Route Description
Most of NY 2 is maintained by the New York State Department of Transportation, however, two locally maintained sections lie on the route. In the city of Watervliet, NY 2 is city-maintained from Grotto Court to NY 32, while in the city of Troy, NY 2 is city-maintained from U.S. Route 4 (US 4) to the east city line.
NY 2 begins at I-87 exit 6 in the hamlet of Latham as a continuation of NY 7, which leaves Troy–Schenectady Road at the interchange to join I-87. The route continues east on Troy–Schenectady Road to US 9, which it intersects via the Latham Circle. Instead of directly intersecting US 9, NY 2 meets a series of ramps leading to and from the road while US 9 itself crosses under the circle, allowing for a continuous flow of traffic on US 9. Past US 9, NY 2 continues east through the town of Colonie to Watervliet, where it becomes 19th Street and meets NY 32 a short distance from the Hudson River. NY 2 then passes over I-787 before crossing the Hudson via the Congress Street Bridge and entering Troy on the opposite bank. Here, the route splits into a one-way pair along Congress Street (westbound) and Ferry Street (eastbound) through the Central Troy Historic District.
Four blocks into Troy, NY 2 intersects US 4, also routed along a one-way pair through the city. At 3rd Street, NY 2 meets US 4 southbound; it then intersects US 4 northbound at 4th Street. After traversing two more blocks, NY 2 merges into a single carriageway at 8th Street. NY 2 continues east along the now two-way Congress Street, passing south of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute before becoming Brunswick Road at an intersection with NY 66 in eastern Troy.
East of Troy, NY 2 meets NY 278 and NY 351 in Brunswick before skirting the southern edge of Grafton Lakes State Park in Grafton. The route then continues east from Grafton into the hamlet of Petersburgh in the town of the same name. As NY 2 enters from the west, down a steep incline, it curves leftward while Moses Road continues straight ahead. This surface street in Petersburgh ends at NY 22, while NY 2 continues over NY 22 on an overpass. North of the overpass, Main Street intersects NY 22 and connects to NY 2, which curves right. Westbound NY 2 traffic curves left for the overpass, with Main Street continuing straight ahead in the same manner that Moses Road does on the west side. Collectively, Main Street and Moses Road make up the 0.41-mile (0.66 km) long NY 914A, an unsigned reference route. Past NY 22, NY 2 briefly occupies Main Street before heading southeast to the Massachusetts state line, where it becomes Route 2 upon entering the town of Williamstown, Massachusetts.
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