State highways in Hamilton County, New York

Hamilton County, New York has five currently state-maintained highways which form a combined convert|170|mi|km of the touring routes in New York.cite journal|title=Overview of mileage in Hamilton County, New York|publisher=New York State Department of Transportation|accessdate=2008-09-13|year=2006] These highways are spread throughout the county,cite map|url=http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Hamilton%20County%2C%20New%20York&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=il|title=Hamilton County, New York|publisher=Google Maps|date=2008|accessdate=2008-09-13] which is the least populated in the state of New York.cite journal|author=New York State Department of Transportation|title=2003 Hamilton County traffic counts|accessdate=2008-09-13] The longest is NY 30 at convert|83.93|mi|km long, which progresses north–south from the Fulton County line to the Franklin County line.cite journal|title=2006 Traffic Data Report for New York State |date=2007-07-16 |publisher=New York State Department of Transportation| accessdate=2008-09-13] The five state highways traverse rural sections of Hamilton County including Adirondack Park; the only village located along any of these roads is Speculator along NY 8 and NY 30. There was also New York State Route 365 (NY 365), which was concurrent its entire length in Hamilton County.

NY 8

New York State Route 8 (NY 8) is a long state highway that stretches from Deposit in the state's southern tier to an intersection with New York State Route 9N in Hague on the shores of Lake George. The stretch in Hamilton County is convert|43.42|mi|km long, passing through mostly rural territory. Route 8 enters Hamilton County from Herkimer County, just to the south of Hamilton County. The highway leaves Hamilton County for Warren County to the east, convert|20|mi|km from Wells. Route 8 intersects the northern terminus of NY 10, in Arietta. The route is also one of two state routes to pass through the isolated village of Speculator (the other being NY 30). NY 8 also has a concurrency with NY 30, which ends in Speculator.cite map|url=http://maps.google.com/maps?q=from%3A%20RT-8%2C%20Griffin%2C%20NY%20to%3ASpeculator%2C%20New%20York&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wl|title=Overview map of NY 30–NY 8 concurrency|publisher=Google Maps|cartography=NAVTEQ Incorporated|date=2008|accessdate=2008-09-13] NY 8 had its number assigned in the 1930 New York State Route renumbering and has had no major changes since then.cite news|author=Leon A. Dickinson|title=New Signs for State Highways|work=New York Times|date=1930-01-12|page=136]

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NY 10

New York State Route 10 (NY 10) is the shortest state routes that traverse Hamilton County. At convert|14.50|mi|km long, its only intersection in the county is its northern terminus at NY 8. NY 10 route travels from the Fulton County line (north of Caroga Lake) to the intersection with NY 8 in Arietta. The route passes through rural regions of Hamilton County and encounters no villages or noteworthy locations until Arietta. NY 10 used to continue further than its present length. Its original assignment in the 1930 renumbering included a concurrency with NY 8 into Speculator, which continued along the road named NY 30 to the international border with |year=2008|cartography=Map Works Inc.]

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NY 28

New York State Route 28 (NY 28) is scenic rural highway in Hamilton County, New York State that runs for convert|49.16|mi|km and heads east from the Herkimer County line north of the New York State Route 12 intersection to the Warren County line near Blue Mountain Lake. Route 28 enters Hamilton County and follows the Fulton Chain Lakes, which are numbered consecutively as the route and lakes continue northward. [cite web|url=http://www.history.rochester.edu/canal/bib/whitford/1906/Chap09.html|publisher=Rochester University|title=History of the Canal System of the State of New York|date=2008|accessdate=2008-09-13] Route 28 and NY 30 become concurrent and head to the northeast for over convert|10|mi|km into Blue Mountain Lake. In Blue Mountain Lake, NY 30 turns off at the western terminus of [NY 28N, which is a suffixed route of the highway. Route 28 was the only state route in Hamilton County that was not reassigned in the 1930 renumbering. Its number has remained unchanged within Hamilton County since state routes were first signed in 1924.cite news|title=New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers|work=The New York Times|date=1924-12-21|page=XX9]

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NY 28N

New York State Route 28N (NY 28N), a suffixed route of NY 28, is the only state route in the county that begins there. Only convert|19.60|mi|km of its length is in Hamilton County out of convert|50.95|mi|km total across three counties. The route begins at an intersection with NY 28 and NY 30 at Blue Mountain Lake. Concurrent with the latter highway, NY 28N heads northward through the mountainous parts of Hamilton County to Long Lake, where NY 30 splits and heads in the direction of Franklin County. NY 28N then heads eastward and passes some mountains before entering Essex County and continuing into Newcomb.

Route 28N was assigned as a suffixed route of the already-assigned NY 28 in the 1930 renumbering. The concurrency that runs from Blue Mountain Lake to Long Lake was originally part of NY 10, which used to occupy most of NY 30's length.cite map|title=Road Map of New York|publisher=Socony|year=1931|cartography=Standard Oil Company] When NY 10 was truncated by 1962, the highway became concurrent with NY 30.

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NY 30

The longest state highway in Hamilton County, New York State Route 30 (NY 30), stretches convert|83.73|mi|km within the county. NY 30 is one of two highways that enters a county village, the other being NY 8. NY 30 overlaps three of the state highways: NY 8 near Speculator, NY 28 from Indian Lake to Blue Mountain Lake, and NY 28N from Blue Mountain Lake to Long Lake. Route 30 stretches from the Fulton County line north of Mayfield, then crossing the Franklin County line north of Long Lake and NY 28N.

Route 30 was originally not the longest state highway in Hamilton County. When assigned in the 1930 renumbering, Route 30 followed its current routing until Wells where it terminated at NY 8. The rest was NY 10. By 1962, Route 10 was truncated back to Arietta, and NY 30 was extended along to the Canada border.

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NY 365

New York State Route 365 (NY 365) was the only state route in Hamilton County to be removed. Although not removed from the state highway system completely, 365 was truncated from Clinton County over a series of multiplexes to an intersection with NY 8 in Oneida County. Route 365 entered Hamilton County from Herkimer,cite map|url=http://docs.unh.edu/NY/raqu54ne.jpg|title=Raquette Lake, NY quadrangle (NE quadrant)|publisher=United States Geological Survey|cartography=United States Geological Survey|date=1954|accessdate=2008-09-20] following NY 28 until Blue Mountain Lake, where it turned off and onto NY 10 (later NY 30) and NY 28N. The three routes made a concurrency into Long Lake, where it continued via NY 10 (later NY 30), as it split off from 28N.cite map|url=http://docs.unh.edu/NY/blmt54nw.jpg|title=Blue Mountain NY quadrangle (NW quadrant)|publisher=United States Geological Survey|cartography=United States Geological Survey|date=1954|accessdate=2008-09-19] The two highways continued northward, leaving Hamilton County north of Long Lake.cite map|url=http://docs.unh.edu/NY/lngk55sw.jpg|title=Tupper Lake NY quadrangle (SW quadrant)|publisher=United States Geological Survey|cartography=United States Geological Survey|date=1955|accessdate=2008-09-20]

See also

*List of State Routes in New York

References

External links

* [http://www.gribblenation.net/nyends/index.html New York State route terminations index]
* [http://www.gribblenation.net/nyroutes/ind/001_009.htm New York State routes information]