the village for more rural areas along the banks of the Hudson River. It continues northeast along the riverbank as River Road to Stony Point, a small hamlet north of Castleton-on-Hudson, where the route connects to CR 8 (Stony Point Road). Not far from Stony Point, the route crosses into the town of East Greenbush, a suburb of the city of Rensselaer. It intersects CR 58 (Hayes Road) in the southern part of town before heading into heavily industrialized areas near the southern edge of the Rensselaer city limits. The route passes east of an oil refinery for Sunoco as it enters Rensselaer, where NY 9J serves several other commercial and residential buildings along a stretch leading to an interchange with US 9 and US 20 (Columbia Turnpike). NY 9J feeds directly into the ramps to and from US 9 south and US 20 west while access to and from US 9 north and US 20 east is made by way of South Street, which connects to NY 9J just south of the interchange. History The section of NY 9J between Muitzes Kill in Schodack and the Rensselaer city limits was improved to state highway standards as part of three separate projects carried out by the state of New York in the 1910s. Each project covered a different segment of the route, and all three parts of the highway were added to the state highway system in 1915. The portion within the town of Schodack was inventoried as State Highway 1116 (SH 1116) while the section in East Greenbush was listed as SH 1115. Both state highway numbers are unsigned. The state assumed maintenance of the river road from Muitzes Kill south to Stuyvesant by 1926 and an extension of the road southeast to Columbiaville in the late 1920s. In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, the Columbiaville–Rensselaer riverside highway became part of NY 9J, a new route continuing north over locally maintained streets to US 9 and US 20 in Rensselaer. Major intersections See also References External links 009J U.S. Route 9 Transportation in Rensselaer County, New York Hudson River Transportation in Columbia County, New York