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52-597: The Brandywine Highway is designated as New York State Route 363 from NY 434 to Brandywine Avenue and part of NY 7 from Brandywine Avenue to I-88. NY 363 is also known as North Shore Drive. The Brandywine Highway begins as NY 363 at an interchange with NY 434 in Downtown Binghamton near the confluence of the Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers . The route, a limited-access extension of North Shore Drive, heads northeast along

104-813: A through arch bridge that parallels another through arch bridge for pedestrians and cyclists, the Justice Harlan Fiske Stone Bridge. VT 9 is known as the Molly Stark Trail (or Molly Stark Byway) throughout its course, named after Molly Stark , the wife of General John Stark of the American Revolutionary War . The highway is a part of the National Highway System from the New York state line to I-91, and again from I-91 and US 5 to

156-633: A bridge over the Susquehanna. The route continues west into downtown along Conklin Avenue, then heads north on Tompkins Avenue to traverse the Susquehanna River. On the opposite bank, NY 7 intersects US 11 and becomes Brandywine Avenue. After three blocks, NY 7 merges with NY 363 , a limited-access highway . While NY 363 terminates at the merge, NY 7 follows the right-of-way of NY 363 northward, connecting to

208-790: A four-legged roundabout . The west leg of the roundabout is a connector to a trumpet interchange with I-91. VT 9 heads east along Chesterfield Road, which passes under the New England Central Railroad on its way to the New Hampshire state line at the Connecticut River, where the highway continues as NH 9 (Franklin Pierce Highway) toward Keene. The highway crosses the river by the United States Navy Seabees Bridge ,

260-405: A short distance (thus running anti-parallel to traffic on NY 363 southbound) before passing under NY 363 south and merging with NY 363 northbound on the left-hand side of the road. Past Susquehanna Street, NY 363 continues along the Susquehanna River to a parclo interchange with U.S. Route 11 (US 11, named Court Street) just east of NYSEG Stadium . Past US 11,

312-860: Is a state highway in the U.S. state of Vermont . The highway runs 46.957 miles (75.570 km) from the New York state line in Bennington , where it continues west as New York State Route 7 (NY 7), to the New Hampshire state line at the Connecticut River in Brattleboro , where the highway continues as New Hampshire Route 9 (NH 9). VT 9 is the primary east–west highway of Bennington and Windham counties in southern Vermont. The highway connects Southern Vermont's primary towns of Bennington and Brattleboro via its crossing of

364-583: Is in Broome County . The original NY 7B was an alternate route of NY 7 from Unadilla to Oneonta that was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering. It overlapped NY 28 from North Franklin to Oneonta. On November 27, 1969, the New York State Department of Transportation Commissioner T. W. Parker announced that NY 7B would be renumbered to NY 357. This new designation would also truncate NY 7B off

416-473: Is in Broome County . The current New York State Route 7B ( NY 7B ) designation is a 3.74-mile (6.02 km) spur in the Broome County towns of Fenton and Colesville . It follows the former, pre-expressway routing of NY 7 between NY 369 in the hamlet of Port Crane and NY 7 in the hamlet of Sanitaria Springs . Prior to becoming NY 7B in the 1990s, it was designated NY 990K, an unsigned reference route . The entire route

468-543: Is now designated as NY 992D while D.K. Lifgren Drive (0.50 miles or 0.80 kilometres in length) is now NY 992G. NY 7 currently has two spurs, both located in the Southern Tier . A third formerly existed in the Capital District near Schenectady . New York State Route 7A ( NY 7A ) (1.77 miles or 2.85 kilometres) is a spur in the Broome County town of Conklin that connects NY 7 to

520-689: The Green Mountains . VT 9 also connects those towns with Troy, New York , and Keene, New Hampshire , via the connecting highways in those states. The highway also intersects three major north–south routes: U.S. Route 7 (US 7) in Bennington and Interstate 91 (I-91) and US 5 in Brattleboro. VT 9 begins at the New York state line in the town of Bennington in western Bennington County. The highway continues west as NY 7 (Mapletown Road) toward Hoosick and Troy. A short distance west of

572-587: The Hudson River and into Troy over the Collar City Bridge . The route remains a limited-access highway to 8th Street, where it becomes the at-grade Hoosick Street. NY 7 continues east through Troy, intersecting NY 40 before exiting the city. Past Troy, the land surrounding NY 7 is largely rural as it heads through Pittstown to Hoosick , where it meets and is briefly concurrent to NY 22 . Farther east, NY 7 intersects

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624-639: The New York State Thruway ( I-90 ). NY 7, however, passes over the Thruway with no connection and heads east into Rotterdam as Duanesburg Road. In the center of the community, NY 7 turns east onto Curry Road, remaining on the roadway to an interchange with I-890 adjacent to the Schenectady ; Albany county line. NY 7 merges with I-890 northward for two exits (creating a wrong-way concurrency ) before exiting onto

676-611: The Pennsylvania state line . While NY 7 follows a creek valley to the Pennsylvania border, NY 7A continues NY 7's course along the Susquehanna River valley, paralleling US 11 and I-81 . When NY 7A was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York , it connected to PA 602 ; it now connects to SR 1033, an unsigned quadrant route . The entire route

728-596: The Vermont state line east of Hoosick in Rensselaer County . Most of the road runs along the Susquehanna Valley , closely paralleling Interstate 88 (I-88) throughout that road's length. Portions of the highway route near the cities of Binghamton, Schenectady , and Troy date back to the early 19th century. NY 7 begins at the Pennsylvania state line south of Corbettsville , where

780-487: The 1930 renumbering, NY 7 was extended south to Pennsylvania by way of Court Street, Tompkins Street, and Conklin Avenue. NY 7 was realigned slightly by 1947 to follow Robinson Street and Brandywine Avenue between Chenango and Tompkins streets. The Brandywine Highway , a four-lane arterial through Binghamton and Port Dickinson , opened to traffic c.  1961 as a realignment of NY 7. The portion of NY 7 between Port Dickinson and Sanitaria Springs

832-523: The 1990s, it was designated NY 990K, an unsigned reference route . In Schenectady , it was originally routed along Broadway, State Street, Nott Terrace, and Union Street. It was shifted at some point between 1938 and 1947 to avoid downtown along Curry Road, Altamont Avenue and Brandywine Avenue. The former alignment along Union Street east of NY 146 later became reference route NY 911G , and Broadway from Edison and Millard to I-890 became NY 914D, and NY 915D from there to Weaver Road. Meanwhile,

884-570: The 20th century. Most of modern NY 7 was first defined in the 1909 Highway Law (amended in 1911) as State Route 7, which was designated from the Pennsylvania state line at Binghamton town to Harpursville, then along the Susquehanna Valley through Oneonta to the town of Schoharie. From there, the legislative route 7 went east via Berne and New Scotland then ending in Albany. The portion of modern NY 7 continuing northeast from

936-691: The Crosstown Arterial. At the end of the arterial in eastern Schenectady, NY 7 becomes the at-grade Troy–Schenectady Road as it heads along the south bank of the Mohawk River into Albany County. Shortly after entering the county and the Town of Colonie , NY 7 leaves the river and progresses southeast toward the hamlet of Latham . Soon after passing the Albany International Airport and prior to entering

988-629: The center of Latham, NY 7 meets I-87 (the Adirondack Northway ) at exit 6. Here, NY 7 joins the Adirondack Northway northward while Troy–Schenectady Road continues east as NY 2 . At exit 7, NY 7 separates from the Adirondack Northway and continues east on a five-lane, limited-access freeway known locally as "Alternate Route 7". The route connects to US 9 and I-787  / NY 787 by way of interchanges prior to crossing over

1040-485: The city by way of a new arterial. The NY 146C designation was removed from Curry Road as part of the change. NY 7's former routing along Altamont Avenue from Curry Road to the Schenectady city line (a length of 0.96 miles or 1.54 kilometres) is now the unsigned NY 911H . Prior to the creation of the modern reference route system, Altamont Avenue was designated as NY 951. Reference markers along

1092-420: The community. East of NY 235, NY 7 rejoins the Susquehanna River, following the river (as well as I-88 on the opposite bank) through several riverside villages (including Bainbridge and Unadilla) to Oneonta . West of the city, NY 7 meets NY 23 and joins the route into the heart of Oneonta. Near the eastern edge of the city, NY 23 breaks from NY 7 while NY 7 continues onward in

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1144-644: The concurrent routes of I-81 and NY 17 by way of an interchange before leaving the city limits. Immediately north of Binghamton in Port Dickinson , NY 7 merges with I-88 across the Chenango River from the western terminus of I-88 at I-81. I-88 and NY 7 continue to the northeast along the Chenango River through Chenango Bridge (where the routes meet NY 12A ) and Port Crane (where I-88 and NY 7 meet NY 369 and leave

1196-808: The creek to Cobleskill before separating from NY 7 in the center of the village at an intersection with NY 145 . NY 145 then overlaps NY 7 east out of the village before separating midway between Cobleskill and Schoharie near Howe Caverns . North of Schoharie, NY 7 briefly overlaps NY 30A across Schoharie Creek before intersecting NY 30 west of the Schoharie - Schenectady County line. In Duanesburg , southwest of Schenectady , NY 7 intersects US 20 and meets I-88 once more at exit 24. Both routes continue northeast along Normans Kill into western Schenectady, where I-88 meets NY 7 one final time by way of another interchange before terminating at an interchange with

1248-590: The downtown area along High Street, then turns north and joins US 5 on Main Street. VT 9 and US 5 meet the southern end of VT 30 at a circle around part of the Brattleboro Retreat property formed by Linden Street, Putney Road, and Park Place. VT 9 and US 5 leave the circle along Putney Road and cross the West River . The state highway and the U.S. Highway pass through a commercial area and diverge at

1300-410: The early 1960s and opened to traffic by 1968. The portion of the freeway north of Brandywine Avenue became a realignment of NY 7 while the remaining section from NY 434 to Brandywine Avenue was initially unnumbered. The NY 434–Brandywine Avenue segment was designated as NY 363 on July 1, 1974. In the late 1980s, the northernmost portion of the highway was reconfigured to accommodate

1352-606: The expressway leaves the riverbank and heads northward over the Norfolk Southern Railway 's Southern Tier Line before merging with NY 7 (Brandywine Avenue) northbound. Here, NY 363 ends and the expressway becomes part of NY 7. Just north of the Brandywine Avenue interchange, there is an at-grade intersection between NY 7 and Frederick Street. However, only right-hand turns are permitted from NY 7. North of Frederick Street,

1404-468: The first with Frederick Street, there are no turn restrictions at this intersection. NY 7 becomes limited-access once more, meeting a pair of service roads that serve Hillcrest before merging with I-88 just north of the Port Dickinson village limits in the town of Fenton . The Brandywine Highway ends here; however, NY 7 continues onto I-88. The Brandywine Highway was constructed in

1456-521: The highway connects to the conjoined routes of I-81 and NY 17 by way of a cloverleaf interchange . Just north of the cloverleaf's northern tip is a simpler diamond interchange between NY 7 and Bevier Street. The highway continues on, paralleling a branch line off the Southern Tier Line northward through the city and into the village of Port Dickinson . A second at-grade intersection exists with Old State Road; however, unlike

1508-523: The highway would trace New Hampshire Route 101 , intersecting with I-95 followed by US Route 1 in Hampton, New Hampshire, then terminating at the ocean. The history of parts of NY 7 date back to shortly after the settlement of Hoosick in 1688. Hoosick was a part of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck and a public manor road was laid from Rensselaer to the site later of Troy at a ferry crossing, and then to

1560-625: The intersection of Main and Chestnut streets in Oneonta to Colliersville, where it turned north onto D.K. Lifgren Drive to rejoin NY ;28's modern alignment. NY 28 was rerouted to follow its current alignment between Main Street south of Oneonta and D.K. Lifgren Drive near Colliersville in the early 1980s following the completion of what is now NY 28 from I-88 exit 17 to D.K. Lifgren Drive. The portion of Main Street between NY 28 and NY 7 (0.67 miles or 1.08 kilometres long)

1612-570: The location known as Chenango Point) through the village of Unadilla to the town of Otego may have been maintained as a turnpike road by the Unadilla Turnpike Company, was chartered in 1806. Portions of modern NY 7 between Binghamton and Central Bridge were part of the Susquehanna Valley Route Auto trail . The state took over maintenance of certain trunk line highways at the beginning of

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1664-510: The new I-88 . The entire route is in Broome County . All exits are unnumbered. New York State Route 7 New York State Route 7 ( NY 7 ) is a 180.30-mile-long (290.16 km) state highway in New York in the United States. The highway runs from Pennsylvania Route 29 (PA 29) at the Pennsylvania state line south of Binghamton in Broome County, New York , to Vermont Route 9 (VT 9) at

1716-404: The north bank of the Susquehanna River and around the downtown district. While on the riverbank, NY 363 southbound connects to Susquehanna Street by way of an interchange. Due to the presence of the Susquehanna River south of the expressway, the onramps from NY 434 north and Susquehanna Street (via Carroll Street) to NY 363 north are actually located north of NY 363 southbound for

1768-600: The northeast as far as Hoosick. The section of NY 7 from Troy to Hoosick is that old manor road. The 19th century toll road known as the Troy and Schenectady Turnpike (now the Troy–;Schenectady Road) chartered in 1802, connecting the cities of Troy and Schenectady. Another turnpike road, the Troy Turnpike, was established in 1831 and went east from Troy to Bennington, Vermont . The road between Binghamton (at

1820-502: The numbering of New England Route 9 in Vermont. Within Albany, NY 9 followed the modern routing of NY 2 through Latham to Troy , where the connection to the modern alignment of NY 7 was made via current US 4 . In 1927, NY 9 was redesignated as NY 7 to avoid conflict with US 9 . The route north of Binghamton remained unchanged in the 1930 renumbering ; however, south of Binghamton, NY 7

1872-549: The overlap with NY 28 to Oneonta and simplify signage for drivers to understand in the city of Oneonta. This would also open the door for signage to be added for future Interstate 88 . On January 1, 1970, the North Franklin–Oneonta portion was removed and the Unadilla–North Franklin portion of NY 7B was renumbered to NY 357 . If the weather permitted, the official signage would be replaced in

1924-594: The path of the Chenango River) before separating in Sanitaria Springs . NY 7 is signed north-south from the PA line to US 11 Binghamton, while the remainder of the route is signed east-west. From Sanitaria Springs eastward, I-88 and NY 7 follow parallel routings through Colesville to Harpursville , where NY 7 overlaps NY 79 for a short distance and intersects NY 235 outside of

1976-403: The portion of Curry Road between Altamont Avenue and NY 146 was designated as NY 146C in the mid-1930s. NY 7 was rerouted c.  1962 to follow Curry Road east from Altamont Avenue to the new I-890 , where NY 7 turned north and followed I-890 to modern exit 7. Here, the route split from I-890 and continued to the junction of Union Street and Rosendale Road east of

2028-612: The respective directions. East of downtown, VT 9 meets the eastern end of VT 279 at a half– single-point urban interchange . The highway leaves Bennington along Woodford Road and crosses and begins to parallel the Walloomsac River as the river and highway enter the Green Mountains. VT 9 continues along the river into the town of Woodford . The highway has a curvaceous ascent along the City Stream branch of

2080-604: The river to the town center of Woodford; during the ascent, the highway intersects the Appalachian Trail and Long Trail . VT 9 reaches the source of City Stream at Big Pond and summits the Green Mountains. The highway meets the northern end of VT 8 in Searsburg , where the highway descends from the main range of the Green Mountains and begins to parallel the Deerfield River . VT 9 enters Windham County and

2132-479: The road connects to Pennsylvania Route 29 (PA 29). Like PA 29 to the south, NY 7 follows Snake Creek north to Corbettsville, where it meets NY 7A on the banks of the Susquehanna River . From Corbettsville northward, NY 7 becomes the riverside highway, following the river (as well as U.S. Route 11 or US 11 and I-81 on the opposite bank) through Conklin to eastern Binghamton , where it indirectly connects to US 11 via

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2184-492: The route still bear this number. In 1981, the Collar City Bridge was built, connecting Green Island with Troy in the Capital District . By 1985, construction had begun on the NY 7 freeway, then planned as NY 7 Alternate, between I-87 and I-787 west of Green Island. In 1986, NY 7 "Alternate" opened, becoming part of a realigned NY 7. The old surface alignment was designated as an extension of NY 2. NY 28 originally overlapped NY 7 from

2236-530: The shadow of I-88 and the Susquehanna River. To the northeast in Colliersville , the Susquehanna separates from NY 7 and is joined by NY 28 while NY 7 continues along the path of Schenevus Creek . Both I-88 and NY 7 head northeast along the creek through numerous communities to Richmondville , where NY 7 meets NY 10 at an interchange with I-88 near Cobleskill Creek . NY 10 turns east onto NY 7, forming an overlap along

2288-588: The spring of 1970. NY 7C was a loop off of NY 7 east of Schenectady in the Capital District . The majority of the route was located in Schenectady County ; however, the easternmost 40 yards (37 m) of the route was located in Albany County . It began at NY 7 in Niskayuna and proceeded east along Rosendale Road into Colonie , where it ended at NY 7. The route

2340-757: The state line, NY 7 has a junction with the west end of the Bennington Bypass ( VT 279 in Vermont), a two-lane freeway that allows VT 9 traffic to bypass the center of town. VT 9 heads east as West Road and passes south of William H. Morse State Airport and has a pair of sharp curves as it passes through Old Bennington , which is south of the Bennington Battle Monument and north of Southern Vermont College . The highway continues as Main Street to downtown Bennington, where it intersects US 7, which follows North Street and South Street in

2392-407: The town of Marlboro west of the summit. VT 9 passes to the north of the center of Marlboro and enters the valley of Whetstone Brook , which the highway follows into the town of Brattleboro. VT 9's name becomes Western Avenue as it passes through the community of West Brattleboro . The highway has an elongated partial cloverleaf interchange with I-91 west of downtown Brattleboro. The route enters

2444-627: The town of Wilmington just west of the Harriman Reservoir. The highway continues along the North Branch of the river into the town center of Wilmington, where the highway intersects VT 100 (North Main Street). VT 9 and VT 100 run concurrently follow Beaver Brook to their split east of the town center. The highway ascends Hogback Mountain along Beaver Brook to the stream's source. The route passes Molly Stark State Park and enters

2496-442: The town of Schoharie to Schenectady was part of State Route 7A. The portion of modern NY 7 between Troy and Schenectady was defined as part of State Route 42, while that between Troy and Hoosick was part of State Route 22. In 1924, when state highways were first publicly signed, most of what is now NY 7 between Binghamton and the Vermont state line was designated as New York State Route 9 , continuing

2548-620: The western end of the Bennington Bypass , a limited-access highway leading to Bennington, Vermont , before crossing into Vermont and becoming Vermont Route 9 . One of the canceled Interstate 92 proposals would have traced NY 7 from Albany to the Vermont border where it would continue via Vermont Route 9 through Bennington and Brattleboro, Vermont, with an intersection with I-91 in Brattleboro. It would have then followed New Hampshire Route 9 and I-89 to Concord, New Hampshire, then I-93 to Manchester, New Hampshire. Next,

2600-492: Was assigned c.  1961 and removed in the late 1960s. Ownership and maintenance of NY 7C's former routing in Schenectady County was transferred from the state of New York to the county on April 1, 1980, as part of a highway maintenance swap between the two levels of government. This portion of the route is now designated as County Route 158. Vermont Route 9 Vermont Route 9 ( VT 9 )

2652-525: Was extended to the Pennsylvania state line, where it became PA 29 . Over the years, NY 7 has been realigned to follow different routings in and around the cities it serves. Prior to 1930, NY 7 began at Court Street in Binghamton and followed Chenango Street north into Fenton , where it turned east and continued through Port Crane to the Colesville hamlet of Sanitaria Springs. In

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2704-473: Was relocated onto a new limited-access highway between 1968 and 1973. The segment of Chenango Street between the Binghamton city line and current NY 7 in Port Dickinson (a distance of 1.07 miles or 1.72 kilometres) is now NY 990H, an unsigned reference route . The former pre I-88 routing of NY 7 between Port Crane and Sanitaria Springs is now NY 7B . Prior to becoming NY 7B in

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