New York State Route 144
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I-87 Toll / New York Thruway in Bethlehem | ||||
North end | NY 32 in Bethlehem | |||
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Country | United States | |||
State | New York | |||
Counties | Greene, Albany | |||
Highway system | ||||
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New York State Route 144 (NY 144) is a
NY 144 was originally designated as part of NY 10 in the mid-1920s and as part of US 9W from the late 1920s to the mid-1930s. In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, NY 144 was assigned to what is now US 9W between New Baltimore and Albany. The alignments of US 9W and NY 144 were flipped in the mid-1930s, placing the latter on a routing that extended north from Bethlehem to downtown Albany. NY 144 was truncated to its present length in the late 1960s.
Route description
NY 144 begins at an intersection with
Continuing northward, NY 144 heads through gradually less developed areas as it crosses the Greene–Albany county line and enters the town of Coeymans. It crosses Hannacrois Creek just north of the county line on its way into the nearby hamlet of Coeymans, where the route becomes known as Main Street. NY 144 runs north–south through the small residential community, intersecting with the eastern terminus of NY 143 (Church Street) and passing over Coeymans Creek before exiting the area and becoming River Road. Outside of Coeymans, NY 144 heads northward along a strip of land bounded by Coeymans Creek to the west and the Hudson River to the east. It serves a large industrial complex and passes under a long pipeline connection in an otherwise undeveloped and wooded area before trending to the northwest toward the nearby New York State Thruway. NY 144 comes within 50 feet (15 m) of the Thruway's northbound lanes before turning back to the northeast.[3]
The two highways remain close for the next 3.5 miles (5.6 km), with both roads continuing to traverse wooded areas of the town of Coeymans. NY 144 serves a handful of isolated housing tracts before passing over a railroad line and under the
North of Wemple, the sporadic residences along the highway are replaced by a string of
History
The first piece of NY 144 brought into the state highway system began with the portion of NY 144 between Selkirk and Greene County line as SH 508. A 4.77 miles (7.68 km) long stretch of highway, SH 508 was to cost $41,000 (1907 USD) to reconstruct to state standards. The contract was let on September 5, 1907 to the Elmore and Hamilton Contracting Company to put new limestone on the top course of the new roadway and approved stones for the bottom. Work commenced in June 1908 and was completed three months later.[4]
Most of modern NY 144 was originally designated as part of
Major intersections
County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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hamlet of Hannacroix | |||||
Albany | Coeymans | 4.13 | 6.65 | NY 143 west – Ravena | Eastern terminus of NY 143; hamlet of Coeymans |
Bethlehem | 8.18 | 13.16 | NY 396 west – Selkirk | Eastern terminus of NY 396 | |
8.62 | 13.87 | Exit 22 on I-87 / Thruway | |||
13.72 | 22.08 | Glenmont Road ( NY 32; hamlet of Glenmont | |||
14.74 | 23.72 | US 9W | Northern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
See also
References
- ^ a b "2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. pp. 170–171. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
- ^ Standard Oil Company of New York. 1930.
- ^ a b c d Microsoft; Nokia (May 24, 2012). "overview map of NY 144" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
- ^ State of New York State Engineer and Surveyor (1909). Annual Report of the State Engineer and Surveyor on the Canals of the State. The Engineer. p. 146. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- ^ "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers". The New York Times. December 21, 1924. p. XX9.
- Rand McNally and Company. 1926. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
- ^ Automobile Blue Book. Vol. 1 (1927 ed.). Chicago: Automobile Blue Book, Inc. 1927. This edition shows U.S. Routes as they were first officially signed in 1927.
- ^ New York in Soconyland (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Standard Oil Company of New York. 1929.
- ^ "Route Changes in State Listed". New York Post. March 30, 1935. p. 18. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
- Texas Oil Company. 1934.
- Sun Oil Company. 1935.
- ^ New York (Map) (1969–70 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1968.
- State of New York Department of Transportation (January 1, 1970). Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State(PDF). Retrieved May 27, 2010.
External links
- New York State Route 144 at New York Routes