New York State Route 9H

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NY 9H begins at a junction of three major Hudson Valley roadways, US 9, NY 23, and NY 82, in the Belle Pond section of Livingston. The route heads north through rural Livingston, overlapping with NY 23 as the road passes Belle Pond and farms as a two-lane road. It soon enters the town of Greenport, where NY 9H and NY 23 turn eastward and intersect with the southern terminus of County Route 29 (CR 29, named Spook Rock Road). The two roads enter the town of Claverack, crossing under power lines before bending northward through town. NY 9H and NY 23 remain mainly rural through the southern parts of Claverack, bending northward at a junction with CR 27 before entering the hamlet of Claverack. In Claverack, the two routes become residential before intersecting with the eastern terminus of NY 23B. At this junction, NY 23 turns eastward on NY 23B's continuation, while NY 9H continues north.{{bing maps |url=http://binged.it/I27RTo |title=overview map of NY 9H |accessdate=April 25, 2012}}

NY 9H continues north through Claverack as a two-lane residential street, crossing CR 18 (Fish and Game Road) before turning to the northeast for a short stretch. The route remains rural for a short distance before entering the hamlet of Brick Tavern, where NY 9H intersects with NY 66 (Union Turnpike). NY 9H continues north through Brick Tavern, intersecting with the eastern segment of CR 20 and soon entering the Columbia County Airport area. Continuing north along the airport, NY 9H intersects with the western segment of CR 20, a former alignment and eastern terminus of NY 401. After leaving the airport area, NY 9H is now in the town of Ghent, passing Meadowgreens Golf Course before turning north into the hamlet of West Ghent. In West Ghent, the two-lane rural highway intersects with CR 22 before continuing into the town of Kinderhook.

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In Kinderhook, NY 9H intersects with the western terminus of CR 25 before turning northeast near the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site. At Fischer Road, NY 9H turns northward once again, becoming a divided highway near CR 21 (Hudson Street) in Kinderhook. NY 9H bends to the northwest around the hamlet of Kinderhook before crossing US 9 (Kinderhook Street) once again in the town of Valatie. After crossing US 9, NY 9H passes west of Prospect Hill Cemetery and re-entering the town of Kinderhook. The route becomes a commercial strip for a short distance before ending at a roundabout with US 9.

NY 9H was assigned {{circa|lk=no|1932}} to the portion of its modern alignment south of US 9 southwest of Valatie. At the time, large parts of the road were being rebuilt{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=Kendall Refining Company |year=1931 |cartography=H.M. Gousha Company}}{{cite map |title=Texaco Road Map – New York |publisher=Texas Oil Company |year=1932 |cartography=Rand McNally and Company}} as the highway had just been acquired by the state of New York sometime in the previous two years.{{cite map |title=Road Map of New York |year=1930 |publisher=Standard Oil Company of New York |cartography=General Drafting}} By 1933, work had been completed on the part of NY 9H south of Union Turnpike (NY 66).{{cite map |title=Texaco Road Map – New York |publisher=Texas Oil Company |year=1933 |cartography=Rand McNally and Company}} The remainder of the route was an unimproved dirt road until {{circa|lk=no|1938}}.{{cite map |title=Shell Road Map – New York |publisher=Shell Oil Company |year=1937 |cartography=H.M. Gousha Company}}{{cite map |title=New York Road Map for 1938 |publisher=Esso |year=1938 |cartography=General Drafting}} NY 9H was extended north around the western edge of Valatie to its current northern terminus {{circa|lk=no|1940}}.{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=Standard Oil Company |year=1939 |cartography=General Drafting}}{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=Esso |year=1940 |cartography=General Drafting}} In May 1957, the Ghent School District lobbied the state to reduce the speed limit on NY 9H between NY 66 and CR 20. The district believed that the existing speed limit posed a danger to both children waiting for school buses and to members of the West Ghent Fire Department, located on NY 9H near NY 66. A specific speed limit was not suggested by the district at this time.{{cite news |title=Ghent School District Asks 9H Speed Zone |newspaper=The Chatham Courier |date=May 9, 1957 |page=1}}

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|notes=Southern terminus; southern end of NY 23 concurrency; northern terminus of NY 82

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