New York State Route 163
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New York State Route 163 (NY 163) is an 11.97-mile-long (19.26 km) east–west
County Route 82 (CR 82) continues that road name directly to NY 166 which leads to Cherry Valley. In Fort Plain, NY 163 follows Kellogg and Douglas streets. NY 163 is a two-lane highway for its entire length. The route was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York and originally continued north to the village of Canajoharie
via NY 10.
Route description
NY 163 begins at an intersection with
overlapping with NY 80 as it passes multiple commercial businesses near the village center. At Kellogg Street, NY 80 and NY 163 separate, with the former continuing along Main Street and the latter turning southward onto Kellogg Street. After crossing over Otsquago Creek, NY 163 intersects with Clinton Avenue, where the route turns west along the creek. At the junction with Garfield Street, the name changes to Douglass Street, which runs alongside the Otsquago through a residential section of Fort Plain. Just after the junction with Honey Hill Road, the route crosses into the town of Minden, changing names to Cherry Valley Road.[3]
Through Minden, NY 163 winds southwest as a two-lane rural roadway, crossing a junction with Fisk Hill Road (unsigned
Canajoharie.[3]
NY 163 crosses through the town of Canajoharie, entering the hamlet of Sprout Brook. In Sprout Brook, NY 163 reaches a junction with
CR 88), at which point NY 163 turns northeastward. The highway soon passes a local golf club before ending at an intersection with NY 10 several miles south of the village of Canajoharie.[3]
History
The highways that comprise the C-shaped NY 163 were acquired by the state of New York in the early 20th century. On January 18, 1907, the state let a contract to improve the section east of the hamlet of Sprout Brook to state highway standards. It was added to the state highway system in July 1910 as
overlapped with NY 80 and NY 10 to connect to NY 5S in Fort Plain and Canajoharie, respectively.[6] The overlap with NY 10 was eliminated at some point between 1977 and 1993.[7][8]
Major intersections
The entire route is in Montgomery County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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overlap | |||||
| 0.15 | 0.24 |   NY 80 south (Main Street) | Western terminus of NY 80 overlap; signed western terminus | ||
Town of Canajoharie | 11.97 | 19.26 |  NY 10 (Ames Road) – Canajoharie, Sharon Springs | Eastern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
References
- ^ a b "2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. pp. 175–176. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
- ^ Standard Oil Company of New York. 1930.
- ^ a b c Microsoft; Nokia (November 17, 2012). "overview map of NY 163" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
- ^ New York State Department of Highways (1920). Report of the State Commissioner of Highways. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 222, 224. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
- ^ Dickinson, Leon A. (January 12, 1930). "New Signs for State Highways". The New York Times. p. 136.
- ^ State of New York Department of Transportation (January 1, 1970). Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State (PDF). Retrieved December 24, 2012.
- ^ Canajoharie Digital Raster Quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. New York State Department of Transportation. 1977. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
- ^ "1993 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (Document). New York State Department of Transportation. p. 195.
External links
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