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Title: MA Route 9 Quick History Question
Post by: Rothman on December 19, 2017, 10:05:41 AM
Did MA 9 ever extend westward into NY from Pittsfield, MA?
Title: Re: MA Route 9 Quick History Question
Post by: jp the roadgeek on December 19, 2017, 10:22:50 AM
Don't believe so, since the road west of US 7 becomes a local street, and US 20's westward departure from the US 7 concurrency is a block south.  Also, US 20 predates MA 9 by 7 years, so US 20 wouldn't have replaced any old segments of MA 9.  There was a NY 9 before US 9 was created, but it was a former number for NY 7, which becomes VT 9. 
Title: Re: MA Route 9 Quick History Question
Post by: Rothman on December 19, 2017, 10:26:13 AM
Ah, maybe the former NY 9 is what I am thinking of.
Title: Re: MA Route 9 Quick History Question
Post by: roadman on December 19, 2017, 11:12:43 AM
Quote from: Rothman on December 19, 2017, 10:05:41 AM
Did MA 9 ever extend westward into NY from Pittsfield, MA?
There is no record of such ever having occurred, based on old MassDPW records.
Title: Re: MA Route 9 Quick History Question
Post by: bob7374 on December 19, 2017, 05:57:20 PM
Quote from: roadman on December 19, 2017, 11:12:43 AM
Quote from: Rothman on December 19, 2017, 10:05:41 AM
Did MA 9 ever extend westward into NY from Pittsfield, MA?
There is no record of such ever having occurred, based on old MassDPW records.
MA 9 first appears on the official Massachusetts Highway Map in 1933 running from Kenmore Square in Boston to US 7 in Pittsfield. It's route included replacing the original MA 109 from US 20 in W. Brookfield to Pittsfield which was signed through 1932.