New York State Route 69

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NY Route 69
Length: 57.42 mi[1] (92.41 km)
Formed: 1930[2]
West end: NY 104 in Mexico
Major
junctions:		 I-81 in Parish
NY 13 in Camden
NY 49/NY 365 in Rome
East end: NY 5A in Yorkville
Counties: Oswego, Oneida
Numbered highways in New York
< NY 68 NY 70 >
Interstate - U.S. - N.Y. - Reference

New York State Route 69 is a state highway extending for 57.42 miles (92.41 km) across the central portion of the U.S. state of New York. The western terminus of the route is at NY 104 in the Oswego County village of Mexico. The eastern terminus is at NY 5A in the Oneida County village of Yorkville, just west of Utica. In between, NY 69 serves the city of Rome.

When NY 69 was first assigned in 1930, it stretched only from Colosse to Rome. By the late 1940s, NY 69 was extended to encompass all of its current alignment, as well as what is now NY 5A from Yorkville to Utica. It was reduced to its current length in 1970.

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[edit] Route description

Route 69 begins at an intersection with Route 104 in the village of Mexico.[3] The route heads southward, intersecting with local roads. The highgway enters a region of rural farmland as it progresses to the southeast. After a while, Route 69 enters Colosse, a hamlet of Parish. There, it intersects with U.S. Route 11, which heads northward towards the Canadian border. Route 69 enters the village of Parish, where it intersects with its lone suffixed route, Route 69A. There it also intersects with several county-maintained roads.[3]

In the village of Parish, Route 69 interchanges with Interstate 81. [3] Afterwards, the highway leaves the village and re-enters the town, crossing through more farmlands and lakes. Route 69 intersects with more county roads as it heads eastward towards Amboy Center. Route 69 begins curving to the southeast and enters the Amboy hamlet of Amboy Center, where it intersects with New York State Route 183. Also present in Amboy Center are two county roads. Route 69 continues southeast, this time towards Camden, which is in Oneida County. Route 69 enters Camden, where it becomes concurrent with New York State Route 13 in the center of the village.[3]

Routes 69 and 13 split, and 69 continues out of downtown Camden.[3] Route 69 enters Annsville and Taberg, where it intersects with a couple of county roads. Route 69 continues to the southeast towards Rome as Rome-Taberg Road. The highway quickly enters Rome and becomes concurrent with Routes 49 and 46 on the southwestern section of the city. The three routes pass to the south of Liberty Gardens, an attraction in Rome. The three routes head southward, intersecting with New York State Route 26, and Route 46 turns off. Routes 49 and 69 head southward and become concurrent with Route 365. Route 69 turns off after a short distance along NY 365 and continues to the southeast as Rome-Oriskany Road.[3]

Route 49 parallels the southeastern moving route to the north away from the city of Rome.[3] Route 69 enters Oriskany, where it intersects with New York State Route 291. The highway heads southward, entering Whitesboro, passing its local fire department memorial park and crossing the New York State Thruway. Route 69 terminates at an interchange with New York State Route 5A in Yorkville.[3]

[edit] History

When state highways in New York were first signed in 1924, what is now NY 69 from Colosse to Rome was designated as part of New York State Route 11, an east-west highway extending from Oswego to Utica. From Oswego to Colosse, NY 11 overlapped other routes; between Rome and Utica, NY 11 followed the pre-Utica-Rome Expressway alignment of modern NY 49 to Marcy, then used what is now NY 291, NY 69, and NY 5A to reach downtown Utica.[4] By 1926, the route was truncated to Colosse on its western end.[5]

In 1927, the entirety of NY 2, which NY 11 terminated at on its western end, was redesignated as part of the new U.S. Route 11. To eliminate duplication, all of NY 11 was renumbered to New York State Route 76.[6] This route remained intact up to the 1930 renumbering when NY 76 was split into several routes. East of Rome, the former routing of NY 76 became an eastward extension of NY 49 from Rome[7] to Marcy. Between Marcy and Utica, old NY 76 was incorporated into the new NY 12C. West of Rome, old NY 76 was renumbered to NY 69. At the time, modern NY 69 from Mexico to Colosse was unnumbered while the portion of current NY 69 between Rome and Utica was part of NY 5S, an alternate route of NY 5 assigned as part of the renumbering. From Whitesboro to Utica, NY 5S and NY 12C were concurrent.[2]

Between 1938 and 1947, NY 5S was truncated to its present western terminus in downtown Utica and replaced with an extended NY 69 from Rome to Utica. During the same period, an alternate route of NY 5 through New York Mills and Yorkville was designated as NY 5A.[8][9] East of Yorkville, NY 5A overlapped both NY 12C and NY 69 to reconnect to NY 5 in downtown Utica.[10] On the opposite end of the route, NY 69 was extended a short distance westward to its present western terminus at then-U.S. Route 104 (now NY 104) in Mexico.[8][9]

The overlaps between NY 5A, NY 12C, and NY 69 in Utica were eliminated on January 1, 1970, when NY 69 was truncated to its current eastern terminus in Yorkville and NY 12C was deleted from the state highway system.[11]

[edit] NY 69A

NY 69A

NY 69A (2.04 miles (3.28 km)[1]) is a short two-lane spur connecting NY 69 to the hamlet of Hastings in Oswego County. The route begins at US 11 in Hastings and heads northeast to Parish, where it ends at NY 69.

[edit] Major intersections

County Location Mile[1] Roads intersected Notes
Oswego Village of Mexico 0.00 NY 104
Town of Mexico 4.89 US 11 Hamlet of Colosse
Village of Parish 6.78 NY 69A Northern terminus of NY 69A
7.33 I-81 Exit 33 (I-81)
Amboy 16.87 NY 183 Southern terminus of NY 183; hamlet of Amboy Center
Oneida Village of Camden 27.11 NY 13 south Southern terminus of overlap
27.21 NY 13 north Northern terminus of overlap
Rome 42.82 NY 46 south / NY 49 west Western termini of NY 46/69 and NY 49/69 overlaps
45.12 NY 26 north / NY 46 north Eastern terminus of NY 46/69 overlap; northern terminus of NY 26/69 overlap
46.13 NY 26 south Southern terminus of overlap
46.65 NY 365 west Western terminus of overlap
46.97 NY 49 east / NY 365 east Eastern termini of NY 49/69 and NY 69/365 overlaps
47.22 NY 233 Northern terminus of NY 233; NY 69 overlaps NY 233 westbound to reach NY 49/365
Whitestown 55.37 NY 291 Southern terminus of NY 291
Yorkville 57.42 NY 5A

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Traffic Data Report - NY 55 to I-87 (PDF). NYSDOT (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2007-12-04.
  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. ^ a b c d e f g h Google Maps. Overview map of NY 69 [map]. Retrieved on 2008-02-21.
  4. ^ "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers", New York Times, 1924-12-21, p. XX9. 
  5. ^ Rand McNally. Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas (eastern New York) [map]. (1926) Retrieved on 2008-02-23.
  6. ^ Automobile Blue Book, (Automobile Blue Books Inc., Chicago, 1927), Vol. 1
  7. ^ Leon A. Dickinson. "New Signs for State Highways", New York Times, 1930-01-12, p. 136. 
  8. ^ a b Automobile Legal Association (ALA) Automobile Green Book, 1938/39 edition, (W.A. Thibodeau, 1938).
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ United States Geological Survey. Rome Quadrangle - New York - Oneida Co. (southeast) [map], 1 : 62,500, 15 Minute Series (Topographic). (1947) Retrieved on 2008-02-23.
  11. ^ State of New York Department of Transportation (1970-01-01). Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State. Retrieved on 2008-02-23.

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