MA Route 9 Quick History Question

[Rothman]

Did MA 9 ever extend westward into NY from Pittsfield, MA?

[jp the roadgeek]

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. 

[Rothman]

Ah, maybe the former NY 9 is what I am thinking of.

[roadman]

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.

[bob7374]

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.