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New York State Route 304

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590: 895: 355: 746: 128: 802: 473: 26: 596: 84: 645: 253: 238: 678: 109: 421:(West Nyack Road), NY 304 reverts to a four-lane surface road. Just north of West Nyack Road, NY 304 passes over the Thruway and the PIP, here less than 0.25 miles (0.40 km) apart. NY 304 does not connect to either of the highways; instead, the Thruway and the PIP connect to each other by way of a large 536:
Although the plans for a Nanuet–Haverstraw freeway were scrapped, NY 304 was ultimately moved onto a new, mostly at-grade highway between the two locations in the mid-1960s. The new alignment utilized the pre-existing Long Clove Road near the northern tip of DeForest Lake and a newly built road
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in 1980. Since the road would not be able to sustain that amount, a new bypass between the two locations was opened in the mid-1960s as a realignment of NY 304. The bypass, which extended from Central Avenue in Pearl River to West Nyack Road in Nanuet, handles about 23,000 cars per day as of
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NY 304 was assigned in 1930, originally following a series of at-grade roads that loosely parallel its modern alignment between Pearl River and Haverstraw. Concerns over the route's ability to handle a projected 40,000 vehicles per day in 1980 led to the construction of new highways south of
378:(CR 503), known as Kinderkamack Road in Bergen County. From its southern terminus at the state border to its interchange with Washington Ave about a half a mile up, it is also known as Pearl Street. NY 304 quickly becomes a four-lane surface road intersecting 520:
in Garnerville. NY 304 was realigned slightly in the early 1940s to follow East Central Avenue in Pearl River and the overlap with NY 59 was eliminated in the mid-1950s when NY 59 was moved onto a new highway paralleling West Nyack Road to the south.
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bypassing New City to the east and running generally northeasterly to the junction of Ridge and Long Clove roads. The northernmost part of NY 304 was realigned in the 1980s to follow a new highway paralleling Long Clove Road to the south.
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in Pearl River. CR 33 provides a link to the downtown business district of Pearl River via Central Avenue. After its intersection with CR 30, NY 304 becomes a four-lane
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Street traffic forecasters for the Rockland County Planning Department predicted in 1960 that the section of the road between Pearl River and Nanuet would serve 30–40,000 vehicles
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Nanuet and north of New City in the mid-1960s. Most of NY 304's old alignment through these areas is now maintained by Rockland County as part of several county routes.
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town line. The intersection between NY 304 and US 9W is less than one mile (1.6 km) north of the intersection of
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2008. The Pearl River–Nanuet bypass was part of a larger plan to build a freeway extending from Pearl River to Haverstraw at
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with NY 59 to access its current alignment. Farther north, NY 304 originally utilized North Main Street (
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in north New City, NY 304 makes its final push toward its northern terminus at an intersection with
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along the eastern side of NY 304. The route continues north, entering the hamlet of
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NY 304 begins as a two-lane surface road at the New Jersey–New York border in
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Map of Rockland County in southeastern New York with NY 304 highlighted in red
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that extends from Pearl River to Nanuet, a surface section between Nanuet and
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South end of NY 304 at the New Jersey–New York state line in Pearl River
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senate Bill S6221 - Rockland County Clerk Paul Piperato Memorial Highway]
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and US 9W, which also serves as NY 303's northern terminus.
354: 997:(Map) (1957 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1956. 1104:(Map). 1:24,000. New York State Department of Transportation. 1990 472: 314:. The route is a main route through Rockland County, intersecting 717: 628: 1085: 1050: 771:
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Automobile Legal Association (ALA) Automobile Green Book
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North of this location, NY 304 becomes a four-lane
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https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6221
969:(Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1942. 631: 1190: 923:Road Map – Metropolitan New York and Long Island 476:NY 304 northbound just north of Pearl River 1092: 831:"2010 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" 1174:Template:Attached KML/New York State Route 304 482:1930 renumbering of state highways in New York 16:State highway in Rockland County, New York, US 1008: 1006: 1004: 330:. NY 304 has three distinct sections: a 1204:Transportation in Rockland County, New York 838:New York State Department of Transportation 496:, and Main Street to West Nyack Road (then 1116: 1062: 1060: 1037: 1035: 1001: 1177: 825: 823: 821: 1209:Limited-access roads in New York (state) 1084:(Map). Cartography by General Drafting. 1012: 890: 888: 886: 857: 855: 480:NY 304 was assigned as part of the 471: 353: 1057: 1032: 1191: 818: 733:Southern end of limited-access section 540: 883: 852: 743: 737: 732: 728: 712: 707: 701: 675: 669: 642: 636: 622: 617: 613: 586: 580: 1101:Haverstraw Digital Raster Quadrangle 374:, in which NY 304 continues as 349: 13: 1199:State highways in New York (state) 563: 512:) in New City and South Mountain ( 290:for other parts, is a north–south 61:10.38 mi (16.70 km) 14: 1220: 1146: 504:. Here, NY 304 turned east, 318:and indirectly connecting to the 310:(US 9W) in the community of 306:and ends at an intersection with 800: 744: 676: 643: 594: 588: 417:At its intersection with former 342:linking New City to Haverstraw. 251: 236: 126: 107: 82: 24: 1074: 708:Northern end of freeway section 618:Southern end of freeway section 987: 973: 959: 937: 915: 870: 286:for its first half a mile and 1: 1015:"Pearl River Bypass (NY 304)" 967:New York with Pictorial Guide 812: 558: 270:New York State Route 304 1182:New York State Route 304 at 840:. July 25, 2011. p. 211 632:Northbound exit and entrance 324:Palisades Interstate Parkway 7: 793: 10: 1225: 1124:"New York State Route 304" 467: 448:. Finally, after crossing 440:. The road then becomes a 429:as the highway intersects 770: 765: 740: 730: 723: 715: 704: 693: 672: 664: 660: 651:(Middletown Road) â€“ 639: 625: 615: 605: 603:south (Kinderkamack Road) 583: 575: 570: 567: 562: 557: 554: 516:) roads from New City to 366:. 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Index

New York State Route 304 marker
NYSDOT
CR 503
New Jersey
Pearl River
NY 59
Nanuet
US 9W
Congers
United States
New York
Rockland
New York Highways
Interstate
US
State
Reference
Parkways
NY 303
NY 305
state highway
Rockland County, New York
New Jersey
Pearl River
U.S. Route 9W
Congers
NY 59
New York State Thruway
Palisades Interstate Parkway
Nanuet

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