U.S. Route 6 in New York
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Map of New York with US 6 highlighted in red
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| Maintained by NYSDOT, Westchester County, the city of Port Jervis, Joint Interstate Bridge Commission, NYSDEC and NYSBA | ||||
| Length: | 77.85 mi (125.29 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1927 – present | |||
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| West end: |
  US 6 / US 209 at the Pennsylvania state line in Port Jervis
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 I-84 in Middletown   NY 17 / I-84 / New York Thruway / NY 32 in Woodbury, NYNY 17 in Goshen I-87 / NY 17 / New York Thruway in Harriman Palisades Parkway in Bear Mountain State Park  US 9W / US 202 / Palisades Parkway in Fort Montgomery Taconic State Parkway in Shrub Oak US 9 / US 202 in Peekskill  I-84 / I-684 / NY 22 in Brewster
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| East end: |
 US 6 / US 202 at the Connecticut state line in Southeast
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| Counties: | Orange, Rockland, Westchester, Putnam | |||
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| Location: | Putnam County |
U.S. Route 6 (US 6) is a part of the U.S. Highway System that runs from Bishop, California, to Provincetown, Massachusetts. In New York, US 6 extends 77.85 miles (125.29 km) from the Pennsylvania state line at Port Jervis to the Connecticut state line east of Brewster. Near both ends, it runs in close proximity to Interstate 84 (I-84), which otherwise takes a more northerly route through Downstate New York. US 6, meanwhile, skirts the northern fringe of the New York Metropolitan Area.
Except for a section concurrent with the expressway portion of New York State Route 17 (NY 17, the future I-86) and another brief, similar stretch in Peekskill, the portion of US 6 in New York is a two-lane road. Two stretches are shared with US 202. It goes through three of New York's traffic circles, more than any other highway in the state, and is part of the only concurrency of three U.S. routes in the state.
US 6 is not as important a transportation artery in New York as it in some other states. The route does, however, pass through some of the region's more memorable scenery, particularly the Hudson Highlands in the form of Harriman and Bear Mountain state parks. It crosses the Hudson River at the historic Bear Mountain Bridge. Other highlights include the Shawangunk Ridge in the west and New York City's reservoirs in the east.
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