State highways in Essex County, New York

Essex County, New York has sixteen currently state-maintained highways which comprise a combined convert|339.6|mi|km of the touring route total mileage in New York.cite web|url=https://www.nysdot.gov/portal/page/portal/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/essex.pdf|title=Overview of mileage in Essex County, New York|publisher=New York State Department of Transportation|accessdate=2008-09-14|year=2006] The populous yet rural county includes several major locations, which are all accessible by at least one state route. The fifteen state highways include ten state touring routes and five reference routes. The longest of these is New York State Route 9N, a highway which runs for convert|67.69|mi|km through the county.

The county has ten state touring routes. The longest one is NY 9N at convert|67.69|mi|km, which stands from the Washington County line near Lake George to the Clinton County line north of Willsboro.cite web |url=https://www.nysdot.gov/portal/page/portal/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/06tdreport.pdf |title=2006 Traffic Data Report for New York State |date=2007-07-16 |format=PDF |publisher=New York State Department of Transportation| accessdate=2008-06-30] The shortest of the ten state routes is New York State Route 373, which is only convert|1.81|mi|km long. Route 373 heads through the hamlet of Port Kent before terminating at a ferry dock. There are also been a few decommissioned routes, including New York State Route 192cite map |title=Road Map & Historical Guide - New York |publisher=Sun Oil Company |year=1935 |cartography=Rand McNally and Company] , New York State Route 192A, New York State Route 427, and New York State Route 86A. New York State Route 8 once became concurrent with Routes 9N and 22, which continues into Essex County from Warren County, and ended in Crown Point at the Vermont border. This has been replaced by a reference route and Route 8 was truncated out of Essex County.

There are six reference routes in Essex County. The longest is, New York State Route 910L, which is the former alignment of NY 8 from NY 9N/22 to the Champlain Bridge at convert|4.11|mi|km. The other five reference routes, including the shortest one, is all under convert|1|mi|km long. The shortest reference route in Essex County is New York State Route 912T, which begins at NY 373 and ends at US 9.cite web|author=New York State Department of Transportation|url=https://www.nysdot.gov/portal/page/portal/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/essextvbk.pdf|title=2003 Essex County traffic counts|accessdate=2008-06-30]

NY 3

NY 3 is a major east-west highway through the northern part of upstate New York that passes through nine counties. It extends for a total of 246.05 miles (395.98 km).

NY 8

New York State Route 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. New York State Route 8 was one of five highways to enter Ticonderoga, but from a concurrency with New York State Route 9N from the south and 9N, along with New York State Route 22, from the north.

NY 9N

NY 9N enters Essex County in the town of Ticonderoga and heads north concurrent with NY 22. During the concurrency it enters the town of Crown Point and parallels Lake Champlain.

NY 22

NY 22 enters Essex County north from an isthmus between Lakes Champlain and George. Two miles after crossing the county line it reaches the first settlement along its length within the Adirondack Park, Ticonderoga.cite map|title=Overview map of NY 22| url= http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=58220593458587723,40.886000,-73.827880%3B6522070936495129134,41.039203,-73.766727%3B5672779903011180275,41.345940,-73.660900%3B15408310895559650350,41.396316,-73.594127%3B14550970845021287973,41.656470,-73.572620%3B8435193068691866798,43.139557,-73.312036%3B10327490697673327996,43.861257,-73.437632%3B15206420212923798593,44.151668,-73.429228%3B8527031127615731287,44.341965,-73.388670%3B3028479322039926936,44.532773,-73.505930%3B10878765276887877902,44.672491,-73.484112%3B5903212199207770013,45.004249,-73.602955&saddr=Boston+Rd%2FUS-1+%4040.886000,+-73.827880&daddr=N+Broadway%2FRT-22+%4041.039203,+-73.766727+to:RT-22+%4041.345940,+-73.660900+to:Unknown+road+%4041.396316,+-73.594127+to:RT-22+%4041.656470,+-73.572620+to:Steele+Rd+%4043.139557,+-73.312036+to:43.461143,-73.410301+to:RT-22%2FRT-9N%2FWicker+St+%4043.861257,+-73.437632+to:RT-22%2FRT-9N+%4044.151668,+-73.429228+to:CR-66%2FMiddle+Rd+%4044.341965,+-73.388670+to:RT-22+%4044.532773,+-73.505930+to:RT-22+%4044.672491,+-73.484112+to:Hemmingford+Rd%2FRT-22+%4045.004249,+-73.602955&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=6&sz=12&via=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11&dirflg=h&sll=43.478335,-73.296318&sspn=0.112107,0.300751&ie=UTF8&ll=43.501749,-73.330994&spn=0.224127,0.601501&z=11 |publisher=Google maps|accessdate=2008-07-11]

NY 28N

Essex County shares NY 28N with Hamilton County and Warren County. The route enters Essex County after Windfall Mountain and becomes the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail within Adirondack Park, where it is one of the park's thirteen scenic byways.cite web|url=http://www.adirondack.org/visitorresources.php|title=The 13 Scenic Byways of the Adirondack North Country|publisher=Adirondack North Country Association|accessdate=2008-08-27|date=2008]

NY 73

The entire length of NY 73 occurs within Essex County.

NY 74

NY 86

NY 86A

NY 192

NY 195

New York State Route 195 was a short highway from NY 22 in Westport to U.S. Route 9 and the former southern terminus of NY 9N in Elizabethtown.cite map|title=Road Map of New York|publisher=Socony|year=1931|cartography=Standard Oil Company] The designation was decommissioned by 1936, and was replaced by an extension of NY 9N.cite map|date=1936|title=New York State Map|publisher=Esso|cartography=General Drafting Inc.|year=1936]

NY 347

New York State Route 347 has had two alignments in Essex County. The first was on current New York State Route 910L in Crown Point. This alingment was decommissioned by 1935,cite map |title=Road Map & Historical Guide - New York |publisher=Sun Oil Company |year=1935 |cartography=Rand McNally and Company] when NY 8 was realigned onto it. The highway was then put on a short alignment in Ticonderoga. The highway remained on that alignment for about 30 years, until being decommissioned for an extension of NY 73 (now NY 74).

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NY 373

New York State Route 373 is the shortest signed touring route in Essex County. Starting at U.S. Route 9 in Chesterfield, Route 373 travels for convert|3.20|mi|km into the industrial hamlet of Port Kent. There is one intersection with a state route, New York State Route 912T in Ausable Chasm. Route 373 terminates at the Burlington–Port Kent ferry, which heads over to Burlington, Vermont.cite map|title=Overview map of NY 373|year=2008|publisher=Google Maps|accessdate=2008-05-29|url=http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=from:+RT-373%20@44.527900,%20-73.45983+to:+RT-373%20@44.526450,%20-73.403290|cartography=NAVTEQ] The highway assigned in the 1930 renumbering, stretching its entire length it does today.

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NY 427

New York State Route 73 is a state highway located entirely within Essex County, New York. The highway begins at an intersection with New York State Route 86 in downtown Lake Placid. It heads through some of the mountains in the Adirondack Region, crossing bases of some of the tallest mountains in the state, including Porter and Lower Wolfjaw Mountains. The highway has a short concurrency with New York State Route 9N in the area of Keen.

NY 431

New York State Route 431, also known as the Whiteface Mountain Veterans Memorial Highwaycite news|title=Roosevelt Dedicates Whiteface Highway|publisher=New York Times|date=September 12, 1929|page=14] , is convert|7.96|mi|km state highway in Wilmington, New York. The primary access to Whiteface Mountain, Route 431 runs by the Santa's Workshop, a local attraction, and County Route 72 before starting its scenic journey up the mountain. The route officially terminates at the summit of Whiteface. The highway opened in 1935cite web|url=http://www.aarch.org/archives/leeman/020531%20VLP%20Whiteface%20highway.pdf|title=A 5-mile drive to the top of the world|accessdate=2008-03-07|publisher=Adirondack Architectural Heritage|author=Lee Manchester] , after years of issues leading to its construction.cite news|title=Road Up Mountain Is Nearly Finsihed|publisher=New York Times|date=October 15, 1933|page=E6] cite news|title=New Scenic State Road|publisher=New York Times|date=February 23, 1935|page=11]

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NY 910K

New York State Route 910K is part of 3 items that make up the western extension of NY 73 from Schroon to Tahawus.cite book|author=Automobile Legal Association|title=Automobile Green Book|edition=1931/32|publisher=Scarborough Motor Guide Co., Boston|date=1931] Route 910K is a short segment of highway from Interstate 87 to U.S. Route 9 in North Hudson. The continutation of Essex County Route 84 (known by NYSDOT as CR 2B), Route 910K is a simple, convert|0.72|mi|km long, state-maintained connector highway.

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NY 910L

New York State Route 910L is a convert|4.11|mi|km long highway in Crown Point. The route starts at an intersection with Routes 9N and 22 in Port Henry. Route 910L heads eastward as Bridge Street until turning northward. The road passes the Crown Point Historical Site before crossing the |year=1980|scale=1:24,000|series=Eastern United States 1:24,000|accessdate=2008-09-17] , before being renumbered to its current designation, New York State Route 910L.

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NY 910M

New York State Route 910M or State Highway 1945 is a short reference route in North Elba. Route 910M is locally known as John Brown Road, the connector to John Brown's Grave in the area. Route 910M's southern terminus is at the grave site, which is located at a circle. The northern terminus is at nearby New York State Route 73 in North Elba. Route 910M is convert|0.81|mi|km|adj=on long, serving only one purpose.

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NY 912T

New York State Route 912T or State Highway 1946 is a short reference route just east of Keeseville. It is the shortest state highway in Essex County at only 0.12 of a mile (0.19 of a kilometer). The highway is a simple connector between New York State Route 373 and U.S. Route 9. The route is mainly the southern access to NY 373, as the NY 373 is the northern access from US 9 and is signed as such. The highway's designation came into effect sometime between 1979 and 2004cite map|url=http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/gisdata/quads/drg24/dotpreview/index.cfm?code=d51|title=Keeseville, New York quadrangle|accessdate=2008-09-14|date=1979|publisher=New York State Department of Transportation|cartography=New York State Department of Transportation] cite web|url=https://www.nysdot.gov/portal/page/portal/divisions/operating/oom/transportation-systems/repository/tour_route_0.pdf|title=Official Description of Highway Touring Routes, Scenic Byways, & Bicycle Routes in New York State|author=New York State Department of Transportation|month=October | year=2004|accessdate=2008-09-14|format=PDF]

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NY 913Q

New York State Route 913Q is a short state reference route from Mount Van Hoevenberg south of North Elba. Although the highway goes all the way to just below the summit, Route 913Q begins at a split with the access road. The highway heads northward, paralleling North Meadow Brook to the north and gaining the name Bobsled Run Road. The elevation of Route 913Q is at about convert|2000|ft|m high, stretching its entire length. The highway continues northward, terminating at an intersection with New York State Route 73 in North Elba.cite map|url=http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Bobsled%20Run%20Ln%2C%20Lake%20Placid%2C%20NY%2012946&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 913Q|accessdate=2008-09-16|date=2008|publisher=Google Maps|cartography=NAVTEQ Incorporated]

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NY 915F

New York State Route 915F, according to New York State Department of Transportation logs, is the Exit 34 off ramp from the Adirondack Northway (Interstate 87) to connect New York State Route 9N in Keeseville. The highway is convert|0.34|mi|km|adj=on long, starting at the Adirondack Northway and ending at NY 9N.cite web|url=https://www.nysdot.gov/portal/page/portal/ver-STAGE/divisions/operating/oom/transportation-systems/repository/2007%20tour-bk.pdf|title=Official Description of Highway Touring Routes, Bicycling Touring Routes, Scenic Byways, & Commemorative/Memorial Designations in New York State|author=New York State Department of Transportation|date=October 2007|accessdate=2008-04-10] Route 915F is the only state reference route actually located in Keeseville.cite map|url=http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Keeseville&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=title|title=Keeseville, New York|publisher=Google Maps|cartography=NAVTEQ Incorporated|date=2008|accessdate=2008-09-14]

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See also

*Essex County, New York
*List of State Routes in New York

References