State Route 74 (New York–Vermont)
Route information | ||
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Maintained by NYSDOT and VTrans | ||
Length | 33.713 mi (54.256 km) | |
History | NY 74 designated NY 73 in 1930;[3] renumbered to NY 74 on July 1, 1972[4] VT 74 assigned 1954[5] | |
Major junctions | ||
West end | I-87 in Schroon, NY | |
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East end | VT 30 in Cornwall, VT | |
Location | ||
Country | United States | |
States | New York, Vermont | |
Counties | Essex (NY), Addison (VT) | |
Highway system | ||
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New York State Route 74 (NY 74) and Vermont Route 74 (VT 74) are state highways in the northeastern United States, connected by one of the last remaining
The ferry connecting the two highways, predating both NY 74 and VT 74, began operation in 1759 on an informal basis. The ferry operation was formalized at the close of the 18th century and upgraded to a cable system in 1946.
Due to extensive changes in designations in both states during the 20th century, the entire length of the present highway consists of renamed segments from other highways. The New York portion of the cross-state Route 74 west of Ticonderoga was designated as part of NY 73 in the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, while the Vermont section carried several different designations from the 1920s to the late 1930s, when it became solely part of Vermont Route F-9. NY 73 was extended east to Lake Champlain in the 1950s—replacing New York State Route 347—and VT F-9 was split into VT 73 and VT 74 shortly afterward. The Schroon–Ticonderoga highway was redesignated as NY 74 on July 1, 1972 after NY 73 was cut back to its current eastern terminus in Elizabethtown.
Route description
NY 74
NY 74 originates at exit 28 of the
Cotters Pond is a small landmark located beyond a few mountains and hills on the southern side of NY 74 near the end of Paradox Lake. Cotters Pond, by state law, is a water body that cannot be used for baitfishing; this was designated by the
This stretch of NY 74 skirts the base of Keeney Mountain, which peaks at 1,400 feet (430 m). NY 74 then intersects with
NY 74 crosses local roads as it continues eastward toward Lake Champlain. The highway passes the entrance to
Fort Ticonderoga–Larrabees Point Ferry
The
VT 74
After crossing the state line via the Fort Ticonderoga–Larrabees Point Ferry, VT 74 begins its track into Vermont. The highway heads a short distance to the north, passing a thinly populated area in Shoreham, as intermittent forest yields to fields and farmlands. After 0.49 miles (790 m) from the border, VT 74 intersects with VT 73 before encountering Barnum Hill Road. Near the Barnum Hill intersection, VT 74 passes developed areas and bends more toward the north. VT 74 then turns to the northeast at Smith Street and enters a patch of forest. Afterward VT 74 climbs a hill and intersects with Harrington Hill Road where it turns northward once again.[11]
Fields and forests surround this thinly populated stretch of highway. At the intersection with Blue Harbor Road, VT 74 turns to the east and heads toward downtown Shoreham. Within central Shoreham, VT 74 is known as Main Street and has a short concurrency with VT 22A. As VT 74 leaves the densely populated portion of Shoreham, the concurrency ends and VT 74 takes an eastward turn toward Cornwall.[11]
As VT 74 returns to the rural countryside it bends toward the northeast for most of the distance to Cornwall. Through this stretch the highway winds through forests and occasional farmland. VT 74 straightens at an intersection with Bates Road. A connector road called North Palmer Road merges with VT 74 shortly afterward. VT 74 winds again for a stretch and straightens a second time near the intersection with Elmendorf Road as it continues toward Cornwall, intersecting with several township highways and approaching increasingly residential areas. At Clark Road in Cornwall, VT 74 turns to the northeast once again, passing through more forests before terminating at VT 30 in Cornwall.[11]
Early history
Schroon and its early highways
Settlers of European descent began to populate the region near modern Schroon around 1797. The area's first municipality was the town of Crown Point, which originally included considerable portions of thinly populated land that later developed into separate townships. The first of these divisions occurred on March 20, 1804 with the establishment of the town of Schroon. Minerva split from Crown Point in March 1817, before another municipal reorganization in 1840 implemented further reductions to the land area of Crown Point. During this period two thoroughfares served the area that correspond to parts of modern NY 74 and US 9. One of these old state roads traversed the route covered by the current alignment of NY 74 from Schroon to Ticonderoga.[12]
The entire length of NY 74 from Ticonderoga to Schroon covers the route that the Ticonderoga and Schroon Turnpike Road Company (chartered in April 1832[13]) was to toll. Two toll gates were to be erected specifically for use on the highway, and the charter allowed for additional toll gates at a spacing of approximately one for every ten miles of completed highway. The turnpike management was to raise funds by selling 600 shares valued at $25 (equivalent to $763 in 2023[14]) each. $20,000 (equivalent to $671,813 in 2023[15]) was also set aside for properties along the highway.[16] Beyond its charter, there is no further mention of the company in New York state law;[17] therefore, it's possible that the company folded before the completion of a turnpike.
Designation history
Designations from 1913 to the 1930s
In 1913, the
The portion of NY 73 between Tahawus and North Hudson was removed from the state highway system c. 1936. As a result, NY 73 was truncated to a new western terminus at US 9 in Schroon, eliminating the concurrency with US 9.[23][24]
The Blue Ridge Road is now designated as
On the Vermont side, the road connecting Larrabees Point to the main north–south highways in the area was designated as VT F-9 by 1926. VT F-9 began at the ferry landing at Larrabees Point and continued northeast to Shoreham Center, where it briefly overlapped with then-VT 30A (modern
Changes from 1933 onward
By 1933, the highway linking NY 22 in Ticonderoga to the ferry for Larrabees Point became part of
VT F-9, meanwhile, was extended southward to Orwell over VT F-10A by 1938. Like VT F-10A, it initially bypassed Orwell to the north on Brown Lane;[30] however, it was realigned in the late 1930s to follow modern VT 73 into Orwell. Around the same time, VT F-9 was realigned east of Shoreham to follow VT F-9A northeast to Cornwall. The VT F-9A designation was eliminated while the former routing of VT F-9 between Shoreham and Leicester became unnumbered.[30][31] In November 1952, New York extended NY 73 east to the ferry landing by way of NY 347 and Wicker and Montcalm Streets.[32] Vermont renumbered the Larrabees Point–Orwell section of VT F-9 to VT 73 in 1954 in order to match the New York route number. At the same time, the Larrabees Point–Cornwall section of VT F-9 was renumbered by Vermont to VT 74.[5]
NY 73 was truncated to its current eastern terminus in
The New York State Department of Transportation has announced a project to repave NY 74 from Chilson to Paradox. The project is in preliminary development, with construction is expected to begin in early 2013 and reach completion about a year later. Funding will come from state sources and run an estimated cost of $8.6 million.[36]
Ferry history
According to its website, the ferry operated informally from 1759 and in an organized way from 1799.
Ferry size continued to increase with traffic until the system upgraded to a cable guidance system in 1946.
Major intersections
State | County | Location[2] | mi[1][2] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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New York | Essex | Schroon | 0.00 | 0.00 | I-87 – Plattsburgh, Montreal, Albany | Western terminus, exit 28 on I-87 | |
0.17 | 0.27 | US 9 – Schroon Lake, North Hudson, Elizabethtown | |||||
Ticonderoga | 17.41 | 28.02 | NY 9N (Wicker Street) / NY 22 north – Ticonderoga, Crown Point | Western end of NY 22 concurrency | |||
19.03 | 30.63 | NY 22 south (Mountain Road) – Whitehall | Eastern end of NY 22 concurrency | ||||
Lake Champlain | 20.45 0.000 | 32.91 0.000 | Fort Ticonderoga–Larrabees Point Ferry New York–Vermont state line | ||||
Vermont | Addison | Shoreham | 0.493 | 0.793 | VT 73 east – Orwell, Brandon | Western terminus of VT 73 | |
5.241 | 8.435 | VT 22A south – Orwell, Fair Haven | Western end of VT 22A concurrency | ||||
5.670 | 9.125 | VT 22A north – Bridport, Vergennes | Eastern end of VT 22A concurrency | ||||
Cornwall | 13.263 | 21.345 | VT 30 – Middlebury, Whiting | Eastern terminus | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
- U.S. Roads portal
- New York state portal
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External links
- New York State Route 74 at Alps' Roads • New York Routes
- Photographs of VT 74 termini (state-ends.com)