US 9 (Loudon Road). Instead of directly intersecting US 9, NY 2 meets a series of ramps leading to and from the road while US 9 itself crosses under the circle, allowing for a continuous flow of traffic on US 9. East of US 9, NY 2 runs southeast through Colonie, serving residential neighborhoods and

752-568: The center of Petersburgh. Past the hamlet, the route changes names to Taconic Trail as it meanders southeastward through rural, mostly wooded sections of Petersburgh. NY 2 intersects both ends of CR 91 (East Hollow Road) before traversing dense woods in the Berkshire Mountains . The road takes a generally south-southeastward track to the Massachusetts state line, where it becomes Massachusetts Route 2 upon entering

799-556: The city. Near the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , Ferry and Congress streets merge to form a single two-lane road carrying the Congress Street name. The route runs southeastward from the merge, serving another commercial strip in the Eastside section of the city and connecting to the northern terminus of NY 66 (Pawling Avenue). Past NY 66, NY 2 changes names to Brunswick Road and turns northeastward through

846-575: The community, passing Evergreen Cemetery and a junction with the northern terminus of NY 150 (West Sand Lake Road). Remaining a two-lane commercial street, NY 66 continues west along Main Avenue along the Wyants Kill before leaving North Greenbush for the city of Troy . Upon entering Troy, NY 66 crosses the southern terminus of CR 142 (Mountain View Avenue). Passing through

893-426: The eastern shores of Crooked Lake and past a junction with CR 49 (Eastern Union Turnpike). Soon Crooked Lake gives way to Glass Lake , which is bordered with lakeside homes near NY 43 and NY 66. Just before crossing Glass Lake Road, the routes turn northwest again, crossing into the hamlet of Sand Lake, where they reach a junction with CR 42 (Taborton Road). At this junction, NY 43 forks to

940-462: The hamlet of Brick Tavern , NY 66 reaches a junction with NY 9H in the southern end of the hamlet. NY 66 continues northeast through the town of Claverack, reaching the southern terminus of CR 20 at the eastern end of Brick Tavern. Passing south of Columbia County Airport , the route passes the junction with former CR 20, crossing into the town of Ghent . Continuing northeast, NY 66 remains rural in nature, soon reaching

987-401: The hamlet of Malden Bridge , reaching a junction with Albany Turnpike, where NY 66 turns southeast and re-crosses Kinderhook Creek. After crossing Kinderhook Creek, NY 66 turns northeast and out of Malden Bridge, reaching the hamlet of Riders Mills, a rural community alongside the creek. Less than a mile north of Riders Mills, the route crosses the Rensselaer County line and leaves

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1034-628: The hamlet of Buckneyville. The two-lane roadway remains rural for this portion but the road crosses into the village of Chatham , where it gains the moniker of Hudson Avenue. Crossing through a residential section of Chatham, NY 66 reaches a junction in the eastern end of the village with NY 203 (Church Street / Coleman Street). Passing the Chatham Rural Cemetery, NY 66 enters the Depot Square, where it passes Chatham's New York Central Railroad station. Passing

1081-426: The hamlet of Eagle Mills, where it intersects with the eastern terminus of CR 140 (Pinewoods Avenue) and the south end of CR 133 (Moonlawn Road). Outside of Eagle Mills, development along NY 2 continues to dwindle as it takes a more northerly track through the town. It bends back to the east near Clums Corners, the site of intersections with the southern terminus of NY 278 (Brick Church Road) and

1128-406: The hamlet to the northeast. The segment of NY 66 between Sand Lake and US 20 was part of Route 21, an unsigned legislative route , in the early 1920s. NY 66 begins at an intersection with US 9 and NY 23B (Green Street) in the center of the city of Hudson . Proceeding northeast along Union Turnpike, NY 66 becomes a two-lane city road through Hudson, soon leaving for

1175-519: The highway meets the southern terminus of CR 94 (Dill Brook Road) on its way into the hamlet of Petersburgh. In the center of the community, NY 2 connects to NY 22 by way of Moses Road (eastbound) and Main Street (westbound), both designated as NY 914A, an unsigned reference route . NY 2 itself crosses over NY 22, taking on the Main Street name as it runs through

1222-559: The junction with Tsatsawassa Lake Road, NY 66 leaves Kinderhook Creek behind permanently, continuing north through the town of Nassau, past Tackawasick Lake and the Tackawasick River before reaching the hamlet of Hoag Corners, where it reaches a junction with CR 16 and CR 21 (Dunham Hollow Road). Crossing the Tackawasick River, NY 66 continues north out of Hoag Corners and past Pikes Pond. At

1269-406: The northern end of Pikes Pond, NY 66 reaches a junction with CR 20 (Totem Lodge Road). Just north of that junction, the route enters the hamlet of Denault Corners, where it meets with NY 43 . Now concurrent, NY 43 and NY 66 continue northwest through Denault Corners as a two-lane residential street as it crosses into the town of Sand Lake . The routes run northward along

1316-663: The northern terminus of NY 351 (Farm to Market Road). East of Clums Corners, NY 2 loses the Brunswick Road name as it heads northeast through increasingly rural areas along the Quacken Kill. The route crosses the western terminus of CR 79 (Blue Factory Road) along this stretch before winding back to the southeast at the Grafton town line. It soon takes a more easterly track through Grafton, intersecting both ends of CR 84 (Old Road) on its way into

1363-421: The path of Route 42. In Petersburgh , NY 96 originally had a brief overlap with NY 22 ; however, it was eliminated in 1931 when NY 96 was reconfigured to pass over NY 22 by way of a new bridge built midway between NY 96's original approaches to the route. The former alignments of NY 96 were subsequently repurposed as connectors between NY 22 and NY 96. Both roads,

1410-474: The residential hamlet of Grafton. The route connects to Grafton Lakes State Park Way, the main road leading into Grafton Lakes State Park , and the northern terminus of CR 85 (South Road) before leaving the community. From the hamlet of Grafton, NY 2 winds southeast through rural sections of the town of Grafton, slowly heading downhill toward the Grafton– Petersburgh town line. In Petersburgh,

1457-478: The road crosses a Canadian Pacific Railway line as it approaches downtown Watervliet, where state maintenance resumes one block west of an intersection with NY 32 (Second Avenue). Past NY 32, NY 2 crosses over I-787 and the Hudson River on the Congress Street Bridge , which links Watervliet to the city of Troy on the opposite bank. Just east of the bridge, the route enters

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1504-418: The route returns to the rural nature it once had, crossing a junction with CR 68 (Snyders Corner Road). Winding northwest past a large quarry , NY 66 reaches the western terminus of NY 355 as it enters the town of North Greenbush . Now known as Main Avenue, NY 66 crosses into the hamlet of Wynantskill . Through Wynantskill, NY 66 becomes the main two-lane west–east street through

1551-439: The routes reach the residential hamlet of Brainard , where they meet the northern terminus of CR 19 , a short connector the aforementioned Columbia CR 13. Just east of this junction, NY 66 forks north off US 20 and continues north along Kinderhook Creek as it enters the village of East Nassau . In the center of East Nassau, NY 66 reaches a junction with the terminus of CR 26 (Garfield Road). Near

1598-416: The southbound half of US 4 , which is also routed along a one-way pair through the city. A junction with US 4 northbound follows two blocks to the east at 4th Street. While most of NY 2 westbound is city-maintained in Troy, NY 2 eastbound is a state road up through its intersection with 5th Avenue. After 5th Avenue, the highway leaves downtown Troy and begins to climb the hills overlooking

1645-413: The state of New York to Rensselaer County as part of a highway maintenance swap between the two levels of government. One of the highways the state received in exchange was CR 48, a northerly bypass of Averill Park that began at NY 43 and NY 66 in the hamlet of Sand Lake and went northwest around Averill Park to NY 66 north of the latter hamlet. The new state highway became part of

1692-405: The station, NY 66 also has a junction with the terminus of NY 295 (Railroad Street). Now known as Main Street, the route remains commercial through the northern reaches of the village, turning northwest at a roundabout with Austerlitz Street, River Street and Kinderhook Street. Continuing onto Center Street, NY 66 winds across the northern reaches of the village before crossing into

1739-495: The town of Chatham , where it drops the Center Street moniker. Through the town of Chatham, the route returns to its rural nature, passing a junction with a former alignment of NY 66 that dead-ends in the nearby woods. Turning northwest again, NY 66 enters the hamlet of Old Chatham, where it reaches a junction with CR 13 before crossing Kinderhook Creek . After crossing Kinderhook Creek, NY 66 reaches

1786-585: The town of Greenport , where it becomes a two-lane commercial street north of the city. Retaining its northeastern direction, the route crosses over the Claverack Creek and enters the town of the same name. The route passes the Dutch Village mobile home park and several residences before reaching an intersection with County Route 18 (CR 18 or Fish and Game Road). After CR 18, NY 66 becomes primarily rural in nature. Entering

1833-464: The town of Williamstown, Massachusetts . Most of modern NY 2 east of 1st Street in Troy was originally designated by the New York State Legislature as Route 42, an unsigned legislative route , on July 7, 1911. East of Troy, however, Route 42 was routed on Pawling and Pinewoods avenues. Route 42 was extended west across the Hudson River to Schenectady in 1914 by way of what

1880-423: The town of Chatham for the town of Nassau . Now in the town of Nassau, NY 66 continues northeast along Kinderhook Creek, soon reaching a junction with US 20 . Continuing to parallel Kinderhook Creek, US 20 and NY 66 form a concurrency through Nassau, passing several former alignments of US 20 before crossing over the creek twice. Rapidly approaching the Columbia County line once again,

1927-505: The west, while NY 66 continues northwest out of Sand Lake as Miller Hill Road. Crossing northwest through the residential section of Sand Lake on Miller Hill, NY 66 soon leaves the town of Sand Lake for the town of Poestenkill . Along this northwestern stretch, NY 66 drops the Miller Hill Road moniker, crossing a junction with NY 351 (Reichards Lake Road / Round Top Road). A short distance after NY 351,

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1974-464: Was NY 66, which was extended northward over former NY 45 to Troy. NY 66 was altered c.  1933 to follow Union Turnpike southwest from Ghent to Hudson , bypassing Claverack and Philmont to the west. On April 1, 1980, ownership and maintenance of NY 66 between NY 43 in Averill Park and then-CR 48 (Miller Hill Road) north of the hamlet was transferred from

2021-425: Was assigned in the mid-1920s to an alignment extending from Claverack to Nassau via Ghent . It was extended north to Troy as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York and rerouted south of Ghent to serve Hudson c.  1933 . Originally, NY 66 directly served Averill Park via modern County Route 45 ( CR 45 ) and part of NY 43; however, it was realigned in 1980 to bypass

2068-510: Was built 1 mile (1.6 km) north of NY 7 on an alignment that paralleled the original surface route. However, when it opened in December 1985, it became a realignment of NY 7 instead. NY 7's former surface routing from I-87 in Latham to US 4 in Troy became a westward extension of NY 2. New York State Route 66 New York State Route 66 ( NY 66 )

2115-680: Was extended south to NY 5 in Albany by way of overlaps with US 4 , then routed on 1st Street, and NY 32 . In between the two routes, NY 2 was routed on modern NY 378 and crossed the Hudson River by way of the Troy–Menands Bridge . NY 2 was rerouted slightly in the early 1950s to leave NY 32 at the junction of Wolfert Avenue and Broadway and follow Broadway into downtown Albany, where it ended at Madison Avenue ( US 9 and US 20 ). The route

2162-473: Was included in NY 66 when it was assigned in the mid-1920s. At the time, NY 66 began at NY 23 in Claverack and followed modern NY 217 to Mellenville (west of Philmont ). Here, NY 66 turned onto what is now CR 9 and proceeded north to Ghent , where it joined its modern alignment. On its north end, NY 66 originally ended at NY 45 (now NY 43 ) just south of

2209-422: Was truncated to the northern end of the NY 32 overlap in the mid-1960s, then to 3rd Street (US 4) in Troy on January 1, 1970. The former routing of NY 2 between NY 32 and US 4 became an extension of NY 378. Construction on a new limited-access highway through the town of Colonie between I-87 and I-787 began in the early 1980s. The roadway, known as "NY 7 Alternate",

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