New York State Route 66

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NYS Route 66
Length:	46.30 mi[1] (74.51 km)
South end:	NY 23B in Hudson
Major junctions:	US 20 in Nassau
North end:	NY 2 in Troy
Counties:	Columbia, Rensselaer
Numbered highways in New York < NY 65 NY 67 > Interstate – U.S. – N.Y. (former) – Reference

New York State Route 66 (NY 66) is a state highway in New York, running from the Columbia County city of Hudson to the Rensselaer County city of Troy.

Contents 1 Route description 1.1 Columbia County 1.2 Rensselaer County 2 Major intersections 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Route description

NY 66 is not a direct link between Hudson and Troy, heading instead northeasterly to reach Chatham and Sand Lake. NY 66 is a two-lane highway its entire length.

[edit] Columbia County

NY 66 leaves Hudson as Union Turnpike, passes through Ghent, then enters Chatham as Hudson Avenue, then Main Street. A tight left turn around a village roundabout leads to its northern egress from Chatham. From there, NY 66 follows the Kinderhook Creek, taking a winding, serpentine path around abandoned aqueducts and the creek itself. This is a heavily-wooded area.

[edit] Rensselaer County

NY 66 continues to follow the Kinderhook Creek until well above its concurrency with US 20 in the town of Nassau. After the split, the route passes by several lakes and hamlets in the southeast part of the county, including several along a concurrency with NY 43 through the town of Sand Lake. After that split, the highway straightens out a bit as it heads through the town of Poestenkill toward the hamlet of Wynantskill as Main Avenue. In Troy, it becomes Pawling Avenue, ending at a Y intersection at Congress St., NY 2.

[edit] Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[1]	Roads intersected	Notes
Columbia	Hudson	0.00	NY 23B
	Claverack	3.06	NY 9H
	Village of Chatham	12.15	NY 203 (Coleman Street) to Taconic Parkway
		12.55	NY 295 (Railroad Avenue)	Western terminus of NY 295
Rensselaer	Town of Nassau	24.59	US 20 west	Western terminus of overlap
		26.34	US 20 east	Hamlet of Brainard; eastern terminus of overlap
		33.86	NY 43 east	Eastern terminus of overlap
	Sand Lake	36.82	NY 43 west	Western terminus of overlap
		39.64	NY 351
	Town of Poestenkill	42.33	NY 355	Western terminus of NY 355
	North Greenbush	43.29	NY 150	Hamlet of Wynantskill; northern terminus of NY 150
	Troy	45.20	Spring Avenue	Former western terminus of NY 154
		46.30	NY 2 (Congress Street)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• New York Routes – New York State Route 66
• New York State Highway Termini – New York State Route 66