New York State Route 28

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Kingston
Major intersections
North end
Warrensburg
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountiesUlster, Delaware, Otsego, Herkimer, Oneida, Hamilton, Warren
Highway system
←
I-590

New York State Route 28 (NY 28) is a

Warrensburg. In Kingston, NY 28 is co-designated as Interstate 587 from its southern terminus at NY 32 to the roundabout
linking it to the Thruway (I-87).

NY 28 was originally assigned in 1924, to an alignment extending from

Oneonta, Herkimer, and Oneida County
, NY 28 has remained the same to this day.

Route description

Ulster County

NY 28's southern terminus is with

Kingston. The route heads north, then northwest on Colonel Chandler Drive, a four-lane freeway. The roadway is also designated and signed as I-587, which begins at NY 32 as well. Although Colonel Chandler Drive is built to Interstate Highway standards, it has no intermediary interchanges. After crossing over the Esopus Creek into Ulster, I-587 terminates at a roundabout that links I-587 and NY 28 to the New York State Thruway (I-87) at exit 19.[3]

The Catskills
A distant tree-covered mountain with a slight bump on the left side of its summit and gentle slopes. There are trees and grass in front of it.
Mount Tremper
A paved highway with double-yellow centerline, shoulders and a guardrail on the far side curves across the foreground. In the distance is a high, flat-topped mountain covered in woods, with some trees showing early autumn color, framed by similar slopes on either side. Above the landscape is a blue sky with clouds.
Balsam Mountain near Big Indian

West of I-87, the route becomes a four-lane

US 209 by way of a cloverleaf interchange. Past US 209, the highway becomes a four-lane arterial road and enters a rural area as it heads northwest into the center of the state park.[3]

Near the eastern tip of the Ashokan Reservoir, in the town of Kingston, NY 28 intersects the eastern terminus of NY 28A. West of NY 28A, NY 28 continues towards the north and west along the northern edge of the reservoir. In West Hurley, the route intersects the southern terminus of NY 375. It proceeds along the reservoir to its western end in the town of Olive community of Boiceville, where NY 28A reconnects to the route. Here the mountains begin to loom over the road, with Mount Tremper dominating the view to the north as the route continues along Esopus Creek into the town of Shandaken after passing the southern terminus of NY 212 at Mount Pleasant. At Phoenicia, the largest settlement since Kingston, NY 214 reaches its southern terminus at the highway.[3]

Past Phoenicia, the surrounding slopes become steeper as the road and creek curve around Panther Mountain, one of the Catskill High Peaks, to the south. At Allaben, the Shandaken Tunnel crosses under the road, bringing water from Schoharie Reservoir into the creek. The road and creek start bending to the south to the hamlet of Shandaken, where the town hall on the south side of the road is followed by the southern terminus of NY 42's northern segment. As NY 28 continues trending southwest, the valley becomes less developed. Balsam Mountain, another High Peak, looms ahead.

The northern terminus of NY 42's southern segment marks the small hamlet of

Belleayre Ski Center, in Highmount, the last junction before it leaves the Catskill Park and enters Delaware County, it is for the first time signed as a north–south route.[3]

Delaware and Otsego counties

Two road signs with the number 28 in black on a white background with "North" and "South" written over them and arrows pointing in opposite directions underneath. On the left is a sign saying "Flesischmanns 1 mile" in black on a gold background with an arrow pointing to the left. Behind the signs are roads, woods and telephone wires
NY 28 becomes a north–south route just before the Delaware County line.

Across the county line in

Franklin, NY 28 makes a 90-degree turn to the north at the roundabout intersection with the eastern end of NY 357.[3]

Once in

I-88 exit 15. NY 23 continues north on the arterial, while NY 28 joins I-88 eastward out of the city.[3]

Back in the town of Oneonta, the overlap between NY 28 and I-88 continues along the northern bank of the Susquehanna toward the hamlet of Emmons, where the expressway meets

Milford; however, NY 28 remains in close proximity to the Susquehanna River, which turns northward at the interchange. Roughly 0.75 miles (1.21 km) north of I-88, the highway passes over NY 7 with no access between the two. After another 0.75 miles (1.21 km), the route meets D.K. Lifgren Drive[3] (unsigned NY 992G),[4] a connector providing access between Routes 7 and 28. North of Goodyear Lake, a body of water situated 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Lifgren Drive, the highway parallels the Susquehanna to the village of Milford, where it intersects the southern terminus of NY 166.[3]

The highway continues northward along the banks of the Susquehanna to the village of

overlapping each other as the routes leave the village.[3] The portion of the highway between the southern border of the village of Cooperstown and the northern intersection with Grove Street is maintained by the village, and is the only section of the route not maintained by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT).[5] Routes 28 and 80 head towards the northwest, passing by the now-abandoned Cooperstown Airport. In Otsego, the NY 28/80 concurrency ends at the intersection of NY 205. NY 28 continues northward as it passes Canadarago Lake. In Richfield Springs, the highway has a concurrency with US 20 for 0.5 miles (0.8 km). North of US 20, the highway exits Otsego County.[3]

Herkimer and Oneida counties

A view of the four-lane NY 5S as it approaches a traffic signal. NY 28 is accessed by turning left at the signal. In the background and distance are tree-covered mountains.
NY 28 at the intersection of NY 5S

In

wrong-way concurrency with NY 8.[3]

In

Remsen and heads toward the northeast, passing through numerous lakes and reservoirs. In Forestport, it enters Adirondack Park as it parallels the Adirondack Mountains.[3]

NY 28 briefly reenters Herkimer County, but does not have any major junctions. NY 28 passes the

Fulton Chain Lakes, among several other large lakes, as it winds through the Adirondack Park.[3]

Hamilton and Warren counties

A two-lane highway passes alongside several two-story homes, some of which house businesses. One side of the highway is lined with telephone poles that have streetlights and American flags mounted on them.
NY 28 and NY 30 in Indian Lake

The Fulton Chain Lakes which NY 28 has been following extend into Hamilton County. The highway soon reaches the settlement of Long Lake as it passes south of Raquette Lake. In the hamlet of Blue Mountain Lake, the route begins a wrong-way concurrency with NY 30; the concurrency ends in the hamlet of Indian Lake. East of NY 30, NY 28 begins to shift towards the south.[3]

NY 28 enters Warren County paralleling the Hudson River. In North Creek, it intersects the eastern terminus of NY 28N. The highway continues towards the south opposite to its original course. In Wevertown, it intersects NY 8. It continues towards the southeast paralleling the Hudson River and in Warrensburg, NY 28 comes to an end at a "Y" intersection with US 9.[3]

History

Ulster and Delaware Turnpike

In 1802, the

CR 52 to eventually connect with and follow the route of current NY 199.[9]
The turnpike corporation operated through the late 19th century.

Designation

NY 28 was designated in 1924, by the New York State Department of Transportation from

US 20. At Richfield Springs, the highway turned north onto modern NY 167 and followed the current alignments of NY 167 and NY 168 to the village of Mohawk. Here, the highway turned westward, using a small portion of its current alignment and the present-day NY 5S corridor to connect to Utica by way of Ilion.[10]

In 1924, what is now NY 28 was part of NY 19 from

NY 29.[10] Between 1926 and 1930, what is now NY 28 between Blue Mountain Lake and North Creek became part of NY 10A, a highway extending from Long Lake to North Creek via Blue Mountain Lake.[10][11][12]

Yellow Book map of Kingston
loosely depicting what became I-587 (NY 28)

In the

North Country through Wevertown[11] to Warrensburg along its present alignment.[12] Between Colliersville and Cooperstown, the route remained unchanged. The small portion of NY 10A that did not become part of NY 28 in the renumbering was incorporated into NY 10.[11]

Realignments

In

Remsen community of East Steuben.[13] NY 28 was rerouted slightly c. 1940 to enter Barneveld via an extension of Trenton Falls Road and Mappa Avenue.[14][15] Both NY 12 and NY 28 were realigned onto a new four-lane roadway from Barneveld to East Steuben in the 1950s.[16][17]

Interstate 587 marker

Interstate 587

LocationKingston
Length1.21 mi[1] (1.95 km)
ExistedJuly 1960[18][19]–present

Within Kingston, NY 28 initially began at the intersection of Broadway and East Chester Street, which was part of

reference route 0.41 miles (0.66 km) in length, from Hurley Avenue to NY 28.[1]

In the vicinity of Oneonta, NY 28 originally crossed the

overlapped NY 7. NY 28 was rerouted to follow its current alignment between Main Street south of Oneonta and D.K. Lifgren Drive near Colliersville in the early 1980s, following the completion of what is now NY 28 from I-88 exit 17 to D.K. Lifgren Drive.[24][25][26][27] The portion of Main Street between NY 28 and NY 7 (0.67 miles or 1.08 kilometres long) is now designated as NY 992D while D.K. Lifgren Drive (0.50 miles or 0.80 kilometres in length) is now NY 992G.[1]

In Herkimer, NY 28 originally continued on Mohawk Street past South Caroline Street. The route then turned north onto Prospect Street and continued across modern NY 5 to West German Street where it met NY 5. NY 28 then turned west and began to overlap NY 5. Two blocks later, NY 5 turned south onto North Washington Street, and NY 28 continued along German Street for .4 miles (0.64 km) before meeting its modern alignment.

Kast Bridge, NY 28 crossed West Canada Creek via modern CR 7 (West End Road) then crossed the creek once again and met its modern alignment.[28] Between 1967 and 1978, the creek was straightened and NY 28 was realigned along the west bank, which eliminated the two crossings.[30][29]

Memorial designation

Four signs are mounted on a pole. From top to bottom, they are: the word "east", a NY 28N shield, a yellow-on-brown sign with an outline of Theodore Roosevelt's face and the text "Roosevelt-Marcy Trail", and a reference marker for NY 28N.
NY 28N sign with Roosevelt-Marcy Trail sign

On June 14, 2004, Governor

George E. Pataki announced that a 1-mile (1.6 km) portion of the highway in the Town of Hurley in Ulster County was to be designated as the "New York State Troopers T. Michael Kelly and Kenneth A. Poorman Memorial Highway". During May 2000, troopers Kelly and Poorman were killed on this stretch of NY 28, when their police cruiser was struck by a tractor-trailer.[31]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
City of Kingston
0.000.00 NY 32 (Broadway / Albany Avenue)Eastern terminus of I-587 / NY 28
Ulster1.21–
1.45		1.95–
2.33		Western end of freeway section
I-587
ends		Western terminus of I-587; northern terminus of Washington Avenue (NY 981K); I-87 / Thruway exit 19; roundabout
1.822.93
Rhinecliff Bridge
Cloverleaf interchange
Town of Kingston4.316.94
 NY 28A west		Eastern terminus of NY 28A
hamlet of West Hurley
NY 981L (Reservoir Road) – Olivebridge
Northern terminus of Reservoir Road (NY 981L); hamlet of Shokan
17.5528.24
 NY 28A east		Western terminus of NY 28A; hamlet of Boiceville
Shandaken20.0632.28
 NY 212 north		Southern terminus of NY 212; hamlet of Mount Tremper
23.9238.50
 NY 214 north – Phoenicia, Chichester		Southern terminus of NY 214; hamlet of Phoenicia
28.9546.59 NY 42 – LexingtonSouthern terminus of the northern segment of NY 42; hamlet of Shandaken
DelawareMargaretville44.4071.45
 NY 30 north (Bridge Street) – Margaretville, Roxbury		Southern end of NY 30 concurrency
Middletown47.8877.06
 NY 30 south – Downsville		Northern end of NY 30 concurrency
SUNY-Delhi
Southern end of NY 10 concurrency
68.56110.34
 NY 10 north (Main Street) – Stamford		Northern end of NY 10 concurrency
North Franklin
NY 992D
); former routing of NY 28
89.21143.57
 NY 23 east – Stamford		Southern terminus of NY 23 concurrency
City of Oneonta
89.39143.86

 I-88 west / NY 23 west (James F. Lettis Highway) – Binghamton, Oneonta		Northern end of NY 23 concurrency; southern end of I-88 concurrency; I-88 exit 15; diamond interchange
CR 47
NY 991T) south – Albany
Northern end of I-88 concurrency; northern terminus of Gersoni Road (NY 991T); I-88 exit 17; diamond interchange
95.75154.09
 To
NY 992G
; northern terminus of NY 992G
Village of Milford103.47166.52
 NY 166 north (East Main Street) – Cherry Valley, Cooperstown-Westville Airport		Southern terminus of NY 166
Cooperstown111.99180.23
 NY 80 east (Chestnut Street)		Southern end of NY 80 concurrency
Otsego117.26188.71

 NY 80 west / NY 205 south – Hartwick		Northern end of NY 80 concurrency; northern terminus of NY 205
Richfield Springs126.36203.36
 US 20 east (Main Street) – Cherry Valley		Southern end of US 20 concurrency
CR 25A
south		Northern end of US 20 concurrency; northern terminus of CR 25A
Paines Hollow
Western terminus of NY 168
138.14222.31
 NY 5S west – Ilion		Western end of NY 5S concurrency
138.59223.04
 NY 5S east / East Main Street west – Fort Plain		Eastern end of NY 5S concurrency; eastern terminus of East Main Street
I-90 Toll / New York Thruway – Buffalo, Albany
I-90/Thruway exit 30
139.22224.05
 NY 5 west – Utica, HCCC		Southern end of NY 5 concurrency
139.71224.84South Washington Street (
NY 922B
)		Northern terminus of unsigned NY 922B
139.91225.16
 NY 5 east (State Street) – Little Falls		Northern end of NY 5 concurrency
Middleville148.04238.25

 NY 29 east / NY 169 south – Fairfield, Little Falls		Western terminus of NY 29; northern terminus of NY 169
Poland155.46250.19
 NY 8 north (Cold Brook Street) – Speculator		Southern end of NY 8 concurrency
OneidaDeerfield157.63253.68
 NY 8 south – Utica		Northern end of NY 8 concurrency
Trenton163.60263.29
 NY 12 south / Liberty Lane west – Utica		Southern end of NY 12 concurrency; eastern terminus of Liberty Lane; hamlet of Mapledale
163.89263.76Mappa Avenue (
NY 921D)
Southern terminus of unsigned NY 921D; former NY 921; former routing of NY 28 and NY 12; hamlet of Barneveld
165.31266.04
Hinckley
Partial cloverleaf interchange
NY 920V (Steuben Street) – Remsen
Northern terminus of former NY 28B; western terminus of unsigned NY 920V
Town of Boonville
175.03281.68
 NY 12 north – Boonville, Watertown		Northern end of NY 12 concurrency; interchange; hamlet of Alder Creek
Town of Indian Lake
237.07381.53

 NY 28N east / NY 30 north – Long Lake, Tupper Lake		Southern end of NY 30 concurrency; western terminus of NY 28N; hamlet of Blue Mountain Lake
248.27399.55
 NY 30 south – Sabael, Speculator		Northern end of NY 30 concurrency; hamlet of Indian Lake
WarrenJohnsburg265.23426.85
 NY 28N west – North Creek Business District, Minerva, Newcomb		Eastern terminus of NY 28N; hamlet of North Creek
270.98436.10 NY 8 – Speculator, ChestertownHamlet of Wevertown
Town of Warrensburg
281.69453.34
 US 9 to I-87 – Warrensburg, Chestertown		Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Suffixed routes

See also

  • New York State Bicycle Route 28

References

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