- New York State Route 387
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NYS Route 387
Fancher Road Route information Maintained by NYSDOT Length: 2.95 mi[2] (4.75 km) Existed: 1930[1] – present Major junctions South end: 
NY 31 in MurrayNorth end: 
NY 104 in MurrayLocation Counties: Orleans Highway system Numbered highways in New York
Interstate • U.S. • N.Y. (former) • Reference • County← 
NY 386I-390 
→New York State Route 387 (NY 387) is a 2.95-mile (4.75 km) state highway located within the town of Murray in Orleans County, New York, in the United States. It serves as a north–south connector between NY 31 in the hamlet of Fancher and NY 104 (Ridge Road) midway between the hamlets of East Gaines and Murray. In between, NY 387 crosses the Erie Canal and passes through the community of Brockville. The route was assigned to its current alignment as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York.
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Route description
NY 387 begins at a T-intersection with NY 31 in Fancher, a small hamlet located on the Falls Road Railroad in the town of Murray. While NY 31 heads south and west from the junction, NY 387 heads to the north on Fancher Road, crossing the Falls Road Railroad and passing by a small pocket of homes before exiting the hamlet and entering an open, rural area. About 0.5 miles (0.8 km) from Fancher, the route crosses over the Erie Canal just south of another hamlet known as Brockville. NY 387 runs north–south through the community and across the west branch of Sandy Creek into another undeveloped area, where NY 387 quietly ends 1.5 miles (2.4 km) later at an isolated junction with NY 104 (Ridge Road).[3]
History
The highway that is now NY 387 became a state highway on May 1, 1917, when the state of New York assumed ownership of the road following the completion of a $44,848.35 project (equivalent to $768,262 in 2011) to bring the highway up to state highway standards. It was subsequently designated, but not signed, as State Highway 580 (SH 580).[4][5] The road served as a north–south connector between two major east–west highways: the Theodore Roosevelt International Highway (now NY 31) to the south and Ridge Road (NY 104) to the north. While both of those roads had posted route numbers as early as 1926,[6] SH 580 was not assigned a posted number until the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York when it was designated as NY 387.[1][7]
Major intersections
The entire route is in Murray, Orleans County.
Mile[2] Destinations Notes 0.00 NY 31Hamlet of Fancher 2.95 NY 1041.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi References
- ^ a b Standard Oil Company of New York (1930). Road Map of New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting.
- ^ a b "2008 Traffic Data Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. p. 304. https://www.nysdot.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/NYSDOT_Traffic_Data_Report_2008.pdf. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
- ^ Yahoo! Inc. Yahoo! Maps – overview map of NY 387 (Map). Cartography by NAVTEQ. http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=h&lat=43.265375&lon=-78.09103&zoom=14&q1=43.244412%2C-78.090989&q2=43.286428%2C-78.091418. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
- ^ New York State Department of Highways (1920). Report of the State Commissioner of Highways. Albany, New York: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 232. http://books.google.com/books?id=Sj4CAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA232. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
- ^ Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–2008. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
- ^ State of New York Department of Public Works (1926). Official Map Showing State Highways and other important roads (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company.
- ^ Standard Oil Company of New York (1929). New York in Soconyland (Map). Cartography by General Drafting.
External links
Categories:- State highways in New York
- Transportation in Orleans County, New York
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