New York State Route 40
NYSDOT, Rensselaer County and the city of Troy | ||||
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| Length | 54.67 mi[1] (87.98 km) | |||
| Existed | 1930[2]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  NY 7 in Troy | |||
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| North end |  Granville | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | New York | |||
| Counties | Rensselaer, Washington | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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New York State Route 40 (NY 40) is a north–south
NY 40 originally extended south to
Route description
Troy to Easton
NY 40 begins at an intersection with NY 7 (Hoosick Street) just east of the Collar City Bridge in the city of Troy. NY 40 proceeds north along 10th Street for less than a block, turning northeast along Oakwood Avenue, a two-lane mixed commercial and residential street through the Frear Park section of Troy. Passing the campus of St. Mary's Hospital, the route begins to run along the western edges of the namesake park, reaching an entrance at a junction with Frear Park Road. Running along the western edge of Wright Lake, the route turns northward and soon leaves the western extremities of the park. Now back in the North Central section of Troy, NY 40 runs north through Oakwood Cemetery.[3]
Soon crossing into
NY 40 crosses into the town of
Continuing north through the town of Schaghticoke, NY 40 returns to its rural settings north of Melrose, turning northeast at the junction with Northline Drive. Along this northeastern stretch, the route passes through the rural hamlet of Schaghticoke Hill and soon crosses the Tomhonnock Creek into the village of
NY 40 continues north through the town of Schaghticoke, returning the rural settings through the town. After the junction with Casey Road, the route makes a northerly dash to the county line, where it crosses just north of Molesky Lane. Now in
Easton to Granville
North of the namesake hamlet, NY 40 continues northeast through the town of Easton, soon turning north through rural sections of Washington County. At the junction with Hegeman Bridge Road, the route turns northwest and reaches a junction with
Passing west of the village of
At this intersection, Main Street continues north onto NY 197 while NY 40 turns eastward and soon out of the village. Bending northeast, NY 40 continues through the town of Argyle, passing the
In East Hartford, NY 40 enters a junction with the eastern terminus of
For a short distance north of CR 23, NY 40 crosses through the town of
History
Establishment and realignments
NY 40 was assigned as part of the
The current and original routings of NY 40 remained identical until the town of
NY 40 was realigned slightly by the following year to bypass Middle Granville entirely. Instead of heading northeast from Hartford, NY 40 went northward to West Granville, where it rejoined its previous alignment.[5] By 1932, NY 40 was rerouted in the vicinity of Troy. It now left US 4 in the town of North Greenbush (south of Troy) and followed Winter Street northeastward into the city. Within Troy, NY 40 overlapped NY 66 to its end at Congress Avenue (then-NY 96 and now NY 2) and briefly joined NY 96 westward to 15th Street. NY 40 turned north here, following 15th Street to Oakwood Avenue, where the route joined its modern routing.[6]
Truncations and other developments
Following the 1930s, NY 40 began to be reduced in size. In the early 1940s, NY 22 was realigned between Truthville and Whitehall to serve Comstock by way of NY 40 and US 4. As a result, NY 40 was truncated south to its junction with NY 149 in Hartford. The portion of NY 40's routing between Hartford and West Granville was a sub-par road at the time (deemed as a second and third-class highway by map cartographer General Drafting),[7][8] which led the state to place the end of the route in Hartford instead.[citation needed] In the late 1950s, NY 40 was cut back on its southern end to begin at what had been the northern terminus of its overlap with US 4 in North Greenbush.[9][10]
NY 40 was re-extended on its northern end c. 1962 to follow its former routing northeastward to Middle Granville, where it ended at NY 22.[11][12] The alignment proved to be temporary as the Hartford–West Granville highway was improved during the mid-1960s and became part of a realigned NY 40 by 1968.[13][14] The last change to NY 40's routing came in 1973 when it was truncated on its southern end to the junction of Hoosick Street (NY 7) and 10th Street in Troy. As a result, NY 40 was also realigned slightly to use 10th Street and Oakwood Avenue between Hoosick and 15th Streets. NY 40's former routing on Winter Street was redesignated as NY 405.[15]
On April 1, 1980, ownership and maintenance of the portion of NY 40 that lies south of NY 142 and outside of the Troy city limits was transferred from the state of New York to Rensselaer County as part of a large highway maintenance swap between the two levels of government.[16] The routing of NY 40 was not altered; however, the part of the route given to the county is now co-designated as CR 145 and is also co-signed as such.[17]
NY 40A
Schaghticoke town–Schaghticoke village | |
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| Existed | c. 1933[6][18]–late 1940s[19][20] |
NY 40A was an
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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I-787 | |||||
| 3.45 | 5.55 |   NY 142 north (Northern Drive) | Western terminus of concurrency of NY 142 | ||
| 3.53 | 5.68 |  NY 142 south (Northern Drive) | Eastern terminus of concurrency with NY 142 | ||
Town of Schaghticoke | 11.53 | 18.56 |   NY 67 west – Mechanicville | Southern terminus of concurrency with NY 67 | |
| Village of Schaghticoke | 13.08 | 21.05 |  NY 67 east – Valley Falls | Northern terminus of concurrency with NY 67 | |
| Washington | Easton | 26.64 | 42.87 |  NY 29 west – Schuylerville | Western terminus of concurrency with NY 29 |
hamlet of Middle Falls | |||||
| Village of Argyle | 37.27 | 59.98 |  NY 197 west – Fort Edward | Eastern terminus of NY 197 | |
South Hartford | |||||
| 47.49 | 76.43 |  NY 149 west – Fort Ann | Southern terminus of concurrency with NY 149 | ||
| 47.84 | 76.99 | NY 149 east – Granville | Northern terminus of concurrency with NY 149; hamlet of Hartford | ||
Comstock, Middle Granville | Northern terminus; hamlet of North Granville | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
References
- ^ a b "2008 Traffic Data Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. pp. 187–188. Retrieved January 27, 2010.
- ^ a b Dickinson, Leon A. (January 12, 1930). "New Signs for State Highways". The New York Times. p. 136.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Microsoft; Nokia. "overview map of NY 196" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved January 7, 2012.
- ^ Standard Oil Company of New York. 1930.
- Kendall Refining Company. 1931.
- ^ Texas Oil Company. 1932.
- Gulf Oil Company. 1940.
- ^ New York with Pictorial Guide (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1942.
- ^ New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region (Map) (1958 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1958.
- Rand McNally and Company. Gulf. 1960.
- H.M. Gousha Company. Sunoco. 1961.
- Sinclair. 1962.
- Sinclair. 1964.
- ^ New York (Map) (1969–70 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1968.
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b New York State Legislature. "New York State Highway Law § 341". Retrieved June 10, 2010.
- ^ Troy North Digital Raster Quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. New York State Department of Transportation. 1991. Retrieved June 10, 2009.
- ^ Texas Oil Company. 1933.
- ^ Rand McNally and Company. Sinclair Oil Corporation. 1947.
- ^ Socony-Vacuum Oil Company. 1950.
- ^ Schaghticoke Digital Raster Quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. New York State Department of Transportation. 1992. Retrieved June 10, 2009.
- ^ Tomhannock Digital Raster Quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. New York State Department of Transportation. 1974. Retrieved June 10, 2009.
External links
- New York State Route 40 at Alps' Roads • New York Routes