 New York State Route 17A | ||||
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 Map of Orange County with NY 17A highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Auxiliary route ofNY 17 | ||||
| Maintained byNYSDOT | ||||
| Length | 24.76 mi[1] (39.85 km) | |||
| Existed | 1930[2]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |      Future I-86 /US 6 /NY 17 /NY 17M /NY 207 inGoshen | |||
| East end | NY 17 inTuxedo | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | New York | |||
| Counties | Orange | |||
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New York State Route 17A (NY 17A) is astate highway in southernNew York in the United States, entirely withinOrange County. Its western terminus is located in thevillage of Goshen at a junction withNY 17 (FutureI-86), and its eastern terminus is at another intersection with NY 17 located inSouthfields. It runs concurrently withNY 94 fromWarwick toFlorida. It serves mainly to connect Warwick with the rest of the county. While it is an east–west route, many sections run in a more north–south orientation. Its circuitous route allows it to offer much scenery to drivers.
TheGreenwood Lake–Goshen portion of NY 17A was originally designated as part ofNew York State Route 55 in the 1920s. South of Greenwood Lake, NY 55 used modernNY 210. NY 55 was split into NY 17A and NY 210 as part of the1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. Initially, only NY 210 continued east from Greenwood Lake to Southfields; however, NY 17A was extended to Southfields by 1933,overlapping NY 210. The overlap was eliminated in 1982 when NY 210 was truncated to Greenwood Lake.
NY 17A begins just south of NY 17 exit 124 in thevillage of Goshen. At thetraffic light with the southern on-ramp from NY 17 eastbound,NY 207 becomes NY 17A. The route quickly climbs to some of the hillier areas south of Goshen, offering views of not only Orange County's Black Dirt Region butPochuck Mountain andHigh Point to the south inNew Jersey. It then slowly descends past rolling meadows and farmland until it reaches the small village ofFlorida, where NY 94 comes in from the west shortly after the village border. Theconcurrent roads then become Florida's main street.[3]Once out of the village, NY 17A and NY 94 begin to climb again, this time offering some panoramic views to the north, all the way to theShawangunk Ridge and even theCatskill Mountains beyond them in clear enough weather. The road is surprisingly little developed in this area, with only one gas station between Florida andWarwick, its next stop, which likewise presents itself after a descent. Again, NY 17A and NY 94 serve as the bustling village's main street, longer this time and with many upscale boutiques in evidence. Manyhistoric buildings line the road through Warwick. Near the southern end of the village, the two roads split, with NY 94 continuing toward New Jersey while NY 17A goes eastward.[3]
The road begins to climb again over the next few miles, passing a county park and finally the smallMount Peter ski area before crossing theAppalachian Trail along the ridgecrest ofBellvale Mountain. From here it once again drops down and bends in a north–south direction to reachGreenwood Lake, where NY 210 leaves to go along the side of the lake to the state line.[3]
Leaving Greenwood Lake, NY 17A climbs once again to cross another ridge before descending and expanding to a four-laneexpressway to pass through Sterling Forest and reach its eastern terminus at NY 17 inSouthfields. The highway formerly continued as County Route 106 (CR 106) inOrange andRockland counties east to that route's eastern terminus atU.S. Route 9W (US 9W) andUS 202 inStony Point. CR 106 was once part ofNY 210 before it was truncated to NY 17A inGreenwood Lake.[3]
East of Bellvale, NY 17A follows the course of the Bellvale Turnpike, chartered 1810 to run from Bellvale to the Orange Turnpike.[4] This road was still called the Monroe Turnpike by at late as the 1870s. NY 17A has bypassed most of this turnpike.[5]
In the late 1920s, what is now NY 17A fromGreenwood Lake toGoshen was designated as part of NY 55, a connector betweenNY 17 in Goshen and theNew Jersey state line.[6][7] In the1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, NY 55 was incorporated into two longer routes:NY 210 from New Jersey to Greenwood Lake and NY 17A from Greenwood Lake to Goshen.[8] The modern routing of NY 17A between Greenfield Lake andSouthfields was originally only part of NY 210, which continued past NY 17 and intoRockland County.[2][9] NY 17A was extended east to Southfields by 1933, completing the alternate loop of NY 17 and creating anoverlap with NY 210.[10]
In 1980, ownership and maintenance of NY 210 between NY 210 and the Rockland County line was transferred from the state ofNew York toOrange County.[11] Two years later, all of NY 210 in Rockland County was given to the county.[12] NY 210 was truncated to its current northern terminus in Greenwood Lake following the latter swap, eliminating the overlap with NY 17A.[13][14]
The entire route is inOrange County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Village of Goshen | 0.00 | 0.00 |  NY 207 east –Goshen | Continuation east | |
| Future I-86 /US 6 /NY 17 /NY 17M –Chester | Exit 124 on NY 17 | ||||
| Florida | 4.49 | 7.23 |    NY 94 east / CR 25 west –Chester,Pine Island | Western end of NY 94 concurrency; eastern terminus of CR 25 | |
| Village of Warwick | 10.99 | 17.69 |  NY 94 west –New Milford | Eastern end of NY 94 concurrency | |
| Greenwood Lake | 17.30 | 27.84 |   NY 210 south –West Milford, NJ | Northern terminus of NY 210 | |
| Tuxedo | Western end of limited-access section | ||||
| 24.76 | 39.85 | NY 17 –Tuxedo,Harriman,Bear Mountain | Interchange; eastern terminus;hamlet ofSouthfields | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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