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Newburgh is a town in Orange County, New York, United States. The 2010 census determined the population is 29,801. This is the first time ever that the population of the Town of Newburgh officially exceeded that of the adjacent but totally separate municipality known as the city of Newburgh (with a population of 28,866).〔Figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau and reported on page 5 of the Middletown (N.Y.) ''Times Herald Record'', March 25, 2011.〕 Estimates released by the census bureau during the middle of the first decade of the 21st century had estimated that the Town had surpassed the City in population at that time, and in fact estimated the town population as exceeding 30,000, but the release of the official census figures underscored that those estimates were inflated.〔The Ready Reference of County, City, Town and Village Officers published by the office of the County Clerk of Orange County, New York, April 2010.〕 ==The "Crossroads of the Northeast"== The town of Newburgh is in the northeast corner of the county and abuts the city of Newburgh on both the city's north and west borders. The city of Newburgh is a totally and completely separate municipality which was a part of the town of Newburgh prior to 1865. The town of Newburgh sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, at the northernmost point of that portion of the river known as Newburgh Bay. Stewart International Airport is partially located in the town, and is hoped will someday decongest the major airports of New York City. The town of Newburgh is known as the "Crossroads of the Northeast," a phrase coined in the 1980s by then-Town supervisor Robert J. Kirkpatrick, Jr., not only because of Stewart Airport and the Hudson River, but also because two major Interstate highways cross the town: Interstate 84 (east and west) and Interstate 87, also known as the New York State Thruway (north and south).〔"Robert 'Bob' John Kirkpatrick, Jr.," ''Times Herald Record.'' April 18, 2015. Accessed May 4, 2015.〕〔"Former Town of Newburgh Supervisor Dies at 87," ''Orange County Post-Sentinel.'' April 24, 2015, page 3.〕〔State of New York Legislative Resolution Senate No. 1849〕 Previously, the highways were accessible to each other via a short stretch of New York State Route 300 (a major north-south thoroughfare and a main commercial corridor in the town) but a direct connection between I-84 and the Thruway was completed in December 2009, after being under construction for five years.〔Article by Judy Rife in the Middletown (NY) ''Times Herald Record'' Tuesday, July 14, 2009, page 31.〕〔Article by Judy Rife in the Middletown (NY) ''Times Herald Record'' Tuesday, September 22, 2009, page 28.〕〔Article by Meghan Fitzpatrick on page one of "The Sentinel" newspaper, December 8, 2009.〕 Other through routes which traverse the town are U.S. Route 9W and New York State Route 32 (both north and south) as well as New York State Route 17K and New York State Route 52 (both east and west). A small portion of New York State Route 207 skirts a southern corner of the town for a very short distance after it leaves the town of New Windsor and before it enters the city of Newburgh. The training center of Local 17 of the Laborers' International Union of North America is located on this short stretch of Route 207. The newest New York state highway, New York State Route 747, is in the extreme southwest corner of town. It opened in late 2007. It begins at Route 207 in the town of New Windsor and terminates only to the northwest at Route 17K in the town of Montgomery. However, its central portion is in the town of Newburgh, and it is here that Route 747 interchanges with Interstate Route 84. This new Exit 5A from Interstate 84 is the westernmost of five Interstate 84 interchanges within the town. Route 747 provides a direct access to Stewart International Airport. Now, for the first time, motorists from the Interstates may enter Stewart Airport directly, near the terminal building, without traveling on Routes 300 and 207, both of which congest with local traffic. This new access road, called International Boulevard, intersects with Route 747 just south of the I-84 interchange. Exit 17 from the New York Thruway (Interstate 87) is in the town of Newburgh. The western terminus of the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge, which carries Interstate 84 and New York State Route 52 across the Hudson River, is in the town of Newburgh. This span, which was opened in 1963 with a twin span opened in 1980, is the only Interstate crossing of the Hudson River between the Tappan Zee Bridge just north of New York City, and the Berkshire Thruway connector just south of Albany. The Orange Mill Historic District is located in the town. It is the only historic district within the town. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located on Route 300 in the town of New Windsor, less than two miles south of the town of Newburgh line. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Newburgh (town), New York」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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