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Potholes, Cracks, You Name It Abierto5426-5456 Albany Post Rd Staatsburg, NY, 12580, USA - StaatsburgRoute 9 is in particularly bad shape from just south of the four-lane section near the Hyde Park/Rhinebeck town line, all the way through Staatsburg to Mills/Norrie and beyond.
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4416 U.S. 44 Millbrook, New York - Dutchess CountyI had to put the pin down somewhere on Route 44, but the entire stretch of 44 from Smithfield Valley Rd all the way to Mabbettsville is loaded with deep, deep potholes.
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Mistimed signal AbiertoUs 9 And Fulton Street Poughkeepsie, New York - Fairview
At night, it turns red for 9 drivers regardless of whether there's cross traffic on Fulton or not.
During the day it turns red for drivers proceeding in either direction at the 30mph speed limit, but the loonies who floor it get a green.
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Us 9 And N Mesier Ave. Wappingers Falls, New York - Dutchess CountyLooks like another light that got stuck on a daytime pattern somewhere along the line. I drive 9 at 3-4 in the morning, and this light will turn red for Route 9 drivers every 30-60 seconds or so regardless of whether there's any cross traffic.
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Overeager Traffic Signal AbiertoNy 308 And Us 9 Rhinebeck, New York - RhinebeckSignal is turning red for all traffic every 60 seconds or so...which would be okay except it's not necessary in the middle of the night with no pedestrians. Looks like the signal is stuck on a daytime pattern.
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36-50 County Road 78 Tivoli, New York - TivoliI know the state wants to replace the Stoney Creek bridge (in 2017 maybe), but in the meantime the main route into town is a busted-up mess.
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River Edge Drive Poughkeepsie, New York - Spackenkill
This is a light that serves the shopping/hotel area on 9 just north of IBM...but it's turning red at all hours during the overnights, when all the stores have been closed for hours and won't be opening until sunup at the earliest.
The light is a particular problem for southbound travelers on 9, especially when there's bad weather. It's 3 in the morning, there's freezing rain, you're going downhill, there's an 18-wheeler on your tail...and all of a sudden the light turns red?
Good luck stopping, even for a careful driver.
The years of drivers having to stop unnecessarily have also taken a toll on the road, which is washboarded near all three signals on the hill. The other two are properly timed (for now, anyway).
If the timing is off at 3 in the morning, it's probably wrong for the rest of the day...and maybe it's contributing to the eternal slow flow of traffic along that stretch of 9.
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Route 9 And Mesier Ave. wappingers falls, New York - Wappingers FallsThe light on 9 at Mesier Ave. will turn red at all hours, even when there's no traffic waiting at the intersection.
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A long line of potholes AbiertoRoute 9g red hook, New York - Dutchess CountyIn the southbound lane of 9G just south of Rokeby Rd.
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Heaves along Route Spine-G Archivado4777 Route 9g red hook, NY - Dutchess County
So the DOT has been working on Route 9 north of Red Hook.
That's nice. That road was already in far better shape than 9G and it's being resurfaced?
Meanwhile my teeth are being jarred loose by the bumps on 9G, especially between Tivoli and Bard.
It has been this way for at least a year and a half.
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2506 S Rd Poughkeepsie, NY - SpackenkillIt's the middle of the night. Nobody's waiting at the cross-street that leads to the Residence Inn. Nobody. And yet the light turns red...which is always fun when you're headed downhill in the rain at 3am.
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Yet Another Messed-Up Route 9 Signal ArchivadoOld Post Rd Wappingers Falls, NY - Dutchess County
I know, I know...Route 9 is usually a delight to travel. Especially in Wappingers! Sometimes you can get all the way up to 30 miles an hour and it's just exhilarating, let me tell you.
And there's that nice new Adams.
Which has a light, and the light is needed during the day...but the light on 9 does NOT need to turn red in the middle of the night when Adams is closed, has been closed for several hours, and will remain closed for several hours more.
I'm sick of wasting gas because the DOT can't get a clue.
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Mistimed new traffic light ArchivadoRoute 9 At Marist College (South Entrance) Poughkeepsie, NY - Dutchess CountyDuring evenings and overnights, the light on 9 turns red...and stays red...for a LONG time, even though no cars are coming or waiting at the cross streets. No pedestrians, either. North/south traffic even backs up at the light at 4 in the morning, the light runs so long.
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Lots and lots and LOTS of bumps AbiertoRoute 9g Tivoli, NY - Dutchess County9G from the Broadway intersection in Tivoli down to Budds Corners Rd. is in need of serious repair.
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Route 9 @ Poughkeepsie Galleria Wappingers Falls, NY - Dutchess County
I commute to work at 4 in the morning when the malls and nearby stores have all been closed for several hours, and won't be opening even to take deliveries for hours after that.
Why are we bothering to stop people here during overnights when there is absolutely no cross-traffic?
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2490 S Rd Poughkeepsie, NY 12601, USA - Spackenkill
As from some great window immeasurably high there stabbed northward and southward a flame of red, the flicker of a piercing Eye...halting all traffic in its tracks for reasons unknown, then only briefly releasing its prisoners as a cat toys with its prey, only to be re-captured by the Eye's unholy Route 9 brethren.
In other words, whose bright idea was it to put this light here? There's already an exit for Spackenkill Road, and the other Route 9 lights in the area are a hopeless mess.
Close this intersection. Or something.
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Traffic light messed up Archivado6783 Spring Brook Ave Rhinebeck, NY 12572, USA - Dutchess CountyThe light used to stay green through the overnights when the store is closed, but ever since a recent power outage, the light has been cycling red and green. It's wasting everybody's time and gas for no reason.
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Confusing/frustrating intersection Archivado6841 6879 U.S. 9 Rhinebeck, NY 12572, USA - Dutchess County
Turning right from 9G southbound to 9 southbound there's a right turn arrow signal...but nobody can turn right on the green arrow if there's even one person waiting to go straight on 9G.
How about an actual dedicated right turn lane?
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Potholes. Lots 'n' lots Abierto1862-1976 U.S. 9 Fishkill, NY 12524, USA - Dutchess CountyBoth northbound lanes, Route 9 between the water park and Smithtown Rd.
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EB Broadway & Montgomery St, Tivoli Archivado50 Broadway Tivoli, NY 12583, USA - TivoliCollapsing brickwork and pothole at the crosswalk