New York State Route 50
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| NY Route 50 |
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| C.V. Whitney Memorial Highway | |||||||||||||
| Length: | 31.67 mi[1] (50.97 km) | ||||||||||||
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| Formed: | 1930[2] | ||||||||||||
| South end: |  NY 5 in Scotia |
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| Major junctions: |
 US 9 in Saratoga Springs I-87 in Saratoga Springs |
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| North end: |  NY 32 in Gansevoort |
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| Counties: | Schenectady, Saratoga | ||||||||||||
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New York State Route 50 is a 31.67-mile (50.97 km) long state highway in the Capital District of the U.S. state of New York. The southern terminus of the route is at NY 5 in Scotia. The northern terminus is at NY 32 in the Saratoga County hamlet of Gansevoort.
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[edit] Route description
[edit] Schenectady County
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Route 50 begins in Scotia at the intersection of NY 5 and winds its way through the village and into Glenville. NY 50 travels past the Stratton Air National Guard Base, home to the 109th Airlift Wing, and the Empire State Aeronautics Museum on its way to the Saratoga County line.
[edit] Saratoga County
NY 50 enters Saratoga County in Burnt Hills and winds its way through the countryside, running concurrent with NY 67 for just under a mile into Ballston Spa, the home of the National Bottle Museum.
On its way to Saratoga Springs, NY 50 passes the Saratoga Performing Arts Center and the Saratoga Spa State Park. It then meets up with US 9 and forms a brief three-way concurrency with NY 29 at the corner of Broadway and Washington Avenue adjacent to Congress Park. About a quarter-mile later, NY 29 becomes Lake Avenue and heads towards Schuylerville. The southern terminus of NY 9N is also at this point, known as Church Street within city limits. The 9/50 concurrency goes another 1ΒΌ miles before the former splits off and goes towards Glens Falls. From Broadway and Van Dam Street to Interstate 87, NY 50 is known as either the C.V. Whitney Memorial Highway or, more informally, "The Arterial".
East of Interstate 87, NY 50 passes the Wilton Mall, located about three-quarters of a mile from I-87 in the Town of Wilton. After passing the mall and making its way through the Town of Wilton, NY 50 cuts through the countryside, ultimately reaching its end in Gansevoort at the intersection of NY 32.
[edit] History
When state highways in New York were first signed in 1924, the portion of modern NY 50 south of Saratoga Springs was designated as part of NY 10, a north-south highway extending from the New Jersey state line near New York City to Saranac Lake via Albany and Saratoga Springs.[3] In the 1930 renumbering, NY 10 was realigned south of Long Lake to pass west of the Capital District on its way to the Southern Tier.[4] The old alignment of NY 10 between Scotia and Saratoga Springs, as well as a previously unnumbered roadway between Saratoga Springs and Gansevoort, was then assigned NY 50.[2]
[edit] NY 50S
NY 50S was a connector stretching from Route 50 in Glenville to NY 5 in Schenectady. Now decertified, it remains as Freeman's Bridge Road in the former and Erie Boulevard in the latter.[5] The portion from Nott Street north to NY 50 remains state-maintained as NY 911F, an unsigned reference route.[6]
[edit] Major intersections
| County | Location | Mile[1] | Roads intersected | Notes |
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| Schenectady | Scotia | 0.00 | NY 5 |
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| Glenville | 1.98 | Freemans Bridge Road | Former northern terminus of  NY 50S |
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| Saratoga | Ballston | 6.97 |  CR 339 |
Former western terminus of  NY 339; hamlet of Burnt Hills |
| 8.36 |  NY 146A |
Northern terminus of NY 146A | ||
| 13.02 |  NY 67 east |
Southern terminus of overlap | ||
| Ballston Spa | 13.91 | NY 67 west |
Northern terminus of overlap | |
| Saratoga Springs | 20.19 | US 9 south (Broadway) |
Southern terminus of overlap | |
| 20.49 |  NY 9P (Spring Street) |
Northern terminus of NY 9P | ||
| 20.52 |  NY 29 west (Washington Avenue) |
Southern terminus of overlap | ||
| 20.74 |  NY 9N / NY 29 east (Church Street/Lake Avenue) |
Southern terminus of NY 9N; northern terminus of NY 29/NY 50 overlap | ||
| 21.72 | US 9 north (Maple Avenue) |
Northern terminus of overlap | ||
| 22.74 | I-87 (Adirondack Northway) |
Exit 15 (I-87) | ||
| Gansevoort | 31.67 | NY 32 |
[edit] References
- ^ a b Traffic Data Report - NY 32 to NY 55 (PDF). NYSDOT (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2007-09-18.
- ^ 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
- ^ "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers", New York Times, 1924-12-21, p. XX9.
- ^ Leon A. Dickinson. "New Signs for State Highways", New York Times, 1930-01-12, p. 136.
- ^ New York Routes - New York State Route 50S. Retrieved on 2008-02-10.
- ^ New York State Department of Transportation (October 2007). Official Description of Highway Touring Routes, Bicycling Touring Routes, Scenic Byways, & Commemorative/Memorial Designations in New York State. Retrieved on 2008-02-10.
