New York State Route 11B

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NY Route 11B
Length: 36.98 mi[1] (59.51 km)
Formed: 1930[2]
West end: US 11 in Potsdam
East end: US 11 / NY 30 / NY 37 in Malone
Counties: St. Lawrence, Franklin
Numbered highways in New York
< NY 11A NY 11C >
Spur of US 11
Interstate - U.S. - N.Y. - Reference

New York State Route 11B is a state highway in northern New York, USA. NY 11B acts as a link between Franklin County in the east and St. Lawrence County in the west.

NY 11B provides a parallel east-west route to U.S. Route 11, but follows a more southerly path between Potsdam and Malone. The western terminus is at a junction with US 11 in the village of Potsdam. The eastern terminus is at a junction with US 11, NY 30, and NY 37 in the village of Malone.

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[edit] History

The segment of modern NY 11B from Potsdam to the Lawrence hamlet of Nicholville was originally designated as New York State Route 2A in the mid-1920s.[3][4] When NY 2 was redesignated as U.S. Route 11 in 1927, NY 2A was replaced with a rerouted NY 56.[5] The portion of NY 56 east of Potsdam was renumbered to NY 72 as part of the 1930 renumbering. At the same time, NY 11B was assigned to the pre-1927 routing of NY 56 between NY 72 in Nicholville and U.S. Route 11 in Lawrenceville.[2][4] By 1935, NY 11B was extended westward to Potsdam, creating a lengthy overlap with NY 72, while a connector between NY 11B in Nicholville and US 11 in Malone was designated New York State Route 187.[6] Within three years, NY 11B was rerouted again to follow the length of NY 187 to Malone.[7]

Between 1938 and 1947, NY 72 was rerouted west of the Hopkinton hamlet of the same name to follow its current alignment south of NY 11B, eliminating all but 2 miles (3.2 km) of the overlap.[7][8] It was removed entirely in the early 1970s when NY 72 was truncated to its current eastern terminus.[9][10] On April 1, 1980, ownership and maintenance of NY 11B between Wellington Street and NY 30 was transferred from the village of Malone to New York State as part of a highway maintenance swap between the state and Franklin County.[11]

[edit] Major intersections

County Location Mile[1] Roads intersected Notes
St. Lawrence Village of Potsdam 0.00 US 11
Hopkinton 13.69 NY 72 Northern terminus of NY 72
15.87 NY 458 Northern terminus of NY 458
Franklin Village of Malone 36.72 NY 30 south Southern terminus of overlap
36.98 US 11 / NY 30 north
NY 37		 Northern terminus of NY 11B/30 overlap; eastern terminus of NY 37

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b 2006 Traffic Data Report for New York State (PDF) p. 108. New York State Department of Transportation (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2008-03-28.
  2. ^ a b Leon A. Dickinson. "New Signs for State Highways", New York Times, 1930-01-12, p. 136. 
  3. ^ "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers", New York Times, 1924-12-21, p. XX9. 
  4. ^ a b Rand McNally. Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas (eastern New York) [map]. (1926) Retrieved on 2008-03-28.
  5. ^ Automobile Blue Book, (Automobile Blue Books Inc., Chicago, 1927), Vol. 1
  6. ^ Sun Oil Company. Road Map & Historical Guide - New York [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1935)
  7. ^ a b Automobile Legal Association (ALA) Automobile Green Book, 1938/39 edition, (W.A. Thibodeau, 1938).
  8. ^ State of New York Department of Public Works. Official Highway Map of New York State [map], 1947-48 edition. Cartography by General Drafting.
  9. ^ New York State Thruway Authority. New York Thruway [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1971)
  10. ^ Gulf. New York and New Jersey Tourgide Map [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1974)
  11. ^ New York State Legislature. Highway Law, Article 12, Section 341. Retrieved on 2008-03-28.

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