New York State Route 378

NYS Route 378
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT
Length:	3.34 mi[3] (5.38 km)
Existed:	mid-1930s[1][2] – present
Major junctions
West end:	US 9 in Colonie
	I-787 in Menands
East end:	US 4 in Troy
Location
Counties:	Albany, Rensselaer
Highway system
Numbered highways in New York Interstate • U.S. • N.Y. (former) • Reference • County ← NY 377 NY 379 →

New York State Route 378 (NY 378) is a state highway in the Capital District of New York in the United States. It runs from Loudonville to Troy and traverses the Hudson River via the Menands Bridge. NY 378 once connected to Menands Road in the village of Menands; however, Menands Road has since been split in two. NY 378 connects the western part of Menands Road with Troy. NY 378 continues west of U.S. Route 9 as Osborne Road (County Route 154). At its eastern terminus, NY 378 continues north as U.S. Route 4. US 4 southbound is accessed by an eastward turn at the terminus.

History

NY 378 was assigned in the mid-1930s to Menands Road, a short connector road between U.S. Route 9 in Loudonville and NY 32 in Menands. The Troy–Menands Bridge linking Menands to Troy was initially unnumbered.^[1][2] In the early 1940s, NY 2 was extended south from Troy to downtown Albany by way of the bridge.^[4][5] NY 378 was realigned east of NY 377 in the early 1950s to follow a new highway connecting directly to the Troy–Menands Bridge.^[6][7] On January 1, 1970, NY 2 was truncated to Troy on its western end. Its former routing across the Hudson River to U.S. Route 4 in southern Troy became an extension of NY 378.^[8]

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[3]	Destinations	Notes
Albany	Town of Colonie	0.00	US 9	Hamlet of Loudonville
	Menands	0.93	NY 377 (Van Rensselaer Boulevard)
		1.94	NY 32 (Broadway)	Parclo interchange
		2.53	I-787	Exit 7W and 7E (I-787)
Rensselaer	Troy	3.34	US 4
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

New York Roads portal

1. ^ ^{a b} Texas Oil Company (1934). Road Map of New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Standard Oil Company (1937). New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. p. 223. https://www.nysdot.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/NYSDOT%20TVR%202008%20by%20Route.pdf. Retrieved February 1, 2010. 
4. ^ Esso (1940). New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. 
5. ^ Esso (1942). New York with Pictorial Guide (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. 
6. ^ Sunoco (1952). New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. 
7. ^ Esso (1954). New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region (Map). Cartography by General Drafting (1955–56 ed.). 
8. ^ State of New York Department of Transportation (January 1, 1970) (PDF). Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State. http://www.greaternyroads.info/pdfs/state70.pdf. Retrieved May 24, 2009. 

External links

• Alps' Roads – New York State Route 378
• New York Routes – New York State Route 378
• New York State Highway Termini – New York State Route 378