New York State Route 285

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CR 70 in Florence
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountiesOneida
Highway system
← NY 284→ NY 286

New York State Route 285 (NY 285) was a

CR 70
. NY 285 was little more than a connector between NY 69 and Thompson Corners, as it did not pass through any other areas of interest.

NY 285 initially extended from Taberg to the hamlet of Florence when it was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. It was truncated to Thompson Corners c. 1935, but extended slightly in the 1960s when NY 69 was realigned to bypass Taberg. Ownership and maintenance of NY 285 was transferred to Oneida County on September 1, 1988, and the NY 285 designation was removed just over two months later. The route is now County Route 70A.

Route description

Former NY 285 at the junction with NY 69 in Taberg

NY 285 began at an intersection with

CR 85). After passing over Corkin Hill, NY 285 headed downhill into the town of Florence.[4][5]

After crossing into Florence, NY 285 remained in the reforestation area, and continued towards Thompson Corners on a linear, northwesterly routing.

CR 70). CR 70 turned northwest at this junction to follow NY 285's right-of-way to the hamlet of Florence and eventually to the Oneida County line.[4][6]

History

NY 285 was assigned as part of the

hamlet of Florence in the town of the same name via Thompson Corners.[2] The route was truncated southeastward to Thompson Corners c. 1935.[7][8] In the early 1960s, NY 69 was rerouted to follow a new purpose-built highway that bypassed most of Taberg to the south.[9][10] Most of NY 69's original alignment through the hamlet was transferred to the town of Annsville; however, its former western approach into Taberg along Taberg Road was realigned to meet the bypass and became a short extension of NY 285.[5][11]

Signage for NY 285 is still posted on Wolcott Hill Road (CR 70) in Camden even though the designation was eliminated in 1988.

On September 1, 1988, ownership and maintenance of NY 285 was transferred from the state of New York to Oneida County. The portion of the exchange relating to NY 285 was described in New York State Highway Law as follows, with annotations in brackets:[12]

... to transfer to the county of Oneida for future maintenance as part of the county highway system in Oneida and to issue official orders of abandonment of those portions of highway described as follows: "beginning at a point on or near state highway five thousand one hundred thirty-nine [NY 69], west of the hamlet of Taberg, thence running generally northwesterly to a county highway in or near the hamlet of Thompson Corners.

— New York State Legislature, New York State Highway Law § 341[12]

In return, the state of New York assumed maintenance over a portion of River Street (

CR 70.[6]

Major intersections

The entire route was in Oneida County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Hamlet
of Taberg
CR 70
(Wolcott Hill Road)		Hamlet of Thompson Corners
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Oneida County Inventory Listing" (CSV). New York State Department of Transportation. October 1, 2009. Retrieved January 20, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "New Numbers to Guide Motorists" (PDF). The Daily Sentinel. July 30, 1930. p. 2. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
  3. ^ a b New York State Department of Transportation (January 2017). Official Description of Highway Touring Routes, Bicycling Touring Routes, Scenic Byways, & Commemorative/Memorial Designations in New York State (PDF). Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  4. ^ a b Microsoft; Nokia (July 15, 2015). "overview map of County Route 70A" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  5. ^ a b c Camden East Quadrangle – New York – Oneida Co (Map). 1:24,000. 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic). United States Geological Survey. 1955. Retrieved June 1, 2009.
  6. ^ a b Florence Digital Raster Quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. New York State Department of Transportation. 1968. Retrieved June 1, 2009.
  7. Texas Oil Company
    . 1934.
  8. Sun Oil Company
    . 1935.
  9. ^ New York and Metropolitan New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Sinclair Oil Corporation. 1962.
  10. ^ New York and Metropolitan New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Sinclair Oil Corporation. 1964.
  11. ^ Camden East Digital Raster Quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. New York State Department of Transportation. 1978. Retrieved June 1, 2009.
  12. ^ a b c New York State Legislature. "New York State Highway Law § 341". Retrieved March 28, 2011.
  13. ^ Oriskany Digital Raster Quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. New York State Department of Transportation. 1978. Retrieved June 1, 2009.

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