New York State Route 32B

NYS Route 32B
Map of Glens Falls with NY 32B highlighted in red
Route information
Auxiliary route of NY 32
Maintained by New York State Department of Public Works
Length:	1.53 mi[4] (2.46 km)
Existed:	1930[1] – ca. 1965[2][3]
Major junctions
West end:	NY 32 in Queensbury
East end:	US 4 in Hudson Falls
Location
Counties:	Warren, Washington
Highway system
Numbered highways in New York Interstate • U.S. • N.Y. (former) • Reference • County ← NY 32A NY 33 →

New York State Route 32B (NY 32B) was a state highway in the Capital District region of New York, United States. The western terminus of the route was at an intersection with NY 32 in Queensbury. Its eastern terminus was at a junction with U.S. Route 4 (US 4) in Hudson Falls. NY 32B, named Warren Street in Queensbury and River Street in Hudson Falls, ran along the banks of the Hudson River as it went from Glens Falls to Hudson Falls. It crossed over the Glens Falls Feeder Canal near its junction with NY 32 in Queensbury.

When NY 32B was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, it began at an intersection with US 4 and NY 32 in Northumberland and ended at US 9 in Glens Falls. The portion of the route between Northumberland and Hudson Falls was concurrent with US 4 upon assignment while the segment west of Boulevard in Queensbury later became concurrent with NY 32. It was truncated north to Hudson Falls in the early 1940s and east to Boulevard ca. 1962. NY 32B was partially replaced with NY 254 ca. 1965.

Route description

The lone reference marker on NY 911E, part of former NY 32B

NY 32B, as routed at the time of its removal, began at the intersection of Boulevard (then-NY 32), Warren Street (NY 32 west of Boulevard), and Highland Avenue east of Glens Falls in the Warren County town of Queensbury. The route headed east along Warren Street (here named Lower Warren Street), paralleling the eastern bank of the Hudson River. It crossed over the Glens Falls Feeder Canal prior to reaching the Warren–Washington county line. Here, Warren Street turns north to straddle the county line; however, NY 32B continued southeastward into Hudson Falls on River Street. NY 32B ended five blocks later at a junction with US 4 in downtown Hudson Falls.^[2]

History

In 1924, Warren Street in Glens Falls and River Street in Hudson Falls became part of NY 30, a highway that initially extended from Mechanicville to the Vermont state line near Fair Haven by way of Glens Falls and Whitehall. It was realigned by 1926 to continue north from Whitehall toward the Canadian border.^[5][6] In 1926, the portion of NY 30 between Glens Falls and Whitehall was included in the new US 4, which began in Glens Falls and continued east from Whitehall into Vermont by way of NY 30's former routing.^[7] It was rerouted to follow its modern alignment south of Hudson Falls as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. US 4's former routing between Glens Falls and Hudson Falls became part of NY 32B,^[8] a new route assigned in the renumbering that continued south to NY 32 in Northumberland by way of an overlap with US 4.^[1]

NY 32B was gradually truncated as time went on. In the early 1940s, NY 32B was cut back on its east end to its junction with US 4 in Hudson Falls, eliminating its lengthy overlap with US 4 along the Hudson River.^[9][10] However, it remained connected to NY 32 as that route was extended northeastward from South Glens Falls to Hudson Falls along Warren Street, Boulevard, and Feeder Street by 1940.^[11][12] The resulting overlap between NY 32 and NY 32B along Warren Street from US 9 in downtown Glens Falls to Boulevard remained in place until ca. 1962 when NY 32B was truncated on its western end to the eastern terminus of the overlap.^[13][14]

Map of the Glens Falls area with NY 911E (part of former NY 32B) highlighted in red

NY 32B ceased to exist altogether ca. 1965 when the portion of NY 32B east^[2][3] of the newly-constructed Quaker Road^[15][16] was incorporated into the new NY 254.^[2][3] The segment of former NY 32B that did not become part of NY 254—located on Lower Warren Street in Queensbury—is now NY 911E, an unsigned reference route 0.20 miles (0.32 km) in length. It is one of three reference routes in Warren County.^[4] The NY 656 designation is reserved by the New York State Department of Transportation as a signed replacement for NY 911E; however, there is no timetable for its assignment.^[17]

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[4]	Destinations	Notes
Warren	Queensbury	0.00	NY 32
Washington	Hudson Falls	1.53	US 4
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

New York Roads portal

• List of highways in Warren County, New York

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Dickinson, Leon A. (January 12, 1930). "New Signs for State Highways". The New York Times: p. 136. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d} Sinclair (1964). New York and Metropolitan New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} Mobil (1965). New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. 
4. ^ ^{a b c} "2008 Traffic Data Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. pp. 279, 341. https://www.nysdot.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/NYSDOT_Traffic_Data_Report_2008.pdf. Retrieved December 8, 2009. 
5. ^ "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers". The New York Times: p. XX9. December 21, 1924. 
6. ^ Rand McNally and Company (1926). Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas (eastern New York) (Map). http://www.broermapsonline.org/members/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/Midatlantic/NewYork/unitedstates1926ra_009.html. Retrieved December 31, 2009. 
7. ^ United States Department of Agriculture (November 11, 1926). United States System of Highways (Map). 
8. ^ Standard Oil Company of New York (1930). Road Map of New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. 
9. ^ Gulf Oil Company (1940). New York Info-Map (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. 
10. ^ Esso (1942). New York with Pictorial Guide (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. 
11. ^ Esso (1940). New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. 
12. ^ Esso (1949). New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting (1950 ed.). 
13. ^ Sunoco (1961). New York and Metropolitan New York (Map). Cartography by H.M. Gousha Company (1961–62 ed.). 
14. ^ Sinclair (1962). New York and Metropolitan New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. 
15. ^ United States Geological Survey (1955). Glens Falls Quadrangle – New York (Map). 1:62,500. 15 Minute Series (Topographic). http://docs.unh.edu/NY/glns55sw.jpg. Retrieved April 2, 2009. 
16. ^ United States Geological Survey (1966). Hudson Falls Quadrangle - New York (Map). 1:24,000. 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic). http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/gisdata/quads/drg24/usgspreview/index.cfm?code=o43073c5. Retrieved April 2, 2009. 
17. ^ New York State Department of Transportation (January 2009) (PDF). Official Description of Highway Touring Routes, Bicycling Touring Routes, Scenic Byways, & Commemorative/Memorial Designations in New York State. https://www.nysdot.gov/divisions/operating/oom/transportation-systems/repository/2009%20tour-bk.pdf. Retrieved April 2, 2009. 

External links

• New York Routes – New York State Route 32B