New York State Route 55
New York State Route 55 (NY 55 ) is a state highway in the south of the U.S. state of New York. It runs from the border with Pennsylvania on the Delaware River in Barryville to the Connecticut state line at Wingdale. The street is adjacent to the New York State Route 7 is the only state route that completely traverses the State from west to east.
Together with the New York State Route 52, the course is nearly parallel with the a short common section exists within Liberty, it forms the backbone of the national transport in the Hudson Valley in east-west direction. The scenery along the route change; from farmland and forests along the border with Pennsylvania up to Poughkeepsie urbanized, the route past two drinking water reservoirs for New York City in the Catskill Mountains and the Shawangunk Ridge and crosses the Mid-Hudson Bridge.
- 2.1 Farmers' Turnpike
- 2.2 Early History
Route description
From the Delaware River up to Liberty
NY 55 begins where the Pennsylvania State Route 434 crosses the bridge over the Delaware River from the Shohola Township in Pennsylvania to the south of Sullivan County. Immediately after reaching the New York side of the hamlet of Barryville crosses the road running along the riverside New York State Route 97 From here on, the route runs almost due north through the southwestern corner of the county starkbewaldete.
After passing through the Toronto reservoir, which serves the nearby communities, the route reaches the intersection with New York State Route 17B in White Lake, about 24 km from the starting point. 1.4 km run NY 55 and NY 17B together eastward around the southern end of the lake around before NY 55 again receives a northern direction. As the route leaves the lake behind her, she performs in a northeasterly through a tranquil resort, Swan Lake, and finally reached after 17.6 kilometers Liberty.
In Liberty, NY 55 meets NY 52, with the two road block, a common section consists, before finally strikes a more direct easterly course and leads out of town. Until 2000, access to the New York State Route 17, future Interstate 86, on the NY 52 or an adjacent road is done, then was with the Exit 100A exit built, which allowed access from NY 55 to NY 17 east.
Catskill montains
Behind Liberty enters the Route 55 in a less densely populated region of the county, rises up to the Neversink Reservoir, where it leads away the only State Route over the dam of a drinking water tank of New York City. The route then crosses the Blue Line in the Catskill Park.
Just away from discharges the Sullivan County Route 19 from the north here - the road was once the central portion of the New York State Route 42, and actually find yourself in this area of the confluence old traffic signs, on which the two road numbers 42 and 55 together are reported. In the next village, the hamlet of Grahamsville, 21 km east of Liberty, opens the current New York State Route 42 from the south.
The highway runs past by Graham Historic District and the Tri-Valley Central School. On the Rondout Reservoir, the New York State Route 55A branches off to follow the northern shore, while NY 55 through 14.4 km follows the south bank of the Ulster County.
Not far from the Merriman Dam at the eastern end of the Rondout reservoirs both roads meet together again. NY 55 then leads slowly into the valley and winds the next 9 km at the Rondout Creek along after Napanoch, where they united with the north-east leading U.S. Highway 209.
U.S. 44 and Shawangunks
At a gas station Valero Energy Corporation directly south of Kerhonkson, 6.4 km north of Napanoch NY 55 swings eastward again, together with U.S. Highway 44, which begins at this point. Both highways run together over a longer section and begin the ascent to the Shawangunk Ridge here.
Around three and a half kilometers further opened up in a section where the road is bounded on one side only by a stone wall, a wide panoramic view to the northwest, which covers a large area of the Catskill Mountains. Slide Mountain is the highest peak in the mountain range and further north Devil 's Path is visible in all its glory. This stretch is more than 1500 meters long and roadside rest areas make it possible to stop and enjoy the view.
The Highway continues its way through the landscape of gnarled forests and scattered rocks, through which the northern Shawangunks is formed. The road leads past the main entrance to Minnewaska State Park Preserve, which offers many Kolimeter hiking trails, picnic areas and a popular glacial lake. The forests along the highway grow taller in the road before the parking would be reached at the Mohonk Preserve, about two miles further.
Here on the eastern flank of the mountain range are the white cliffs that attract hikers to the area. A parking lot allows to stop and take a look at these rocks and extending far down landscape of the Hudson Valley.
Immediately after that bends the road and drops steeply to an extremely tight hairpin curve where the signposted speed limit is 5 mph ( 8 km / h). This curve has been incorrectly referred to as the place of serious motorcycle accident in the 1966 Bob Dylan was injured.
Hudson Valley
Below the curve after the Highway verobeiführte at the visitor center of the Mohonk Preserve, New York State Route 299 branches off eastwards towards New Paltz from. U.S. 44/NY 55 set the path continues to the south, but are returning to a more easterly course, crossing the Wallkill River and through the quiet Gardiner and cross the New York State Route 208, about 1500 m east of the hamlet at a crossroads, which is known under the name of Ireland Corners.
From then on, the road winds through farmland and apple orchards in this region, crosses under the New York State Thruway between the hamlets of Modena and Ardonia. There is no direct driveway, but further east, there is a possibility of access via the New York State Route 299 in Modena NY 55 crosses the New York State Route 32, a main north -south along the Hudson River.
East of Modena, the road begins to climb through Clintondale through to the back glacially formed that separates the area from the river. A short descent in the other route leads to a further three kilometers down to Highland, a small settlement uninkorporierten directly across from Poughkeepsie. Immediately after the place makes the track a curve to connect with the southbound U.S. Highway 9W. About one and a half kilometer run the highways to the driveway to the tollgate of the Mid-Hudson Bridge over together at gas stations and fast food restaurants.
Poughkeepsie
The road leads down and then bends to the south. In a deep rocky inlet leads to the bridge, which it crosses east. Immediately after reaching the city limits driveways lead to the motorway-like U.S. Highway 9, which runs along the river and the nearby train station.
In Poughkeepsie, NY 44 and NY 55 which form the main streets, the two highways split, with one line to receive the westbound traffic and other traffic to the east. In the eastern part of the city both distances between the intersection with New York State Route 376 and the Vassar College run again together, then they split up for good.
Before the construction of the east-west thoroughfare in the 1970s, NY 44 and NY 55 followed by Church Street to the intersection with Main Street and then on this. Eastward to the outskirts of the city, where forked the two routes
Dutchess County
From the separation of the two routes runs NY 55 initially eastward over LaGrange and the connection with the Taconic State Parkway to New York State Route 82 in Billings, from which follows the highway rather a southeastern direction.
It leads to the eastern terminus of New York State Route 216 in Poughquag and in the hill country of the Town of Beekman, where the route of the Appalachian Trail lreuzt and the north end of New York State Route 292 is. The route then leads down into the Harlem Valley and reached just south of Pawling New York State Route 22
Instead of this main compound in north-south direction to end, NY 55 follows the route for nearly seven miles and turn in Webutuck to the east. From there, NY winds 55 to the state line into Connecticut, which they reached after five kilometers. From there, the highway leads as Connecticut State Route 55 still four kilometers to the east and ends at the junction with U.S. Highway 7
History
Farmers' Turnpike
Between the junction with the Ulster County Route 7 west of Gardiner and U.S. Highway 9W follows U.S. 55 44/NY called the Farmers' Turnpike, which was built in March 1808 by a private sector company to transport agricultural goods from the area around Gardiner and to facilitate the loading facilities on the Hudson River in Milton.
At that time, the route followed the northern section of the Albany Post Road ( Ulster County Route 9 ) over the Shawangunk Kill and then at the southern bank of the ford at Wallkill directly south of the confluence.
Former course
The section between Pawling and Wingdale was part of the 1924 New York State Route 22, 1926, the short section between the present-day New York State Route 216 and New York State Route 292 was marked in Poughquag as part of the former State Route 39. The rest of today's route was renumbered to 1930 State Route no.
When Streckenneunummerierung the New York State Route 55 was established in its present course, with the exception of smaller changes east of Poughquag, between the New York State Route 97 in Barryville and State Route 22 in Pawling. The line was extended before 1935 along the NY 22 after Wingdale and eastward to Conntecticut.
NY 55A
The New York State Route 55A is a 15.3 km long alternative route on the north bank of the Rondout reservoir between Grahamsville and Napanoch.