New York State Route 22A

State highway in Washington County, New York, US

New York State Route 22A (NY 22A) is a short north–south state highway located within Washington County, New York, in the United States. The route extends for 10.6 mile (17 km) from an intersection with NY 22 in the town of Granville to the Vermont state line in the town of Hampton, where it becomes Vermont Route 22A (VT 22A). NY 22A was originally designated as New York State Route 286 in the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. It was renumbered to its current designation in the early 1940s.

NY 22A begins at an intersection with NY 22 in the town of Granville. Crossing north through the hamlet of Middle Granville, NY 22A parallels the Mettawee River, reaching a junction with the eastern terminus of County Route 23 (CR 23). Passing a few homes through the center of Middle Granville, the route junctions with the terminus of CR 24. NY 22A continues north alongside the Mettawee, passing out of Middle Granville and into the rural areas of the town of Granville. At a fork, CR 21 proceeds north, while NY 22A turns northeast and crosses the Mettawee. After a short eastern segment, NY 22A bends northeast again, entering the hamlet of Raceville, a small residential community. Rapidly approaching the Vermont state line, the route continues northeast through Granville, soon crossing into the town of Hampton. In Hampton, NY 22A turns northwest at a fork that marks the beginning of CR 20, which runs to the state border. Crossing northwest then northeast through Hampton, the route soon reaches a junction with CR 18, which once marked a junction with NY 273. At this junction, NY 22A enters the hamlet of Hampton, passing multiple homes before reaching a junction with CR 18A, which runs to the state line. The alignment of NY 22A was constructed in 1933 with bituminous macadam pavement. The road was 9 feet (3 m) wide in its lanes and contained 7 feet (2 m) shoulders. An alternate route of NY 286 along modern CR 20 and Greenfield Lane in Hampton and Granville, College, and York streets in Poultney, Vermont, was designated as NY 286A in New York and VT 286A in that state c. 1938. The New York half of the designation was short lived as it was eliminated by the following year; however, VT 286A remained in place until the early 1940s. NY 286 was renumbered to NY 22A on December 19, 1945 as part of a bi state agreement between New York and Vermont. Vermont followed suit by renumbering VT 30A to VT 22A.|county=Washington