Archive for March, 2019|Monthly archive page
Temporary New Route from Thruway to S. Nyack
All traffic bore left: motorists heading into the Nyacks made a U-turn, and those heading south continued on Route 9W. Then all traffic into the Nyacks bore right while southbound traffic stayed to the left.
And now everybody has to bear right and find their own ways starting next week.
Get ready for a third traffic pattern staring next week and lasting several months: at the end of the must-bear-right exit ramp, southbound motorists will make a full stop, then turn left onto Hillside Avenue/Route 9W. Those heading into the Nyacks will make a right turn to Route 9W northbound.
For information about the new pattern and lane closures next week, click here.
I’d like to know what you think.
Copyright © Janie Rosman and Kaleidoscope Eyes 2019
The Path, the Dividing Line and a Curious Falcon
A foot bridge at River Road in South Nyack will connect the elevated bridge to Rockland and to the new path. Its precast concrete panels will be covered by more concrete to raise it to grade, per the project.
It was a “do I or don’t I” situation at approximately three p.m. yesterday (above), when the graceful bird finally decided to mug for this very cool photo (below).
The project team reports the photo below is the shared use path’s approximate midway point between Westchester and Rockland.
I wonder where signs like this from the old Tappan Zee Bridge will be placed on the new bridge and path. With the exception of said relic I snapped by luck one day, all photos are courtesy of the New York State Thruway Authority.
About the merge from the newly-routed exit ramp to Route 9W: northbound traffic has a stop sign and has to yield to oncoming traffic.
I’d like to know what you think.
Copyright © Janie Rosman and Kaleidoscope Eyes 2019
New Way to South Nyack; SUP visible from Road
That loopy turn at Exit 10 is more narrow and directs drivers to bear right for South Nyack. Once at the end of the exit ramp, it was difficult to make a wrong turn when the sign below was directing me.
Now on Hillside Avenue/Route 9W northbound, I drove to the S. Franklin Street Extension (east) and saw a westbound car try to share the lane with a bicyclist. You can see how narrow the road is and that it has no shoulders:
There was no way I could make a wrong turn at its end per the sign below.
I was unable to see much of the new path from Clinton Avenue; however, as I drove past Village Hall to the Thruway’s southbound entrance I noticed the in-construction path rising behind the building to where it will connect with the Esposito Trail.
Luckily, I avoided the pothole on the left side of the southbound entrance ramp (it’s just after turning right to the ramp). If you see a pothole on the Thruway or on one of its ramps, then report it at 1-800-POTHOLE (1.800.768.4653).
I’d like to know what you think.
Copyright © Janie Rosman and Kaleidoscope Eyes 2019