New York State Route 458

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NY Route 458
Length: 24.42 mi[1] (39.30 km)
Formed: 1970s[2][3]
West end: NY 11B in Hopkinton
East end: NY 30 in Brighton
Counties: St. Lawrence, Franklin
Numbered highways in New York
< NY 456 NY 470 >
Interstate - U.S. - N.Y. - Reference

New York State Route 458 is a state highway in the North Country of the U.S. state of New York. This highway runs northwest to southeast from St. Lawrence County into adjacent Franklin County. The western terminus is at NY 11B in the Hopkinton near the Lawrence hamlet of Nicholville. The eastern terminus is at NY 30 in Brighton.

NY 458 was assigned in the 1970s to the former routing of NY 72 east of Nicholville. Prior to being signed as part of NY 72 in 1930, it was designated as part of NY 56 in the 1920s.

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[edit] Route description

NY 458 begins at a junction with NY 11B in Hopkinton at the western fringe of the Lawrence hamlet of Nicholville. The route heads southeast, loosely paralleling the St. Regis River as it proceeds through rural eastern St. Lawrence County. After 3.5 miles (5.6 km), NY 458 passes into both the Franklin County town of Waverly and Adirondack Park.

Now within the park boundaries, NY 458 crosses over the Lake Ozonia Outlet on its way eastward to the hamlet of St. Regis Falls, the largest community on the entire route. The route crosses the St. Regis River twice and intersects County Route 5, a connector to the hamlet of Moira 10 miles (16 km) to the north, within St. Regis Falls. At the junction with CR 5, here named North Main Street but known as Moira-St. Regis Falls Road north of Adirondack Park, NY 458 turns south to follow South Main Street out of the community.

NY 458 continues southeast through Waverly to the hamlet known as Santa Clara in the town of the same name. Like St. Regis Falls before it, Santa Clara is situated on the banks of the St. Regis River; however, Santa Clara is significantly smaller than its downstream counterpart. The route heads through the hamlet and over the St. Regis for the final time as it approaches Goodnow Mountain, a peak rising roughly 1,960 feet (600 m) above sea level. Instead of traversing the mountain, NY 458 bypasses it to the south. East of the peak, NY 458 turns southeast and begins to parallel the east branch of the St. Regis River. This pairing remains intact through the towns of Santa Clara and Duane to Brighton, where NY 458 ends at NY 30. The river, meanwhile, ends less than 1 mile (1.6 km) to the east at Meacham Lake.

[edit] History

The entirety of modern NY 458 was originally designated as part of NY 56, a route extending from Massena to Brighton via Nicholville and Potsdam, in the mid-1920s.[4][5] In the 1930 renumbering, the segment of NY 56 between Potsdam and Brighton was renumbered to NY 72.[6] The portion of NY 72 east of Nicholville remained unchanged until the early 1970s when NY 72 was truncated to its current eastern terminus in Hopkinton. The former routing of NY 72 from Nicholville to Brighton was then renumbered to NY 458.[2][3]

[edit] Major intersections

County Location Mile[1] Roads intersected Notes
St. Lawrence Hopkinton 0.00 NY 11B Hamlet of Nicholville
Franklin Waverly 7.54 CR 5 (North Main Street) Hamlet of St. Regis Falls
Brighton 24.42 NY 30

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b 2006 Traffic Data Report for New York State (PDF) p. 305. New York State Department of Transportation (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2008-03-11.
  2. ^ a b New York State Thruway Authority. New York Thruway [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1971)
  3. ^ a b Gulf. New York and New Jersey Tourgide Map [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1974)
  4. ^ Rand McNally. Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas (eastern New York) [map]. (1926) Retrieved on 2008-03-10.
  5. ^ "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers", New York Times, 1924-12-21, p. XX9. 
  6. ^ Leon A. Dickinson. "New Signs for State Highways", New York Times, 1930-01-12, p. 136. 

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