New York State Route 171
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East end | Main Street in Frankfort village | |||
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Country | United States | |||
State | New York | |||
Counties | Herkimer | |||
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New York State Route 171 (NY 171) is a
NY 171 is the only signed state highway in New York that does not intersect any other signed New York state routes. However, this was not always the case. When it was originally assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, Main Street in Frankfort was part of NY 5S. A new freeway alignment for NY 5S was constructed between Utica and Ilion in the late 1960s, isolating NY 171 from the remainder of the state highway system. Frankfort's interchange with NY 5S is now at Cemetery Street, 0.75 miles (1.21 km) to the west.
Route description
NY 171 begins at an intersection with
The route then passes under a series of power lines, loosely paralleling the more northerly
History
Most of what is now NY 171 was improved to state highway standards as part of a project contracted out by the state of New York on July 12, 1916. The work covered the 5.10 miles (8.21 km) of the route outside of the Frankfort village limits. The reconstruction was completed in the 1920s, and the Frankfort Gorge road was added to the state highway system as unsigned State Highway 1346 (SH 1346) by 1926.[6][7] In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, SH 1346 became part of NY 171, which continued northeast to Main Street in Frankfort on several state and locally maintained streets. At the time, Main Street was part of NY 5S,[2][8] another route assigned as part of the renumbering.[9]
In the late 1960s, a
Major intersections
The entire route is in Herkimer County.
Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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Hamlet of Gulph | |||||
Village of Frankfort | 5.69 | 9.16 | Main Street | Eastern terminus, former routing of NY 5S | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
See also
References
- ^ a b c "2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. p. 177. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
- ^ a b "Renumber State Highways; Many New Roads Included". Amsterdam Evening Recorder. December 2, 1929. p. 7.
- ^ a b c Google (November 22, 2015). "Overview map of NY 171" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
- ^ "Herkimer County Inventory Listing" (CSV). New York State Department of Transportation. March 2, 2010. Retrieved December 20, 2010.
- ^ Ilion Digital Raster Quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. New York State Department of Transportation. 1978. Retrieved December 20, 2010.
- ^ New York State Department of Highways (1920). Report of the State Commissioner of Highways. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 266. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
- State of New York Department of Public Works. 1926.
- Kendall Refining Company. 1931.
- ^ Dickinson, Leon A. (January 12, 1930). "New Signs for State Highways". The New York Times. p. 136.
- ^ Federal Highway Administration (2012). "NBI Structure Number: 1051261". National Bridge Inventory. Federal Highway Administration.
- ^ Federal Highway Administration (2012). "NBI Structure Number: 1051190". National Bridge Inventory. Federal Highway Administration.
- ^ State of New York Department of Transportation (January 1, 1970). Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State (PDF). Retrieved May 8, 2010.
- Gulf Oil Company. 1972.
External links
- New York State Route 171 at New York Routes