New York State Route 812

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New York State Route 812 shield
NYS Route 812
Maintained by NYSDOT

Map of northern New York with NY 812 highlighted in red
Length: 80.91 mi[1] (130.21 km)
Formed: April 1, 1980[2][3]
South end: NY 12 / NY 26 in Lowville
Major
junctions:		 NY 3 in Harrisville
US 11 / NY 58 in Gouverneur
NY 37 in Ogdensburg
North end: Hwy 16 at Ogdensburg
Counties: Lewis, St. Lawrence
Numbered highways in New York
< I-790 NY 825 >
Interstate – U.S. – N.Y. (former) – Reference

New York State Route 812 (NY 812) is a state highway in northern New York, United States. The southern terminus of the route is at an intersection with NY 12 and NY 26 in the Lewis County village of Lowville. Its northern terminus is at the Canada – United States border in Ogdensburg, where it crosses the Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge and connects to Highway 16 in Ontario. While most of NY 812 passes through rural areas of the North Country, the route also serves several villages and small communities.

The origins of NY 812 date back to the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, when the portion of modern NY 812 from Lowville to Croghan became part of NY 26A and the segment of modern NY 812 between De Kalb and Ogdensburg was designated as the northernmost portion of New York State Route 87. NY 87 originally extended as far south as Harrisville; however, it was truncated north to Edwards in the 1940s and farther north to De Kalb in the 1970s.

On April 1, 1980, the state of New York assumed maintenance over a series of village streets and county roads linking NY 26A in Croghan to NY 3 southwest of Harrisville. The new state highway was designated as part of NY 812, a new route connecting Lowville to Ogdensburg that supplanted part of NY 26A and all of NY 87. The portion of NY 812 between NY 3 and NY 58 was initially maintained by St. Lawrence County. Ownership and maintenance of this segment was transferred to the state on September 1, 1982.

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[edit] Route description

[edit] Lewis County

NY 812 begins at an intersection with NY 12 and NY 26 in the center of Lowville. NY 26, concurrent with NY 12 south of this point, leaves NY 12 and follows NY 812 for several blocks along North State Street before NY 812 turns northeast onto Bostwick Street. Just before Bostwick ends at East State Street, NY 812 turns off and begins its progression northward through a largely rural area of the North Country. As it exits the village of Lowville (and enters the town of the same name), it begins to parallel the western bank of the Black River. The two entities remain close for roughly 1-mile (1.6 km) before NY 812 crosses over the river and enters New Bremen.[4]

Southern terminus of NY 812 in Lowville

In the hamlet of New Bremen, NY 812 intersects County Route 33, a riverside roadway bypassing both Croghan and Beaver Falls along the east bank of the Black River, southwest of Duflo Airport. NY 812 continues onward, crossing the Black Creek as it enters Croghan, a village situated on the New Bremen – Croghan town line. At the center of the community, NY 812 meets the eastern terminus of NY 126.[4]

Outside of Croghan, NY 812 traverses the Beaver River just north of the village line. The route and the river continue northward along parallel routings for a brief distance before the two separate near the hamlet of High Falls. While the river curves east toward the hamlet, NY 812 presses northward through the rural hamlets of Indian River and Dutton Corners into the town of Diana, where NY 812 starts to parallel the west branch of the Oswegatchie River as both continue north through the town. At Tylers Corners, NY 812 intersects NY 3 and joins the route eastward into Harrisville, where the conjoined routes cross over the Oswegatchie. Northeast of Harrisville in extreme southwestern St. Lawrence County, NY 812 breaks from NY 3 and heads northwest through Pitcairn (crossing over the Oswegatchie once more in the process).[4]

[edit] St. Lawrence County

From Harrisville, NY 812 travels north through an area of Pitcairn and Fowler. This area contains numerous small lakes and rivers and is predominantly rural in nature. Within Fowler, the route serves the hamlet of Balmat (located on the eastern edge of Sylvia Lake) before intersecting NY 58 in the hamlet of Fowler. Here, NY 812 joins NY 58 northeast along the southern bank of the now-unified Oswegatchie River to the village of Gouverneur, where NY 812 leaves NY 58 but joins U.S. Route 11 at the heart of the community.[4]

Outside of the village in the town of the same name, US 11 and NY 812 head northeast, roughly paralleling the Oswegatchie once more into the De Kalb village of Richville. The routes quickly exit the village and separate shortly thereafter south of the hamlet of De Kalb, with the Oswegatchie leaving the path of US 11 and following NY 812. NY 812 heads north, serving De Kalb and crossing over the Oswegatchie south of an intersection with County Route 14, a connector leading to Rensselaer Falls that was once NY 186. Here, NY 812 begins to the northwest as it approaches the village of Heuvelton.[4]

Within the village, NY 812, here known as State Street, intersects NY 184 just before traversing the Oswegatchie one final time. The name remains for three blocks before NY 812 departs the village and reemerges into the town of Oswegatchie. Farther north, NY 812 passes by the Ogdensburg International Airport before meeting NY 37 at an interchange just south of the Ogdensburg city limits. NY 812 joins NY 37 here, following the route through the southern reaches of the city. The conjoined routes intersect NY 68 before separating near the northeastern city limits. Past NY 37, NY 812 continues onto the Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge over the St. Lawrence River, where it becomes Highway 16 upon crossing the Canada – United States border into Ontario. [4]

[edit] History

In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, what is now NY 812 between Lowville and Croghan became the southern leg of NY 26A, an alternate route of NY 26 between Lowville and Carthage. Farther north, the portion of modern NY 812 between De Kalb and Ogdensburg became part of NY 87,[5] a route extending from Harrisville to Ogdensburg via Edwards, Russell and De Kalb.[6] From Harrisville to Fowler, NY 87 followed a parallel alignment to modern NY 812 along Hands Flats, Stone, and Pitcairn Roads, and County Route 135. Between Fowler and De Kalb, NY 87 used what is now NY 58, CR 24, and CR 17 before following current NY 812 north to Ogdensburg. The portion of NY 87 between De Kalb Junction and De Kalb was concurrent with U.S. Route 11.[7] Both US 11 and NY 87 were shifted south onto a new highway in the mid-1930s, at which time the former routing of US 11 between the new road and De Kalb became part of NY 87.[8][9]

NY 87 was gradually truncated northward over time. The first change to the route's southern end came in the early 1940s when it was moved northeastward to the eastern terminus of its former overlap with NY 58 in Edwards.[10][11] It was moved once more, this time to what was the west end of its overlap with US 11 in De Kalb, in the early 1970s.[12][13]

On April 1, 1980, ownership and maintenance of NY 194, a connector between NY 177 in Pinckney and NY 12 in Copenhagen, was turned over from the state of New York to Lewis County in exchange for jurisdiction over the portion of Main Street north of NY 26A in Croghan, the segment of County Route 10 between the Croghan village line and CR 11, and the entirety of CR 11 (Indian River Road) from CR 10 (Belfort Road) to NY 3 in Diana.[2][14][15] The new Croghan–Diana state highway was designated as part of NY 812, a new route extending from Lowville to Ogdensburg by way of Harrisville and De Kalb. It supplanted NY 26A from Lowville to Croghan and NY 87 from De Kalb to Ogdensburg upon assignment. From Pitcairn to Fowler, NY 812 followed a series of county roads:[3] County Route 73 (from NY 3 to Stone Road), CR 99 (Stone Road to Balmat), and CR 56 (Balmat to Fowler).[16][17] The state of New York assumed ownership and maintenance of the three county routes on September 1, 1982, as part of a highway maintenance swap between the state and St. Lawrence County.[2]

[edit] Major intersections

County Location Mile[1] Roads intersected Notes
Lewis Village of Lowville 0.00 NY 12 / NY 26 south Southern terminus of NY 26 / NY 812 overlap
0.37 NY 26 north Northern terminus of NY 26 / NY 812 overlap
Village of Croghan 9.90 NY 126 Eastern terminus of NY 126
Diana 26.65 NY 3 west Southern terminus of NY 3 / NY 812 overlap
St. Lawrence Pitcairn 31.09 NY 3 east Northern terminus of NY 3 / NY 812 overlap
Fowler 41.11 NY 58 south Southern terminus of NY 58 / NY 812 overlap
Village of Gouverneur 47.20 US 11 south / NY 58 north Northern terminus of NY 58 / NY 812 overlap; southern terminus of US 11 / NY 812 overlap
De Kalb 58.63 US 11 north Northern terminus of US 11 / NY 812 overlap
Heuvelton 70.44 NY 184 Eastern terminus of NY 184
Ogdensburg 76.92 NY 37 west Western terminus of NY 37 / NY 812 overlap
77.26 NY 68
Ogdensburg–Lisbon line 79.33 NY 37 east Eastern terminus of NY 37 / NY 812 overlap
Ogdensburg 80.91 Hwy 16 Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge; continuation into Ontario

[edit] References

New York portal
  1. ^ a b "2008 Traffic Data Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. p. 325. https://www.nysdot.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/NYSDOT_Traffic_Data_Report_2008.pdf. Retrieved November 15, 2009. 
  2. ^ a b c New York State Legislature. "New York State Highway Law § 341". http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menugetf.cgi?COMMONQUERY=LAWS. Retrieved November 15, 2009. 
  3. ^ a b State of New York. I Love New York Tourism Map [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1981)
  4. ^ a b c d e f I Love New York. 30th Anniversary New York [map]. Cartography by Map Works. (2007)
  5. ^ Leon A. Dickinson (January 12, 1930). "New Signs for State Highways". New York Times: p. 136. 
  6. ^ Automobile Legal Association (ALA) Automobile Green Book, 1930/31 and 1931/32 editions, (Scarborough Motor Guide Co., Boston, 1930 and 1931). The 1930/31 edition shows New York state routes prior to the 1930 renumbering
  7. ^ Standard Oil Company of New York. Road Map of New York [map]. Cartography by General Drafting. (1930)
  8. ^ Sun Oil Company. Road Map & Historical Guide – New York [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1935)
  9. ^ Esso. New York Road Map for 1938 [map]. Cartography by General Drafting. (1938)
  10. ^ Shell Oil Company. Map of New York [map]. Cartography by H.M. Gousha Company. (1940)
  11. ^ Esso. New York with Pictorial Guide [map]. Cartography by General Drafting. (1942)
  12. ^ State of New York Department of Transportation (January 1, 1970) (PDF). Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State. http://www.greaternyroads.info/pdfs/state70.pdf. Retrieved November 15, 2009. 
  13. ^ Shell Oil Company. New York [map], 1973 edition. Cartography by H.M. Gousha Company. (1973)
  14. ^ New York State Department of Transportation. Croghan Digital Raster Quadrangle [map], 1:24,000. (1969) Retrieved on November 15, 2009.
  15. ^ New York State Department of Transportation. Remington Corners Digital Raster Quadrangle [map], 1:24,000. (1969) Retrieved on November 15, 2009.
  16. ^ New York State Department of Transportation. Harrisville Digital Raster Quadrangle [map], 1:24,000. (1968) Retrieved on November 15, 2009.
  17. ^ New York State Department of Transportation. Gouverneur Digital Raster Quadrangle [map], 1:24,000. (1969) Retrieved on November 15, 2009.

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