New York State Route 118

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New York State Route 118 marker

New York State Route 118

Map
Map of southeastern New York with NY 118 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT
Length10.71 mi[1] (17.24 km)
Existed1930[2]–present
Major junctions
South end NY 100 in Yorktown
Major intersections
North end
Baldwin Place
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountiesWestchester, Putnam
Highway system
NY 117 NY 119

New York State Route 118 (NY 118) is a north–south

traffic circle in the hamlet of Pines Bridge
. This section became a piece of NY 118 by 1969.

Route description

Approaching the northern terminus of NY 118 at US 6 in Mahopac

NY 118 begins at an intersection with

hamlet of Yorktown Heights. In the center of the hamlet, NY 118 enters a large commercial district based around NY 118's junction with NY 35 and US 202.[3]

NY 118 joins US 202 and NY 35 here, forming a three-way

overlap that extends northeasterly into the town of Somers. At the hamlet of Amawalk, NY 35 splits off to the east on Amawalk Road while US 202 and NY 118 continue northeastward along the western edge of the Amawalk Reservoir on Tomahawk Street. The overlap between US 202 and NY 118 ends at the northern edge of the reservoir, at which point US 202 leaves to the east on Lincolndale Road. NY 118, meanwhile, continues northward through residential neighborhoods into Putnam County. Just past the county line, NY 118 makes a 90-degree turn to the west onto Baldwin Place Road, then crossing the Putnam County Rail-Trail. The route ends 0.25 miles (0.40 km) later at an intersection with US 6 in the Carmel hamlet of Mahopac
.

History

The roadways that makeup NY 118 through

Baldwin Place, were both contracted for improvement on June 16, 1903. The contract on SH 148, 3.48 miles (5.60 km) long, was completed August 5, 1905 at the cost of $34,272.91 (equivalent to $1.08 million in 2024), half paid by the state. The contract on SH 149, 6.62 miles (10.65 km) long, cost $51,232.71 (1905 USD) and was completed on October 28, 1904. The other portion of NY 118, SH 405, made up part of NY 100, was contracted on September 20, 1907, at the cost of $17,605 (equivalent to $552,923 in 2024). This portion of NY 118 and NY 100 was completed and accepted into the state highway system on November 21, 1908.[4]

NY 118 was assigned as part of the

traffic circle with NY 100 in the hamlet of Pines Bridge.[12] This alignment remained until 1969, when the route was extended over the easternmost piece of NY 129 to end at the traffic circle with NY 100.[13] The traffic circle in Pines Bridge was removed between 1988[14] and 1991 and replaced with a three-way intersection between the two routes.[15]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Town of Yorktown
0.000.00

NY 100 to Taconic State Parkway south – Somers, Millwood
Southern terminus
1.282.06


NY 129 west to Taconic State Parkway north – Croton-on-Hudson
Eastern terminus of NY 129
4.346.98

Amawalk
8.6313.89
Somers
Northern terminus of concurrency with US 202
Baldwin Place
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. p. 165. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
  2. ^
    Standard Oil Company of New York
    . 1930.
  3. ^ Microsoft; Nokia (August 14, 2015). "overview map of NY 118" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  4. ^ State of New York Commission of Highways (1922). Tables Giving Detailed Information and Present Status of All State, County and Federal Aid Highways. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 14, 24. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
  5. ^ Weingroff, Richard (January 9, 2009). "U.S. 202 – Maine to Delaware". Highway History. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
  6. Sun Oil Company
    . 1935.
  7. ^ New York Road Map for 1938 (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1938.
  8. Standard Oil Company
    . 1939.
  9. ^ New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1940.
  10. ^ New York with Pictorial Guide (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1942.
  11. Texas Oil Company
    . 1946.
  12. ^ Memorandum on Behalf of Defendant Harold J. Elling. Court of Appeals, State of New York. 1942. pp. 147–148. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
  13. ^ Topographic Map of Pines Bridge, New York (Map). United States Geological Survey. 1969. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
  14. ^ Topographic Map of Pines Bridge, New York (Map). United States Geological Survey. 1988. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
  15. ^ Digital Roster Quadrangle - Ossining (Map). New York State Department of Transportation. 1991. Retrieved August 19, 2014.

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