New York State Route 12D

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NY Route 12D
Length: 11.50 mi[1] (18.51 km)
Formed: 1930[2]
South end: NY 12 in Boonville
North end: NY 12 in Lyons Falls
Counties: Oneida, Lewis
Numbered highways in New York
< NY 12C NY 12E >
Spur of NY 12
Interstate - U.S. - N.Y. - Reference

New York State Route 12D is a north-south state highway located in the northern part of the U.S. state of New York. The southern terminus of the route is in the Oneida County village of Boonville, where it intersects NY 12. The northern terminus is at NY 12 in the Lewis County village of Lyons Falls. NY 46 and NY 294 are also present in the immediate area of the route's southern terminus.

NY 12D was originally assigned in the 1930s to most of what is now NY 12 between Boonville and Lowville. The alignments of both routes between the two locations were swapped by 1947, placing NY 12D on its current alignment from Boonville to Potters Corners and on NY 26 between Potters Corners and Lowville. The overlap between NY 12D and NY 26 remained in place until the 1970s when NY 12D was realigned onto its current routing between Potters Corners and Lyons Falls, replacing then-NY 337.

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[edit] Route description

NY 12D begins at an intersection with NY 12 at the southeastern edge of the village of Boonville in northern Oneida County. While NY 12 bypasses the village to the east, NY 12D heads northwest into the village on Main Street. At Schuyler Street, NY 12D bears west for one block to Post Street, where it intersects the northern terminus of NY 46. The eastern terminus of NY 294 is located one block to the south at the junction of Post and Ford Streets. NY 12D, meanwhile, turns north at Post Street and follows the street out of the village and through the town of Boonville to the Lewis County town of Leyden.

Within Leyden, NY 12D passes through largely rural terrain with the exception of a pair of roadside communities: the hamlet of Talcottville on the Sugar River, a tributary of the nearby Black River, and the community of Locust Grove at the intersection of NY 12D and Locust Grove Road. The route crosses into West Turin roughly 1 mile (1.6 km) later, where it intersects NY 26 at Potters Corners. NY 26 turns north here to follow the right-of-way of NY 12D; however, NY 12D turns northeast onto the right-of-way of NY 26 toward Lyons Falls. Near the western edge of the village, NY 12D passes over NY 12 with no access between the two. The connection is made a short distance to the southeast via McAlpine and Cherry Streets, which NY 12D follows to terminate at NY 12.

[edit] History

When state highways in New York were first signed in 1924, the north-south roadway connecting Boonville to Lowville via Potters Corners was designated as part of NY 12.[3][4] An alternate route of NY 12 between Potters Corners and Lowville via Lyons Falls was assigned NY 12D as part of the 1930 renumbering.[2] By 1935, NY 12D was rerouted south of Lyons Falls to follow a routing similar to modern NY 12 to Boonville. The former routing of NY 12D between Potters Corners and Lyons Falls was then redesignated as New York State Route 337.[5] The routings of NY 12 and NY 12D between Boonville and Lowville were swapped by 1938.[6]

Originally, NY 12 entered Lyons Falls on Franklin Street and followed Center and McAlpine Streets through the village before leaving the area on Cherry Street.[7] NY 12 was rerouted onto its current alignment around the western edge of Lyons Falls by 1952;[8] however, NY 337 was not truncated nor rerouted to meet the new path of NY 12. Instead, NY 337 was initially extended eastward along the former alignment of NY 12 on McAlpine Street to a new terminus at Center Street.[9] It was rerouted east of Cherry Street to follow Cherry south to NY 12 in 1970.[10] The former routing of NY 337 along McAlpine Street from Cherry Street to the Mohawk, Adirondack and Northern Railroad grade crossing, a distance of 0.03 miles (48 m), is now designated as New York State Route 970J, an unsigned reference route.[1]

In the early 1970s, the overlap between NY 12D and NY 26 north of Potters Corners was eliminated when NY 12D was rerouted to follow NY 337 to Lyons Falls, placing NY 12D on its current alignment.[10][11]

[edit] Major intersections

County Location Mile[1] Roads intersected Notes
Oneida Village of Boonville 0.00 NY 12
0.62 NY 46 Northern terminus of NY 46
Lewis West Turin 9.24 NY 26 Hamlet of Potters Corners
Lyons Falls 11.50 NY 12

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c 2006 Traffic Data Report for New York State (PDF) pp. 112, 350. New York State Department of Transportation (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
  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. ^ "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers", New York Times, 1924-12-21, p. XX9. 
  4. ^ Rand McNally. Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas (eastern New York) [map]. (1926) Retrieved on 2008-03-10.
  5. ^ Sun Oil Company. Road Map & Historical Guide - New York [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1935)
  6. ^ Automobile Legal Association (ALA) Automobile Green Book, 1938/39 edition, (W.A. Thibodeau, 1938).
  7. ^ United States Geological Survey. Utica, United States - New York [map], 1 : 250,000, Eastern United States 1 : 250,000. (1948) Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
  8. ^ Sunoco. New York [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1952)
  9. ^ New York State Department of Transportation. Port Leyden Quadrangle - New York [map]. (1969) Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
  10. ^ a b State of New York Department of Transportation (1970-01-01). Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
  11. ^ Gulf. New York and New Jersey Tourgide Map [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1974)