New York State Route 990V

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New York State Route 990V marker

New York State Route 990V

Map
Map of the Catskill Mountains and vicinity with NY 990V highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT
Length6.15 mi[1] (9.90 km)
HistoryDesignated as part of NY 342 from 1930[2] to 1940s[3][4]
Major junctions
West end NY 30 in Gilboa
Major intersections
East end
CR 18 in Conesville
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountiesSchoharie
Highway system
NY 990L US 1
NY 341NY 200 NY 342

New York State Route 990V (NY 990V) is an east–west

CR 3. Reference routes in New York are typically unsigned; however, NY 990V is fully signed with touring route markers. The road is a remnant of New York State Route 342, a route assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York
. The NY 342 designation was removed in the late 1940s; however, its former routing from Gilboa to Conesville remained a state highway and became NY 990V when the modern reference route system in New York was created.

Route description

Approaching the western terminus of NY 990V at NY 30 in Gilboa

NY 990V begins northwest of the

CR 39 (Prattsville Road) just east of the town line. CR 39 heads south from this point, taking over as the primary waterside roadway while NY 990V heads east into a valley surrounding Manor Kill.[5]

Not far from CR 39, the route enters the hamlet of West Conesville, another small community built up around NY 990V's junction with

Reference routes in New York are typically not signed with touring route markers, as most are short connector roads or are known by other, more prominent names. NY 990V, however, is fully signed as a touring route.[6]

History

Crossing Schoharie Creek on NY 990V westbound

Modern NY 990V was gradually taken over by the state of New York over the course of the early 20th century. The portion east of

hamlet of Gilboa to the Conesville hamlet of Manorkill.[2]

By the following year, NY 342 was truncated westward to the hamlet of Conesville while a highway between

reference route system was created, the Gilboa–Conesville state highway was designated as NY 990V.[6]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Schoharie County.

Locationmi[17]kmDestinationsNotes
Gilboa0.000.00 NY 30 – Grand Gorge, MiddleburghWestern terminus
CR 3 east (Potter Mountain Road) to NY 145
Continues east as CR 3; southern terminus of CR 18
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. 292. Retrieved December 9, 2009.
  2. ^
    Standard Oil Company of New York
    . 1930.
  3. ^
    State of New York Department of Public Works
    .
  4. ^ a b New York (Map) (1950 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1949.
  5. ^ a b Google (April 9, 2013). "overview map of NY 990V" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
  6. ^ 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). pp. 1, 64. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  7. ^ State of New York Commission of Highways (1922). Tables Giving Detailed Information and Present Status of All State, County and Federal Aid Highways. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 68. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
  8. ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  9. ^ Road Map of New York in Soconyland (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Standard Oil Company of New York. 1927.
  10. ^ New York in Soconyland (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Standard Oil Company of New York. 1929.
  11. Kendall Refining Company
    . 1931.
  12. Sun Oil Company
    . 1935.
  13. Standard Oil Company
    . 1936.
  14. ^ New York with Pictorial Guide (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1942.
  15. ^ New York with Pennsylvania (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Texaco. 1946.
  16. ^ Gilboa Digital Raster Quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. New York State Department of Transportation. 1977. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
  17. ^ Google (June 29, 2018). "New York State Route 990V" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 29, 2018.

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