New York State Route 9X
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| NY Route 9X |
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| West 230th Street Bailey Avenue |
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| Decomd.: | Circa 1950 | ||||||||||||
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| South end: |  US 9 in The Bronx |
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| Major junctions: |
 I-87 in The Bronx |
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| North end: | I-87 in The Bronx |
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| Counties: | Bronx | ||||||||||||
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New York State Route 9X was a state highway located in New York City. The southern terminus of the route was at U.S. Route 9 in the Kingsbridge neighborhood of The Bronx. The northern terminus of the route was at Interstate 87 (then New York State Route 1B) exit 11 on the southern edge of Van Cortlandt Park. NY 9X was decommissioned by 1950.
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[edit] Route description
[edit] Southern terminus
The exact location of NY 9X's southern terminus is unclear. Although it has been noted that the intersection of Bailey and Sedgwick Avenues was the southern terminus of the route, this is unlikely as Bailey Avenue never intersects US 9, NY 9X's parent. Instead, the designation would have had to either continue south from Sedgwick Avenue along West Fordham Road and west along the University Heights Bridge and West 207th Street to meet US 9 in Manhattan or turn west at the Bailey Avenue/West 230th Street intersection to meet US 9 in Kingsbridge. The latter routing is the more plausible of the two.[1][2]
[edit] 230th Street and Bailey Avenue
Following the second routing, NY 9X departed US 9 (Broadway) at West 230th Street and followed the street east to Bailey Avenue, interchanging with I-87 (then NY 1B) a short distance west of Bailey. The designation then turned north onto Bailey, remaining on the street until the southern fringe of Van Cortlandt Park, where Bailey Avenue feeds into I-87 (NY 1B) exit 11.
[edit] History
NY 9X was decommissioned circa 1950.[2] The road is now city-maintained.
