New York State Route 72
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| NY Route 72 |
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| Length: | 15.36 mi[1] (24.72 km) | ||||||||||||
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| Formed: | 1930[2] | ||||||||||||
| West end: |  NY 56 near Potsdam |
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| East end: |  NY 11B in Hopkinton |
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| Counties: | St. Lawrence | ||||||||||||
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New York State Route 72 is a state highway in the northern part of New York, USA. The road is an east-west highway, located entirely within the eastern part of St. Lawrence County.
The western terminus of NY 72 is at NY 56 in the Town of Potsdam, south of the Village of Potsdam. The eastern terminus is at NY 11B, west of the community of Hopkinton in the Town of Hopkinton.
The NY 72 designation dates back to 1930; however, the route initially followed an entirely different alignment from Potsdam to Hopkinton and was much longer than it is now, extending as far east as Brighton, Franklin County. It was later rerouted onto its present routing by the 1940s and truncated to its current length in the 1970s.
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[edit] Route description
NY 72 begins at an intersection with NY 56 southwest of the Potsdam village limits in the St. Lawrence County town of the same name. The route heads southeast on a line to Stafford Corners, a small hamlet located on the Potsdam-Parishville, then turns east to serve the hamlets of Parishville Center, located at the junction of NY 72 and Ashton/Sinclair Roads,[3] and Parishville, located on the west branch of the St. Regis River. Within Parishville, NY 72, named Main Street, crosses over the river and intersects the southern end of County Route 47, a connector leading to U.S. Route 11 and NY 11C 10 miles (16 km) to the north.[4][5]
East of the hamlet of Parishville, NY 72 turns to the northeast and proceeds on a linear alignment through the towns of Parishville and Hopkinton toward the hamlet of Hopkinton in the northeast corner of the town of the same name.[4] Upon reaching the community, the route terminates at NY 11B, the primary east-west route through the hamlet.[6]
[edit] History
The primary east-west roadway connecting Potsdam to Brighton via Southville, Hopkinton, and St. Regis Falls (modern NY 11B, Port Kent Road, and NY 458) was originally designated as New York State Route 2A from Potsdam to Nicholville and as part of New York State Route 56 from Nicholville to Brighton by 1926.[7] When NY 2 was redesignated as U.S. Route 11 in 1927, NY 2A was replaced with a rerouted NY 56.[8] In the 1930 renumbering, the entirety of NY 56 east of Potsdam (by this time rerouted to follow current NY 458 between Nicholville and St. Regis Falls) was renumbered to NY 72[2] while an alternate routing of NY 72 between Potsdam and Hopkinton via Parishville was assigned New York State Route 72A.[9]
NY 72 remained unchanged until NY 11B was assigned to an alternate route of US 11 between Potsdam and Malone by 1947. From Potsdam to Hopkinton, NY 11B supplanted NY 72; between Hopkinton and Nicholville, the two routes were concurrent. West of Hopkinton, NY 72 was rerouted to follow NY 72A between Potsdam.[10]
In the 1970s, NY 72 was truncated to its current eastern terminus in Hopkinton.[11][12]
[edit] Major intersections
| County | Location | Mile[1] | Roads intersected | Notes |
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| St. Lawrence | Town of Potsdam | 0.00 | NY 56 |
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| Parishville | 8.59 | CR 47 | Hamlet of Parishville | |
| Hopkinton | 15.36 | NY 11B |
Hamlet of Hopkinton |
[edit] References
- ^ a b 2006 Traffic Data Report for New York State (PDF) p. 199. New York State Department of Transportation (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2008-02-16.
- ^ a b Leon A. Dickinson. "New Signs for State Highways", New York Times, 1930-01-12, p. 136.
- ^ United States Geological Survey. Potsdam Quadrangle - New York - St. Lawrence Co. [map], 1 : 24,000, 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic). (1964) Retrieved on 2008-02-17.
- ^ a b United States Geological Survey. Parishville Quadrangle - New York - St. Lawrence Co. [map], 1 : 24,000, 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic). (1980) Retrieved on 2008-02-17.
- ^ Google Maps - Parishville, New York. Retrieved on 2008-02-17.
- ^ Google Maps - Hopkinton, New York. Retrieved on 2008-02-17.
- ^ Rand McNally. Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas (eastern New York) [map]. (1926) Retrieved on 2008-02-17.
- ^ Automobile Blue Book, (Automobile Blue Books Inc., Chicago, 1927), Vol. 1
- ^ 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
- ^ State of New York Department of Public Works. Official Highway Map of New York State [map], 1947-48 edition. Cartography by General Drafting.
- ^ State of New York Department of Transportation (1970-01-01). Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State. Retrieved on 2008-02-17.
- ^ Exxon. New York [map], 1977-78 edition. Cartography by General Drafting. (1977)
