New York State Route 75

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This article is about the current alignment of NY 75. For the former alignment of NY 75 in Chautauqua County, see New York State Route 430.

Hamburg town
North end NY 5 in Hamburg town
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountiesErie
Highway system
←
NY 18B

New York State Route 75 (NY 75) is a north–south

overlap between U.S. Route 62 (US 62) and NY 75. Past Hamburg, NY 75 connects to the New York State Thruway (Interstate 90 or I-90) northwest of the village before ending a short distance from Lake Erie
. The portion of NY 75 south of Hamburg is a two-lane rural highway; in contrast, the section north of the village is four lanes wide and serves commercial and residential areas.

The origins of NY 75 date back to 1930 when New York State Route 62 was assigned to an alignment extending from Great Valley to Buffalo via Hamburg and Athol Springs. NY 62 was renumbered to NY 75 c. 1932 to eliminate numerical duplication with US 62, and the route was truncated to end in Hamburg in the late 1930s after most of it became part of US 219. The section of modern NY 75 south of Hamburg was initially New York State Route 18A, an alternate route of then-NY 18 through Collins and Eden created in 1930. NY 18 was truncated on January 1, 1962 to begin in Niagara County, at which time NY 18A became part of NY 75.

Route description

NY 75 begins at an intersection with

town of North Collins. Here, development along NY 75 remains limited at first, consisting of only a handful of isolated farms situated among fields or one of several forested areas. It quickly passes through Marshfield, located just past the town line, on its way toward Langford. A brief stretch of homes begins about 3 miles (5 km) into the town as the route enters Langford, located 5.5 miles (8.9 km) north of Collins Center.[6]

First southbound reassurance markers along the US 62 / NY 75 overlap in Hamburg

In the center of the community, NY 75 intersects Langford Road, designated as

County Route 39 (CR 39) east of NY 75. Past NY 249, the route exits Langford and heads across another stretch of fields and farms toward the Eden town line. NY 75 breaks from its due north routing just south of it, taking on a more westerly heading to avoid a valley surrounding the south branch of Eighteenmile Creek. It ultimately enters the valley, however, winding its way northward down the depression's southwestern side to reach the creek floor. From here, NY 75 follows the base of the valley to the northwest for 2.5 miles (4.0 km), serving a handful of homes situated along the forested creekside. The route eventually climbs out of the gully and heads due north for a short distance across more fields to a junction with US 62.[6]

At this point, NY 75 turns northeastward,

town of Hamburg along Gowanda State Road. Development along the highway quickly rises in density from a large farm and a pocket of homes at the start of the concurrency to a series of residential streets across the town line that make up the hamlet of Water Valley. The influx of homes brings US 62 and NY 75 across the main channel of Eighteenmile Creek and into the village of Hamburg, where the highway changes names to Pierce Avenue. The two routes remain concurrent for three blocks to an intersection with Lake Avenue, where Pierce Avenue becomes Main Street. While US 62 continues east into Hamburg's central business district on Main Street, NY 75 follows Lake Street northward along the mostly residential western edge of the village.[6]

NY 75 northbound in Hamburg after the concurrency with US 62

Outside of the village, NY 75 becomes Camp Road and begins to parallel the Buffalo Southern Railroad, separated from NY 75 by only a row of homes and businesses. While on this stretch, the highway widens from two to four lanes. After 0.5 miles (0.8 km), the route makes a turn to the northwest, passing under the railroad and entering the southeastern portion of a commercial strip that follows NY 75 for 1 mile (1.6 km) to New York State Thruway (I-90) exit 57. It continues past the Thruway for another 0.5 miles (0.8 km) before ceasing at a junction with US 20. Continuing on, the highway remains four lanes wide but serves primarily residential areas located in and around Athol Springs, a hamlet on the shores of Lake Erie.[6]

Just outside Athol Springs, NY 75 passes under two railroad bridges, carrying the

Saint Francis High School before ending shortly afterward at a partial interchange with NY 5. NY 75 northbound merges directly into NY 5 eastbound, a limited-access highway, while NY 75 southbound begins as an offshoot of NY 5 westbound. The remaining connections are made by way of a loop road leading from Big Tree Road, which NY 5 and NY 75 both intersect just south of the interchange.[6]

History

Hamburg
Existed1930[2][4]–January 1, 1962[7]
A former alignment of Camp Road (NY 75) in Athol Springs

All of what is now NY 75 was state-maintained by 1926.

hamlet of Athol Springs was renumbered to NY 75 to eliminate numerical duplication with the new U.S. Highway. The remainder of old NY 62 became part of an extended NY 5.[4][5]

When

Lewiston. NY 18A, now separated from its parent route, became an extension of NY 75, which connected to NY 18A's former routing by way of an overlap with US 62 between Hamburg and Eden.[7]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Erie County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
hamlet of Collins Center
Town of North Collins
6.6210.65 NY 249 (Langford Road) – North Collins, FarnhamHamlet of Langford; eastern terminus of NY 249
overlap
Village of Hamburg16.2926.22

 US 62 north (Main Street) to NY 391		Northern terminus of US 62 / NY 75 overlap
I-90 Toll / New York Thruway – Buffalo, Erie
Exit 57 (I-90 / Thruway)
18.9730.53 US 20 (Southwestern Boulevard) – Depew, Silver Creek
20.8533.55
LECT (Lake Shore Road) – Dunkirk, Buffalo
Outer Harbor		Northern terminus
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. 209. Retrieved January 26, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c "Weekly Report On Road Conditions In This District" (PDF). Lockport Union-Sun and Journal. June 10, 1930. p. 2. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
  3. ^
    Standard Oil Company of New York
    . 1930.
  4. ^
    Kendall Refining Company
    . 1931.
  5. ^
    Texas Oil Company
    . 1932.
  6. ^ a b c d e Microsoft; Nokia (July 12, 2015). "overview map of NY 75" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  7. ^ a b "Double Road Marking to End". Buffalo Courier-Express. December 21, 1961. p. 7. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  8. State of New York Department of Public Works
    . 1926.
  9. Gulf Oil Company
    . 1940.
  10. ^ Texaco Road Map – New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Texas Oil Company. 1934.
  11. Sun Oil Company
    . 1935.
  12. Shell Oil Company
    . 1937.
  13. ^ Map of New York (Map). Cartography by H.M. Gousha Company. Shell Oil Company. 1940.
  14. ^ New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Sunoco. 1952.
  15. ^ New York and New Jersey Tourgide Map (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Gulf Oil Company. 1958.

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