New York State Route 145

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NY Route 145
Length: 46.99 mi[1] (75.62 km)
Formed: 1930[2]
South end: NY 23 in Cairo
Major
junctions:		 NY 81 in Rensselaerville
NY 30 in Middleburgh
I-88 near Cobleskill
North end: US 20 in Sharon
Counties: Greene, Albany, Schoharie
Numbered highways in New York
< NY 144 NY 146 >
Interstate - U.S. - N.Y. - Reference

New York State Route 145 is a state highway in eastern New York. The highway extends for 46.99 miles (75.62 km) from NY 23 in the Greene County town of Cairo to U.S. Route 20 in the Schoharie County town of Sharon. Along the way, NY 145 intersects NY 30 in Middleburgh and Interstate 88 east of Cobleskill. NY 145 is a two-lane highway its entire length, with a passing lane on hills leaving Middleburgh in both directions.

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[edit] Route description

[edit] Greene and Albany Counties

NY 145 begins at a junction with NY 23 northwest of the hamlet of Cairo in the Greene County town of the same name. NY 145 follows a northwesterly course, roughly paralleling Catskill Creek as it heads through the area. Due to its proximity to the creek, the route passes by many resort-type businesses (including camping and swimming) both in the town of Cairo and in the adjacent town of Durham. Some light industry is also present, primarily in the vicinity of the hamlets of East Durham and Durham.

The route quietly crosses into Albany County 12.5 miles (20.1 km) northwest of its southern end at NY 23. Despite the change in county, the surroundings of the route remain largely unchanged—rural and scarcely developed. NY 145 is in Albany County for just 5 miles (8.0 km) and enters only one town, Rensselaerville. As in Greene County, additional camping and souvenir vendors are present along the route due to its location on the banks of the Catskill Creek. Within the county, NY 145 meets the western terminus of NY 81 in the hamlet of Cooksburg 0.5 miles (0.80 km) north of the Greene-Albany county line and serves the hamlet of Preston Hollow.

[edit] Schoharie County

In the Schoharie County town of Broome, NY 145 continues its northwesterly course for an additional two miles, then bends to be more northward to pass by the hamlets of Livingstonville and Franklinton. At Franklinton, NY 145 passes by Vlaie Pond, the northwestern end of Catskill Creek. Approaching the Schoharie Valley, NY 145 heads downhill along a lengthy stretch that includes a passing lane for southbound traffic. At the bottom of the hill, NY 145 enters Middleburgh as Main Street. In Middleburgh, there is a 0.1-mile (0.16 km) long wrong-way concurrency with NY 30 on the bridge carrying both routes over Schoharie Creek.

After crossing the creek, NY 145 leaves NY 30 and parallels it briefly to the west, then heads more northwesterly again. Leaving the Schoharie Valley, a passing lane is present northbound. Upon entering the town of Cobleskill, the route levels off and curves to the west. It serves the small community of East Cobleskill before meeting I-88 at exit 22, then NY 7 0.2 miles (0.32 km) later east of Cobleskill and west of Howe Caverns, a regional tourist attraction. NY 145 then joins NY 7 westward to Cobleskill as East Main Street. In downtown, the two routes meet NY 10. NY 10 joins NY 7 for a concurrency westward, while NY 145 leaves NY 7 and joins NY 10 as North Grand Street for a 0.23-mile (0.37 km) long concurrency within the village. Leaving Cobleskill, NY 145 passes through the hamlet of Lawyersville before terminating at U.S. Route 20 in the hamlet of Sharon.

[edit] History

NY 145 was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering to the portion of its current alignment between the hamlets of Cairo (where it originally began at the modern junction of County Routes 23B and 84) and Cooksburg. North of Cooksburg, modern NY 145 was designated as part of NY 81 from Cooksburg to Middleburgh and as New York State Route 164 between Cobleskill and Sharon.[2] The section of what is now NY 145 between Middleburgh and NY 7 east of Cobleskill was designated New York State Route 433 between 1935 and 1938; during the same period, NY 145 was extended northward to Middleburgh while NY 81 was truncated to Cooksburg.[3][4] NY 145 was extended to Sharon by 1947, replacing both NY 164 and NY 433.[5]

On the Cairo end of the route, NY 145 was extended eastward to Catskill by 1947 by way of an overlap with NY 23 on what is now County Route 23B.[5] NY 23 and NY 145 were rerouted onto a new four-lane roadway bypassing Cairo in the early 1960s. At the time, the routes rejoined modern CR 23B between Cairo and South Cairo.[6][7] The remainder of the roadway from South Cairo to Catskill was completed and opened to traffic in the mid-1960s.[8][9] On January 1, 1970, NY 145 was truncated to its current southern terminus, eliminating the overlap between NY 23 and NY 145.[10]

[edit] Major intersections

County Location Mile[1] Roads intersected Notes
Greene Town of Cairo 0.00 NY 23
Albany Rensselaerville 13.07 NY 81 Hamlet of Cooksburg
Schoharie Village of Middleburgh 28.75 NY 30 north Eastern terminus of overlap
28.86 NY 30 south Western terminus of overlap
Town of Cobleskill 36.31 I-88 Exit 22 (I-88)
36.51 NY 7 east Eastern terminus of overlap
Village of Cobleskill 39.88 NY 7 west / NY 10 south Western terminus of NY 7/145 overlap; southern terminus of NY 10/145 overlap
40.10 NY 10 north Northern terminus of overlap
Sharon 46.99 US 20 Hamlet of Sharon

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b 2006 Traffic Data Report for New York State (PDF) pp. 239–240. New York State Department of Transportation (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2008-04-23.
  2. ^ a b 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
  3. ^ Sun Oil Company. Road Map & Historical Guide - New York [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1935)
  4. ^ Automobile Legal Association (ALA) Automobile Green Book, 1938/39 edition, (W.A. Thibodeau, 1938).
  5. ^ a b State of New York Department of Public Works. Official Highway Map of New York State [map], 1947-48 edition. Cartography by General Drafting.
  6. ^ Gulf. New York and New Jersey Tourgide Map [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1960)
  7. ^ Esso. New York with Sight-Seeing Guide [map]. Cartography by General Drafting. (1962)
  8. ^ Sinclair. New York and Metropolitan New York [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1964)
  9. ^ Gousha. Gousha Road Atlas (New England) [map]. (1967) Retrieved on 2008-04-23.
  10. ^ State of New York Department of Transportation (1970-01-01). Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State. Retrieved on 2008-04-23.

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