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{{Infobox road
|state=NY
|type=NY
|route=52
|maint=[[New York State Department of Transportation]]<br>[[New York State Bridge Authority]]<br>[[New York State Thruway Authority]]<br> and [[Sullivan County, NY|Sullivan County]]
|length_mi=108.72
|length_round=2
|length_ref=<ref name="2006tdr">{{cite web |url=https://www.nysdot.gov/portal/page/portal/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/06tdreport.pdf |title=2006 Traffic Data Report for New York State |date=[[2007-07-16]] |format=PDF |publisher=[[New York State Department of Transportation]] |pages=pp. 185–187 | accessdate=2008-04-23}}</ref>
|map=New York State Route 52 map.png
|established=1930<ref name=renumbering>{{cite news|first=Leon A. |last=Dickinson|title=New Signs for State Highways |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50A15F6355A147A93C0A8178AD85F448385F9|work=[[New York Times]]|page=136|date=[[January 12]] [[1930]]|accessdate=2007-06-22}}</ref>
|direction_a=West
|starting_terminus=[[Image:PA-652.svg|25px]] [[Pennsylvania Route 652|PA 652]] at [[Narrowsburg, New York|Narrowsburg]]
|junction={{jct|state=NY|NY|17}} in [[Liberty (village), New York|Liberty]]<br />{{jct|state=NY|US|209}} in [[Ellenville, New York|Ellenville]]<br />{{jct|state=NY|I|84|US|9W|NY|32}} in [[Newburgh (city), New York|Newburgh]]<br />{{jct|state=NY|US|9}} in [[Fishkill, New York|Fishkill]]<br />[[Image:Taconic State Pkwy Shield.svg|25px]] [[Taconic State Parkway|Taconic Pkwy]] in [[East Fishkill, New York|East Fishkill]]
|direction_b=East
|ending_terminus=[[Image:US 6.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 6 in New York|US 6]] south of [[Carmel Hamlet, New York|Carmel]]
|previous_type=NY
|previous_route=51
|next_type=NY
|next_route=53
|commons=category
}}
'''New York State Route 52''' is a {{convert|108.72|mi|km|2|sp=us|lk=on|abbr=on}}–long [[state highway]] in the southeastern part of the state of [[New York]]. It generally runs from west to east, beginning at the [[Pennsylvania]] [[New York - Pennsylvania border|state line]] in the [[Delaware River]] near [[Narrowsburg, New York|Narrowsburg]], crossing the [[Hudson River]] on the [[Newburgh-Beacon Bridge]], and ending in [[Carmel, New York|Carmel]]. Route 52 and [[Route 55 (New York)|Route 55]], both major east-west routes of the [[Mid-Hudson Region]], run parallel to each other, intersecting in downtown [[Liberty (village), New York|Liberty]].
With the exception of the section [[overlap (road)|overlap]]ping [[Interstate 84 (east)|Interstate 84]], most of Route 52 is a two–lane road through lightly developed rural areas. The road west of the Hudson River serves a number of small communities in the southern [[Catskill Mountains|Catskills]], while it closely parallels I–84 east of the Hudson.
==Route description==
[[Image:NY 52 profile.png|thumb|left|300px|Elevation profile of Route 52]]
Route 52 runs through several distinct regions: the [[Catskill Mountains|Catskills]], a lightly-populated area from the [[Delaware River]] to the [[Shawangunk Ridge]]; a relatively flat area from the east slope of the Shawangunks through [[Orange County, New York|Orange County]] to the [[Hudson River]]; another flat area east of the Hudson to [[Stormville, New York|Stormville]]; and part of the [[Taconic Mountains|Taconics]] south through [[Kent, New York|Kent]] and [[Carmel, New York|Carmel]] to the eastern terminus.
===Delaware to Shawangunks===
Although much of its length runs through less remote territory than NY 55, at its western end it is 52 that lies further from [[New York City]]. From the bridge over the [[Delaware River]] at [[Narrowsburg, New York|Narrowsburg]] (where the route links to [[Pennsylvania Route 652]] in [[Pennsylvania]]) it joins [[New York State Route 97|NY 97]] briefly, strikes out into the countryside trending gradually northwards, picks up [[New York State Route 17B|NY 17B]] for a short distance at Fosterdale, and it is firmly headed north.<ref>{{cite map|publisher=Rand McNally|title=Motor Carriers' Road Atlas|edition=Deluxe|year=2007|page=69|section=SB 3, SG 6|accessdate=2007-06-21}}</ref><ref name="Narrowsburg">{{cite map|author=[[Google Maps]]|url=http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&rlz=1T4ADBF_enUS232US232&q=NY+52,+Narrowsburg&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=il|title=Route 52 in Narrowsburg|year=2008|publisher=Google Maps|accessdate=2008-01-02}}</ref>
The western half of [[Sullivan County, New York|Sullivan County]] is actually less developed and populated despite its flatter topography, as the summer [[resort]] industry Sullivan is known for was and is concentrated in the eastern towns of the county, closer to the Catskills. Much of the surrounding land is farms or woods. There is no direct trunk route for 52 to follow, and it overlaps several county roads (indeed, some sections are maintained by the county as CR 24 [Race Course Road] from the PA line to NY 97, CR 111 [Narrowsburg Road] from NY 97 to the Cochecton town line, CR 112 [Narrowsburg Road] from the Tutsen town line to Lake Huntington, and CR 113 [Narrowsburg Road] from Lake Huntington to NY 17B & CR 114 [Newburgh Turnpike]). Some older-style New York State Route signs, with the "NY" on top, can be seen here.<ref name="Lake Huntington">{{cite map|author=[[Google Maps]]|url=http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&rlz=1T4ADBF_enUS232US232&q=NY+52,+Lake+Huntington&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=il|title=Route 52 in Narrowsburg|year=2008|publisher=Google Maps|accessdate=2008-01-02}}</ref>
At Kenoza Lake [[New York State Route 52A|NY 52A]], 52's only suffixed subroute, goes off to the west near a historic stone bridge.<ref name="Kenoza Lake">{{cite map|author=[[Google Maps]]|url=http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&rlz=1T4ADBF_enUS232US232&q=NY+52,+Kenoza+Lake&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=il|title=Route 52 in Kenoza Lake|year=2008|publisher=Google Maps|accessdate=2008-01-02}}</ref> A few miles later, at tiny [[Jeffersonville, New York|Jeffersonville]], the only incorporated [[village]] in the eastern half of the county, 52 finally bends back eastward. The roadway becomes smoother and its right-of-way wider. The trip through the hamlets of [[Youngsville, New York|Youngsville]] and [[White Sulphur Springs, New York|White Sulphur Springs]] to [[Liberty (village), New York|Liberty]] passes much more quickly than the previous section.<ref name="Liberty">{{cite map|author=[[Google Maps]]|url=http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&rlz=1T4ADBF_enUS232US232&q=NY+52,+Liberty&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=il|title=Route 52 in Liberty|year=2008|publisher=Google Maps|accessdate=2008-01-02}}</ref>
In Liberty, the first large town along 52, it meets up with 55 and the two even share a few blocks downtown.<ref name="Liberty"/> At the village's eastern limit, it crosses the [[New York State Route 17|NY 17]] Quickway, exactly a hundred driving miles from the city. Beyond 17, it passes some shopping plazas, then heads out into the country again along a good quality roadway, recently repaved.
Sullivan's eastern half offers the hamlets of [[Loch Sheldrake, New York|Loch Sheldrake]] and [[Woodbourne, New York|Woodbourne]], both of which bustle in the summertime, particularly with [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jews]] from the city who have traditionally taken their families to the area for the summer. [[Sullivan County Community College]] and the two nearby state prisons keep the economy going in the off-season.<ref name="Woodbourne">{{cite map|author=[[Google Maps]]|url=http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&rlz=1T4ADBF_enUS232US232&q=NY+52,+Woodbourne&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=il|title=Route 52 in Woodbourne|year=2008|publisher=Google Maps|accessdate=2008-01-02}}</ref>
52 carries [[New York State Route 42|NY 42]] over the [[Neversink River]], after which it leaves northward to the end of its southern segment.<ref name="Woodbourne"/> Just past [[Woodbourne Correctional Facility]], it crosses into [[Ulster County, New York|Ulster County]]. The highway from there to [[Ellenville, New York|Ellenville]] is largely a straight, gradual descent off the Catskill Plateau through primarily wooded and undeveloped land (a few buildings on either side of the road mark the hamlets of Dairyland and Greenfield Park), with the [[Big Bushkill Creek|Bush Kill]] coming in on the south side as the village approaches.
[[Image:Catskill High Peaks panorama.jpg|thumb|left|View of Catskills from 52 along Shawangunk Ridge east of Ellenville]]
[[Image:NY 52 climbing Shawangunks.jpg|thumb|right|Route 52 climbing the Shawangunks]]
At Ellenville's western boundary, 52 appears to split (see below).<ref name="Ellenville">{{cite map|author=[[Google Maps]]|url=http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&rlz=1T4ADBF_enUS232US232&q=NY+52,+Ellenville&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=il|title=Route 52 in Ellenville|year=2008|publisher=Google Maps|accessdate=2008-01-02}}</ref> Both sections intersect with [[U.S. Route 209 in New York|US 209]] in the center of the village. Once across the village, just to the east, 52 encounters its most significant terrain feature, the [[Shawangunk Ridge]], which looms over the village. The highway turns abruptly southward at the village's eastern boundary and begins a gradual three-mile (4.8 km) climb up the ridge. This is a very scenic stretch of 52, as several [[overlook]]s on the upper portions offer sweeping views of the Catskills, and closer to it there are the range's famous brilliant cliffs. The [[Long Path]] [[hiking]] trail also leaves its [[aquamarine (color)|aqua]] [[trail blazing|blazes]] on a stretch of the road it shares.<ref name="Long Path">[[New York - New Jersey Trail Conference]], ''Guide to the Long Path'', Fourth edition 1996, ISBN 1880775069, 79-80.</ref>
At the crest, near the road to [[Cragsmoor, New York|Cragsmoor]], 52 reaches nearly 1,500 feet (457 m) in elevation, turns again eastward, and begins an equally gradual descent.
===Shawangunks to Hudson River===
The wooded route down the east side of the Shawangunks offers its own vistas of the land ahead — at one point, on clear days, it is possible to see all the way to the [[Hudson Highlands]]. [[Walker Valley, New York|Walker Valley]] is the first town encountered, at the point where the highway begins to level out again. From here several more miles of road, through more open country, brings 52 to the [[Shawangunk Kill]] bridge and the [[Orange County, New York|Orange County]] line.
Downtown [[Pine Bush, New York|Pine Bush]] immediately presents itself, along with what was until recently the well-developed hamlet's only [[traffic light]], at [[New York State Route 302|NY 302's]] northern terminus.<ref name="Pine Bush">{{cite map|author=[[Google Maps]]|url=http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&rlz=1T4ADBF_enUS232US232&q=NY+52,+Pine+Bush&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=il|title=Route 52 in Pine Bush|year=2008|publisher=Google Maps|accessdate=2008-01-02}}</ref> A mile later, with a [[Dunkin' Donuts]] on one side and a [[McDonald's]] on the other, the hamlet ends and countryside resumes.
[[Image:Walden High Bridge.jpg|thumb|The new Walden High Bridge, carrying Route 52 across the Wallkill River.]]
There are many panoramas of the Shawangunks along the next stretch of highway, as it passes mostly open fields with a few wooded interruptions. Six miles (9.6 km) east of Pine Bush, 52 enters [[Walden, New York|Walden]], the largest town on it thus far, first as North Montgomery Street.<ref name="Walden">{{cite map|author=[[Google Maps]]|url=http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&rlz=1T4ADBF_enUS232US232&q=NY+52,+Walden&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=il|title=Route 52 in Walden|year=2008|publisher=Google Maps|accessdate=2008-01-02}}</ref> This changes to South Montgomery at the Oak Street intersection, where 52 temporarily turned on to cross the [[Wallkill River]] at the Low Bridge from 2003-2005 while a new High Bridge (officially the [[Walden Veterans' Memorial Bridge]]) was being built. The new bridge, where 52 becomes Main Street, crosses the river at least 50 feet (15 m) above water level and provides a view to the waterfalls and [[hydroelectricity|power station]] just upriver.
[[Image:Newburgh-Beacon Bridge 2.jpg|thumb|left|The Newburgh-Beacon Bridge]]
In downtown Walden, 52 meets [[New York State Route 208|NY 208]] and overlaps it for two short blocks, before resuming its eastward course.<ref name="Walden"/> The road ahead runs through more farmlands and woodlots, across the [[Catskill Aqueduct]] and past the [[swamp]]y south end of [[Orange Lake, New York|Orange Lake]]. In the [[Newburgh (town), New York|Town of Newburgh]], after crossing under the [[New York State Thruway]], residential and commercial development becomes continuous along the road. 52 intersects [[New York State Route 300|NY 300]] in the built-up area known as [[Gardnertown, New York|Gardnertown]] for an early settler, whose [[Silas Gardner House|house]] is visible from the junction, and then passes through the [[suburb]]an area around Algonquin and Winona lakes, both fed by Orange Lake's outlet brook, before reaching [[Interstate 84 (east)|I-84]].<ref name="Gardnertown">{{cite map|author=[[Google Maps]]|url=http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&rlz=1T4ADBF_enUS232US232&q=NY+52,+Gardnertown&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=il|title=Route 52 in Gardnertown|year=2008|publisher=Google Maps|accessdate=2008-01-02}}</ref>
===Hudson River to Carmel===
[[Image:Downtown Fishkill, NY.jpg|thumb|right|Historic downtown Fishkill]]
52 and 84 have been gradually converging for several miles at this point, and the two merge at the interstate's Exit 8, just outside the [[Newburgh (city), New York|Newburgh]] city limits, to cross the Hudson together via the bridge.<ref name="Newburgh">{{cite map|author=[[Google Maps]]|url=http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&rlz=1T4ADBF_enUS232US232&q=NY+52,+Newburgh&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=il|title=Route 52 in Newburgh|year=2008|publisher=Google Maps|accessdate=2008-01-02}}</ref> Just past the bridge's [[toll plaza]] are the ramps for [[New York State Route 9D|NY 9D]], just on the northern line of the city of [[Beacon, New York|Beacon]]. They will continue to run close to each other for the rest of 52's route. The concurrency lasts seven miles (11.2 km), well into [[Dutchess County, New York|Dutchess County]] before 52 resumes its pre-bridge course at Exit 12, becoming the main street of yet another village, [[Fishkill, New York|Fishkill]].<ref name="Fishkill">{{cite map|author=[[Google Maps]]|url=http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&rlz=1T4ADBF_enUS232US232&q=NY+52,+Fishkill&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=il|title=Route 52 in Fishkill|year=2008|publisher=Google Maps|accessdate=2008-01-02}}</ref> Here it is the backbone of a [[Fishkill Village District|historic district]]. Just east of the downtown area is the major junction with [[U.S. Route 9 in New York|US 9]], and 52 through Fishkill is often heavily congested at rush hour as drivers use it as a shortcut past similarly-congested sections of I-84 from southbound 9.<ref name="Fishkill"/>
[[Image:I-84 bridge over NY 52.jpg|thumb|left|I-84 overpass above 52 near Fishkill]]
East of Route 9, there is still considerable development along the road although it opens up somewhat as it passes the southern termini of [[New York State Route 376|NY 376]] and [[New York State Route 82|NY 82]], in [[Hopewell Junction, New York|Hopewell Junction]] and [[Brinckerhoff, New York|Brinckerhoff]] to the [[Taconic State Parkway]] junction.<ref name="Brinckerhoff">{{cite map|author=[[Google Maps]]|url=http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&rlz=1T4ADBF_enUS232US232&q=NY+52,+Brinckerhoff&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=il|title=Route 52 in Brinckerhoff|year=2008|publisher=Google Maps|accessdate=2008-01-02}}</ref> Traffic lessens out past the Taconic as it is no longer a major connecting route in that direction, and after [[Stormville, New York|Stormville]] and [[New York State Route 216|NY 216]] 52 once again begins to feel like a country road, winding under a high bridge carrying 84 once again and crossing the [[Appalachian Trail]] as it leaves Dutchess to enter its last county, [[Putnam County, New York|Putnam]], at the hamlet of Ludingtonville.<ref name="Ludingtonville">{{cite map|author=[[Google Maps]]|url=http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&rlz=1T4ADBF_enUS232US232&q=NY+52,+Ludingtonville&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=il|title=Route 52 in Ludingtonville|year=2008|publisher=Google Maps|accessdate=2008-01-02}}</ref>
Here, it reaches [[Lake Carmel, New York|Lake Carmel]], the most populous community along its entire route, where [[New York State Route 311|NY 311]] provides a feeder route back to 84. Passing along the shore of the eponymous lake itself, it then reaches [[Carmel Hamlet, New York|Carmel]] proper, and the eastern terminus of [[New York State Route 301|NY 301]], before itself terminating at [[U.S. Route 6 in New York|US 6]] just south of town.<ref name="carmel">{{cite map|author=[[Google Maps]]|url=http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&rlz=1T4ADBF_enUS232US232&q=NY+52,+Carmel&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=il|title=Route 52 in Carmel|year=2008|publisher=Google Maps|accessdate=2008-01-02}}</ref>
==History==
Like many state highways in the region, Route 52 follows a number of roads originally built as private [[turnpike]]s during the early 19th century. While the turnpikes made significant improvements to very poor roads, they were not popular with the public and eventually failed, leaving their roads for the county or state to maintain.
===Predecessor turnpikes===
<!--{{Expand|date=June 2007}}there was one northeast from Beacon, but information is too sparse - see talk-->
One of these<!--NOT THE FIRST! The Ulster and Orange Branch Turnpike, and probably others, was earlier--> - the '''Woodbourne and Ellenville Turnpike Company''' - ran from [[Woodbourne, New York|Woodbourne]] to [[Ellenville, NY|Ellenville]]. After being incorporated by the [[New York Legislature]] on [[April 17]], [[1830]],<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=KJEDAAAAQAAJ The Revised Statutes of the State of New-York], Volume III, 1829, p. 623</ref> it built and opened a turnpike from Ellenville on the [[Delaware and Hudson Canal]] west to Woodbourne in 1838, and later extended it further in that direction to [[Liberty (village), NY|Liberty]].<ref>James Eldridge Quinlan, History of Sullivan County, 1873, p. 254</ref>
To the east of Ellenville, the '''Newburgh and Ellenville Plank Road Company''' was proposed in late 1849 to build and charge [[toll road|toll]]s on a [[plank road]] between Ellenville and [[Newburgh (city), NY|Newburgh]], major markets on the canal and Hudson respectively. It was incorporated on [[March 24]], [[1850]] under the state's [[general incorporation law]]. The company decided shortly thereafter to build on a southern route; the supporters of a northern route organized the [[Newburgh and Shawangunk Plank Road]] two weeks later. Both roads were completed in December 1851; an opening celebration for the Newburgh and Ellenville was held at Ellenville on [[December 22]].<ref>E. M. Ruttenber, [http://books.google.com/books?id=PxgXUZMJSzUC History of the Town of Newburgh], 1859, pp. 144-145</ref> The south route is now, with some modifications, part of Route 52, while the north route carries parts of [[New York State Route 32|Route 32]] and [[New York State Route 300|Route 300]], becoming a county road (Bruyn Turnpike) west of [[Wallkill, Ulster County, New York|Wallkill]].
Other former turnpikes used by Route 52 include short lengths of the [[Jeffersonville and Monticello Turnpike]] ([[Jeffersonville, New York|Jeffersonville]] to Briscoe Road), [[Ulster and Orange Branch Turnpike]] ([[Liberty (village), New York|Liberty]] to Cross Farm Road), [[Philipstown Turnpike]] ([[Pecksville, New York|Pecksville]] to [[Ludingtonville, New York|Ludingtonville]]), and [[Putnam and Dutchess Turnpike]] (Ludingtonville to the end in [[Carmel (town), New York|Carmel]]). By the 1890s, the entire route that would become Route 52 existed as public or turnpike roads.<ref>Joseph R. Bien, Atlas of the state of New York, 1895, accessed via the [[David Rumsey Map Collection]]</ref><!--this needs expansion to include ones east of the Hudson, once I figure out exactly which ones were there-->
===Public ownership===
After the demise of the turnpikes, the [[State Commission of Highways (New York)|State Commission of Highways]] was created by the legislature in 1898 to improve and maintain [[state highway]]s. In 1909, a connected network of routes was laid out by the legislature; none of the present Route 52 was included.<ref>State of New York Commission of Highways, [http://books.google.com/books?id=hZ4AAAAAMAAJ The Highway Law], 1919, pp. 64-89</ref> It was also not part of the system of signed [[State Route (New York)|State Route]]s numbered in 1924.<ref>[[New York Times]], [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20E13F73F5B12738DDDA80A94DA415B848EF1D3 New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers], [[December 21]], [[1924]], p. XX9</ref> By 1926, the [[Poughkeepsie, NY|Poughkeepsie]]-[[Patterson, NY|Patterson]] [[New York State Route 39 (1920s)|Route 39]] was signed, using a short piece of modern Route 52 between [[East Fishkill, NY|East Fishkill]] and [[Stormville, NY|Stormville]]. The rest of old Route 39 used modern [[NY 376]] from Poughkeepsie to East Fishkill, [[NY 216]] from Stormville to [[Poughquag, New York|Poughquag]], [[NY 55]] from Poughquag to [[West Pawling, New York|West Pawling]], [[NY 292]] from West Pawling to [[West Patterson, New York|West Patterson]], and [[NY 311]] from West Patterson to [[Patterson, New York|Patterson]].<ref>[[National Survey Company]], [http://www.broermapsonline.org/members/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/NewEngland/sonewengland1926_019.html New England], 1926, p. 170</ref>
===Formal designation===
Route 52 was designated as part of the [[1930 renumbering (New York)|1930 renumbering]].<ref name=renumbering/> West of East Fishkill, NY 52 was assigned to its current routing along a previously unnumbered road through downstate New York to the [[Pennsylvania]] state line;<ref name=gb /><ref>[[Pennsylvania Department of Highways]], {{PDFlink|[ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1930fr.pdf Tourist Map of Pennsylvania]|7.66 [[MiB]]}}, May 1930</ref> however, it was several years before Route 52 as a whole was improved and paved.<ref name=gb /> At its west end, Route 52 connected with [[U.S. Route 106]], which had been designated in 1926 and ended at the [[Delaware River]] on the [[Pennsylvania]] state line.<ref>[[:Image:1926us.jpg|United States System of Highway Adopted for Uniform Marking by the American Association of State Highway Officials]], [[November 11]], [[1926]]</ref> US 106 was never extended into New York,<ref>[[Pennsylvania Department of Highways]], [ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Wayne_1941.pdf General Highway Map, Wayne County], 1941</ref> and is now [[Pennsylvania Route 652]] near the border.
East of East Fishkill, the newly designated Route 52 used the old alignment of 1920s Route 39 from East Fishkill to West Patterson. At West Patterson, the route continued along previously unnumbered roads south to [[Carmel, New York|Carmel]], then east to [[New York State Route 22|NY 22]] at Sears Corners (northeast of [[Brewster, New York|Brewster]]) over modern [[New York State Route 311|NY 311]], [[U.S. Route 6 (New York)|U.S. Route 6]], and [[New York State Route 312|NY 312]], as well as its modern alignment from [[Lake Carmel, New York|Lake Carmel]] to Carmel.<ref name=gb>''Automobile Legal Association (ALA) Automobile Green Book'', 1930/31 and 1931/32 editions, (Scarborough Motor Guide Co., Boston, 1930 and 1931). The 1930/31 edition shows New York state routes prior to the [[1930 renumbering (New York)|1930 renumbering]]</ref> At the time, modern NY 52 from [[Stormville, New York|Stormville]] to Pecksville (northwest of Lake Carmel) was designated as part of [[New York State Route 216|NY 216]].<ref name=1935map>{{cite map |title=Road Map & Historical Guide - New York |publisher=[[Sun Oil Company]] |year=1935 |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]]}}</ref> By 1938, NY 52 and NY 216 swapped locations; NY 52 had been rerouted onto its modern alignment between Stormville and Lake Carmel, utilizing the portion of NY 216 from Stormville and Pecksville as well as a new roadway between Pecksville and Lake Carmel, while NY 216 was relocated to the old Route 39 alignment (Stormville-Poughquag-West Patterson). The original NY 52 segment from West Patterson to Lake Carmel was assigned as an extension of NY 311. NY 52 was also truncated to its present terminus in Carmel during this period.<ref>''Automobile Legal Association (ALA) Automobile Green Book'', 1938/39 edition, (W.A. Thibodeau, 1938).</ref>
===Realignments and detours===
The only major change to Route 52's routing since then came with the opening of the [[Newburgh-Beacon Bridge]] on [[November 2]], [[1963]].<ref>Bernard Stengren, [[New York Times]], [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0813FF345912718DDDAA0894D9415B838AF1D3 Ceremony Opens Newburgh Span], [[November 3]], [[1963]], p. 50</ref> Prior to then, Route 52 had crossed the [[Hudson River]] on the [[Newburgh-Beacon Ferry]], approaching from the west on Dupont Avenue and Broadway ([[overlap (road)|overlap]]ping [[New York State Route 17K|Route 17K]] on Broadway) and from the east on Fishkill Avenue and Wolcott Avenue (now mostly [[New York State Route 52 Business|Route 52 Business]]).<ref>[[United States Geological Survey]], [http://www.terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=12&Z=18&X=729&Y=5742&W=3&qs=%7cnarrowsburg%7cny%7c topographic maps of Newburgh and Beacon], drawn in the 1950s and edited later with purple</ref>
Natural disasters and construction have forced temporary closures and reroutings in some areas. On [[December 31]], [[2002]], a [[rockslide]] along the stretch climbing the [[Shawangunks]] east of [[Ellenville, New York|Ellenville]] buried an 85-foot (25 m) section of the road with an estimated 1,000 cubic yards (800 m³) of rock and dirt. The state [[New York State Department of Transportation|Department of Transporation]] closed the road temporarily. Automobile traffic was detoured via several local roads; trucks had to make a lengthy side trip via [[New York State Route 17|Route 17]]<ref name="2002 New Year's Eve rockslide">Gardner, Jessica; January 2, 2003; "[http://archive.recordonline.com/archive/2003/01/02/jgrocksl.htm Rock slide shuts down Route 52]"; ''Times-Herald Record''; retrieved June 24, 2007.</ref> During the 2003-2005 construction of the new bridge over the [[Wallkill River]] in [[Walden, New York|Walden]], Route 52 was routed to Walden's other bridge (the "Low Bridge") via Oak Street, which intersects the highway twice within the village. This required the erection of two temporary [[traffic signal]]s, causing some new traffic problems in the village.<ref name="Walden Bridge detour issues">Sausa, Bianca; May 24, 2003; "[http://archive.recordonline.com/archive/2003/05/24/brf233.htm Route 52 bridge closure could cause problems]"; ''[[Times-Herald Record]]''; retrieved June 24, 2007.</ref> Truck traffic was detoured to [[New York State Route 17K|Route 17K]] via Albany Post Road and Stone Castle Road.<ref name="Walden bridge detour issues 2">
{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= When will it end? |url=http://archive.recordonline.com/archive/2003/08/18/dctransp.htm |work=Times-Herald Record |date=2003-08-18 |accessdate=2007-06-24 }}</ref>
==Future==
[[Image:South end of NY 52-208 overlap.jpg|right|thumb|The congested eastern end of the NY 208 overlap in Walden.]]
The village of Walden has noted, in its 2005 Comprehensive Plan, the difficulties created by the oblique intersection at the eastern end of the Route 208 concurrency. Traffic on northbound 208 comes to a stop sign at the intersection, where 52 comes in from the right at a slightly lower grade and a sharp angle, with the view mostly blocked by a building. It is also just opposite one of two curb cuts for a busy [[Hess Corporation|Hess]] [[gas station]]. At [[rush hour]], the traffic light at the nearby northern end often backs cars up along 52 for some distance, making the turn into the gas station difficult, especially when vehicles on 52 make the left turn into the curb cut.<ref name="208 overlap southern terminus issues">This can be verified by traveling to Walden and observing traffic at the intersection during rush hour.</ref>
The layout of the intersection is very poor for trucks making this turn, and the congestion all these factors create has been forcing more drivers to resort to side streets, the village believes, since [[Annual average daily traffic|traffic counts]] have been going up on 52 and 208 but down on the concurrency. It is hoping to work with the state DOT on marking an alternate route for trucks.<ref name="Walden master plan">{{PDFlink|[http://www.villageofwalden.org/comp_plan/Chapters%207-8%20Final.pdf Village of Walden 2005 Final Comprehensive Plan, Chapters 7-8]}}, 4-5, retrieved August 7, 2007.</ref>
==Miscellanea==
[[Image:NY 52 Walden Parkway 2.jpg|left|thumb|Parallel roadways in eastern Walden.]]
===The Ellenville split===
[[Image:East end Ellenville NY 52 split.jpg|thumb|Eastern end of Ellenville split.]]
Across Ellenville, both Center and Canal streets carry 52 shields and reference markers as they run parallel across the village. While [[New York State Department of Transportation|NYSDOT]] does not list a separate [[List of New York State Reference Routes|reference route]] in the village<ref name="reference routes list">[[New York State Department of Transportation]] (NYSDOT); October 2004; {{PDFlink|[http://www.nysdot.gov/portal/page/portal/transportation-partners/nys-transportation-federation/permits/ny-permits/repository/tour_route.pdf Official Description of the Highway Touring Routes, Scenic Byways & Bicycle Routes in New York State]}}; retrieved June 28, 2007.</ref>, a 2005 Ulster County Transportation Council map shows both as state highways.<ref name="Ulster planning map">Ulster County Transportation Council; August 25, 2005; {{PDFlink|http://www.co.ulster.ny.us/planning/uctc/documents/maps/tsignal.pdf|1.04 [[Mebibyte|MiB]]<!-- application/pdf, 1093808 bytes -->}}; retrieved June 28, 2007.</ref>
Some of NYSDOT's own documents suggest as well that 52 divides into two two-way routes in Ellenville. An old quadrangle map shows the shield applying to both streets.<ref name="DOT Ellenville quad">NYSDOT; [http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/gisdata/quads/drg24/dotpreview/index.cfm?code=aa43 DOT Ellenville Quad]; retrieved June 28, 2007.</ref> State traffic signal regulations make reference to both Canal and Center being part of Route 52<ref name="NYCRR">[http://www.loislaw.com/ogpc/login.htp?WSRet=1&dockey=5504263@NYREGS&OLDURL=/gpc/index.htp 15 NYCRR 2051.02] (Canal), [http://www.loislaw.com/ogpc/login.htp?WSRet=1&dockey=5505819@NYREGS&OLDURL=/gpc/index.htp 15 NYCRR 2351.02] (Center); both retrieved from loislaw.com June 28, 2007.</ref>, and the [[National Bridge Inventory]] lists two bridges over [[Sandburg Creek]] along Route 52 in the village.<ref name="bridges">[[National Bridge Inventory]], records 000000002026610 and 000000003346520 retrieved from nationalbridges.com June 28, 2007.</ref>
Since Canal has a stop sign at its western junction with Center, and Center at the eastern fork, this results in each street being the optimum route across the village depending on the direction of travel. When coming from the west, taking the fork onto Canal at the western boundary allows a driver to build up speed before beginning the climb up the Shawangunks. Conversely, quickly bearing onto Center at the end of that climb means not having to stop at the fork on the other side of the village.{{Or|date=September 2007}}
===Dual roadway in Walden===
From the western of the two Tin Brook crossings within the village to the eastern village line, 52 is paralleled by an older route of East Main Street that remains in use, separated by a thin [[median]] with some trees and telephone on it. East of Woodruff Street, the older road functions as a [[frontage road|service road]] for the residents and businesses in that area, mostly on the north side as the south side is a village park. The former right-of-way visibly continues to Highland Avenue although most of it has been revegetated.
==NY 52A==
[[Image:NY-52A.svg|75px|right|NY 52A]]
'''NY 52A''' ({{convert|2.78|mi|km|2}}<ref name=2006tdr />) is an alternate route of NY 52 through western [[Sullivan County, New York|Sullivan County]]. The route begins at [[New York State Route 17B|NY 17B]] near the hamlet of Fosterdale and continues north, then east to its terminus at NY 52 near the north end of [[Kenoza Lake]], where a historic and picturesque stone arch bridge is visible from the junction. It serves mainly to shorten the trip from Callicoon to [[Liberty (village), New York|Liberty]] via NY 52 as without it drivers on [[New York State Route 17B|NY 17B]] would have to go out of their way to reach the junction.
==Major intersections==
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|county=Sullivan
|cspan=13
|location_special=[[New York-Pennsylvania border|NY-PA border]]
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|road=[[Image:PA-652.svg|25px]] [[PA 652]] west
|notes=Continuation into [[Pennsylvania]]
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{{NYint
|location=Narrowsburg
|mile=0.69
|type=concur
|road=[[Image:NY-97.svg|20px]] [[NY 97]] north
|street=Beach Lake Highway
|notes=West end of NY 97 overlap. East end of CR 24.
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|location=Hunts Corner
|mile=1.45
|type=concur
|road=[[Image:NY-97.svg|20px]] [[NY 97]] north
|notes=East end of NY 97 overlap. West end of CR 111.
}}
{{NYint
|location=Cochecton Center
|mile=6.56
|road=CR 115 east
|street=Odell Road
|notes=East end of CR 111. West end of CR 112.
}}
{{NYint
|location=Lake Huntington
|mile=8.80
|road=CR 116 west
|street=Lake Huntington Road
|notes=West end of CR 112. East end of CR 113.
}}
{{NYint
|location=Fosterdale
|mile=11.09
|type=concur
|road=[[Image:NY-17B.svg|25px]] [[NY 17B]] east/CR 114 west
|street=[[Newburgh and Cochecton Turnpike]]
|notes=West end of NY 17B overlap. East end of CR 113.
}}
{{NYint
|location=Cochecton
|mile=11.55
|type=concur
|road=[[Image:NY-17B.svg|25px]] [[NY 17B]]/CR 117 west
|notes=East end of NY 17B overlap.
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{{NYint
|location_special=Near [[Kenoza Lake, New York|Kenoza Lake]]
|mile=14.85
|road=[[Image:NY-52A.svg|25px]] NY 52A west
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|area=village
|lspan=2
|mile=29.82
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|road=[[Image:NY-55.svg|20px]] [[NY 55]] west
|street=Lake Street
|notes=West end of NY 55 overlap.
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{{NYint
|mile=30.04
|type=concur
|road=[[Image:NY-55.svg|20px]] [[NY 55]] east
|street=Neversink Road
|notes=East end of NY 55 overlap.
}}
{{NYint
|location=Liberty
|area=town
|mile=31.45
|road=[[Image:NY-17.svg|20px]] [[NY 17]]
|street=[[Quickway]]
|notes=Exit 100 (NY 17).
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{{NYint
|location=Woodbourne
|lspan=2
|mile=38.52
|type=concur
|road=[[Image:NY-42.svg|20px]] [[NY 42]] south
|notes=West end of NY 42 overlap.
}}
{{NYint
|mile=38.79
|type=concur
|road=[[Image:NY-42.svg|20px]] [[NY 42]] north
|notes=East end of NY 42 overlap.
}}
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|location=Ellenville
|mile=50.29
|road=[[Image:US 209.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 209 in New York|US 209]]
|street=Main Street
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{{NYint
|county=Orange
|cspan=7
|location=Pine Bush
|mile=62.47
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|street=Maple Avenue
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{{NYint
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|lspan=2
|street=Ulster Avenue
|mile=69.88
|type=concur
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|notes=West end of NY 208 overlap.
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{{NYint
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|mile=69.94
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|road=[[Image:NY-208.svg|25px]] [[NY 208]] south
|notes=East end of NY 208 overlap.
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|street=Union Avenue
|mile=77.18
|road=[[Image:NY-300.svg|25px]] [[NY 300]]
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{{NYint
|location=Winona Lake
|mile=78.84
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}}
{{NYint
|location=Newburgh
|area=city
|mile=80.43
|road=[[Image:US 9W.svg|20px]][[Image:NY-32.svg|20px]] [[US 9W (NY)|US 9W]]/[[NY 32]]
|notes=Exit 10 (I-84).
}}
|-
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|<center>81.62</center>
!rowspan=2 colspan=2|[[Newburgh-Beacon Bridge]] over the [[Hudson River]]
|-
|rowspan=8|[[Dutchess County, New York|Dutchess]]
{{NYint
|location=Brockway
|mile=83.03
|road=[[Image:No image wide.svg|20px]][[Image:Business plate.svg|20px]]<br />[[Image:NY-9D.svg|20px]][[Image:NY-52.svg|20px]] [[NY 9D]]/[[NY 52 Bus.]] east
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}}
{{NYint
|location=Fishkill
|area=town
|mile=86.18
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{{NYint
|location=Fishkill
|area=village
|mile=87.28
|road=[[Image:US 9.svg|20px]] [[US 9 (NY)|US 9]]
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{{NYint
|location=Brinckerhoff
|mile=88.94
|road=[[Image:NY-82.svg|20px]] [[NY 82]] north
}}
{{NYint
|location=East Fishkill
|lspan=2
|mile=93.33
|road=[[Image:NY-376.svg|25px]] [[NY 376]] north
}}
{{NYint
|mile=94.27
|road=[[Image:Taconic State Pkwy Shield.svg|25px]] [[Taconic State Parkway]]
}}
{{NYint
|location_special=Near [[Stormville, New York|Stormville]]
|mile=95.44
|road=[[Image:NY-216.svg|25px]] [[NY 216]] east
}}
{{NYint
|county=Putnam
|cspan=3
|location=Lake Carmel
|mile=105.35
|road=[[Image:NY-311.svg|25px]] [[NY 311]] north
}}
{{NYint
|location=Carmel
|area=hamlet
|mile=108.44
|road=[[Image:NY-301.svg|25px]] [[NY 301]] west
}}
{{NYint
|location=Carmel
|area=town
|mile=108.72
|road=[[Image:US 6.svg|20px]] [[US 6 (NY)|US 6]]
}}
|}
==Bannered routes==
[[Image:Lower Main Street, Beacon, NY.jpg|thumb|left|Historic Lower Main Street.]]
===Beacon business loop===
{{shban
|state=NY
|route=52
|banner=BUS
|location=[[Beacon, New York|Beacon]]
|active=1963-present<ref name="nyr">[http://www.gribblenation.net/nyroutes/ind/050_059.htm#052 New York Routes - New York State Route 52]</ref>
}}
'''New York State Route 52 Business''' (abbreviated '''NY 52 BUS''' or '''BUS 52''') is a short 4.74 mile<ref name="length1">[http://www.nysdot.gov/portal/page/portal/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/tvr953bthru992p.pdf NYSDOT Traffic Counts - NY 953B to NY 992P]</ref><ref name="length2">[http://www.nysdot.gov/portal/page/portal/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/tvr9thru15.pdf NYSDOT Traffic Counts - NY 9 to NY 15]</ref><ref name="length3">Calculated using trip planning software</ref> long [[business route]] of NY 52 through the city of [[Beacon, New York|Beacon]] in [[Dutchess County, New York]]. The route is signed as east-west, starting at [[Interstate 84 (New York)|Interstate 84]]/NY 52 exit 11 and [[New York State Route 9D|NY 9D]] north of Beacon and ending at I-84/NY 52 exit 12 southwest of the village of [[Fishkill, New York|Fishkill]], where NY 52 leaves I-84, ending the I-84/NY 52 concurrency. NY 52 Business is not posted on guide signs on I-84.
NY 52 Business begins at I-84/NY 52 exit 11 and runs [[Concurrency (road)|concurrent]] with NY 9D into Beacon. At Main Street, NY 52 Business leaves NY 9D and follows Main east through the Lower Main Street Historic District and then across town to Fishkill Avenue. The route turns left onto Fishkill, following the street as it exits the city. At Prospect Street, a local road straddling the Beacon city line, NY 52 Business becomes unsigned '''[[reference route (New York)|Reference Route]] 980J'''.
After Millholland Drive, Fishkill Avenue becomes Main Street once again, this time for Fishkill, before meeting I-84/NY 52. At the interchange, NY 52 Business, as well as the 980J designation, comes to an end while NY 52 continues east along Main Street.
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==References==
{{reflist|2}}
==External links==
*[http://www.gribblenation.net/nyends/52.html State Ends (Gribblenation) - New York State Route 52]
*[http://www.gribblenation.net/nyroutes/ind/050_059.htm#052 Gribblenation - New York State Route 52]
[[Category:State highways in New York|052]]