NEW YORK STATE ROUTE 9N

'New York State Route 9N' is a state highway in Eastern New York, running north to south from Saratoga Springs to the Clinton County village of Keeseville. At 143.5 miles in total length it is the longest letter-suffixed route in the state.

Contents

Route description

Saratoga County

Warren County

Essex County

Clinton County

History

Major intersections

References

External links

Route description

Saratoga County

New York State Route 9N begins in the town of Saratoga Springs in Saratoga County, New York.^[2] The road at this point is known as Church Street. Route 9N goes on, soon intersecting with State Route 23. In South Greenfield, Saratoga County Route 21 begins to the left. In downtown Greenfield Center, Saratoga County Route 36 (Wilton Road) begins to the right. Another Saratoga County Route, 25, crosses in North Greenfield. Route 9N goes closer to the Saratoga-Warren border, which is in Cornith. After a short distance, in Corinth, New York, Route 10 begins to the left.

Warren County

Communities
★ Saratoga Springs ★ Corinth ★ Hadley ★ Lake Luzerne ★ Lake George ★ Diamond Point ★ Bolton Landing ★ Sabbath Day Pt. ★ Silver Bay ★ Hague ★ Ticonderoga ★ Crown Point ★ Port Henry ★ Westport ★ Elizabethtown ★ Keene ★ Jay ★ Au Sable Forks ★ Keeseville

Just after entering Cornith, Route 9N enters Adirondack Park. 9N makes a turn to the east and then back to the north. 9N then begins to paralell a river before entering Lake Luzerne. 9N heads to the northeast, passing Second Lake, Third Lake and Fourth Lake before entering Lake Vanare. 9N continues to the northeast, interchanging with the Adirondack Northway in Lake George Village. Just after the Northway interchange, the road becomes concurrent with its parent route, U.S. Route 9.
State Route 9L leaves to the right just after the concurrency begins. 9N and 9 enter downtown Lake George Village and crosses local roads. At the north end of the village, 9 and 9N split in different directions, with 9N headed northeast along the coast of Lake George. 9N continues and four miles from the village, enters the hamlet of Diamond Point. 9N leaves Diamond Point for the town of Bolton and soon the hamlet of Bolton Landing. 9N leaves the coast of Lake George as the lake alters to the right.
9N comes back to the shore of Lake George and enters Sabbath Day Point. 9N enters Hague and intersects with State Route 8 in the downtown portion. 9N leaves the lake for a final time before entering Ticonderoga. State Routes 74 and 22 intersect in Ticonderoga, as 9N continues north concurrent with 22.

Essex County

9N and 22 begin to paralell Lake Champlain as the roads enter Crown Point. State Route 903 leaves to the right between Crown Point and Port Henry. The roads continue north for a while until Westport, where they fork.

Clinton County

9N intersects the Adirondack Northway once again just before entering Elizabethtown, where it becomes concurrent with its parent route again. The roads quickly split and 9N continues to the west towards Keene, where it intersects with State Route 73. The roads fork and 9N heads north towards Keeseville. Several miles later, 9N interchanges with the Northway and ends at Route 9.

History

Prior to 1930, NY 9N was part of New York State Route 10 from Saratoga Springs to Lake George, unnumbered from Lake George to Hague, part of New York State Route 47 from Hague to Ticonderoga, part of New York State Route 30 from Ticonderoga to Westport, unnumbered from Westport to Elizabethtown, and 'New York State Route 9W' from Elizabethtown to Keeseville.³
In the 1930 renumbering, what is now NY 9N became 'New York State Route 9K' from Saratoga Springs to Lake George, 'New York State Route 47' from Lake George from Ticonderoga, New York State Route 22 from Ticonderoga to Westport, 'New York State Route 195' from Westport to Elizabethtown, and NY 9N from Elizabethtown to Keeseville.^[3] By 1938, the route from Lake George to Keeseville had become NY 9N, with the Saratoga Springs-Lake George segment still numbered as NY 9K.^[4]

Major intersections

References

1. New York Routes - New York State Route 9N
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3. New Signs for State Highways
4. ''Automobile Legal Association (ALA) Green Book'', 1938-39 edition, (William A. Thbodeau, 1939).

External links

★ New York State Route 9N Ends

★ Interchange of the Week - Monday, 8 September 2003