New York In the state of
New York, US 4 begins at the concurrency of
US 9 and
US 20 in
East Greenbush. Heading northward, it has an interchange with
Interstate 90 (I-90), continuing northward into
Troy. In Troy, it passes by
Hudson Valley Community College as well as the headquarters of the
42nd Infantry Division. US 4 then heads downhill, passing the historic South End Tavern as Burden Avenue, named for the historic
Burden Iron Works. Later, US 4 assumes Fourth Street, which splits into
parallel one-way streets (Third Street handles southbound traffic). Once through
Troy's historic downtown, the streets meet and pass by the
Green Island Bridge, later passing under the
Collar City Bridge and into
Lansingburgh. After Lansingburgh, US 4 turns left to cross the
Hudson River on the
Troy–Waterford Bridge, entering
Waterford, joining with
New York State Route 32 (NY 32) to head north together west of the Hudson. After
Mechanicville, US 4 and NY 32 split, and US 4 passes by the
Battles of Saratoga and
Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery. NY 32 joins again to pass through
Schuylerville, after which US 4 splits off to cross the Hudson River one last time. Running parallel to the
Champlain Canal, US 4 passes through villages including
Fort Edward,
Hudson Falls,
Fort Ann, and
Whitehall. After a concurrency with
NY 22, US 4 heads eastward into
Vermont.
Vermont In the state of
Vermont, US 4 immediately becomes a four-lane divided expressway. The historic routing of US 4 runs nearby as
Vermont Route 4A (VT 4A), which later becomes
US 4 Business as it enters
Rutland. South of Rutland, US 4 meets
US 7 and overlaps it into downtown, meeting the east end of its business route. East of Rutland, US 4 is a two-lane highway, meandering through the
Green Mountains, passing by
Killington, going through
Woodstock and
Quechee, crossing the
Quechee Gorge, and meeting
US 5,
I-89, and
I-91 at
White River Junction. Crossing the
Connecticut River, US 4 enters New Hampshire.
New Hampshire In the state of
New Hampshire, US 4 passes through
Lebanon, meeting I-89 again. It then heads southeast to
Boscawen, where it briefly overlaps
US 3 before joining
I-93 into
Concord. Turning east, US 4 briefly overlaps
I-393 and for a longer stretch with
US 202. Passing through
Durham, US 4 joins the
Spaulding Turnpike at
Dover Point and travels southeast to its eastern terminus in
Portsmouth at the
Portsmouth Traffic Circle. ==History==