New York State Route 9G runs north from US 9 at Poughkeepsie, New York, starting out as Violet Avenue, then following the Hudson River mostly along the eastern side of the US 9, crossing over Route 9 just north of Rhinebeck, New York, then running on the western side of US 9, closer to the Hudson River, finally terminating at the junction again with US 9 in Hudson, New York.

Route description

Dutchess County

The highway starts at a junction with US 9 at Marist College and Saint Francis Hospital in the Dutchess County town of Poughkeepsie. It travels parallel to the Pulaski Park while heading south for a time. It turns sharply to the west for a time known as Parker Avenue. It passes north of College Hill Park and Morgan Lake prior to gradually turning north. Route 9G passes west of the Dutchess Community College, now known as Violet Avenue. Proceeding north, off to the east is the Fallkill County Park. An intersection with Dutchess County Route 40 is not far off, while another intersection with Dutchess County Route 40A follows. It runs parallel to the Eleanor Roosevelt Historic Site while it travels west of the Union Cemetery. 9G runs near a small stream for a time, while to the west is the Greentree Park. A turn to the northwest before turning due north again comes before an intersection with Dutchess County Route 37. The route enters DeWitt Mills, which brings an intersection with Dutchess County Route 14.

On either side of the route are small lakes just as an intersection with Dutchess County Route 84 occurs. Continuing north, Burger Hill Park is to the west. From here, an intersection with New York State Route 38 comes with the entering of the northern outskirts of Rhinebeck. It intersects US 9 before becoming concurrent with Dutchess County Route 199. CR 199 turns to the west, and 9G heads north into Annadale-On-Hudson. Bard College is just to the west as 9G becomes limited access for a short time. An intersection with Dutchess County Route 79 follows, just prior entering Tivoli. The entering of Tivoli brings the crossing into Columbia County, New York and an intersection with Dutchess County Route 78.

Columbia County

In Columbia County, NY 9G passes through Germantown, and meets NY 23 at the eastern foot of the Rip Van Winkle Bridge in a highly channelized junction. NY 9G is concurrent with NY 23 for just less than before leaving with NY 23B to the northeast for the city of Hudson, passing through its historic downtown. The two routes overlap from the NY 23 east junction to the US 9 junction on the east side of the city, where the concurrency and NY 9G end.

History

NY 9G was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering; however, it extended only from U.S. Route 9 in Rhinebeck to US 9 in Hudson. South of Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 9G was routed on River and Mount Rutsen Roads. The portion of NY 9G between Germantown and NY 199, under construction in 1930, was opened to traffic by 1935.

Farther south, an alternate route of US 9 between Poughkeepsie and Hyde Park via East Park was designated New York State Route 9F as part of the 1930 renumbering. By 1935, NY 9F was extended northward from East Park to Rhinebeck, where it ended at a junction with US 9 northeast of the village. NY 9F was absorbed into a rerouted and extended NY 9G by 1938.

The former routing of NY 9G from Annandale-on-Hudson to Mount Rutsen Road along River Road is now maintained by Dutchess County as part of County Route 103. In Hyde Park, the former alignment of NY 9F along Market Street remained state-maintained until April 1, 1980, when it was transferred from New York State to Dutchess County as part of a highway maintenance swap between the two levels of government. Market Street is now part of County Route 41.

Major intersections

References

External links

• NY State Route 9G Ends