 At the junction, US 9 starts to trend eastward again, away from the Northway, and finally crosses the Mohawk River into Saratoga County via the Crescent Bridge at the northernmost point of Albany County.A new name, Halfmoon Parkway, comes with the change of county, after the town the road runs through.The eastward bent reverses itself as another state route, NY 236 forks off to the north.