New York State Route 18A

Infobox road
state=NY
type=NY
route=18A
length_mi=18.41
length_round=2
length_ref=cite map|url=http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat=42.566261&lon=-78.843639&zoom=14&q1=42.496497%2C-78.928783&q2=42.587308%2C-78.841923&q3=42.692119%2C-78.856857&w0=42.49387150323448%2C-78.85025024414062&w1|title=Overview map od former NY 18A|publisher=Yahoo Maps|cartography=NAVTEQ Inc.|accessdate=2008-08-30|date=2008]
maint=New York Department of Public Works
established=by 1936cite map|publisher=Esso|title=New York State Map|year=1936|cartography=General Drafting Inc.]
decommissioned=by 1965cite map |title=New York|publisher=Mobil |year=1965]
direction_a=West
starting_terminus=jct|state=NY|US|62|NY|18 in Collins
junction=jct|state=NY|NY|249 in Langford
direction_b=East
ending_terminus=jct|state=NY|US|62|NY|18 in Hamburg
counties=Erie
spur_type=NY
spur_of=18
previous_type=NY
previous_route=18
next_type=NY
next_route=18B

New York State Route 18A was one of six suffixed routes to spur off of New York State Route 18 in western New York. The route currently makes up the Gowanda–Collins segment of New York State Route 39 and the Collins–Hamburg segment of New York State Route 75. Route 18A was convert|18.41|mi|km|lk=on long, stretching from NY 18 and U.S. Route 62 near Collins to the same two highways in Hamburg. There was an intersection in Langford with the eastern terminus of New York State Route 249, where the intersecting highway became a county route. The route in its entirety was not maintained by New York State Department of Transportation. Instead, it was maintained by the New York Department of Public Works, which had maintained all state highways at the time. [cite map|url=http://www.archives.nysed.gov/g/vrc/environment/find/wca_dpw.shtml|title=Department of Public Works construction photographs|publisher=New York State Archive|accessdate=2008-08-30|date=2005] The highway was assigned by 1936, stretching along its alignment from Collins to Hamburg. A suffixed spur of Route 18, the highway was eliminated and renumbered when the parent highway was truncated.

Route description

Route 18A began at an intersection with New York State Route 18 and U.S. Route 62 north of the town of Gowanda. The highway progressed eastward, heading through downtown Collins, where it passed several buildings in a more populated district. The highway continued eastward until turning off the eastward track for a northward one.cite map|title=Collins, New York quadrangle|publisher=United States Geological Survey|year=1976|cartography=United States Geological Survey|accessdate=2008-08-30|url=http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/gisdata/quads/drg24/usgspreview/index.cfm?code=o42078d8] Route 18A continued to the north, passing through the hamlet of Whites Corners, which is a small municipality outside of Langford. Paralleling several gas wells, the highway continued northward out of Whites Corners and into Marshfield, another hamlet. North of Marshfield, the highway intersected with a county highway, Genesee Road, and entered the town of North Collins.cite map|title=Langford, New York quadrangle|publisher=United States Geological Survey|year=1960|cartography=United States Geological Survey|accessdate=2008-08-30|url=http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/gisdata/quads/drg24/usgspreview/index.cfm?code=o42078e7]

Route 18A continued into the hamlet of Langford, where it intersected with the eastern terminus of New York State Route 249, a trans-Erie County highway. The route quickly left North Collins for the town of Eden, parallelling Langford Road. Route 18A continued northward, beginning a parallel with Eighteenmile Creek. The highway went into the Eden Valley area, passing some buildings including Saint Pauls Church. Route 18A finally came to an end a few miles later, ending at an intersection with NY 18 and US 62 in Hamburg. Eighteenmile Creek continues northward into Hamburg.cite map|title=Hamburg, New York quadrangle|publisher=United States Geological Survey|year=1965|cartography=United States Geological Survey|accessdate=2008-08-30|url=http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/gisdata/quads/drg24/usgspreview/index.cfm?code=o42078f7]

History

Route 18A was assigned in the 1930s, appearing on maps as early as 1936. The route was originally used as a suffixed route of the convert|231|mi|km|adj=on NY 18. Route 18 had originally gone from the Pennsylvania border and ended in Webster at |year=2008|cartography=Map Works Inc.]

Major intersections

NYint
county=Erie
cspan=3
mile=0.00
road=jct|state=NY|US|62|NY|18
location=Collins
lspan=1
notesNYint
mile=10.64
road=jct|state=NY|NY|249
location=Langford
notesNYint
mile=18.41
road=jct|state=NY|US|62|NY|18
location=Hamburg
area=village
notes

See also

*New York State Route 18
*New York State Route 18B
*New York State Route 18C
*New York State Route 18D
*New York State Route 18E
*New York State Route 18F

References

External links

* [http://www.gribblenation.net/nyroutes/jct/018a.htm NY 18A - New York Routes @ Gribblenation.net]
* [http://www.gribblenation.net/nyroutes/jct/075.htm NY 75 - New York Routes @ Gribblenation.net]