Albany Post Road
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Post road
For other uses, see Post Road .A post road is a road designated for the transportation of postal mail. In past centuries only major towns had a post house, and the roads used by post riders or mail coaches to carry mail among them were particularly important ones or, due to the special attention...
- a road used for mail delivery - in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. It connected the cities of New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
and Albany along the east side of the Hudson River
Hudson River
The Hudson is a river that flows from north to south through eastern New York. The highest official source is at Lake Tear of the Clouds, on the slopes of Mount Marcy in the Adirondack Mountains. The river itself officially begins in Henderson Lake in Newcomb, New York...
, a service now performed by US 9.
The rough route was as follows:
- US 9, New York to Ossining (split from the Boston Post RoadBoston Post RoadThe Boston Post Road was a system of mail-delivery routes between New York City and Boston, Massachusetts that evolved into the first major highways in the United States.The three major alignments were the Lower Post Road The Boston Post Road was a system of mail-delivery routes between New York...
in Kingsbridge) - Old Albany Post Road and NY 9ANew York State Route 9ANew York State Route 9A is a state highway in the vicinity of New York City, New York, United States. Its southern terminus is at the northern end of the Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel in New York City, where it intersects with both Interstate 478 and FDR Drive. The northern terminus of...
, Ossining to Peekskill - Sprout Brook Road and Old Albany Post RoadOld Albany Post RoadOld Albany Post Road is a dirt road in Philipstown, New York, one of the oldest unpaved roads still in use in the United States. It runs mostly north-south through the southeastern corner of the town, near the Putnam Valley town line...
, Peekskill to near Nelsonville - US 9, near Nelsonville to Wappingers Falls
- Main Street and NY 9DNew York State Route 9DNew York State Route 9D , also known as the Bear Mountain – Beacon Highway, is a north–south state highway that runs along the eastern shore of the Hudson River in New York in the United States. It starts at the eastern end of the Bear Mountain Bridge at U.S...
through Wappingers Falls - US 9, Wappingers Falls to PoughkeepsiePoughkeepsie (city), New YorkPoughkeepsie is a city in the state of New York, United States, which serves as the county seat of Dutchess County. Poughkeepsie is located in the Hudson River Valley midway between New York City and Albany...
- South Avenue and Washington Street (partly NY 9GNew York State Route 9GNew York State Route 9G is a state highway in the Hudson Valley of New York in the United States. It runs north from U.S. Route 9 at Poughkeepsie, starting out as Violet Avenue, then follows the Hudson River mostly along the eastern side of the US 9 to Rhinebeck, where the two...
) through Poughkeepsie - US 9, Poughkeepsie to Humphreysville
- NY 9HNew York State Route 9HNew York State Route 9H is a state highway located within Columbia County, New York, United States. It runs from US 9, NY 82, and NY 23 at its southern end in Bell Pond to its northern end in Valatie, also at US 9....
and Hudson Street, Humphreysville to Kinderhook - Albany Avenue, Old Post Road, US 9 and Old Post Road, Kinderhook to Schodack CenterSchodack Center, New YorkSchodack Center is a hamlet in the town of Schodack, Rensselaer County, New York, United States. Schodack Center is located at the junction of Interstate 90, U.S. Route 20, and U.S. Route 9....
, where it met the road from Boston to Albany - U.S. Route 9/U.S. Route 20, Schodack Center to GreenbushRensselaer, New YorkRensselaer is a city in Rensselaer County, New York, United States, and is located on the Hudson River directly opposite Albany. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 9,392; in 1920, it was 10,832. The name is from Kiliaen van Rensselaer, the original landowner of the region in New...
, ending at "the ferry at Crawlier"
Minor old alignments exist all along the current through route.