New York State Route 8

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This article is about the current alignment of NY 8. For the former alignment of NY 8 in Orange County, see New York State Route 284.

Deposit
Major intersections
North end NY 9N in Hague
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountiesDelaware, Otsego, Chenango, Madison, Oneida, Herkimer, Hamilton, Warren
Highway system
←
NY 7B
→ US 9

New York State Route 8 (NY 8) is a 207.45-mile-long (333.86 km) north-south

town of Deposit.[3] Its northern terminus is at a junction with NY 9N in the town of Hague. Roughly midway between the two endpoints, NY 8 passes through Utica, where it overlaps NY 5, NY 12, and Interstate 790
(I-790) along one segment of the North–South Arterial.

NY 8 was assigned as part of the

Ticonderoga. By the following year, it was altered again to use the new Champlain Bridge at Crown Point to connect to VT 17. This was made possible by way of a long concurrency with NY 9N and NY 22. NY 8 was truncated to its current northern terminus c. 1968. In the 1960s and 1970s, NY 8 was moved onto new freeways around and through the city of Utica. The 2017 route log erroneously shows that NY 8's southern terminus is at what is the northern terminus of the overlap with NY 10.[4][5]

Route description

Southern Tier

NY 8 begins at an interchange with NY 17 in

I-88 at an interchange. NY 8 leaves the village when crosses the Susquehanna River, briefly entering Otsego County at its far southwestern corner, where it intersects NY 7 before entering Chenango County adjacent to the Unadilla River, a tributary of the Susquehanna.[6]

NY 8 and NY 10 passing through Deposit, just north of the interchange with NY 17

NY 8 parallels the Unadilla River northward through Mount Upton to New Berlin, where it meets NY 80. The routes overlap for a short distance to the north before NY 80 separates to the northwest toward Sherburne. NY 8, however, continues along the Unadilla River through several small communities before separating from the river just south of the Madison-Oneida County line.[6]

Utica area

Shortly after crossing into Oneida County, NY 8 intersects

limited-access highway just north of Clayville. Near Sauquoit, NY 8 has exits for Pinnacle Road and Elm Street prior to entering the Utica suburbs. In New Hartford, the route has an exit with Genesee Street prior to meeting NY 5 and NY 12 at a cloverleaf interchange southwest of downtown Utica. While the right-of-way of NY 8 continues to the northeast through the cloverleaf as NY 840, NY 8 joins NY 5 and NY 12 as the three routes enter downtown on the North–South Arterial.[6]

The Utica Arterial under construction in May 2015

Near the northern edge of downtown, NY 5, NY 8, and NY 12 interchange with NY 5A and NY 5S on the southern bank of the Mohawk River. At the exit, the three state routes are joined on the arterial by I-790, which follows NY 5, NY 8, and NY 12 across the Mohawk River and the neighboring Erie Canal to a large interchange north of the canal. Here, I-790 and NY 5 separate from the concurrency while NY 8 and NY 12 remain concurrent into Deerfield as a limited-access highway. After an interchange with a former routing of NY 12, NY 8 separates from the highway and returns to an at-grade roadway as it heads northeast to Poland. Near the Oneida-Herkimer County line (here delimited by West Canada Creek), NY 8 merges with NY 28 and follows the route across the county line (as well as the creek) into Poland. In the center of the village, NY 8 splits from NY 28 and heads northeast into Adirondack Park.[6]

Adirondack Park

NY 8 approaching I-87

Within Adirondack Park, NY 8 follows a northeast–southwest routing as it crosses the lower half of the park. Near Ohio, NY 8 intersects NY 365 due north of where it enters the park. Past NY 365, NY 8 heads east to Higgins Bay, where it intersects the northern terminus of NY 10. The route continues northeast to Speculator, where it meets NY 30. NY 30 turns east onto NY 8, forming an overlap southeast to Wells, where NY 8 separates from NY 30 and heads to the northeast into Warren County.[6] Formerly, NY 8 became an east–west highway near Speculator, but was re-signed around 2010 to north–south to be consistent with the other sections of the highway.

In Wevertown, NY 8 intersects NY 28 for the final time prior to meeting US 9 at Loon Lake. The two routes merge, forming an overlap east to Chestertown, where US 9 splits from NY 8 and continues south. NY 8, however, heads east, meeting I-87 shortly after departing US 9. Past I-87, NY 8 follows the southern edge of Brant Lake to the northeast before turning to the east toward Hague, where it terminates at NY 9N.[6]

History

Origins and terminus changes

NY 23 eastbound at NY 8 in South New Berlin

In the

VT F-10 by way of a ferry across Lake Champlain.[7] From Clayville to Utica, NY 8 was originally routed along Oneida Street before overlapping with NY 5 and NY 12 along Genesee Street in downtown Utica.[8] After crossing the Mohawk River and the Erie Canal, the three routes separated at the intersection of Herkimer Road, Trenton Road, and Coventry Avenue northeast of downtown. NY 8 then followed Coventry Avenue and Walker Road northeast to Deerfield, where NY 8 joined its modern alignment.[9]

Prior to 1930, what became NY 8 in the renumbering carried multiple designations along its routing. In 1924, the segment of Genesee Street in Utica that became NY 8 was designated as part of

Bridgewater to downtown Utica was designated as NY 44. Between New Berlin and Bridgewater, NY 44 followed what is now NY 80 through Edmeston to West Burlington and NY 51 from West Burlington to US 20. It continued west to Bridgewater by way of an overlap with US 20. From Utica to Wells, the 1930 routing of NY 8 was part of NY 54, which continued south from Wells to Fonda via modern NY 30 and NY 30A. Between Chestertown and Ticonderoga, NY 8 was designated NY 47.[11] Until the renumbering, what became NY 8 was unbuilt from Deposit to Masonville and unnumbered from Masonville to Sidney.[7] Additionally, the segments from New Berlin to Bridgewater and from Wells to Wevertown were unnumbered.[11]

NY 8 was rerouted by 1933 to exit Ticonderoga to the east, using what is now

Fort Ticonderoga–Larrabees Point Ferry.[12] The route was realigned again c. 1934 to follow NY 9N and NY 22 north from Ticonderoga to south of Port Henry, where NY 8 turned northeast to follow what is now NY 185 to the Champlain Bridge. The route became VT 17 on the opposite lakeshore.[12][13] NY 8 was truncated to Hague c. 1968, eliminating its overlaps with NY 9N and NY 22.[14][15]

The 2017 route log erroneously shows that NY 8's southern terminus at what is the northern terminus of the overlap with NY 10.[4][5]

Relocations and realignments

In the early 1950s, construction began on a new arterial highway—known as the North–South Arterial—through downtown Utica.

limited-access highway along the NY 8 corridor from Clayville north to New Hartford, where it would connect with the North–South Arterial.[15]

The freeway was constructed and completed in the early 1970s. NY 8 was realigned to follow the highway to New Hartford, from where it continued through Utica on the Arterial and I-790. It rejoined its previous alignment at I-790's interchange with Genesee Street. During this same period, the section of NY 12 between Deerfield and South Trenton was moved onto a new freeway built adjacent to NY 12's original alignment. A connector between NY 12 and NY 8 by way of the Miller Road corridor was built at this time.[21][22] NY 8 was rerouted in the mid-1970s to follow NY 12 north to its exit with the connector.[23][24] Here, NY 8 left NY 12 and continued east on the connector to rejoin its original alignment at Walker Road. Ownership and maintenance of NY 8's former routing north of the Utica city limits was transferred to Oneida County, which designated the highway as CR 92.[25]

Originally NY 8 traveled through the village of Sidney and had a brief overlap with NY 7. In the 1970s a new alignment was built to the south of Sidney which connected to the new I-88 interchange.[26]

In April 2014 work began on a $68.3 million project to replace the viaduct over Columbia Street, Lafayette Streets, and Oriskany Boulevard (NY 5A and NY 5S) in Utica. The nearly one mile stretch had signalized at-grade intersections that had been causing safety concerns and some fatalities. In addition to the replacement of the viaduct, the alignment of the arterial was straightened, a new

single point urban interchange was built at Court Street, and a pedestrian bridge was built across the roadway. The pedestrian bridge was opened by December 2014, and the remainder of the project was completed by October 2017.[27][28]

Memorial designation

On October 29, 2019 Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law that a portion of NY 8 was to be designated the "Sidney Veterans' Memorial Parkway" from I-88 to southern end of the bridge over the Susquehanna River in the village of Sidney.[29]

Future

Long range plans by the NYSDOT call for an expressway to be built along the NY 8 corridor from NY 17, east of Binghamton, to the St. Lawrence region via Utica.[26]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
overlap; southern terminus of NY 10; diamond interchange
2.163.48
hamlet of Stilesville
Masonville15.2724.57 NY 206 – Bainbridge, Walton, Oquaga Creek State Park
Town of Sidney
19.8231.90 I-88 – Albany, BinghamtonExit 9 (I-88); diamond interchange
Town of Unadilla
21.6734.87 NY 7
ChenangoGuilford29.9348.17
 NY 51 north (Bridge Street) – Gilbertsville, Morris		Southern terminus of NY 51; hamlet of Mount Upton
Town of New Berlin
37.8560.91 NY 23 (West Street / East Street) – Norwich, OneontaHamlet of South New Berlin
Village of New Berlin45.5673.32
 NY 80 east (Genesee Street)		Southern terminus of NY 8 / NY 80 overlap
Town of New Berlin
46.8175.33
 NY 80 west – Sherburne		Northern terminus of NY 8 / NY 80 overlap; hamlet of Five Corners
Hamlet of Bridgewater
CR 9 (Pinnacle Road) – Sauquoit
Diamond interchange
New HartfordElm Street –ChadwicksPartial diamond interchange; northbound entrance and southbound exit
CR 26 (Kellogg Road) – Washington Mills
Diamond interchange
Utica79.64128.17


 NY 5 west / NY 12 south / NY 840 west – Syracuse, Binghamton, Whitestown		Cloverleaf interchange; southern terminus of NY 5 / NY 8 and NY 8 / NY 12 overlaps; eastern terminus of NY 840
80.26–
80.66		129.17–
129.81		French Road (
Trumpet interchange
80.77–
81.12		129.99–
130.55		Burrstone Road (
NY 921B) – , MVCC, Utica Zoo
Partial cloverleaf interchange
82.82133.29
I-790 / NY 5A / NY 5S – Whitesboro
Eastern terminus of NY 5A; western terminus of NY 5S; southern terminus of I-790 / NY 8 overlap; southern terminus of I-790
83.59134.53
I-790 north / NY 5 east to NY 49
Northern terminus of I-790 / NY 8 and NY 5 / NY 8 overlaps; eastern terminus of NY 49; to I-90 / Thruway (via I-790 / NY 5)
Deerfield88.48142.39
 NY 12 north – Barneveld, Watertown		Northern terminus of NY 8 / NY 12 overlap; trumpet interchange
95.46153.63
 NY 28 north – Barneveld		Southern terminus of NY 8 / NY 28 overlap
HerkimerPoland
 NY 28 south – Newport, Herkimer		Northern terminus of NY 8 / NY 28 overlap
Ohio110.57177.95
 NY 365 west – Barneveld		Eastern terminus of NY 365
HamiltonArietta132.97213.99
 NY 10 south – Pine Lake		Northern terminus of NY 10
Speculator145.18233.64
 NY 30 north – Indian Lake		Southern terminus of NY 8 / NY 30 overlap
Wells154.87249.24
 NY 30 south – Wells		Northern terminus of NY 8 / NY 30 overlap
WarrenJohnsburg178.25286.87 NY 28 – North Creek, WarrensburgHamlet of Wevertown
Chester183.91295.97
 US 9 north – Schroon Lake		Southern terminus of US 9 / NY 8 overlap
187.71302.09
 US 9 south – Warrensburg		Northern terminus of US 9 / NY 8 overlap; hamlet of Chestertown
189.23304.54 I-87 – Albany, MontrealExit 25 (I-87); diamond interchange
Hague207.45333.86 NY 9N – Ticonderoga, Bolton LandingNorthern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "2014 Traffic Data Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. July 22, 2015. pp. 100–102. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Dickinson, Leon A. (January 12, 1930). "New Signs for State Highways". The New York Times. p. 136.
  3. ^ "Geocortex Viewer for HTML5". gis.dot.ny.gov. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b New York State Department of Transportation (January 2018). Official Description of Highway Touring Routes, Bicycling Touring Routes, Scenic Byways, & Commemorative/Memorial Designations in New York State (PDF). Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  6. ^
    Rand McNally and Company
    . 2008. p. 71. § NI14–NM14.
  7. ^
    1930 renumbering
  8. ^ Automobile Legal Association (ALA) Automobile Green Book (1931–32 ed.). Boston: Scarborough Motor Guide Co. 1931.
  9. Standard Oil Company of New York
    . 1930.
  10. ^ "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers". The New York Times. December 21, 1924. p. XX9.
  11. ^ a b Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas (eastern New York) (Map). Rand McNally and Company. 1926. Retrieved December 26, 2009.
  12. ^
    Texas Oil Company
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  13. ^ Road Map of New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Texas Oil Company. 1934.
  14. ^ Glens Falls, NY Quadrangle (Map). 1:250,000. Eastern United States 1:250,000. United States Geological Survey. 1967. Retrieved December 7, 2007.
  15. ^ a b New York (Map) (1969–70 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1968.
  16. ^ New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Sunoco. 1952.
  17. ^ New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region (Map) (1955–56 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1954.
  18. ^ New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region (Map) (1957 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1956.
  19. H.M. Gousha Company
    . Sunoco. 1961.
  20. ^ New York and Metropolitan New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Sinclair Oil Corporation. 1964.
  21. ^ New York Thruway (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. New York State Thruway Authority. 1971.
  22. Shell Oil Company
    . 1973.
  23. Gulf Oil Company
    . 1974.
  24. Exxon
    . 1977.
  25. ^ South Trenton Digital Raster Quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. New York State Department of Transportation. 1978. Retrieved December 26, 2009.
  26. ^ a b "Route 8 Relocation, Connector for I-88 at Sidney, Delaware/Otsego Counties". New York State Department of Transportation. 1971. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  27. ^ "Route 5-8-12 North-South Arterial Viaduct Replacement". NYSDOT. 2014. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  28. ^ "Utica North-South Arterial Highway Reconstruction, New York". roadtraffic-technology.com. 2014. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  29. ^ "Senate Bill S6377A". www.nysenate.gov. 2019. Retrieved December 6, 2019.

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