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{{short description|Longest north–south state highway in New York}}
{{disambig-acronym|NY&nbsp;22|{{ushr|New York|22}}}}
{{redirect|White Plains Post Road|the road of a similar name wholly in the Bronx|White Plains Road}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2018}}
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|maint=[[New York State Department of Transportation|NYSDOT]], [[New York City Department of Transportation|NYCDOT]], [[Clinton County, New York|Clinton County]], [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester County]], and the cities of [[Mount Vernon, New York|Mount Vernon]] and [[Plattsburgh, New York|Plattsburgh]]
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|map_alt=NY&nbsp;22 follows a north–south alignment along the eastern border of the state of New York. It loosely parallels Interstate 87 from New York City north to Mooers, a hamlet near the Canadian border.
|map_notes=NY&nbsp;22 highlighted in red
|length_mi=337.26
|length_ref=<ref name="2014tdr">{{cite book |author = [[New York State Department of Transportation]] |url = https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/NYSDOT_Traffic_Data_Report_2014.pdf |title = 2014 Traffic Data Report for New York State |date = July 22, 2015 |page = 313 |location = Albany |publisher = New York State Department of Transportation |access-date = May 2, 2016}}</ref>
|established=1924<ref name="1924nyt" />
|tourist= [[File:NYSDOT NYM18-3.svg|20px]] [[Lakes to Locks Passage]] (from Whitehall to Keeseville)
|direction_a=South
|terminus_a={{jct|state=NY|US|1}} in [[The Bronx]]
|junction={{plainlist|1=
*{{jct|state=NY|Parkway|Cross County}} in [[Mount Vernon, New York|Mount Vernon]]
*{{jct|state=NY|I|287}} in [[White Plains, New York|White Plains]]
*{{jct|state=NY|Parkway|Bronx River|Parkway|Taconic}} in [[North Castle, New York|North Castle]]
*{{jct|state=NY|I|684}} in [[Armonk, New York|Armonk]]
*{{jct|state=NY|I|84|I|684|US|6|US|202}} in [[Southeast, New York|Southeast]]
*{{jct|state=NY|US|44|NY|343}} in [[Millerton, New York|Millerton]]
*{{jct|state=NY|I-Toll|90|NYBC}} in [[Canaan, New York|Canaan]]
*{{jct|state=NY|US|20}} in [[New Lebanon, New York|New Lebanon]]
*{{jct|state=NY|US|4}} in [[Whitehall (village), New York|Whitehall]]
*{{jct|state=NY|I|87}} in [[Chesterfield, New York|Chesterfield]]
}}
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b={{jct|state=NY|US|11}} in [[Mooers (CDP), New York|Mooers]]
|counties=[[Bronx County, New York|Bronx]], [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester]], [[Putnam County, New York|Putnam]], [[Dutchess County, New York|Dutchess]], [[Columbia County, New York|Columbia]], [[Rensselaer County, New York|Rensselaer]], [[Washington County, New York|Washington]], [[Essex County, New York|Essex]], [[Clinton County, New York|Clinton]]
|previous_type=NY 1927
|next_type=NY
|previous_route=21A
|next_route=22A
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'''New York State Route&nbsp;22''' ('''NY&nbsp;22''') is a north–south [[state highway]] that parallels the eastern border of the U.S. state of [[New York (state)|New York]], from the outskirts of [[New York City]] to the hamlet of [[Mooers (CDP), New York|Mooers]] in [[Clinton County, New York|Clinton County]] near the [[Canada–United States border|Canadian border]]. At {{convert|337|mi|km}}, it is the state's longest north–south route and the third longest state route overall, after [[New York State Route 5|NY&nbsp;5]] and [[New York State Route 17|NY&nbsp;17]].{{efn|NY&nbsp;5 is {{convert|371|mi}} long;<ref name="Route 5 length">{{harvp|New York State Department of Transportation|2015|pp=85–92|ps=.}}</ref> and NY&nbsp;17 {{convert|397|mi}}.<ref name="Route 17 length">{{cite book |author = New York State Department of Transportation |url = https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/Traffic%20Volume%20Report%202008.pdf |title = 2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State |date = June 16, 2009 |pages = 50–57 |location = Albany |publisher = New York State Department of Transportation |access-date = August 5, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120927024222/https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/Traffic%20Volume%20Report%202008.pdf |archive-date = September 27, 2012}}</ref> When the latter is fully converted to [[Interstate 86 (east)|I-86]], NY&nbsp;22 will replace it as the second longest state route.}} Many of the state's major east–west roads intersect with, and often [[Concurrency (road)|join]], NY&nbsp;22 just before crossing into the neighboring [[New England]] states, where [[U.S. Route 7]] (US&nbsp;7), which originally partially followed NY 22's alignment, similarly parallels the New York state line.

Almost all of NY&nbsp;22 is a two-lane rural road through small villages and hamlets.  The exceptions are its southern end in the heavily populated [[Bronx]] and lower [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester County]], and a section that runs through the city of [[Plattsburgh (city), New York|Plattsburgh]] near the northern end. The rural landscape that the road passes through varies from horse country and views of the reservoirs of the [[New York City water supply system|New York City watershed]] in the northern suburbs of the city, to [[dairy farm]]s further [[Upstate New York|upstate]] in the [[Taconic Mountains|Taconic]] and [[Berkshire Mountains|Berkshire]] mountains, to the undeveloped, heavily forested [[Adirondack Park]] along the shores of [[Lake Champlain]]. An {{convert|86|mi|0|adj=on}} section from [[Fort Ann (village), New York|Fort Ann]] to [[Keeseville, New York|Keeseville]] is part of the [[All-American Road]] known as the [[Lakes to Locks Passage]].

The oldest portions of today's NY&nbsp;22, in Westchester County and along the Lake Champlain shoreline, were [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] trails. [[New Netherland|Dutch]], and after them English, settlers continued to use the road to get their farm products to market, with the southernmost portion eventually becoming the '''White Plains Post Road''' in the 18th and 19th centuries. In the early 20th century, as automobile use became widespread, the state paved the more heavily used sections and built new roads to create the current highway, first designated as NY&nbsp;22 in 1930. In its early years the highway began in [[Manhattan, New York|Manhattan]]; until 2008 its northern end was the Canadian border.

==Route description==
NY&nbsp;22 starts as an urban surface road, passing through the most populous communities along its route within its first {{convert|15|mi|km}}.  After running northerly from its origin in the Bronx it veers slightly to the northeast in the vicinity of a [[traffic circle]] near [[Kensico Reservoir|Kensico Dam]] before heading northward for good as a mostly two-lane rural route all the way to the state's [[North Country (New York)|North Country]].<ref name="nymap07">{{google maps |url = https://www.google.com/maps/dir/40.886,-73.82788/44.9602633,-73.5814738/@44.9673949,-73.6594834,19702m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m70!4m69!1m64!3m4!1m2!1d-73.8210193!2d40.9013575!3s0x89c28d3d217ecbc5:0x708bd09d4d0c96b4!3m4!1m2!1d-73.8252278!2d40.9183833!3s0x89c28d448fcad4c7:0xc4bbc97761a2a777!3m4!1m2!1d-73.8183698!2d40.9348575!3s0x89c29298a9f9556d:0xf3f9568ba2044a8f!3m4!1m2!1d-73.8071245!2d40.9697461!3s0x89c2931cd8664cc9:0xcdb8dac44f2c33fc!3m4!1m2!1d-73.7677244!2d41.0276131!3s0x89c29439a910ff55:0xe1777d7bc6a99db1!3m3!1m2!1d-73.6609!2d41.34594!3m3!1m2!1d-73.594127!2d41.396316!3m3!1m2!1d-73.57262!2d41.65647!3m4!1m2!1d-73.5179261!2d42.2064928!3s0x89dd897ec826c5d9:0xdc09b0dc903de0c8!3m3!1m2!1d-73.312036!2d43.139557!3m3!1m2!1d-73.410301!2d43.461143!3m4!1m2!1d-73.4316472!2d43.7108728!3s0x89e0073300da8601:0x995a11dbc7b3abbb!3m3!1m2!1d-73.437632!2d43.861257!3m4!1m2!1d-73.3591924!2d44.3091333!3s0x4cca88a83d722309:0x44fa8fc42772fd9d!1m0!2m1!1b1!3e0?hl=en |title = Overview Map of NY&nbsp;22 |access-date = August 5, 2018 }}</ref>

The majority of NY&nbsp;22's {{convert|337|mi|0|adj=on}} routing is maintained by the [[New York State Department of Transportation]] (NYSDOT); however, several sections are maintained by other jurisdictions. The southernmost of these is in [[the Bronx]], where the entirety of the highway within the [[borough (New York City)|borough]] is maintained by the [[New York City Department of Transportation]] (NYCDOT).<ref name="inv-bronx">{{cite web |author = New York State Department of Transportation |url = https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-repository2/INV_2010-03-02_bronx.csv |title = Bronx County Inventory Listing |date = March 2, 2010 |location = Albany |publisher = New York State Department of Transportation |format = CSV |access-date = December 19, 2010 }}</ref> In [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester County]], NY&nbsp;22 is mostly locally maintained within the city of [[Mount Vernon, New York|Mount Vernon]] and is county-maintained within the city of [[White Plains, New York|White Plains]].<ref name="westchestermap">{{cite map |author = Westchester County Department of Public Works |url = http://www.westchestergov.com/planningdocs/pdfmaps/countystateroadsparks.pdf |year = 2006 |scale =  c. 1:72,400 |location = White Plains, NY |publisher = Westchester County Department of Public Works |access-date = November 30, 2007 |title = Westchester County and State Road Map |format = PDF |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091229022214/http://www.westchestergov.com/planningdocs/pdfmaps/countystateroadsparks.pdf |archive-date = December 29, 2009 }}</ref> In [[Clinton County, New York|Clinton County]], the route is locally maintained within the [[Plattsburgh (city), New York|city of Plattsburgh]].<ref name="inv-clinton">{{cite web |author = New York State Department of Transportation |url = https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-repository2/INV_2010-03-02_clinton.csv |title = Clinton County Inventory Listing |date = March 2, 2010 |location = Albany |publisher = New York State Department of Transportation |format = CSV |access-date = December 19, 2010 }}</ref>{{efn|New York law delegates the maintenance of all state highways within the boundaries of incorporated cities in the state, other than New York City, to those cities.<ref name="NYS Highway Law 349-C-2.2">New York State Highway Law, [https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/highway-law/hay-sect-349-c.html Section 349-c-2.2]: "Such sidewalks, facilities and appurtenances shall be maintained or shall be continued to be maintained, as the case may be, by the city in which they are located, or by the agency or unit owning or having control and jurisdiction thereof." Retrieved August 5, 2018.</ref>}}

During its course, NY&nbsp;22 intersects or [[Concurrency (road)|runs concurrently]] with 46 other designated routes: one [[Parkways in New York|state parkway]], five [[Interstate Highway System|Interstate Highways]], and seven [[United States Numbered Highway System|U.S. Highways]] not counting its own termini. Of the surface road intersections, 18 terminate at NY&nbsp;22 and 15 are concurrencies shared with the crossing routes, accounting for {{convert|72.6|mi}}, or 21.5% of the highway's total length.<ref name="2008tvr">{{harvp|New York State Department of Transportation|2009|pp= 68–71 |ps=.}}</ref>

===The Bronx to Kensico Dam===
[[File:NY 22 in Mount Vernon.JPG|right|thumb|NY&nbsp;22 northbound in Mount Vernon, just north of the East 233rd Street intersection in the Bronx|alt=A sign with the number "22" in black on a white shield, itself on a black background, on a slightly skewed metal post stands at front right. Across a road are some low multistory urban buildings]]
NY&nbsp;22 starts as Provost Avenue at [[U.S. Route 1 in New York|U.S. Route&nbsp;1]] (US&nbsp;1) in the [[Eastchester, Bronx|Eastchester]] section of [[the Bronx]], intersecting with [[East 233rd Street (Bronx)|East 233rd Street]] about {{convert|0.2|mi|m}} to the north.<ref>{{cite map |title = New York City, New York |publisher = American Automobile Association |author = [[American Automobile Association]] |year = 2007 |scale = [c. 1:90,000] |location = Heathrow, FL }}{{full|date=August 2018}}</ref> It soon crosses the [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester]] county line into [[Mount Vernon, New York|Mount Vernon]] and becomes South Third Avenue, beginning a {{convert|30|mi|0|adj=on}} section in that county.<ref name="nymap07"/> Shortly after the county line, NY&nbsp;22 makes a sharp turn to the east at the South Columbus Avenue intersection, soon passing [[St. Paul's Church National Historic Site]] on its north, then curving back to that direction. It parallels the nearby [[Hutchinson River Parkway]] as it passes through the suburbs of [[Bronxville, New York|Bronxville]] and [[Tuckahoe, Westchester County, New York|Tuckahoe]]. At Wilson Woods Lake, it crosses under a railroad bridge on the [[Metro-North Railroad|Metro-North]] [[New Haven Line]] and becomes North Columbus Avenue, then has its first interchange with a [[controlled-access highway|freeway]] at the [[Cross County Parkway]].<ref name="westchestermap" />

[[Country club]]s on either side bracket NY&nbsp;22's entry into [[Eastchester, New York|Eastchester]].<ref name="nymap07" /> It makes a turn to the northeast, passing the Vernon Hills Shopping Center to the right. After leaving Eastchester, NY&nbsp;22 continues north into the village of [[Scarsdale, New York|Scarsdale]].<ref name="nymap07"/> Paralleling the [[Bronx River Parkway]] (BRP), it enters Westchester's [[county seat]], [[White Plains, New York|White Plains]].<ref name="nymap07"/>{{efn|Within that city, the highway is maintained by the county under the unsigned designations of County Route&nbsp;53 (CR&nbsp;53) from the Scarsdale line to NY&nbsp;125, CR&nbsp;108 between NY&nbsp;125 and Westchester Avenue, and CR&nbsp;87 from Broadway to the North Castle line.<ref name=westchestermap/>}} NY&nbsp;22 also intersects [[New York State Route 125|NY&nbsp;125]] and [[New York State Route 119|NY&nbsp;119]] in downtown White Plains, then bends to the northwest along North Broadway, eventually intersecting the [[Cross Westchester Expressway]] ([[Interstate&nbsp;287]] or I-287). The [[White Plains Rural Cemetery]] is visible to the west as NY&nbsp;22 continues northward out of the city.<ref name="nymap07"/> In [[North White Plains, New York|North White Plains]], the surrounding area becomes less developed as NY 22 becomes a four-lane undivided [[limited-access road|expressway]], and goes over a gentle rise from which a short connector runs downhill to the [[traffic circle]] where the BRP ends and the [[Taconic State Parkway]] begins, just south of [[Kensico Dam]].<ref name="nymap07"/>

===Kensico Reservoir to Brewster===
While the Taconic State Parkway continues along the northwest heading NY&nbsp;22 had been following, NY&nbsp;22 itself veers to the northeast along the reservoir's south shore. After crossing a small bridge over one of the reservoir's bays, NY&nbsp;22 begins a thousand-foot ({{convert|1000|ft|m|disp=output only}}) [[concurrency (road)|concurrency]], the first of 15 along its length, with [[New York State Route 120|NY&nbsp;120]].<ref name="nymap07"/> The combined roads pass just west of [[IBM]]'s [[Armonk, New York|Armonk]] headquarters and the "Duke's Trees angle", the westernmost point in [[Connecticut]], after which NY 22 becomes a four-lane divided expressway.<ref name="Duke's Trees">{{cite web |author = [[New York State Legislature]] |url = http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menugetf.cgi?COMMONQUERY=LAWS |title = New York State State Law § 2 |access-date = February 4, 2010 }}</ref> For the first time, NY&nbsp;22 runs parallel to New York's eastern border, intersecting [[Interstate 684|I-684]] for the first of several times just north of the short portion of that highway in Connecticut. A short distance later, NY 22 becomes a two-lane surface road, and [[New York State Route 433|NY&nbsp;433]], one of the state's shortest highways,{{efn|At {{convert|0.7|mi}}<ref name="NY 433 shortness">{{cite web |url = https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/Traffic%20Data%20Report%202008.pdf |title = 2008 Traffic Data Report for New York State |date = June 16, 2009 |page = 314 |publisher = [[New York State Department of Transportation]] |access-date = January 10, 2010}}</ref>}} heads south from NY&nbsp;22 into [[Greenwich, Connecticut|Greenwich]].<ref name="nymap07"/>

After that junction, NY&nbsp;22 bends back to the north, paralleling I-684 through the Westchester countryside of large wooded lots and houses well-screened from the road. In downtown [[Bedford (CDP), New York|Bedford]], the first settlement since White Plains, the highway overlaps with [[New York State Route 172|NY&nbsp;172]] for a mile (1.6&nbsp;km), its first concurrency with an east–west route, then veers back to the northwest at the center of town. Just to the north, [[New York State Route 121|NY&nbsp;121]], the only north–south state highway whose route is entirely east of NY&nbsp;22, forks off from its southern terminus. Another mile past that, NY&nbsp;22 returns to a due-north heading, passing the [[John Jay Homestead State Historic Site]] a [[National Historic Landmark]], where it turns west briefly, and [[Harvey School]], where it curves to the northwest again. After the [[Katonah Museum of Art]] it widens briefly at a major intersection with [[New York State Route 35|NY&nbsp;35]].<ref name="nymap07"/> {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=In}} north of that junction, NY&nbsp;22 becomes parallel with I-684 into the [[Somers, New York|Town of Somers]] and the hamlet of [[Goldens Bridge, New York|Goldens Bridge]]. On the other side of the Interstate, accessible via [[New York State Route 138|NY&nbsp;138]], is the [[Goldens Bridge (Metro-North station)|Goldens Bridge station]] on [[Metro-North Railroad]]'s [[Harlem Line]], which begins a long parallel alignment with NY&nbsp;22 at this point.<ref name="nymap07"/>

[[File:I-84 bridge over US 6-US 202-NY 22 and Croton River.jpg|thumb|left|I-84 overpass north of Brewster|alt=A pair of bridges pass from left to right on tall supports that tower over the other structures in the area, such as telephone poles and single-story buildings. The two-lane NY&nbsp;22 passes underneath the bridge and proceeds into the background.]]
The railroad's [[Purdy's (Metro-North station)|Purdy's]] station is a short distance west of the next junction, [[New York State Route 116|NY&nbsp;116]]. At another traffic light {{convert|400|ft}} to the north, NY&nbsp;116 goes east to [[Titicus Reservoir]] at the northern intersection, the highway crosses under I-684, remaining between it and the railroad tracks. Just past the Interstate, NY&nbsp;22 turns west onto Hardscrabble Road, which soon turns north again to follow the tracks to [[Croton Falls (Metro-North station)|the next station]], [[North Salem, New York|North Salem]]'s hamlet of [[Croton Falls, New York|Croton Falls]]. Just north of the hamlet, NY&nbsp;22 crosses under the tracks, and is joined by [[U.S. Route 202 in New York|US&nbsp;202]].{{efn|US&nbsp;202, signed as north–south in the other six states it traverses, is an east–west route in New York}} Immediately afterward, the road crosses back under the railroad again and enters [[Putnam County, New York|Putnam County]], following the [[Croton River]] north past the [[spillway]] of [[East Branch Reservoir]].<ref name="nymap07"/>

After paralleling the reservoir for almost {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=in}}, a third route, [[U.S. Route 6 in New York|US&nbsp;6]], joins the concurrency just east of the village of [[Brewster, New York|Brewster]], forming the only three-route overlap along NY&nbsp;22. The three routes cross under a high, long bridge carrying [[Interstate 84 in New York|I-84]], then veer east to an interchange with the north end of I-684. US&nbsp;6 and 202 continue east for [[Danbury, Connecticut|Danbury]] while NY&nbsp;22 uses the northbound on-ramp of the I-684 roadway. NY 22 then briefly becomes a four-lane [[controlled-access highway|freeway]] before becoming a two-lane surface road after it cross the Croton's East Branch.<ref name="nymap07"/>

===Harlem Valley, Taconics and Berkshires===
[[File:NY 22 with Harlem Valley view.jpg|right|thumb|NY&nbsp;22 looking north into the Harlem Valley from Patterson|alt=A four-lane highway descends a hill and disappears from view. In the background are large, tree-covered mountains.]]
NY&nbsp;22 continues heading northeast along a narrow strip of land between the East Branch and [[Bog Brook Reservoir|Bog Brook]] reservoirs. It then resumes its northward heading, following a much straighter course than it had up to this point, on two lanes through wooded areas of the town of [[Patterson, New York|Patterson]], where two local state highways, [[New York State Route 312|NY&nbsp;312]] and [[New York State Route 164|164]], come in from the west. The highway gradually expands to three and sometimes four lanes as it passes through built-up areas of strip development. Shortly after intersecting a third state highway, [[New York State Route 311|NY&nbsp;311]], and passing another strip plaza, NY&nbsp;22 crosses into [[Dutchess County, New York|Dutchess County]].<ref name="nymap07"/>

After another supermarket strip to the east, a long, gentle [[divided highway|divided]] bend in the road almost a mile long ends with an overpass where [[New York State Route 55|NY&nbsp;55]] comes in from the west. It joins NY&nbsp;22 as the two routes, returning to two lanes, pass through the eastern fringe of the village of [[Pawling (village), New York|Pawling]] and then by [[Trinity-Pawling School]]. Past the village, the railroad tracks edge closer to the highway as NY&nbsp;22 enters the scenic Harlem Valley, near the lower end of the [[Taconic Mountains]].<ref name="nymap07"/> The road curves more gently and takes longer straightaways, with lower density of residential and commercial development. {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=In}} from Pawling, the [[Appalachian Trail]] crosses the road next to the line's [[Appalachian Trail (Metro-North station)|similarly named station]].<ref name="nymap07" />

NY&nbsp;22 and NY&nbsp;55 continue their long curve into the town of [[Dover, New York|Dover]], past the [[Harlem Valley–Wingdale (Metro-North station)|Harlem Valley–Wingdale]] station next to the road across from the now-closed buildings of [[Harlem Valley State Hospital|Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center]]. The NY&nbsp;55 concurrency ends when that road forks off east towards Connecticut at the hamlet of [[Wingdale, New York|Wingdale]]. The road continues through [[Dover Plains (Metro-North station)|Dover Plains]] and into [[Amenia, New York|Amenia]], where an overlap with [[New York State Route 343|NY&nbsp;343]] begins. The railroad line ends at [[Wassaic (Metro-North station)|Wassaic]]. NY&nbsp;343 remains joined with NY&nbsp;22 into [[Amenia (CDP), New York|the hamlet of Amenia]], where it separates and heads towards [[Sharon, Connecticut]]. At the same junction, [[U.S. Route 44 in New York|US&nbsp;44]] comes in from [[Millbrook, New York|Millbrook]] to begin an overlap with NY&nbsp;22.<ref name="nymap07"/> The valley opens up as the southern [[Taconic Mountains|Taconics]] loom ahead. Shortly after crossing into the Town of [[North East, New York|North East]], the highway passes by the large [[Coleman Station Historic District]].<ref name="Coleman Station HD map sign pic">{{cite AV media |first=Daniel |last= Case|date=October 18, 2008|title=Coleman Station Historic District sign|medium=Digital photo|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coleman_Station_Historic_District_sign.jpg|access-date=August 7, 2018|via=[[Wikimedia Commons]]}}</ref>

After intersecting with [[New York State Route 199|NY&nbsp;199]] at its eastern end, NY&nbsp;22 and US&nbsp;44 veer northeast into the small village of [[Millerton, New York|Millerton]] in the northern protrusion of Dutchess County's Oblong, an area once the subject of a boundary dispute between New York and Connecticut in the late 17th century. US&nbsp;44 continues eastward towards [[Lakeville, Connecticut]], only a mile (1.6&nbsp;km) east at this point, while NY&nbsp;22 resumes its northward course into the shadow of the ridge ahead, where {{convert|2311|ft|m|adj=on}} [[Brace Mountain]], Dutchess County's highest peak,<ref name="Brace Mountain">{{Cite web |title = Taconic State Park – Copake Falls Area |url = http://www.nysparks.com/parks/83/details.aspx |publisher = [[New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation]] |access-date = August 7, 2016 }}</ref> dominates the view. At another gentle curve, NY&nbsp;22 slips into [[Columbia County, New York|Columbia County]] and the town of [[Ancram, New York|Ancram]].<ref name="nymap07"/> North of the county line, [[Massachusetts]] becomes the state behind [[Alander Mountain]] and the other peaks visible to the east. The southernmost route from New York to the Massachusetts state line, [[New York State Route 344|NY&nbsp;344]], leaves for [[Bash Bish Falls|Bashbish Falls State Park]] just west of the hamlet of [[Copake Falls, New York|Copake Falls]].<ref name="nymap07"/>
[[File:NY 22 at Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, Hillsdale, NY.jpg|left|thumb|NY 22 passing the [[Falcon Ridge Folk Festival]] north of Hillsdale|alt=A two-lane paved road winding through countryside from just right of the camera, down the center of the frame, towards a hill covered with green trees under a blue sky with some small clouds in it. On the far side of the road there is a sign with the number 22 on it; below it is a white on blue sign with "Be Prepared to Stop" on it in capital letters. Telephone wires enter the image from top left, connecting to a wooden pole at the center]]
The next major junction is at [[Hillsdale (town), New York|Hillsdale]], where [[New York State Route 23|NY&nbsp;23]], the longest{{efn|At {{convert|156.2|mi}}<ref name="Route 23 length">{{harvp|New York State Department of Transportation|2009|pp=71–74|ps=.}}</ref>}} east–west state highway not to overlap with NY&nbsp;22, intersects at a traffic light just east of downtown. At Green River, [[New York State Route 71|NY&nbsp;71]], the state's shortest two-digit route,{{efn|At {{convert|2.3|mi}},<ref name="Route 71 shortness">{{harvp|New York State Department of Transportation|2009|p=209|ps=.}}</ref> after which it continues into Massachusetts as that state's Route&nbsp;71.}} begins it short eastward course into Massachusetts. NY&nbsp;22 then crosses into [[Austerlitz, New York|Austerlitz]], where the surrounding terrain becomes much more wooded and the valleys become narrower. In the center of town, the historic hamlet of Old Austerlitz, East Hill Road offers a short detour to [[Steepletop]], the farm where [[Edna St. Vincent Millay]] lived, another National Historic Landmark. A short distance later, NY&nbsp;22 intersects with [[New York State Route 203|NY&nbsp;203]] at its eastern end.<ref name="nymap07"/>

NY&nbsp;22 then veers sharply to the northeast, resuming a northward direction within {{convert|150|ft}} of the state line, the highway's closest approach to it along its entire length. It then rounds a mountain and heads west, paralleling the [[New York State Thruway]]'s Berkshire section ([[Interstate 90 in New York|I-90]]) for a mile. [[New York State Route 980D|NY&nbsp;980D]] (an unsigned reference route) leaves to the east, where it becomes [[Massachusetts Route&nbsp;102]] at the state line. After Thruway exit&nbsp;B3, NY&nbsp;22 resumes its northerly heading. From here it intersects [[New York State Route 295|NY&nbsp;295]], then passes [[Queechy Lake]]. NY&nbsp;22 then straightens out to reach [[New Lebanon, New York|New Lebanon]], where it intersects [[U.S. Route 20 in New York|US&nbsp;20]]. Ending a {{convert|41.8|mi|km|adj=on}} stretch with no concurrencies, the longest on NY&nbsp;22, New York's longest east–west route (US&nbsp;20){{efn|At {{convert|372.3|mi}}<ref name="US 20 length">{{harvp|New York State Department of Transportation|2009|pp=139–44|ps=.}}</ref>}} overlaps with its longest north–south route (NY&nbsp;22) for a mile before the former continues to [[Pittsfield, Massachusetts|Pittsfield]] and the latter returns to the border-paralleling course, which takes it into [[Rensselaer County, New York|Rensselaer County]].<ref name="nymap07"/>
[[File:2020-10-17 12 57 58 View north along New York State Route 22 at New York State Route 346 in Petersburgh, Rensselaer County, New York.jpg|thumb|right|NY&nbsp;22 northbound past NY&nbsp;346 in Petersburgh]]
As NY&nbsp;22 continues north, it remains, at first, within a mile of Massachusetts, moving to the east to intersect with [[New York State Route 43|NY&nbsp;43]] in [[Stephentown, New York|Stephentown]]. North of that junction, it begins to run through a deep, isolated, lightly populated valley in the New York section of the [[Berkshire Mountains|Berkshires]].{{efn|Geologically these are still the Taconics, but due to their adjacency often commingled with the Berkshires to their east.}} Wide curves take the road through the town of [[Berlin, New York|Berlin]]. NY&nbsp;22 trends further west, then back east to where [[New York State Route 2|NY&nbsp;2]] crosses via an overpass at [[Petersburgh, New York|Petersburgh]] on its way to Petersburg Pass, the northernmost crossing of the New York–Massachusetts state line. The next road to head east from NY&nbsp;22, [[New York State Route 346|NY&nbsp;346]] at North Petersburgh, enters [[Vermont]].<ref name="nymap07"/>

Shortly afterward, the highway descends gently from the Berkshires to meet another major east–west state road, [[New York State Route 7|NY&nbsp;7]]. After turning northeast to join it at a traffic light, NY&nbsp;22 overlaps with Route 7 for {{convert|1500|ft}}, then forks off to the north just before crossing the [[Hoosic River]]. NY&nbsp;22 follows the river for {{convert|2|mi}} to [[Hoosick Falls, New York|Hoosick Falls]], the first village it has passed through since Millerton. There are no other state routes here, but after another {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=in}}, at North Hoosick, [[New York State Route 67|NY&nbsp;67]] comes in from the east and the two roads overlap as they leave Rensselaer County.<ref name="nymap07"/>

===Washington County===

The next {{convert|73|mi}} of NY&nbsp;22 traverse [[Washington County, New York|Washington County]], the longest portion of the highway in a single county.<ref name="Length in Washington County">{{harvp|New York State Department of Transportation|2015|p=157}}</ref> Almost immediately after the joined roads cross the line, NY&nbsp;67 splits off to the west, crossing the Hoosick back into Rensselaer County, while NY&nbsp;22 straightens out again to go due north. After {{convert|4|mi|km|spell=in}}, it reaches [[Cambridge (village), New York|Cambridge]], where [[New York State Route 313|NY&nbsp;313]] forks off to the east. In the middle of town, [[New York State Route 372|NY&nbsp;372]], a local connector to [[Greenwich (village), New York|Greenwich]], ends.<ref name="nymap07"/>
North of Cambridge, the highway continues through a rolling landscape of fields and farms, the low transitional country between the [[Appalachian Mountains|Appalachians]] and the [[Adirondack Mountains|Adirondacks]]. Beyond [[New York State Route 29|NY&nbsp;29]]'s eastern terminus at Greenwich Junction, NY&nbsp;22 heads eastward again through {{convert|18|mi|km}} of countryside until, just before reaching [[Granville (village), New York|Granville]], it comes within {{convert|0.5|mi|m}} of the state line, the closest it has come to that boundary since Austerlitz. At the village's south end, NY&nbsp;22 intersects [[New York State Route 149|NY&nbsp;149]] and the two routes overlap for {{convert|400|ft}} until Route&nbsp;149 begins its short journey to Vermont. Just north of Granville, the first of NY&nbsp;22's two suffixed routes, [[New York State Route 22A|NY&nbsp;22A]], begins its route running closely parallel to the state line and then into Vermont, where it becomes [[Vermont Route&nbsp;22A]] (VT&nbsp;22A), paralleling the parent route for some distance on the other side of the state line.<ref name="nymap07"/>
[[File:NY 22 N of Whitehall.jpg|left|thumb|View to the Drowned Lands at the south end of Lake Champlain from near Whitehall|alt=In the foreground is a small cluster of trees that has built up alongside NY&nbsp;22. Beyond those is a large cultivated field; even farther out is a dense forest. In the distance is an area of lowlands surrounded by forests and bisected by a narrow, winding waterway. Two large mountain ranges are barely visible in the far-off distance.]]
Immediately after this junction, NY&nbsp;22 begins a long curve away from the state line that has it running due west at the end of [[New York State Route 40|NY&nbsp;40]] in North Granville. It heads northwest a little further until, after passing between [[Great Meadow Correctional Facility|Great Meadows]] and [[Washington Correctional Facility|Washington]] state prisons, it reaches [[U.S. Route 4 in New York|US&nbsp;4]] and turns right to join it, resuming its northward course. At this point the highway is {{convert|8|mi}} from the state line, the farthest west it has gotten from it since southern Westchester County. The overlap with US&nbsp;4, the first to pair NY&nbsp;22 with another north–south route{{efn|US 4 is signed as east–west through [[U.S. Route 4 in Vermont|Vermont]] and [[U.S. Route 4 in New Hampshire|New Hampshire]] since those segments are oriented that way.}} since the short concurrency with NY&nbsp;120, lasts for {{convert|7|mi|km|spell=in}} along the base of the Adirondack foothills between the low country and [[Lake George (lake), New York|Lake George]], before ending in [[Whitehall (village), New York|Whitehall]], where US&nbsp;4 leaves to assume the east–west course it takes across northern New England.<ref name="nymap07"/>

===Adirondack Park and Lake Champlain===
As NY&nbsp;22 bends westward after leaving Whitehall, it rounds the north end of the ridge to the west, offering views into Vermont. Once again the Vermont state line is very near NY&nbsp;22, but now it is separated from New York by water instead of land. The stream at the bottom of this valley, surrounded by the low lying Drowned Lands [[flood plain]], is the inflow for [[Lake Champlain]]. The lake's South Bay, which the road crosses immediately after this turn, is also the [[Blue Line (New York State)|Blue Line]]. NY&nbsp;22 has now entered the [[Adirondack Park]], the {{convert|6.1|e6acre|km2|adj=on}} [[Forest Preserve (New York)|Forest Preserve]] and [[National Historic Landmark]], and the largest publicly [[protected area]] in the [[contiguous United States]].<ref name="APA page">{{cite web|title=The Adirondack Park|url=https://apa.ny.gov/About_Park/index.html|publisher=[[Adirondack Park Agency]]|access-date=August 8, 2018}}</ref> Within the park, NY&nbsp;22 mainly follows the lakeshore, closer to some of its more populated areas.<ref name="nymap07"/>
[[File:NY 22 in northern Washington County during winter.jpg|right|thumb|NY 22 in Washington County north of Whitehall|alt=A two-lane paved road curves rightward away from the viewer toward a rise in the center of the image amid a snowy landscape of fields and woodlots under mostly cloudy skies, with a ridge of hills on the left]]
It climbs through rock cuts as it meanders north on the narrowing [[isthmus]] between Lakes Champlain and George. Near the northern end, it crosses the [[Essex County, New York|Essex County]] line. {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=In}} into the county, it reaches the first settlement along its length within the Adirondack Park, [[Ticonderoga, New York|Ticonderoga]]. The highway skirts the northeastern edge of the village, the site of [[Battle of Ticonderoga (disambiguation)|key battles]] in both the [[French and Indian War|French and Indian]] and [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary]] Wars, as [[New York State Route 74|NY&nbsp;74]] comes in from the ferry to the east, the first intersecting state route since Whitehall, ending the longest such break on NY&nbsp;22 at {{convert|24.9|mi}}. The two routes overlap for almost {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=in}} until NY&nbsp;74 goes straight ahead at the intersection with [[New York State Route 9N|NY&nbsp;9N]], while NY&nbsp;22 turns right to join NY&nbsp;9N, the longest suffixed route in the state, and return to its northbound orientation for the longest of its concurrencies, at {{convert|25.5|mi}}.<ref name="nymap07"/>

At first, NY&nbsp;22 and NY&nbsp;9N veer west, away from the lake, but then return to its shoreline to avoid a nearby mountain, just before [[Crown Point, New York|Crown Point]]. [[New York State Route 185|NY&nbsp;185]], a small connector road, runs from NY&nbsp;9N and NY&nbsp;22 along the peninsula to become [[Vermont Route 17|VT&nbsp;17]]. The road remains close to the widening lake for the next {{convert|15|mi|km}}, with the tracks of the [[Delaware and Hudson Railroad]], used today by [[CSX Transportation|CSX]] for freight and [[Amtrak]] for [[Empire Service|passenger service]] between New York and [[Montreal]], sometimes immediately to the east. After passing through [[Port Henry, New York|Port Henry]] to [[Westport, New York|Westport]], where 9N leaves heading west for [[Elizabethtown, New York|Elizabethtown]]. Beyond that junction, NY&nbsp;22 again turns inland, going through the easy pass around Split Rock Mountain, going northwest to [[Westport, New York#Communities and locations in Westport|Wadhams]] where it turns northeast to [[Essex, New York#Communities and locations in Essex|Whallonsburg]], then north. At Boquet, it makes an abrupt turn to go {{convert|3|mi}} due east back to the lakeshore and ferry landing at [[Essex, New York|Essex]], where it connects to the [[Charlotte–Essex Ferry]] via Dock Street, leading to [[Vermont Route F-5|VT&nbsp;F-5]] on the opposite side of Lake Champlain.<ref name="nymap07"/>
[[File:NY 22 view to Vermont near Essex.jpg|left|thumb|View of Vermont and Lake Champlain near Essex|alt=A two-lane highway in a wooded area during autumn. It drops away in the center, with a view toward a distant landscape with a body of water and mountains beyond. On the right is a sign with the number 22]]
The highway again follows the lakeshore to [[Willsboro, New York|Willsboro]], where NY&nbsp;22 heads to the northwest again, inland, through dense forest, until it heads west and intersects [[U.S. Route 9 in New York|US&nbsp;9]] in the town of [[Chesterfield, New York|Chesterfield]], the other major north–south surface route up the state's eastern side. NY&nbsp;22 and US&nbsp;9 join, closely parallel to the Adirondack Northway ([[Interstate 87 (New York)|I-87]]), the only other route in the state to directly connect New York City with Canada. The three routes, spread over many miles in the southern part of the state, run through a narrow corridor for {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=in}} until US&nbsp;9 and NY&nbsp;22 veer east again toward [[Keeseville, New York|Keeseville]].<ref name="nymap07"/>

Here, NY&nbsp;9N ends and US&nbsp;9 and NY&nbsp;22 separate, ending the last concurrency along the latter. The two will exchange corridors, with US&nbsp;9 following the lake shore line while NY&nbsp;22 remains mostly inland. NY&nbsp;22 enters [[Clinton County, New York|Clinton County]] just north of Keeseville, and then leaves Adirondack Park {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=in}} beyond at the [[Peru, New York|Peru]] town line.<ref name="nymap07"/>

===Clinton County===
Just south of the [[Peru (CDP), New York|hamlet of Peru]], the short [[New York State Route 442|NY&nbsp;442]] terminates at NY&nbsp;22. In the hamlet itself, after the Little Au Sable River crossing, NY&nbsp;22's other suffixed route, NY&nbsp;22B, branches off further inland. NY&nbsp;22 continues north of Peru, and returns to the Northway's side again in a mile. After another {{convert|5|mi|km|spell=in}}, it has its first exit on the Northway near the now-closed [[Plattsburgh Air Force Base]]. It continues northeastward, crossing the [[Saranac River]] into [[Plattsburgh (city), New York|Plattsburgh]],<ref name="nymap07"/> the first city and most populous community NY&nbsp;22 has passed through since White Plains.{{efn|Plattsburgh's population is estimated to be 19,696 as of 2017.<ref name="Plattsburgh population">{{cite web|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2017, for New York|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/rest/dnldController/deliver?_ts=551831711365|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|format=PDF|page=19|date=August 8, 2018|access-date=August 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809090845/https://factfinder.census.gov/rest/dnldController/deliver?_ts=551831711365|archive-date=August 9, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}

[[File:New York State Route 22 New York State Route 22 (35881145086).jpg|right|thumb|Northern terminus of NY&nbsp;22 at US&nbsp;11 in Mooers]]
NY&nbsp;22 runs along South Catherine Street for a few blocks, then divides into [[one-way couplet]]s for the first time since Westchester County, with northbound traffic moving a block to the east to follow Oak Street, while southbound traffic comes down North Catherine Street. It parallels US&nbsp;9 for a couple of blocks, intersecting [[New York State Route 3|NY&nbsp;3]] (Cornelia Street) just a block west of its eastern terminus at that highway. After Boynton Avenue, the separate streets reunite and turns northwest just before it has its second and final exit with the Northway. Just after the exit, [[New York State Route 374|NY&nbsp;374]] begins along the westbound route as NY&nbsp;22 turns to the north once again.<ref name="nymap07"/>

The highway follows the railroad tracks into [[Beekmantown, New York|Beekmantown]] until it bears left at a fork, trending further west to Beekmantown Corners, where another short local road, County Route&nbsp;58, formerly [[New York State Route 456|NY&nbsp;456]], comes to its western end. After crossing into the next town, [[Chazy, New York|Chazy]], NY&nbsp;22 bears left again at another fork to drift further to the west.<ref name="nymap07"/> The terrain around the road becomes increasingly wooded, with long unbroken stretches of pine, in the northern portion of the town. This is briefly broken at another western terminus of a short local road, County Route&nbsp;23, formerly [[New York State Route 191|NY&nbsp;191]], in the hamlet of Sciota.<ref name="beekmantown quad">{{cite map |author = New York State Department of Transportation |url = http://gis.ny.gov/gisdata/quads/drg24/dotpreview/index.cfm?code=b51 |title = Beekmantown Digital Raster Quadrangle |location = Albany |publisher = New York State Department of Transportation |year = 1979 |scale = 1:24,000 |access-date = January 20, 2010 }}</ref>

NY&nbsp;22 continues past Sciota in a fairly straight north-northwesterly course through more woods with small home and farm clearings. Those yield to mostly fields just before the [[Great Chazy River]], after which NY&nbsp;22 enters the [[Mooers (CDP), New York|hamlet of Mooers]].<ref name="west chazy quad">{{cite map |author = New York State Department of Transportation |url = http://gis.ny.gov/gisdata/quads/drg24/dotpreview/index.cfm?code=b50 |title = West Chazy Digital Raster Quadrangle |location = Albany |publisher = New York State Department of Transportation |year = 1979 |scale = 1:24,000 |access-date = January 20, 2010 }}</ref><ref name="mooers quad">{{cite map |author = New York State Department of Transportation |url = http://gis.ny.gov/gisdata/quads/drg24/dotpreview/index.cfm?code=a50 |title = Mooers Digital Raster Quadrangle |location = Albany |publisher = New York State Department of Transportation |year = 1979 |scale = 1:24,000 |access-date = January 20, 2010 }}</ref> NY&nbsp;22 comes to an end upon intersecting [[U.S. Route 11 in New York|US&nbsp;11]].<ref name="2008map" />

==History==

===In popular culture===
The road is celebrated and described in [[Benjamin Swett]]'s 2007 photographic travelogue, ''Route&nbsp;22''.<ref>{{cite news |first = Rita |last = Ross |date = November 2007 |title = Road Trip: Scenic Route&nbsp;22—which traverses the Valley's eastern border—is the subject of a new book |url = http://www.hvmag.com/Hudson-Valley-Magazine/November-2007/Road-Trip/ |magazine = Hudson Valley Magazine |access-date = January 19, 2016 }}</ref>

===Old roads===
The road from the modern-day Bronx (then part of Westchester County) through White Plains to Bedford and points north was originally an old [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] path.<ref name=nyt83>{{cite news |first = Roberta |last = Hershenson |title = Old Indian Trail Called Route&nbsp;22 |newspaper = The New York Times |date = August 21, 1983 |page = WC1 }}</ref> This path was later used and widened by the first European settlers. During colonial times, the road was known as "the road to Bedford and Vermont".<ref name=nyt83/> Further north, near Lake Champlain, the route now used by NY&nbsp;22 was used by the [[St. Francis Indians]] of Canada as they went south to find warmer fishing areas.<ref name=nyt50>{{cite news |newspaper = The New York Times |title = Topics of the Times |date = July 23, 1950 |page = E8 }}</ref> The old road was also used heavily during the [[American Revolution]] to transport iron south from the mines in the [[Adirondacks]].<ref name=nyt50/>

Once [[White Plains, New York|White Plains]] became the county seat of [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester]] in 1759, the road between the village and the city of New York (then encompassing only [[Manhattan]]) became an important route and was established as the White Plains Post Road. Before 1797, the main road heading to points north and east out of Manhattan went via [[Kingsbridge, Bronx|Kingsbridge]] along the old [[Boston Post Road]].<ref name=jenkins>{{cite book |access-date = November 30, 2007 |url = https://archive.org/details/storybronxfromp00jenkgoog |first = S. |last = Jenkins |title = The Story of the Bronx |publisher = G. P. Putnam's Sons |year = 1912 |no-pp = true |page = Chap. X }}</ref> A new bridge over the [[Harlem River]] (the original [[Harlem Bridge]]) was opened in 1797, shortening the route out of Manhattan. This also relocated the Boston and White Plains Post roads to a new alignment along [[Third Avenue (Bronx)|Third Avenue]] and [[Boston Road (Bronx)|Boston Road]]. The White Plains Post Road separated from the Boston Post Road in Bronxdale, with the road to Boston heading east and the road to White Plains heading north. The old White Plains Post Road roughly followed the alignment of modern-day ''[[White Plains Road]]'', which was laid out in 1863.<ref name=jenkins/> (The original post road was to the east of the modern-day avenue). The White Plains Post Road continued north through [[Olinville, New York|Olinville]], [[Wakefield, New York|Wakefield]], and [[Mount Vernon, New York|Mount Vernon]], where the route shifted east to modern-day White Plains Post Road, going through [[Bronxville, New York|Bronxville]] and [[Scarsdale, New York|Scarsdale]] to [[White Plains, New York|White Plains]].<ref name=comstock>{{cite book |access-date = November 30, 2007 |first = S. |last = Comstock |url = https://archive.org/details/oldroadsfromhea00comsgoog |title = Old Roads from the Heart of New York |publisher = G.P. Putnam's Sons |year = 1915 |no-pp = true |page = Chap. 19 }}</ref>

The stretch from Salem to the [[Vermont]] border in [[Granville (village), New York|Granville]] was part of the old [[Northern Turnpike]], which began in [[Lansingburgh, New York|Lansingburgh]] and went along modern-day [[New York State Route 40|NY&nbsp;40]]. The Northern Turnpike was chartered on April 1, 1799.<ref name="northern turnpike">{{cite book |access-date = November 30, 2007 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=KJEDAAAAQAAJ |publisher = Packard and Van Benthuysen |author = State of New York |title = The Revised Statutes of the State of New-York, 1827–1828 |year = 1829 |volume = III |pages = 587–624}}</ref>

===Public ownership===
[[File:NY 22 Patterson.jpg|right|thumb|A picture of State Road in Patterson, which would later become part of 22|alt=A black and white illustration of an unpaved highway flanked on both sides by fence and trees proceeds through mostly open land. A caption at the bottom reads "Picture of State Road, Patterson, N.Y."]]
In 1868, the [[New York Legislature|New York State Legislature]] formed a commission "to regulate, grade, widen, gravel, and improve the old White Plains Post Road", which was amended in 1870 to "macadamize the road"<ref>{{cite book |access-date = November 30, 2007 |author = State of New York |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=dHo4AAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA568 |title = Statutes at Large of the State of New York, 1867 |publisher = Weed, Parsons & Co. |year = 1870 |page = 568 }}</ref> between Mount Vernon and White Plains. The post road south of Mount Vernon, which was part of New York City, was later widened between 1902 and 1908.<ref name=jenkins/>

[[State highway]]s were first formally defined by the state legislature in 1909 and given numeric designations,<ref>{{cite book |access-date = November 30, 2007 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=hZ4AAAAAMAAJ |title = New York State, Laws of 1909, Chap. 30 (The Highway Law) |publisher = J. B. Lyon |year = 1919 |author = State of New York }}</ref> although these initial designations were not publicly signed. Portions of modern NY&nbsp;22 were defined as part of legislative routes&nbsp;1 and 22. Legislative route&nbsp;1 went from the New York City line north along the White Plains Post Road to White Plains, then detoured to Harrison (via Westchester Avenue), before proceeding north to [[Armonk, New York|Armonk]] (via modern [[New York State Route 120|NY&nbsp;120]]). Legislative route&nbsp;1 continued north along modern NY&nbsp;22 to Austerlitz, where it then turned northwest to Valatie (via modern [[New York State Route 203|NY&nbsp;203]] and NY&nbsp;980B), then followed [[U.S. Route 9 in New York|US&nbsp;9]] to Albany. Legislative route&nbsp;22 had two segments. The southern segment began in Troy, following [[New York State Route 7|NY&nbsp;7]] to Hoosick, then went north along modern NY&nbsp;22 up to Putnam Station (south of Ticonderoga).

===NY&nbsp;22 designation===
[[File:NY-22 (1927).svg|thumb|upright=0.5|right|Original NY 22 shield, adopted in 1927|alt=A sign with the number 22 on it, similar to the one at the top of the article and in other pictures but with an additional black border, the letters "NY" above the numbers, and a different typeface for the numbers themselves]]
In 1924, New York signed several major state roads with route numbers. Most of Legislative Route&nbsp;1 was designated as NY&nbsp;22, but with a direct route between White Plains and [[Armonk, New York|Armonk]]. Also, instead of continuing to Valatie, NY&nbsp;22 initially ended at the [[New York State Route 23|NY&nbsp;23]] intersection in [[Hillsdale, New York|Hillsdale]].<ref name="1924nyt">{{cite news |title = New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers |newspaper = [[The New York Times]] |date = December 21, 1924 |page = XX9 }}</ref> By 1929, the road to Valatie had been improved and NY&nbsp;22 was extended to US&nbsp;9, with a length of {{convert|139|mi|km}}.<ref name=1930gb>{{cite book |author = Automobile Legal Association |title = Automobile Green Book |edition = 1930–31 |location = Boston |publisher = Scarborough Motor Guide Co |year = 1930 }}{{page needed|date=August 2018}}</ref> The middle section of modern NY&nbsp;22 was designated in 1924 as NY&nbsp;24, running for {{convert|75|mi|km}} from [[Stephentown, New York|Stephentown]] to [[Comstock, New York|Comstock]]. The portion of modern NY&nbsp;22 north of Whitehall remained unnumbered in 1924 but the next year NY&nbsp;30, a route assigned in 1924 that linked [[Mechanicville, New York|Mechanicville]] to Whitehall, was extended north from Whitehall to the Canadian border north of [[Mooers (CDP), New York|Mooers]].<ref name="1924nyt" /><ref>{{cite book |author = Automobile Legal Association |title = Automobile Green Book |edition = 1925 |location = Boston |publisher = Scarborough Motor Guide Co |year = 1925 }}{{page needed|date=August 2018}}</ref> In the [[1930 renumbering (New York)|1930 renumbering]], the NY&nbsp;24 and NY&nbsp;30 designations were both reassigned elsewhere. NY&nbsp;22 was then extended north along their former routes,<ref name="1930nyt">{{cite news |last = Dickinson |first = Leon A. |title = New Signs for State Highways |newspaper = The New York Times |date = January 12, 1930 |page = 136 }}</ref> incorporating newly improved roads between [[Austerlitz, New York|Austerlitz]] and [[Stephentown, New York|Stephentown]], creating the {{convert|370|mi|km|adj=on}} route that existed  until 2008.<ref name="1930gb"/> The segment of old NY&nbsp;22 between Austerlitz and Valatie was renumbered to [[New York State Route 203|NY&nbsp;203]].<ref name="1930nyt" />
[[File:Harlem - W124st - Malcolm X - south.jpg|left|thumb|View down Lenox Avenue from West 124th Street and Malcolm X Boulevard. This was once part of NY&nbsp;22 in Manhattan|alt=A two-lane street passes through a city neighborhood composed of a line of three-story buildings and a large church. The street is lined with decorative lampposts and small trees.]]
In 1934, at the insistence of the Automobile Club of New York, several numbered routes were extended and signed within [[New York City]], with NY&nbsp;22 among them. It was extended south from the Mount Vernon line in the Bronx along [[White Plains Road]], then following [[East 233rd Street (Bronx)|East 233rd Street]] to [[Webster Avenue]] until [[Fordham Road]] ([[U.S. Route 1 in New York|US&nbsp;1]]). From there, it continued south along the [[Grand Concourse (Bronx)|Grand Concourse]] (then overlapped with [[New York State Route 100|NY&nbsp;100]]), crossing into Manhattan via East 149th Street to the [[145th Street Bridge]]. In Manhattan, the NY&nbsp;22/100 [[Concurrency (road)|concurrency]] continued south along [[Lenox Avenue]], [[110th Street (Manhattan)|110th Street]], [[Fifth Avenue]], [[96th Street (Manhattan)|96th Street]], and [[Park Avenue (Manhattan)|Park Avenue]], ending at [[Houston Street (Manhattan)|Houston Street]] ([[New York State Route 1A|NY&nbsp;1A]]).<ref>{{cite news |newspaper = The New York Times |title = Mark Ways in the City |date = December 16, 1934 |page = XX12 }}</ref> By 1941, the alignment within Mount Vernon was shifted east to use Columbus Avenue and South 3rd Avenue (current NY&nbsp;22), continuing its route to New York City via East 233rd Street as before.<ref>{{cite map |year = 1941 |url = http://www.nycroads.com/history/1941_metro-4/ |title = New York metropolitan area |author = [[H.M. Gousha]] |publisher = H.M. Gousha |access-date = November 30, 2007 }}{{full|date=August 2018}}</ref> On January 1, 1970, the NY&nbsp;22 designation was removed from Manhattan and most of the Bronx, and the short piece remaining in the city was realigned to meet US&nbsp;1 at NY&nbsp;22's current southern terminus.<ref name="1970log">{{cite book |url = http://www.greaternyroads.info/pdfs/state70.pdf |title = Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State |date = January 1, 1970 |author = [[State of New York Department of Transportation]] |access-date = July 16, 2009 }}</ref>

===U.S. Route&nbsp;7===
In the original plan for the [[U.S. Highway System]], as approved by the Bureau of Public Roads in November 1926,<ref>{{cite map |author1 = [[Bureau of Public Roads]] |author2 = [[American Association of State Highway Officials]] |date = November 11, 1926 |title = United States System of Highways Adopted for Uniform Marking by the American Association of State Highway Officials |url = https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_System_of_Highways_Adopted_for_Uniform_Marking_by_the_American_Association_of_State_Highway_Officials.jpg |scale = 1:7,000,000 |location = Washington, DC |publisher = [[United States Geological Survey]] |oclc = 32889555 |access-date = November 7, 2013 |via = [[Wikimedia Commons]] }}</ref> [[U.S. Route 7|US&nbsp;7]] was defined as beginning in New York City and designated on the alignment of NY&nbsp;22 to [[Amenia, New York|Amenia]], where it shifted northeast into [[Sharon, Connecticut]], to use old [[New England Route&nbsp;4]] through Massachusetts and Vermont all the way to the [[Canada–United States border|Canadian border]]. Apparently New York did not approve this plan, and by mid-1927 the official route log published by the [[American Association of State Highway Officials]] had relocated the southern end of US&nbsp;7 to [[Norwalk, Connecticut]].<ref>{{cite book |author = American Association of State Highway Officials |title = United States Numbered Highways |year = 1927 }}</ref>

===NY&nbsp;9N concurrency===
In the [[1930 state highway renumbering (New York)|1930 renumbering of state highways in New York]], the stretch from [[Ticonderoga, New York|Ticonderoga]] to [[Keeseville, New York|Keeseville]] now concurrent with [[New York State Route 9N|NY&nbsp;9N]] was designated solely as NY&nbsp;22. The north end of [[New York State Route 47 (1930–1936)|NY&nbsp;47]] was also located at an intersection with NY&nbsp;22 in Ticonderoga. At Westport, NY&nbsp;22 connected to [[New York State Route 195 (1930–1936)|NY&nbsp;195]], an east–west highway leading to [[Elizabethtown, New York|Elizabethtown]]. At the time, Route&nbsp;9N only extended from there to Keeseville.<ref name="1930nyt" /> NY&nbsp;9N was extended southward to Lake George {{circa|1936}}, supplanting Routes 47 and 195 and becoming concurrent with NY&nbsp;22 between Ticonderoga and [[Westport, New York|Westport]].<ref>{{cite map |title = Road Map & Historical Guide: New York |author = [[Sun Oil Company]] |year = 1935 |author2 = [[Rand McNally and Company]] |scale = Scale not given |location = Chicago |publisher = Rand McNally |oclc = 956448064}}{{full|date=August 2018}}</ref><ref name="1936map">{{cite map |title = New York |author = [[Standard Oil Company]] |year = 1936 |author2 = [[General Drafting]] |location = New York |publisher = General Drafting }}{{full|date=August 2018}}</ref>

NY&nbsp;8 originally extended eastward from [[Hague, New York|Hague]] to a ferry across [[Lake Champlain]] at [[Putnam, New York|Putnam]] when it was assigned as part of the renumbering. In between the two locations, the route utilized modern NY&nbsp;9N, Montcalm Street, NY&nbsp;22, and Wrights Ferry and Wrights roads.<ref name="1930gb"/><ref name="1931gb">{{cite book |author = Automobile Legal Association |title = Automobile Green Book |edition = 1931–32 |year = 1931 |publisher = Scarborough Motor Guide Co |location = Boston }}{{page needed|date=August 2018}}</ref> It was realigned in the early 1930s to continue east from Ticonderoga on what is now [[New York State Route 74|NY&nbsp;74]] to another ferry across the lake.<ref name="1930gb"/><ref name="1931gb"/><ref name="1933map">{{cite map |title = Texaco Road Map: New England |author = [[Texas Oil Company]] |year = 1933 |author2 = Rand McNally and Company |publisher = Texas Oil Company }}{{full|date=August 2018}}</ref> NY&nbsp;8 was altered again {{circa|lk=no|1934}} to follow NY&nbsp;22 north from Ticonderoga to Crown Point, where it turned off the highway onto Bridge Road (now [[New York State Route 185|NY&nbsp;185]]).<ref name="1933map" /><ref>{{cite map |title = Road Map of New York |author = Texas Oil Company |year = 1934 |author2 = Rand McNally and Company |scale = [c. 1:792,000] |location = Chicago |publisher = Rand McNally and Company }}{{full|date=August 2018}}</ref> Route&nbsp;8 remained intact along this routing until {{circa|lk=no|1968}}, when Route&nbsp;8 was truncated southwestward to NY&nbsp;9N at [[Hague, New York|Hague]].<ref>{{cite map |url = http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/250k/txu-pclmaps-topo-us-glens_falls-1967.jpg |title = Glens Falls, NY Quadrangle |author = United States Geological Survey |year = 1967 |scale = 1:250,000 |series = Eastern United States 1:250,000 |type = Topographic map |location = Reston, VA |publisher = United States Geological Survey |access-date = December 7, 2007 }}</ref><ref name="1968map">{{cite map |title = New York |author = [[Esso]] |year = 1968 |edition = 1969–70 |author2 = General Drafting |scale = 1:1,687,000 |location =  Convent Garden, NJ |publisher = General Drafting }}{{full|date=August 2018}}</ref>

===Realignments===
[[File:Dutchess CR 81 with blade sign.jpg|right|thumb|Dutchess CR&nbsp;81, a realigned section of NY&nbsp;22|alt=A rural, narrow two-lane highway passes through an area composed of trees, fields, and small brush. There is a snow berm at the side, and a pentagonal orange-on-blue sign with the number 81 at right.]]
Over the course of many years, several sections of NY&nbsp;22 were straightened, realigned to new roads, or both. Some old alignments are still either county-maintained or state-maintained. Several of these are in [[Dutchess County, New York|Dutchess County]]. In [[Dover Plains, New York|Dover Plains]], the southern leg of NY&nbsp;22's junction with [[New York State Route 343|NY&nbsp;343]] is maintained by the state as NY&nbsp;980G, a [[reference route (New York)|reference route]].<ref name="1936map" /><ref name="dover plains quad">{{cite map |author = New York State Department of Transportation |url = http://gis.ny.gov/gisdata/quads/drg24/dotpreview/index.cfm?code=aa50 |title = Dover Plains Digital Raster Quadrangle |type = Topographic map |location = Albany |publisher = New York State Department of Transportation |year = 1989 |scale = 1:24,000 |access-date = January 20, 2010 }}</ref> To the north in the [[Amenia (town), New York|town of Amenia]], a {{convert|4.03|mi|2|adj=mid|-long}}<ref>{{google maps |url = https://www.google.com/maps/search/County+Road+81,+Wassaic,+NY,+United+States/@41.7982508,-73.5569038,16.5z |title = County Road 81, Wassaic |access-date = February 25, 2016 }}</ref> loop off NY&nbsp;22 between [[Wassaic, New York|Wassaic]] and [[Amenia (CDP), New York|Amenia]] is designated as CR&nbsp;81. Another former routing of NY&nbsp;22 in the town of [[Dover, New York|Dover]] exists as CR&nbsp;6, a loop route between the hamlets of Wingdale and Dover Plains that runs along the west bank of the [[Ten Mile River (Connecticut)|Ten Mile River]].<ref name="1936map" /><ref name="dover plains quad" /> Within the 44/22 concurrency, part of [[County Route 5 (Dutchess County, New York)|CR&nbsp;5]] (and its short spur 5S), a mile-long (1.6&nbsp;km) loop west of the highway south of [[Millerton, New York|Millerton]], is also a former alignment of NY&nbsp;22.<ref>{{google maps |url = https://maps.google.com/maps?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBF_enUS232US232&q=from%3A%20CR-5%2FSmithfield%20Rd%20%4041.909478%2C%20-73.540816%20to%3A%20CR-5%2FOld%20Route%2022%20%4041.922900%2C%20-73.537818&um=1&sa=N&tab=wl |title = Overview Map of Dutchess CR&nbsp;5 (Old Route&nbsp;22) |access-date = July 11, 2008 |link = no }}</ref>

Before the construction of [[Interstate 684|I-684]], NY&nbsp;22 continued northeast along Sodom Road north of [[Brewster, New York|Brewster]] on what is now CR&nbsp;50, a dead-end road maintained by [[Putnam County, NY|Putnam County]].<ref>{{google maps |url = https://maps.google.com/maps?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBF_enUS232US232&q=from%3A%20CR-50%2FSodom%20Rd%20%4041.398367%2C%20-73.600181%20to%3A%20CR-50%2FSodom%20Ln%20N%20%4041.400280%2C%20-73.591810&um=1&sa=N&tab=wl |title = Overview Map of Putnam County Road 50 |access-date = July 11, 2008 |link = no }}</ref> Modern NY&nbsp;22 joins the I-684 roadway at exit&nbsp;10 (the northern terminus of I-684) and connects to the surface road on the opposite side of the [[Croton River]] via the NY&nbsp;981B connector. South of [[Copake Falls, New York|Copake Falls]], the state also still maintains an old alignment designated as NY&nbsp;980F. North of Copake Falls, the northern half of the original alignment was designated as an extension of [[New York State Route 344|NY&nbsp;344]].<ref name="2009log">{{cite book |url = https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/operating/oom/transportation-systems/repository/2017%20tour-bk.pdf |title = Official Description of Highway Touring Routes, Bicycling Touring Routes, Scenic Byways, & Commemorative/Memorial Designations in New York State |author = [[New York State Department of Transportation]] |date = January 2017 |access-date = January 9, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite map |author = United States Geological Survey |title = Copake Quadrangle: New York–Massachusetts |year = 1953 |scale = 1:24,000 |series = 7.5 Minute Series |type = Topographic map |location = Reston, VA |publisher = United States Geological Survey |url = http://gis.ny.gov/gisdata/quads/drg24/usgspreview/index.cfm?code=o42073a5 |access-date = July 11, 2008 |archive-date = December 19, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141219031840/http://gis.ny.gov/gisdata/quads/drg24/usgspreview/index.cfm?code=o42073a5 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

===Mooers area===
The segment of NY&nbsp;22 north of US&nbsp;11, named Hemmingford Road, was state-maintained until 1988, when ownership and maintenance of that part of the route was transferred to [[Clinton County, New York|Clinton County]] as part of a highway maintenance swap between the county and the state of New York.<ref>{{cite web |author = New York State Legislature |url = http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menugetf.cgi?COMMONQUERY=LAWS |title = New York State Highway Law § 341 |access-date = March 29, 2010 }}</ref> Following the swap, it was [[Overlap (road)|co-designated]] as CR&nbsp;34 by Clinton County.<ref name="inv-clinton" /> In 2008, the signed northern terminus of NY&nbsp;22 was moved to the eastern end of its overlap with [[U.S. Route 11 in New York|US&nbsp;11]] in Mooers.<ref name="2008map">{{cite map |title = New York State map: I [love] NY |author1 = New York State Department of Economic Development, Division of Tourism |year = 2008 |author2 = Map Works |scale = [c. 1:775,000] |location = Albany |publisher = New York State Department of Economic Development, Division of Tourism |oclc= 231653690 }}{{full|date=August 2018}}</ref><ref name="2007map">{{cite map |title = I Love New York's 30th Anniversary Map |author = New York State Department of Economic Development, Division of Tourism |year = 2007 |author2 = Map Works |scale = [c. 1:775,000] |location = Albany |publisher = New York State Department of Economic Development, Division of Tourism |oclc= 123904093}}{{full|date=August 2018}}</ref> The official alignment of NY&nbsp;22 was not changed, however, as the [[New York State Department of Transportation]] still considered the Canadian border to be NY&nbsp;22's northern terminus<ref name="inv-clinton" /> until 2014.<ref name="2014tdr" />
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==Major intersections==
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{{NYCint
|county=Bronx
|borough=Bronx
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|mile=0.00
|road={{jct|state=NY|US|1|name1=[[Boston Road (Bronx)|Boston Road]]}}
|notes=Southern terminus
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{{NYint
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|location=Mount Vernon
|mile=2.79
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|notes=Exit&nbsp;8 on Cross County Parkway
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{{NYint
|location=Eastchester
|area=town
|mile=6.94
|road={{jct|state=NY|Parkway|Bronx River|to1=yes}}
|notes=Access via Brook Street; [[hamlet (New York)|hamlet]] of [[Eastchester (CDP), New York|Eastchester]]
}}
{{NYint
|location=White Plains
|lspan=4
|mile=11.17
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|125|dir1=south|name1=Mamaroneck Avenue}}
|notes=Northern terminus of NY&nbsp;125
}}
{{NYint
|mile=11.51
|road={{jct|state=NY|I|287|to1=yes}}
|notes=Access via Westchester Avenue
}}
{{NYint
|mile=11.75
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|119|dir1=west|name1=Hamilton Avenue}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of NY&nbsp;119
}}
{{NYint
|mile=12.52
|road={{jct|state=NY|I|287|name1=[[Cross Westchester Expressway]]|to2=yes|Parkway|Bronx River|location1=[[Tappan Zee Bridge (2017–present)|Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge]]}}
|notes=Access to Bronx River Parkway via Cemetery Road; exit&nbsp;6 on I-287
}}
{{NYint
|location=North Castle
|area=town
|lspan=11
|type=incomplete
|mile=13.28
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|notes=No southbound entrance; access via [[Central Westchester Parkway]]
}}
{{NYint
|mile=13.83
|mspan=2
|road={{jct|state=NY|to1=yes|Parkway|Bronx River|Parkway|Taconic|dir1=south|dir2=north}}
|notes=Northbound exit and southbound entrance; access via North Broadway
|type=incomplete
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{{NYint
|mile=none
|place=Southern end of limited-access section
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{{NYint
|mile=
|type=incomplete
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}}
{{jctbridge
|mile=
|bridge=Bridge over the [[Kensico Reservoir]]
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{{NYint
|mile=17.47
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|120|dir1=south|city1=Rye}}
|notes=[[At-grade intersection]]; southern end of NY&nbsp;120 concurrency
}}
{{NYint
|mile=17.79
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|120|dir1=north|city1=Chappaqua}}
|notes=At-grade intersection; northern end of NY&nbsp;120 concurrency
}}
{{NYint
|mile=18.94
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|128|dir1=north|city1=Armonk}}
|notes=At-grade intersection; southern terminus of NY&nbsp;128; hamlet of [[Armonk, New York|Armonk]]
}}
{{NYint
|mile=19.57
|road={{jct|state=NY|I|684|city1=White Plains|city2=Brewster}}
|notes=Exits 3N-S on I-684; former [[Interstate 87 (New York)|I-87]]
}}
{{NYint
|mile=19.97
|mspan=2
|place=Northern end of limited-access section
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{{NYint
|mile=none
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|433|dir1=south|location1=[[Glenville, Connecticut|Glenville]]}}
|notes=Northern terminus of NY&nbsp;433; former [[New York State Route 128|NY 128]]
}}
{{NYint
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|area=town
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|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|172|dir1=west|I|684|to2=yes|city1=Mount Kisco}}
|notes=Western end of NY&nbsp;172 concurrency
}}
{{NYint
|mile=26.83
|type=concur
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|notes=Eastern end of NY&nbsp;172 concurrency; hamlet of [[Bedford (CDP), New York|Bedford]]
}}
{{NYint
|mile=27.21
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|121|dir1=north|city1=Cross River}}
|notes=Southern terminus of NY&nbsp;121
}}
{{NYint
|mile=32.10
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|35|I|684|to2=yes|city1=Katonah|city2=Cross River}}
}}
{{NYint
|location=Lewisboro
|area=town
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|road={{jct|state=NY|to1=yes|I|684|dir1=south|NY|138}}
|notes=Access via North Street; hamlet of [[Goldens Bridge, New York|Goldens Bridge]]
}}
{{NYint
|location=North Salem
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|road={{jct|state=NY|I|684|dir1=south|NY|116|dir2=west|city1=Somers}}
|notes=Southern end of NY&nbsp;116 concurrency; exit 7 on I-684; hamlet of [[Purdys, New York|Purdys]]
}}
{{NYint
|mile=36.83
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}}
{{NYint
|mile=38.13
|road={{jct|state=NY|I|684|to1=yes}}
|notes=Access via Hardscrabble Road; hamlet of [[Croton Falls, New York|Croton Falls]]
}}
{{NYint
|mile=38.68
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}}
{{NYint
|mile=38.84
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{{NYint
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{{NYint
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|mile=none
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|notes=Northern end of US&nbsp;6/US&nbsp;202 concurrency; northern terminus and exit 10 on I-684
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{{NYint
|mile=45.13
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{{NYint
|mile=47.18
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}}
{{NYint
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|area=town
|lspan=2
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|notes=Eastern terminus of NY&nbsp;164
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{{NYint
|mile=53.53
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{{NYint
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|notes=[[Trumpet interchange]]; southern end of NY&nbsp;55 concurrency
}}
{{NYint
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|area=town
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|notes=Northern end of NY&nbsp;55 concurrency; hamlet of [[Wingdale, New York|Wingdale]]
}}
{{NYint
|mile=63.09
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|notes=Access via Pleasant Ridge Road; hamlet of [[Wingdale, New York|Wingdale]]
}}
{{NYint
|mile=70.32
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}}
{{NYint
|location=Amenia
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|lspan=2
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}}
{{NYint
|mile=78.71
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|road={{jct|state=NY|US|44|NY|343|dir1=west|dir2=east|city1=Millbrook|location2=[[Sharon (CDP), Connecticut|Sharon, CT]]}}
|notes=Northern end of NY&nbsp;343 concurrency; southern end of US&nbsp;44 concurrency; hamlet of [[Amenia (CDP), New York|Amenia]]
}}
{{NYint
|location=North East
|mile=85.71
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{{NYint
|location=Millerton
|mile=87.30
|type=concur
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}}
{{NYint
|county=Columbia
|cspan=12
|location=Copake
|area=town
|lspan=2
|mile=99.62
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|344|dir1=east|to1=yes|city1=Copake Falls|location2=[[Taconic State Park]]}}
|notes=Access via {{jct|state=NY|NY|980F|noshield1=yes}}; hamlet of [[Copake Falls, New York|Copake Falls]]
}}
{{NYint
|mile=100.12
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|344|dir1=east|city1=Copake Falls|location2=[[Taconic State Park]]}}
|notes=Western terminus of NY&nbsp;344; hamlet of Copake Falls
}}
{{NYint
|location=Hillsdale
|area=town
|lspan=4
|mile=104.16
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|23|location1=[[Great Barrington, Massachusetts|Great Barrington, MA]]}}
|notes=Hamlet of Hillsdale
}}
{{NYint
|mile=108.20
|road={{jct|state=NY|CR|21|county1=Columbia}}
|notes=Former [[New York State Route 217|NY 217]]; hamlet of North Hillsdale
}}
{{NYint
|mile=111.42
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|71|dir1=east|location1=[[Great Barrington, Massachusetts|Great Barrington, MA]]}}
|notes=Western terminus of NY&nbsp;71; hamlet of [[Green River, New York|Green River]]
}}
{{NYint
|mile=111.59
|road={{jct|state=NY|to1=yes|NY|71|dir1=east|location1=[[Great Barrington, Massachusetts|Great Barrington, MA]]}}
|notes=Access via NY&nbsp;980E; hamlet of Green River
}}
{{NYint
|location=Austerlitz
|mile=115.07
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|203|dir1=north|city1=Spencertown|city2=Chatham|areadab2=village|Parkway|Taconic|to2=yes}}
|notes=Southern terminus of NY&nbsp;203
}}
{{NYint
|location=Canaan
|lspan=3
|mile=119.57
|road={{jct|state=MA|to1=yes|MA|102|dir1=east|location1=[[Stockbridge, Massachusetts|Stockbridge]]|location2=[[West Stockbridge, Massachusetts|West Stockbridge]]}}
|notes=Access via [[New York State Route 980D|NY 980D]]
}}
{{NYint
|mile=120.33
|type=etc
|road={{jct|state=NY|I-Toll|90|NYBC||to3=yes|MATP||dir3=east|city1=Albany|location2=[[Boston]]}}
|notes=Exit&nbsp;B3 on I-90 / Thruway
}}
{{NYint
|mile=123.18
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|295|Parkway|Taconic|to2=yes|city1=Chatham|areadab1=village|location2=[[Pittsfield, Massachusetts|Pittsfield, MA]]}}
}}
{{NYint
|location=New Lebanon
|lspan=2
|mile=128.12
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=NY|US|20|dir1=west|city1=Albany}}
|notes=Southern end of US&nbsp;20 concurrency; hamlet of New Lebanon
}}
{{NYint
|mile=128.86
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=NY|US|20|dir1=east|location1=[[Pittsfield, Massachusetts|Pittsfield, MA]]}}
|notes=Northern end of US&nbsp;20 concurrency; hamlet of [[Lebanon Springs, New York|Lebanon Springs]]
}}
{{NYint
|county=Rensselaer
|cspan=6
|location=Stephentown
|mile=134.86
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|43|location1=[[Williamstown, Massachusetts|Williamstown]]}}
|notes=
}}
{{NYint
|location=Petersburgh
|lspan=2
|mile=150.26
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|2|I|87|I|787|to2=yes|city1=Petersburgh|city2=Troy|city3=Watervliet}}
|notes=Interchange; access via [[New York State Route 914A|NY&nbsp;914A]]; hamlet of [[Petersburg, New York|Petersburg]]
}}
{{NYint
|mile=155.55
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|346|dir1=east}}
|notes=Western terminus of NY&nbsp;346; hamlet of [[North Petersburg, New York|North Petersburg]]
}}
{{NYint
|location=Hoosick
|lspan=3
|mile=157.78
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|7|I|87|I|787|to2=yes|dir1=west|dir3=south|city1=Troy}}
|notes=Western end of NY&nbsp;7 concurrency
}}
{{NYint
|mile=158.11
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|7|dir1=east|location1=[[Bennington (CDP), Vermont|Bennington, VT]]}}
|notes=Eastern end of NY&nbsp;7 concurrency
}}
{{NYint
|mile=164.16
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|67|dir1=east|location1=[[North Bennington, Vermont|North Bennington, VT]]}}
|notes=Southern end of NY&nbsp;67 concurrency; hamlet of [[North Hoosick, New York|North Hoosick]]
}}
{{NYint
|county=Washington
|cspan=11
|location=White Creek
|mile=166.65
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|67|dir1=west|I|87|to2=yes|city1=Valley Falls|city2=Mechanicville|city3=Malta|city4=Ballston Spa}}
|notes=Northern end of NY&nbsp;67 concurrency
}}
{{NYint
|location=Cambridge
|area=village
|lspan=2
|mile=171.65
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|313|dir1=east|location1=[[Arlington (CDP), Vermont|Arlington, VT]]}}
|notes=Western terminus of NY&nbsp;313
}}
{{NYint
|mile=171.98
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|372|dir1=west|city1=Greenwich|areadab1=village}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of NY&nbsp;372
}}
{{NYint
|location=Salem
|area=town
|mile=181.00
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|29|dir1=west|I|87|to2=yes|location1=[[Greenwich (village), New York|Greenwich]]|city2=Schuylerville|city3=Saratoga Springs}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of NY&nbsp;29
}}
{{NYint
|location=Granville
|area=town
|lspan=4
|mile=199.49
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|149|I|87|to2=yes|dir1=west|city1=Hartford|city2=Fort Ann|city3=Queensbury|city4=Lake George|areadab4=village}}
|notes=Southern end of NY&nbsp;149 concurrency
}}
{{NYint
|mile=199.56
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|149|dir1=east|city1=Granville|areadab1=village}}
|notes=Northern end of NY&nbsp;149 concurrency
}}
{{NYint
|mile=202.27
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|22A|dir1=north|city1=Middle Granville}}
|notes=Southern terminus of NY&nbsp;22A; hamlet of [[Middle Granville, New York|Middle Granville]]
}}
{{NYint
|mile=206.71
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|40|dir1=south|city1=Hartford}}
|notes=Northern terminus of NY&nbsp;40; hamlet of [[North Granville, New York|North Granville]]
}}
{{NYint
|location=Fort Ann
|area=town
|mile=210.96
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=NY|US|4|dir1=south|I|87|to2=yes|road|[[Lakes to Locks Passage]]|city1=Fort Ann|areadab1=village|city2=Queensbury|city3=Lake George|areadab3=village}}
|notes=Southern end of US&nbsp;4 concurrency; hamlet of [[Comstock, New York|Comstock]]
}}
{{NYint
|location=Whitehall
|area=village
|lspan=2
|mile=217.67
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=NY|US|4|dir1=north|location1=[[Rutland (city), Vermont|Rutland, VT]]}}
|notes=Northern end of US&nbsp;4 concurrency
}}
{{jctbridge
|mile=
|bridge=Bridge over South Bay
}}
{{NYint
|county=Essex
|cspan=6
|location=Ticonderoga
|lspan=2
|mile=242.52
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|74|dir1=east|location1=[[Fort Ticonderoga]]|location2=[[Lake Champlain|Ferry to Vermont]]|extra=ferry}}
|notes=Southern end of NY&nbsp;74 concurrency; hamlet of [[Ticonderoga (CDP), New York|Ticonderoga]]
}}
{{NYint
|mile=244.12
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|9N|NY|74|dir1=south|dir2=west|I|87|to3=yes|city1=Ticonderoga|areadab1=CDP|city2=Schroon Lake|areadab2=hamlet}}
|notes=Northern end of NY&nbsp;74 concurrency; southern end of NY&nbsp;9N concurrency
}}
{{NYint
|location=Crown Point
|mile=255.43
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|185|dir1=north|VT|17|to2=yes|location1=[[Lake Champlain Bridge (2011–present)|Bridge to Vermont]]}}
|notes=Southern terminus of NY&nbsp;185
}}
{{NYint
|location=Westport
|mile=269.60
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|9N|dir1=north|I|87|to2=yes|city1=Elizabethtown|areadab1=CDP}}
|notes=Northern end of NY&nbsp;9N concurrency; hamlet of [[Westport (CDP), New York|Westport]]
}}
{{NYint
|location=Chesterfield
|lspan=2
|mile=295.80
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=NY|I|87|US|9|dir2=south|city1=Elizabethtown|areadab1=CDP}}
|notes=Southern end of US&nbsp;9 concurrency; exit 33 on I-87; access to I-87 via [[New York State Route 915K |NY&nbsp;915K]]
}}
{{NYint
|mile=300.37
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=NY|US|9|road|[[Lakes to Locks Passage]]|dir1=north|city1=Ausable Chasm|city2=Plattsburgh}}<br>{{jct|state=NY|NY|9N|dir1=begins}}
|notes=Northern end of US&nbsp;9 concurrency; northern terminus of NY&nbsp;9N; hamlet of [[Keeseville, New York|Keeseville]] 
}}
{{NYint
|county=Clinton
|cspan=10
|location=Au Sable
|mile=300.64
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|9N|dir1=south|city1=Au Sable Forks|city2=Whiteface Mountain|I|87|QC-A|15|to2=yes|dir3=north}}
|notes=Northern end of NY&nbsp;9N concurrency; hamlet of Keeseville
}}
{{NYint
|location=Peru
|lspan=2
|mile=306.22
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|442|dir1=east|I|87|to2=yes}}
|notes=Western terminus of NY&nbsp;442; hamlet of [[Peru (CDP), New York|Peru]]
}}
{{NYint
|mile=306.45
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|22B|dir1=north|city1=Schuyler Falls}}
|notes=Southern terminus of NY&nbsp;22B; hamlet of Peru
}}
{{NYint
|location=Plattsburgh
|area=town
|mile=312.58
|road={{jct|state=NY|I|87}}
|notes=Exit 36 on I-87
}}
{{NYint
|location=Plattsburgh
|area=city
|mile=316.98
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|3|name1=Cornelia Street}}
|notes=
}}
{{NYint
|location=Plattsburgh
|area=town
|lspan=2
|mile=318.17
|road={{jct|state=NY|I|87|city1=Albany|location2=[[Montreal]]}}
|notes=Exit 38 on I-87
}}
{{NYint
|mile=318.50
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|374|dir1=west|city1=Dannemora|city2=Saranac Lake|road|Tom Miller Road|toroad=yes}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of NY&nbsp;374
}}
{{NYint
|location=Beekmantown
|mile=323.17
|road={{jct|state=NY|CR|58|county1=Clinton|I|87|to2=yes}}
|notes=Former <span class="nowrap">[[New York State Route 456|NY&nbsp;456]]</span>
}}
{{NYint
|location=Chazy
|mile=332.39
|road={{jct|state=NY|CR|23|county1=Clinton|I|87|to2=yes}}
|notes=Former <span class="nowrap">[[New York State Route 191|NY&nbsp;191]]</span>; hamlet of [[Sciota, New York|Sciota]]
}}
{{NYint
|location=Mooers
|mile=337.26
|road={{jct|state=NY|US|11|I|87|QC-A|15|to2=yes|dir3=north|city1=Champlain|city2=Malone|areadab1=village}}
|notes=Northern terminus; hamlet of [[Mooers (CDP), New York|Mooers]]
}}
{{jctbtm|keys=concur,incomplete,etc}}

==Suffixed routes==
NY&nbsp;22 has two suffixed routes, both in the [[North Country, New York|North Country]].
* [[New York State Route 22A|NY&nbsp;22A]] ({{convert|10.61|mi|2|disp=or|sp=us}}) is a spur connecting NY&nbsp;22 to the [[Vermont]] state line south of [[Fair Haven, Vermont|Fair Haven]].<ref name="2008tvr" /> Once in Vermont, the route becomes [[Vermont Route&nbsp;22A|VT&nbsp;22A]].<ref>{{cite map |title = New York State Map |author = New York State Department of Economic Development, Division of Tourism |year = 2009 |author2 = Map Works |scale = [c. 1:775,000] |location = Albany |publisher = New York State Department of Economic Development, Division of Tourism |oclc = 505217389 }}{{full|date=August 2018}}</ref> The route was assigned in the early 1940s.<ref>{{cite map |title = New York with Pictorial Guide |author = Esso |year = 1942 |author2 = General Drafting |publisher = Esso }}{{full|date=August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite map |author = [[United States Army Corps of Engineers]] |title = New York–Vermont: Granville Quadrangle |url = http://gis.ny.gov/gisdata/quads/drg24/usgspreview/index.cfm?code=o43073d3 |year = 1944 |author2 = United States Geological Survey |scale = 1:24,000 |series = 7.5 Minute Series |type = Topographic map |location = Reston, VA |publisher = United States Geological Survey |access-date = May 3, 2009 }}</ref>
* [[New York State Route 22B|NY&nbsp;22B]] ({{convert|10.90|mi|2|disp=or|sp=us}}) is a bypass around the southern and western extents of [[Plattsburgh (city), New York|Plattsburgh]]. NY&nbsp;22B begins at NY&nbsp;22 in [[Peru (CDP), New York|Peru]] and continues north through [[Schuyler Falls, New York|Schuyler Falls]] to [[Morrisonville, New York|Morrisonville]], where it terminates at [[New York State Route 3|NY&nbsp;3]] near [[Clinton County Airport]].<ref name="2008tvr" /> It was assigned as part of the [[1930 state highway renumbering (New York)|1930 renumbering of state highways in New York]].<ref name="1930nyt" />

==See also==
{{Portal|New York (state)|Hudson Valley|U.S. roads}}
* [[New York State Bicycle Route&nbsp;22]]

County route systems containing a former alignment
* [[List of county routes in Clinton County, New York]]
* [[List of county routes in Dutchess County, New York]]
* [[List of county routes in Putnam County, New York]]
* [[List of county routes in Westchester County, New York]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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{{NYSR external links|type=N|nyroutes=yes|termini=yes|route=22|alps=yes}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060505054858/http://www.empirestateroads.com/travel/ny22/ NY&nbsp;22 Travelogue @ Empire State Roads]
* [http://www.greaternyroads.info/nystate/ny22/index.htm NY&nbsp;22 (Greater New York Roads)]

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