New York State Route 43

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"NY 43" redirects here. The term may also refer to New York's 43rd congressional district.
Major intersections
East end Route 43 at the Massachusetts state line in Stephentown
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountiesRensselaer
Highway system
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US 44

New York State Route 43 (NY 43) is a

overlap with NY 66 in Sand Lake and intersects NY 22 in Stephentown
.

When NY 43 was first assigned in the 1920s, it began near the village of Schoharie and ended in downtown Albany. Initially, the portion of modern NY 43 east of Averill Park was designated as part of New York State Route 7 in 1924. It was renumbered to New York State Route 45 by 1926 and became part of an extended NY 43 as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. NY 43 was originally routed on Broadway and Washington Avenue in Rensselaer; however, it was rerouted to use 3rd Avenue and US 4 instead in the late 1960s.

In the early 1970s, the route was truncated to consist only of the portion east of the Hudson River. NY 43's former routing west to Schoharie was redesignated NY 443 as a result. NY 43 was realigned slightly in the late 1990s to serve the new exit 8 on I-90. Its former routing into Rensselaer on 3rd Avenue is now partly NY 151 and unsigned NY 915E.

Route description

View east along NY 43 in West Sand Lake

NY 43 begins at an interchange with

Defreestville. NY 43 narrows to two lanes roughly 0.25 miles (0.40 km) east of US 4 and continues eastward through a densely populated area of North Greenbush.[4]

View east along NY 43 in Averill Park

East of Lape Road (

town of Nassau near the southern edge of Crooked Lake.[4]

NY 43 heads southeastward from NY 66, passing through mostly rural, forested areas as it proceeds toward the Massachusetts state line. Most of the development along the final stretch of the route is concentrated in the small communities along the route. It passes through Dunham Hollow and enters the town of Stephentown as it serves the hamlet of West Stephentown. NY 43 continues through forested areas of Stephentown to Stephentown Center, denoted by a cluster of homes near the intersection of NY 43 and Newton Road.[4]

From Stephentown Center, the route heads southeast to the community of Stephentown situated 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the state line. NY 43 serves as the main commercial strip through the hamlet, which is the largest location on the route since Averill Park. Here, NY 43 intersects NY 22 at a junction that features sharp corners for commuters turning onto NY 43 from NY 22. Past NY 22, NY 43 heads southeast through mostly open fields and lightly populated areas to the Massachusetts state line, where the roadway becomes Route 43 upon crossing into Hancock, Massachusetts.[4]

History

Origins and designation

Late 1940s map of NY 43's former routing west of Albany

In 1908, the

Oneonta, Cobleskill, Berne, and New Scotland, and Route 24, a highway extending from the east bank of the Hudson River in Rensselaer to the Massachusetts state line near Mount Lebanon by way of Averill Park and Nassau. In the vicinity of Rensselaer, Route 21 was routed on 3rd Avenue, 3rd Avenue Extension, North Greenbush Road, and West Sand Lake Road.[5][6]

When the first set of posted routes in New York were assigned in 1924, a highway connecting Route 21 in Averill Park to the Massachusetts state line at Stephentown was designated as part of NY 7, a route that continued northwest from Averill Park to Troy on modern NY 66.[2] By 1926, the portion of old legislative Route 7 from Central Bridge to East Berne was designated as part of NY 43, a new route extending from Central Bridge to downtown Albany via East Berne, Clarksville, and Delmar,[3] while NY 7 was renumbered to NY 45.[7]

Changes in routing

In the

Defreestville. The route continued east to Averill Park on what had been legislative Route 21.[8][9]

Approaching US 4 on NY 43 eastbound in North Greenbush

NY 43 was extended slightly following the construction of a new alignment for NY 30 near Central Bridge in the early 1940s. NY 30 now left its old alignment southeast of Central Bridge and bypassed the community to the east.

NY 381) east to US 4. From there, NY 43 overlapped US 4 northward to Defreestville, where it rejoined its previous alignment.[15][16]

NY 43 was truncated on its western end to the junction of 3rd Avenue and Broadway in downtown Rensselaer in the early 1970s, eliminating the overlap with US 9 and US 20 through Albany. Its former routing from Schoharie to Albany was renumbered to

reference route.[20]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Rensselaer County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
I-90 – Albany, Boston
Western terminus; exit 8 (I-90)
1.852.98
Defreestville
Town of Sand Lake
6.5910.61 NY 150Hamlet of West Sand Lake
7.2511.67
 NY 351 north – Poestenkill		Southern terminus of NY 351
10.4416.80
Sand Lake
; western terminus of concurrency with NY 66
Town of Nassau
13.4021.57
 NY 66 south – East Nassau		Eastern terminus of concurrency with NY 66
Stephentown22.4536.13 NY 22 – Petersburgh, New Lebanon
24.0038.62
 Route 43 east – Williamstown		Continuation into Massachusetts
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "2008 Traffic Data Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. p. 191. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
  2. ^ a b "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers". The New York Times. December 21, 1924. p. XX9.
  3. ^
    Rand McNally and Company
    . 1926. Retrieved June 19, 2009.
  4. ^ a b c d Microsoft; Nokia (February 25, 2017). "overview map of NY 43" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
  5. ^ State of New York Department of Highways (1909). The Highway Law. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 57, 61. Retrieved June 19, 2009.
  6. ^ New York State Department of Highways (1920). Report of the State Commissioner of Highways. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 513–515, 530. Retrieved June 19, 2009.
  7. ^ Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas (southern New England) (Map). Rand McNally and Company. 1926. Retrieved June 19, 2009.
  8. ^ Dickinson, Leon A. (January 12, 1930). "New Signs for State Highways". The New York Times. p. 136.
  9. Standard Oil Company of New York
    . 1930.
  10. ^ New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1940.
  11. ^ New York with Pictorial Guide (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1942.
  12. ^ New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region (Map) (1955–56 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1954.
  13. ^ New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region (Map) (1958 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1958.
  14. Gulf Oil Company
    . 1960.
  15. ^ New York (Map) (1969–70 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1968.
  16. ^
    State of New York Department of Transportation (January 1, 1970). Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State
    (PDF). Retrieved June 19, 2009.
  17. Shell Oil Company
    . 1973.
  18. ISBN 0-528-96764-9
    .
  19. ^
    ISBN 0-528-83935-7
    .
  20. ^ New York State Department of Transportation (October 2004). Official Description of Highway Touring Routes, Scenic Byways, & Bicycle Routes in New York State (PDF). Retrieved June 19, 2009.

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