New York State Route 10

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NY Route 10
Length:	155.27 mi[1] (249.88 km)
Formed:	1924[2]
South end:	NY 8/NY 17 in Deposit
Major junctions:	NY 28 in Delhi NY 23 in Stamford I-88/NY 7 in Richmondville US 20 in Sharon Springs NY 5 in Palatine Bridge
North end:	NY 8 in Arietta
Counties:	Delaware, Schoharie, Montgomery, Fulton, Hamilton
Numbered highways in New York < NY 9X US 11 > Interstate - U.S. - N.Y. - Reference

New York State Route 10 is a New York State highway that runs from Deposit, Delaware County to the Hamilton County hamlet of Higgins Bay in the town of Arietta. NY 10 starts at the same southern terminus as NY 8 in Deposit. Like NY 8, NY 10 goes through the Central Leatherstocking Region of Upstate New York. Coincidentally, NY 10 reaches its northern terminus at NY 8 in Higgins Bay.

Contents 1 Route description 1.1 Southern Tier 1.2 Montgomery, Fulton and Hamilton Counties 1.2.1 Adirondack Park 2 History 3 NY 10A 4 Major intersections 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Route description

[edit] Southern Tier

NY 10 begins concurrent with NY 8 at an interchange with the Quickway (NY 17) southeast of the village of Deposit near the Broome-Delaware County line. The two routes continue north along the eastern extents of Deposit to the banks of the west branch of the Delaware River, where NY 8 breaks from NY 10 to cross over the river. NY 10, however, continues northeast along the riverbank, passing south of the Cannonsville Dam and the resulting Cannonsville Reservoir behind it. Near the midpoint of the water body, NY 10 crosses over the reservoir on the Cannonsville Bridge and proceeds to follow the northern edge of the reservoir. As the reservoir begins to narrow, NY 10 intersects NY 268, a connector route leading south to the village of Hancock.

Past the end of the reservoir, NY 10 continues northeast in the vicinity of the Delaware River to Walton, a village located directly on the banks of the river. Within the village limits, NY 10 overlaps NY 206 along Delaware Street before separating from the route and proceeding east out of the village. NY 10 remains alongside the Delaware as it continues northeast to Delhi, the home of the State University of New York at Delhi. After passing along the eastern edge of the campus, NY 10 intersects and briefly overlaps NY 28 through the village center before quietly leaving the area.

14 miles (23 km) northeast of Delhi in northeastern Delaware County, NY 10 passes through both Hobart and Stamford, a pair of villages located on the northernmost few miles of the Delaware's west branch. In the latter, NY 10 meets NY 23. North of Stamford in Schoharie County, NY 10 turns northeast, bypassing the 2,900 feet (880 m) tall Mine Hill, home to the source of the west branch of the Delaware. At the northern edge of the hill, NY 10 curves back to the northwest to serve the Jefferson hamlet of the same name.

Outside of Jefferson, NY 10 continues onward through rural Schoharie County, passing through only small roadside hamlets before entering the village of Richmondville, a community situated on NY 7 and Cobleskill Creek. NY 10 bypasses the village to the southeast, however, and intersects both NY 7 and Interstate 88, the limited-access highway that parallels much of NY 7, east of the village center. NY 10 turns east, overlapping NY 7 through the State University of New York at Cobleskill campus and into Cobleskill, where NY 7 and NY 10 intersect NY 145 at Grand Street. Here, NY 10, as well as NY 145 (which is concurrent with NY 7 east of this point), leave NY 7 and continue north for two blocks before NY 10 leaves NY 145 and heads west out of the village on Elm Street.

Between Cobleskill and Sharon Springs, NY 10 proceeds northwest through rural terrain once more, with the points of interest limited to a small number of hamlets. Midway between the two locations in Seward, NY 10 intersects NY 165, a connector leading to Cooperstown via NY 166 and Otsego County Route 52. In Sharon Springs, a village situated in northwest Schoharie County, NY 10 intersects U.S. Route 20. Shortly after exiting the village, NY 10 passes into Montgomery County.

[edit] Montgomery, Fulton and Hamilton Counties

Just across the county line, NY 10 passes through the village of Ames, a small community based around the junction of NY 10 and County Routes 88 and 89 and situated south of Canajoharie Creek. NY 10 crosses over the creek shortly afterward and follows the waterway downhill into a valley containing the conjoined Mohawk River/Erie Canal, the New York State Thruway (Interstate 90), and the village of Canajoharie. Inside the village, NY 10 intersects NY 5S and passes under the Thruway before crossing into the neighboring village of Palatine Bridge at the midpoint of the Mohawk River. On the northern riverbank, NY 10 meets NY 5 and overlaps the route westward for a block before continuing northward into the largely rural town of Palatine.

6 miles (9.7 km) from Palatine Bridge, NY 10 passes into the Fulton County town of Ephratah and intersects NY 67 just inside the county line. NY 67 turns north, joining NY 10 to the community of Ephratah, where it splits from NY 10 and heads east to Johnstown. NY 10, however, continues northward in the vicinity of Caroga Creek to an intersection with NY 29 near the hamlet of Garoga. The two routes join for roughly 1.5 miles (2.4 km) before separating as the roadway crosses over the Blue Line into Adirondack Park.

[edit] Adirondack Park

The run of NY 10 through New York's largest park is predominantly rural yet scenic in nature. North of Rockwood, the community centered around the northern split of the NY 10/NY 29 overlap, NY 10 intersects NY 10A, an alternate route around Rockwood Lake to the east. Farther north, NY 10 enters Caroga Lake, a community situated on the eastern edges of West and East Caroga Lakes. In the center of the hamlet, NY 10 meets NY 29A and follows the route out of the area. Together, NY 10 and NY 29A head northward through a region dotted with small lakes, as well as the larger Canada Lake, before splitting in the vicinity of Pine Lake.

Farther north, NY 10 passes directly between the Stoner Lakes, a pair of small water bodies separated by only NY 10, just south of where it crosses into Hamilton County. For most of its run through the county, NY 10 parallels a waterbody, namely the west branch of the Sacandaga River to where the Piseco Outlet flows into it, then the Piseco Outlet north to Big Bay near the community of Higgins Bay. NY 10 terminates soon after at an intersection with NY 8 south of Piseco Lake, west of Spy Lake, and southwest of Higgins Bay.

[edit] History

Prior to 1924, the primary north-south roadway along the west bank of the Hudson River from the New Jersey state line near New York City to Albany, now largely U.S. Route 9W, was designated as Route 3, an unsigned Legislative Route.^[3] All of Legislative Route 3, plus modern NY 5 from Albany to Schenectady, NY 50 from Schenectady to Saratoga Springs, NY 9N between Saratoga Springs and Lake George, U.S. Route 9 from Lake George to Chestertown, NY 8 between Chestertown and Wevertown, NY 28 from Wevertown to North Creek, NY 28N from North Creek to Long Lake, NY 30 between Long Lake and Tupper Lake, NY 3 near Tupper Lake, and NY 30, NY 186, and NY 86 from east of Tupper Lake to Saranac Lake were designated as NY 10 upon the creation of the modern state highway system in 1924.^[2]

The first change to the routing of NY 10 came by 1926 when NY 10 was extended northward over modern NY 3 to Plattsburgh, where it terminated at NY 30 (now NY 22).^[4] When U.S. Routes were first signed in New York in the following year, U.S. Route 9W was assigned to the portion of NY 10 between New Jersey and Albany. NY 10 was then truncated to the former western terminus of its overlap with NY 5 in Schenectady.^[5]

In the 1930 renumbering, NY 10 was rerouted south of Long Lake and north of Tupper Lake over a combination of previously numbered routes and unsigned roadways. From Long Lake south, NY 10 followed modern NY 30 to Speculator and overlapped NY 8 from Speculator to Arietta, where it followed its modern alignment south to Deposit. North of Tupper Lake, NY 10 followed what is now NY 30 through Malone to the Canadian border.^[6] The segment of post-1930 NY 10 from Deposit to Stamford was originally designated as New York State Route 51 in the mid-1920s.^[4] Farther north, the portion from Palatine Bridge to Speculator was originally part of NY 80, a designation assigned in the late 1920s. The remainder of modern NY 10 was originally unnumbered.^[6]

NY 10 was truncated to its current northern terminus in Arietta between 1959 and 1962 and largely replaced with NY 30 north of Speculator.^[7][8]

[edit] NY 10A

NY 10A (2.41 miles (3.88 km)^[1]) is a short two-lane spur providing an alternate connection to NY 29 in Fulton County. The route begins at NY 29 in Johnstown and heads northwest to end at NY 10 in Caroga just inside the limits of Adirondack Park. NY 10A serves as a link for motorists wishing to access the western parts of Caroga via NY 10 from NY 29, bypassing the Rockwood hamlet, a reduced speed zone, and about a mile of highway. The entire length of NY 10A is kept clean under the Adopt-A-Highway program by the Residents of Route 10A.

[edit] Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[1]	Roads intersected	Notes
Delaware	Village of Deposit	0.00	NY 8 NY 17	Exit 84 (NY 17); southern terminus of NY 8; southern terminus of NY 8/10 overlap
		2.14	NY 8 north	Northern terminus of overlap
	Tompkins	15.69	NY 268	Northern terminus of NY 268
	Village of Walton	26.71	NY 206 west	Western terminus of overlap
		27.20	NY 206 east	Eastern terminus of overlap
	Village of Delhi	43.75	NY 28 south	Southern terminus of overlap
		44.03	NY 28 north	Northern terminus of overlap
	Village of Stamford	64.01	NY 23
Schoharie	Town of Richmondville	84.17	I-88 NY 7 west	Western terminus of NY 7/10 overlap; exit 20 (I-88)
		86.70	I-88	Access to Exit 21 (I-88)
	Village of Cobleskill	88.67	NY 7 east NY 145 south	Eastern terminus of NY 7/10 overlap; southern terminus of NY 10/145 overlap
		88.89	NY 145 north	Northern terminus of overlap
	Seward	95.92	NY 165	Eastern terminus of NY 165
	Sharon Springs	102.11	US 20
Montgomery	Town of Canajoharie	108.35	NY 163	Eastern terminus of NY 163
	Village of Canajoharie	112.75	NY 5S	To I-90/Thruway
	Palatine Bridge	113.08	NY 5 east	Western terminus of overlap
		113.25	NY 5 west	Eastern terminus of overlap
Fulton	Ephratah	119.84	NY 67 west	Western terminus of overlap
		121.47	NY 67 east	Eastern terminus of overlap
		124.52	NY 29 west	Western terminus of overlap
	Town of Johnstown	125.78	NY 29 east	Eastern terminus of overlap
	Caroga	127.40	NY 10A	Northern terminus of NY 10A
		132.31	NY 29A east	Southern terminus of overlap
		137.66	NY 29A west	Northern terminus of overlap
Hamilton	Arietta	155.27	NY 8

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• New York State Ends: NY-10