- New York State Route 9X
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This article is about the most recent alignment of NY 9X, removed in the 1940s. For the former alignment of NY 9X in Saratoga County, see New York State Route 9X (1931–1936).
NYS Route 9X
Route information Auxiliary route of US 9 Maintained by NYSDOT Length: 1.83 mi[5] (2.95 km) Existed: ca. 1936[1][2] – 1940s[3][4] Major junctions South end: 
US 9 in InwoodNorth end: US 9 in KingsbridgeLocation Counties: New York, Bronx Highway system Numbered highways in New York
Interstate • U.S. • N.Y. (former) • Reference • County← 
US 9WNY 10 
→New York State Route 9X (NY 9X) was a state highway located within New York City. It served as an alternate route of U.S. Route 9 (US 9) through Manhattan and the Bronx. The southern terminus of the route was in the Manhattan neighborhood of Inwood; its northern terminus was in the Bronx neighborhood of Kingsbridge. NY 9X was assigned ca. 1936; however, the road had been signed as a numbered highway since 1934. The designation was removed entirely in the 1940s.
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Route description
NY 9X began at the modern intersection of West 207th Street and Broadway (US 9) in the Manhattan neighborhood of Inwood. The route followed 207th through Inwood and over the Harlem River on the University Heights Bridge into The Bronx. Just east of the riverbank in University Heights, NY 9X turned north onto Sedgwick Avenue,[6] then veered onto Bailey Avenue, paralleling the Harlem River as it proceeded north. At West 230th Street in the Kingsbridge neighborhood, NY 9X turned west, following 230th for one block to Broadway (US 9), where it terminated.[3][6]
History
Although US 9 was signed in the state of New York in 1927,[7] it, like all other routes within the New York City limits, was not signed within the city until 1934. In mid-December of that year, US 9, as well as several other routes that passed through the city limits (such as US 1), were posted in New York City for the first time. Several routes were also extended into the city or created within the city limits, including US 9X, an alternate route of US 9 through northern Manhattan and the lower Bronx along 207th Street, Bailey Avenue, and 230th Street.[6] Although the termini of the route never changed, it was redesignated as NY 9X ca. 1936[1][2] before being removed completely in the 1940s.[3][4]
Major intersections
County Location Mile[5] Destinations Notes New York Inwood 0.00 US 9 (Broadway)Bronx University Heights 0.84 West Fordham Road Connection to US 1 three blocks east Kingsbridge 1.83 US 9 (Broadway)1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi References
- ^ a b Sun Oil Company (1935). Road Map & Historical Guide – New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company.
- ^ a b Shell Oil Company (1936). Road Map – Metropolitan New York and Long Island (Map). Cartography by H.M. Gousha Company.
- ^ a b c H.M. Gousha Company (1941). New York – Manhattan and Brooklyn (Map). http://www.nycroads.com/history/1941_metro-1/. Retrieved December 6, 2009.
- ^ a b Rand McNally and Company (1946). New York, N.Y., and vicinity (Map). http://www.broermapsonline.org/members/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/Midatlantic/NewYork/NewYorkCity/randmcnally_ra_1946_040.html. Retrieved December 6, 2009.
- ^ a b Yahoo! Inc. Yahoo! Maps – New York City (Map). Cartography by NAVTEQ. http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat=40.863214&lon=-73.909152&mag=1&q1=40.867661%2C-73.921185&q2=40.862679%2C-73.909083&q3=40.874573%2C-73.909673. Retrieved March 1, 2008.
- ^ a b c "Mark Ways in the City". The New York Times. December 16, 1934.
- ^ Automobile Blue Book. 1 (1927 ed.). Chicago: Automobile Blue Book, Inc. 1927. This edition shows U.S. Routes as they were first officially signed in 1927.
External links
Categories:- Former state highways in New York
- Streets in the Bronx
- U.S. Route 9
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