New York State Route 151

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

NY Route 151
Length: 8.23 mi[1] (13.24 km)
Formed: 1930s[2]
West end: US 9 / US 20 in Rensselaer
Major
junctions:		 US 4 in East Greenbush
East end: NY 150 in Schodack
Counties: Rensselaer
Numbered highways in New York
< NY 150 NY 153 >
Interstate - U.S. - N.Y. - Reference

New York State Route 151 (NY 151) is an 8.23-mile (13.24 km) long state highway located in Rensselaer County, New York. Its western terminus is at U.S. Route 9 and U.S. Route 20 in Rensselaer, and its eastern terminus is at NY 150 in the Schodack hamlet of Shivers Corners. It also has an intersection with U.S. Route 4 in East Greenbush.

The current western terminus of NY 151 is the former western terminus of NY 43.

Contents

[edit] History

NY 151 was assigned in the 1930s to a routing similar to its current alignment. At the time, NY 151 began at the intersection of Third Avenue (then-NY 152) and High Street in Rensselaer and followed the length of High Street and Red Mill Road to where it merged with its current alignment southeast of the city. West of High Street, what is now NY 151 was the westernmost portion of NY 152.[2] By 1947, NY 152 was truncated to Defreestville on its western end and replaced with NY 381 along Third Avenue.[3] In the late 1960s, NY 381 was supplanted by a rerouted NY 43.[4][5]

In the late 1970s, NY 151 was rerouted off High Street and onto a new roadway, Barracks Road, in the vicinity of Rensselaer. As a result, the roadway no longer entered the Rensselaer city limits.[6][7] It was re-extended into the city by way of Third Avenue in the late 1990s when NY 43 was rerouted to meet Interstate 90 at the new exit 8 west of Defreestville. Like NY 43 before it, NY 151 terminated at an interchange linking Third Avenue to U.S. Route 9 and U.S. Route 20.[8][9]

[edit] Major intersections

County Location Mile[1] Roads intersected Notes
Rensselaer Rensselaer 0.00 US 9 / US 20 Interchange
Town of East Greenbush 0.97 Third Avenue (NY 915E) Former routing of NY 43 and NY 381
3.14 US 4
Schodack 8.23 NY 150

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b 2006 Traffic Data Report for New York State (PDF) p. 242. New York State Department of Transportation (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2008-04-22.
  2. ^ a b Sun Oil Company. Road Map & Historical Guide - New York [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1935)
  3. ^ State of New York Department of Public Works. Official Highway Map of New York State [map], 1947-48 edition. Cartography by General Drafting.
  4. ^ United States Geological Survey. Albany, N.Y., Conn., Mass., N.H., VT. [map], 1 : 250,000, Eastern United States 1 : 250,000. (1967) Retrieved on 2008-04-22.
  5. ^ State of New York Department of Transportation (1970-01-01). Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State. Retrieved on 2008-04-22.
  6. ^ Exxon. New York [map], 1977-78 edition. Cartography by General Drafting. (1977)
  7. ^ United States Geological Survey. Troy South Quadrangle - New York [map], 1 : 24,000, 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic). (1980) Retrieved on 2008-04-22.
  8. ^ Rand McNally. New York [map]. (1995) ISBN 0-528-96764-9.
  9. ^ Rand McNally. Rand McNally Road Atlas [map]. (1998) ISBN 0-528-83935-7. Page 67.

[edit] External links