New York State Route 30
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| NYS Route 30 | |||||||||||||
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| Length: | 300.71 mi[1] (483.95 km) | ||||||||||||
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| Formed: | 1930[2] | ||||||||||||
| South end: |  NY 17 in Hancock |
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| Major junctions: |
 NY 28 at Pepacton Reservoir US 20 in Duanesburg  I-90/Thruway in Amsterdam NY 8 in Speculator NY 28 at Indian Lake US 11 in Malone |
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| North end: |  QC 138 in Constable |
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| Counties: | Delaware, Schoharie, Schenectady, Montgomery, Fulton, Hamilton, Franklin, St. Lawrence | ||||||||||||
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>New York State Route 30 is a state highway in the central part of New York, USA. The highway runs from the Southern Tier to the Canada – United States border. The route serves to connect the Catskill Park to the Adirondack Park, and within that park is known as the Adirondack Trail. Route 30 begins at an interchange with New York State Route 17 in the Delaware County town of Hancock . The route progresses for 300.71 miles (483.95 km), through the aforementioned parks, terminating at the Canada border. There, it continues into Quebec as Route 138, which predominantly follows the western bank of the St. Lawrence River.
Route 30 was assigned in the 1930 renumbering, but was of shorter length. When New York State Route 10 was truncated to Arietta, Route 30 was extended over Route 10's alignment.
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[edit] Route description
[edit] Hancock to Schoharie
NY 30 begins at an interchange with NY 17 in the town of Hancock adjacent to the confluence of the East Branch of the Delaware River and the Beaverkill River. The route follows the East Branch northeast to Downsville, where it meets NY 206. NY 206 follows NY 30 across the East Branch into Catskill Park, where the routes split near Brock Mountain. NY 30 exits the park and crosses over the river once more soon after. Near Margaretville, NY 30 briefly overlaps NY 28 before turning northward toward Roxbury, where the route passes the John Burroughs Memorial State Historic Site. New York Governor David Paterson designated the stretch of NY 30 within Margaretville the "David C. Brinkerhoff Memorial Highway", after the New York State Trooper who was slain in pursuit of Travis Trimm near the village on April 25, 2007.[3]
From Roxbury, NY 30 follows the East Branch to Grand Gorge in northeastern Delaware County, where the East Branch comes to an end amidst the mountains. NY 30, meanwhile, intersects NY 23 in the center of the hamlet.[4]
North of Grand Gorge, NY 30 crosses into Schoharie County and intersects NY 990V, one of four reference routes in New York erroneously signed as a touring route, near the northeastern edge of the Schoharie Reservoir in Gilboa. From NY 990V northward, NY 30 follows the Schoharie Creek through Schoharie County to Middleburgh, where it intersects NY 145. To the north in Schoharie, NY 30 meets NY 443 before splitting into NY 30 and NY 30A north of the village, with Schoharie Creek largely following NY 30A. While NY 30A interchanges with Interstate 88 a short distance to the north, NY 30 has no connection to the freeway. Just past I-88, NY 30 junctions with NY 7. Shortly after passing NY 7, NY 30 enters Schenectady County.[4]
[edit] Schoharie to Adirondack Park
In Schenectady County, Schoharie Creek breaks from NY 30A and returns to the vicinity of NY 30 as it intersects U.S. Route 20 in Esperance. From Esperance northward, the creek becomes roughly equidistant from both NY 30 and NY 30A as all three entities cross into Montgomery County. Near the northeastern corner of the county, NY 30 enters the city of Amsterdam. The route interchanges with both the New York State Thruway (Interstate 90) and NY 5S before heading downhill as a four-lane divided highway approaching the Mohawk River/Erie Canal. Historically, the bridge over the river was a straight line to Market Street, which is visible as one approaches northbound. Segments of downtown Market Street remain in use today. With the 1977 creation of the Amsterdam Mall, NY 30, together with NY 5 and NY 67, were re-routed onto splits.[5][6] After the splits rejoin, NY 30 continues on Market Street and leaves the city and, for all purposes, the county.[4]
In adjacent Fulton County, NY 30 crosses NY 29 near Broadalbin, then curves gently to the east after an intersection with County Route 155, a historical routing of NY 29. 0.25 miles (0.40 km), NY 30 turns left toward Mayfield; County Route 155 continues eastward. The concurrency between the two routes is unsigned.[4]
NY 30 historically followed School Street through the village of Mayfield. The new routing has it heading toward Riceville, where NY 30A rejoins NY 30. Here, NY 30 turns right, following the right-of-way of NY 30A into Adirondack Park shortly before entering Mayfield.[4]
[edit] Adirondack Park and Franklin County
NY 30 runs through the Adirondacks, accessing communities such as Speculator, Blue Mountain Lake, and Tupper Lake as a scenic byway named the Adirondack Trail.[4][7] From Wells to Speculator, NY 30 is concurrent to NY 8, then with NY 28 from Indian Lake to Blue Mountain Lake. Between Blue Mountain Lake and Long Lake, NY 30 is concurrent with the eastern third of NY 28N.[4]
Near Tupper Lake, it skirts the boundary between Franklin and Saint Lawrence for a considerable distance before entering Tupper Lake and intersecting NY 3. The two routes overlap to Harrietstown, where NY 30 splits from NY 3 and heads north along a series of lakes, including Upper Saranac Lake and Meacham Lake. North of Duane, NY 30 exits Adirondack Park and heads north towards Malone. Within the village, NY 30 briefly overlaps U.S. Route 11 before continuing north out of the village to the Canadian border in Constable, where it becomes Route 138 upon entering Quebec.[4]
[edit] History
[edit] Old roads
Route 30 made up part of the privately-owned Middletown and Roxbury Turnpike. The turnpike, which accessed the villages of Middletown and Roxbury, was created in 1808.[8] The highway was about 23 miles (37 km) long, as that is the current stretch of Route 30 from Middletown to Roxbury.[1]
The stretch of Route 30 from Middleburgh to Schoharie was also once part of the Middleburgh and Schoharie Plank Road.[8]
[edit] Designation
Prior to 1930, the modern routing of NY 30 carried a large number of designations. Between Margaretville and Grand Gorge in the town of Roxbury, what is now NY 30 was designated as part of NY 19. From Mayfield north to Malone, most of the current routing of NY 30 carried a designation. The portion from the modern junction of NY 30 and NY 30A in Mayfield to Speculator was part of NY 54. From Speculator to Indian Lake, NY 30 was the northernmost segment of NY 80.[2] Between Indian Lake and Long Lake, NY 30 comprised the western half of NY 10A.[9] Past Long Lake, NY 30 was part of NY 10 north to the modern junction of NY 30 and NY 186 west of Harrietstown. From NY 186 to modern NY 86 in Paul Smiths, the present alignment of NY 30 was unnumbered. Between Paul Smiths and Malone, NY 30 was part of NY 3. The remainder of NY 30 was unnumbered.[2]
In the 1930 renumbering, NY 30 was largely assigned to its current alignment between the Hancock hamlet of East Branch and Wells, where it terminated at NY 8. Past Wells, the modern alignment of NY 30 was designated as NY 8 to Spectator and as NY 10 north to the Canadian border.[2][10] NY 10 was truncated southward to NY 8 in Arietta ca. 1960, at which time NY 30 was extended north to Quebec along the former alignment of NY 10.[11][12]
[edit] Realignments
NY 30 has been realigned in two areas along its routing. The first realignment was in the Schoharie Valley near the hamlets of Breakabeen and Fultonham. NY 30 was originally routed along the base of Toepath Mountain near Fultonham and along a pair of village streets in Breakabeen. In the 1950s, a proposal was made to reroute NY 30 onto a new routing in the base of the valley surrounding Schoharie Creek.[citation needed] The proposal was approved, and the new alignment of NY 30 opened ca. 1970.[13][14] The former routing of NY 30 from Max V. Shaul State Park near Breakabeen to Fultonham, still visible from the modern alignment of the route, was closed to the public and guardrails were installed to stop motor traffic from using the route. However, biking and walking was still allowed, and the old highway is now a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) long trail known as "Old Route 30". The trail is not maintained; thus, the quality of the blacktop along Old Route 30 has deteriorated over the years. There are significant potholes and overhanging trees, but the path is still traversable.
The second realignment of NY 30 was in the vicinity of the village of Northville. NY 30 originally entered the village by way of Bridge Street and followed Bridge, Main, and Reed Streets through the village. It continued along the eastern bank of the Great Sacandaga Lake on what is now Old State Road and Old Northville Road and rejoined its modern alignment in the town of Hope.[10] The route was realigned ca. 1961 to follow a new highway along the western lakeshore, bypassing Northville entirely.[12][15] The portion of Bridge Street from NY 30 to the Northville village line remains state-maintained as NY 920H, an unsigned reference route 0.23 miles (0.37 km) in length.[1] Farther north, the portion of Old Northville Road from the Fulton–Hamilton county line to its junction with NY 30 is maintained by Hamilton County as County Route 15.[16]
[edit] NY 30A
NY 30A (34.86 miles (56.10 km)) is a loop of NY 30, running west of NY 30 from north of Schoharie to south of Mayfield through Fultonville, Fonda, Johnstown, and Gloversville.[1]
[edit] Major intersections
| County | Location | Mile[1] | Roads intersected | Notes |
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| Delaware | Town of Hancock | 0.00 | NY 17 |
Exit 90 (NY 17) |
| Colchester | 14.92 |  NY 206 west |
Hamlet of Downsville; western terminus of overlap | |
| 18.02 | NY 206 east |
Eastern terminus of overlap | ||
| Middletown | 37.92 |  NY 28 north |
Southern terminus of overlap | |
| Margaretville | 41.36 | NY 28 south |
Northern terminus of overlap | |
| Roxbury | 60.42 |  NY 23 |
Hamlet of Grand Gorge | |
| Schoharie | Gilboa | 63.40 |  NY 990V |
Western terminus of NY 990V |
| Town of Middleburgh | 82.56 |  NY 145 north |
Western terminus of overlap | |
| Village of Middleburgh | 82.67 | NY 145 south |
Eastern terminus of overlap | |
| Town of Schoharie | 88.75 |  NY 443 |
Western terminus of NY 443 | |
| 90.18 | NY 30A |
Southern terminus of NY 30A; to I-88 | ||
| Town of Esperance | 92.10 |  NY 7 |
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| Schenectady | Duanesburg | 96.09 | US 20 |
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| 102.19 |  NY 159 |
Western terminus of NY 159 | ||
| Montgomery | Florida | 107.91 |  NY 161 |
Eastern terminus of NY 161 |
| City of Amsterdam | 109.72 | I-90/Thruway |
Exit 27 (I-90/Thruway) | |
| 110.03 |  NY 5S |
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| 110.63 |  NY 5 east |
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| 110.73 |  NY 67 west |
Southern terminus of overlap | ||
| 110.83 | NY 5 west |
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| 110.94 | NY 67 east (Church Street) |
Northern terminus of overlap | ||
| Fulton | Town of Mayfield | 118.95 |  NY 29 |
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| CR 155 west | Western terminus of overlap; former routing of NY 29 | |||
| CR 155 east | Eastern terminus of overlap; former routing of NY 29 | |||
| 122.29 |  NY 349 |
Eastern terminus of NY 349 | ||
| 123.88 | NY 30A |
Southern terminus of Adirondack Trail; northern terminus of NY 30A | ||
| Hamilton | Wells | 153.27 | NY 8 north |
Southern terminus of overlap |
| Speculator | 162.97 | NY 8 south |
Northern terminus of overlap | |
| Indian Lake | 186.62 | NY 28 north |
Southern terminus of overlap | |
| 198.02 |  NY 28 south / NY 28N |
Hamlet of Blue Mountain Lake; northern terminus of NY 28/NY 30 overlap; southern terminus of NY 28N/NY 30 overlap | ||
| Long Lake | 208.63 |  NY 28N east |
Northern terminus of overlap | |
| St. Lawrence | Piercefield | 221.96 |  NY 421 |
Eastern terminus of NY 421 |
| Franklin | Tupper Lake | 230.79 |  NY 3 west |
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| Harrietstown | 236.32 | NY 3 east |
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| 250.57 |  NY 186 |
Western terminus of NY 186 | ||
| Brighton | 257.36 |  NY 86 |
Western terminus of NY 86 | |
| 266.28 |  NY 458 |
Eastern terminus of NY 458 | ||
| Duane | 274.64 | CR 26 | Former western terminus of NY 99 | |
| Village of Malone | 288.81 |  NY 11B west |
Southern terminus of overlap | |
| 289.07 |    US 11 south / NY 11B / NY 37 |
Northern terminus of NY 11B/NY 30 overlap; eastern terminus of NY 11B; western terminus of US 11/NY 30 overlap; eastern terminus of NY 37 | ||
| 289.48 | US 11 north |
Eastern terminus of overlap; northern terminus of Adirondack Trail | ||
| Constable | 295.34 |  NY 122 east |
Eastern terminus of overlap | |
| 295.42 | NY 122 west |
Western terminus of overlap | ||
| 300.71 | Route 138 |
Continuation into Quebec |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e "2007 Traffic Data Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. July 25, 2008. https://www.nysdot.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/NYSDOT_Traffic_Data_Report_2007.pdf. Retrieved May 19, 2009.
- ^ a b c d Leon A. Dickinson (1930-01-12). "New Signs for State Highways". New York Times: p. 136.
- ^ "Road renamed for slain state trooper". Kingston Daily Freeman. 2008-07-11.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Google, Inc. Google Maps – overview map of NY 30 [map]. Cartography by Tele Atlas. Retrieved on 2008-07-09.
- ^ Doug Kerr. "Picture of NY 30, 5, and 67 in Amsterdam". Mark Sinsabaugh. http://www.gribblenation.net/nyroutes/images/photos/routes/030/030-11093n.jpg. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
- ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – overview map of NY 30 in Amsterdam [map]. Cartography by Tele Atlas. Retrieved on 2008-09-21.
- ^ "ARTICLE XII, Section 342-b of the New York State Consolidated Laws". New York State Legislature. 2008. http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/nycodes/c50/a14.html. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
- ^ a b Legislative Document. New York State Legislature. p. 829. http://books.google.com/books?id=rd5KAAAAMAAJ&pg=PT81#PPT844,M1.
- ^ Automobile Legal Association (ALA) Automobile Green Book (1930) (1930/31 ed.). Scarborough Motor Guide Co., Boston.
- ^ a b Standard Oil Company of New York. Road Map of New York [map]. Cartography by General Drafting. (1930)
- ^ Imperial Oil. Ontario [map]. Cartography by General Drafting. (1959) Retrieved on 2007-09-14.
- ^ a b Gulf. New York and New Jersey Tourgide Map [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1960)
- ^ Federal Highway Administration. "National Bridge Inventory – structure 1053510". http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=36&struct=000000001053510. Retrieved May 19, 2009.
- ^ Federal Highway Administration. "National Bridge Inventory – structure 1053520". http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=36&struct=000000001053520. Retrieved May 19, 2009.
- ^ Sunoco. New York and Metropolitan New York [map], 1961-62 edition. Cartography by H.M. Gousha Company. (1961)
- ^ New York State Department of Transportation. Hope Falls Digital Raster Quadrangle [map], 1:24,000. (1969) Retrieved on May 19, 2009.
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