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Blue Ridge Road

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292:(Tahawus Road), which heads north to the hamlet of Tahawus. After that, the route diverges from the Hudson River, turning to the southeast and climbing slightly to the side of Pine Hill, before progressing downhill. At the base of the mountain, CR 84 crosses over Vanderwhacker Brook, which flows into nearby Vanderwhacker Pond. The road winds its way around several different mountain peaks, passing to the north of Cheney Pond. 37: 424: 96: 478: 457: 115: 295:
After passing through the hamlet of Boreas River, CR 84 briefly follows Wolf Pond Brook, which eventually turns north for nearby Wolf Pond. The road continues eastward past Sand Pond and begins to descend, roughly following Sand Pond Brook. It passes along the base of Ragged Mountain, a peak in
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to begin at US 9 in Schroon. NY 73's former alignment along Blue Ridge Road was redesignated as CR 2B by 1969. The section between the Northway and US 9 was later transferred to the state and assigned the NY 910K designation. On May 21, 2009, New York Governor
264:'s CR 84, which composes the bulk of the route, and NY 910K, which is a short, state-maintained roadway connecting I-87 to US 9. The entirety of Blue Ridge Road is designated as the "Blue Ridge Road Scenic Byway", a New York State Scenic Byway, by 233:(US 9) in North Hudson. The CR 84 portion is an 18-mile (29 km), two-lane stretch of rural highway maintained by the Essex County Department of Public Works' Highway Division while NY 910K is a 1 mile (1.6 km) highway maintained by the 296:
the Adirondacks, after which the road runs along the edge of the valley of the stream known as "The Branch." At the base of Three Brothers Mountain, CR 84 curves northeast before making a turn to the southeast, soon entering the hamlet of Blue Ridge.
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With The Branch still paralleling to the south, CR 84 continues its eastward descent and eventually intersects with its first road in several miles, Lazy Street, which provides access to the creek. At the base of
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The eastern end of Blue Ridge Road, beginning at the ramps to and from the Adirondack Northway, is maintained by NYSDOT as NY 910K. The route heads eastward from the Northway ramps to nearby
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Official Description of Highway Touring Routes, Bicycling Touring Routes, Scenic Byways, & Commemorative/Memorial Designations in New York State
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would be used to reconstruct the CR 84 segment of the Blue Ridge Road, seeing it as a major connector from NY 28N to I-87.
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The entirety of Blue Ridge Road was designated as the westernmost portion of
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Map of Essex County with Essex CR 84 highlighted in red and NY 910K in blue
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Dickinson, Leon A. (January 12, 1930). "New Signs for State Highways".
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New York State Department of Transportation (January 2012).
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1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Franklin County, New York. 2008. 527: 372:announced that stimulus money from the 747:Paradox Lake Digital Raster Quadrangle 625: 623: 621: 619: 516:State Route 74 (New York–Vermont) 374:American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 29: 858:Template:Attached KML/Blue Ridge Road 475: 469: 454: 448: 421: 415: 7: 81:19.28 mi (31.03 km) 25: 639:"overview map of Blue Ridge Road" 675:Standard Oil Company of New York 476: 455: 422: 344:. NY 73 initially ran from 229:(NY 910K) between I-87 and 113: 94: 35: 811:. May 21, 2009. Archived from 248:. NY 73 was truncated to 227:New York State Route 910K 1: 361: 348:east to an intersection with 189:County Routes in Essex County 584:"Region 1 Inventory Listing" 260:Blue Ridge Road consists of 898: 807:(Press release). State of 465:Exit 29 on I-87 / Northway 360:. 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County Route 84 (Essex County, New York)
County Route 84 marker
NYSDOT
Essex County
NY 28N
Newcomb
US 9
North Hudson
United States
New York
Essex
County routes in New York
County Routes in Essex County
Essex County, New York
NY 28N
Newcomb
Interstate 87
North Hudson
U.S. Route 9
New York State Department of Transportation
NY 73
1930 renumbering of state routes in New York
Schroon
Essex County
NYSDOT
NY 28N
CR 75
Hudson River
CR 25
Nippletop Mountain

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