New York State Route 812

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NY Route 812
Maintained by NYSDOT
Length: 80.92 mi[1] (130.23 km)
Formed: 1980s[2]
South end: NY 12 / NY 26 in Lowville
Major
junctions:		 NY 3 in Harrisville
US 11 / NY 58 in Gouverneur
NY 37 in Ogdensburg
North end: Hwy 16 in Ogdensburg
Counties: Lewis, St. Lawrence
Numbered highways in New York
< I-790 NY 825 >
Interstate - U.S. - N.Y. - Reference

New York State Route 812 (NY 812) is a state highway in northern New York, USA. The southern terminus of the route is in the Village of Lowville in Lewis County, at the intersection of New York State Route 12 and New York State Route 26. The northern terminus is at the United States-Canada border in Ogdensburg, where it crosses the Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge and connects to Highway 16 (with access to Highway 401 and continues as Highway 416 to Ottawa-Gatineau, Canada).

The portion of NY 812 from Lowville to Croghan, as well as from De Kalb to Ogdensburg, had signed designations as early as 1930. However, the two sections were not unified under a single designation until the 1980s, when ownership of most of modern NY 812 between Croghan and Fowler was turned over from Lewis and St. Lawrence Counties to New York State.

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[edit] Route description

[edit] Lewis County

NY 812 begins at an intersection with NY 12 and NY 26 in the center of Lowville. NY 26, concurrent with NY 12 south of this point, leaves NY 12 and follows NY 812 for several blocks along North State Street before NY 812 turns northeast onto Bostwick Street. Just before Bostwick ends at East State Street, NY 812 turns off and begins its progression northward through a largely rural area of the North Country. As it exits the village of Lowville (and enters the town of the same name), it begins to parallel the western bank of the Black River. The two entities remain close for roughly 1-mile (1.6 km) before NY 812 crosses over the river and enters New Bremen.[3]

In the hamlet of New Bremen, NY 812 intersects County Route 33, a riverside roadway bypassing both Croghan and Beaver Falls along the east bank of the Black River, southwest of Duflo Airport. NY 812 continues onward, crossing the Black Creek as it enters Croghan, a village situated on the New Bremen-Croghan line. At the center of the community, NY 812 meets the eastern terminus of NY 126.[3]

Outside of Croghan, NY 812 traverses the Beaver River just north of the village line. The route and the river continue northward along parallel routings for a brief distance before the two separate near the hamlet of High Falls. While the river curves east toward the hamlet, NY 812 presses northward through the rural hamlets of Indian River and Dutton Corners into the town of Diana, where NY 812 starts to parallel the west branch of the Oswegatchie River as both continue north through the town. At Tylers Corners, NY 812 intersects NY 3 and joins the route eastward into Harrisville, where the conjoined routes cross over the Oswegatchie. Northeast of Harrisville in extreme southwestern St. Lawrence County, NY 812 breaks from NY 3 and heads northwest through Pitcairn (crossing over the Oswegatchie once more in the process).[3]

[edit] St. Lawrence County

From Harrisville, NY 812 travels north through an area of Pitcairn and Fowler. This area contains numerous small lakes and rivers and is predominantly rural in nature. Within Fowler, the route serves the hamlet of Balmat (located on the eastern edge of Sylvia Lake) before intersecting NY 58 in the hamlet of Fowler. Here, NY 812 joins NY 58 northeast along the southern bank of the now-unified Oswegatchie River to the village of Gouverneur, where NY 812 leaves NY 58 but joins U.S. Route 11 at the heart of the community.[3]

Outside of the village in the town of the same name, US 11 and NY 812 head northeast, roughly paralleling the Oswegatchie once more into the De Kalb village of Richville. The routes quickly exit the village and separate shortly thereafter south of the hamlet of De Kalb, with the Oswegatchie leaving the path of US 11 and following NY 812. NY 812 heads north, serving De Kalb and crossing over the Oswegatchie south of an intersection with County Route 14, a connector leading to Rensselaer Falls that was once NY 186. Here, NY 812 begins to the northwest as it approaches the village of Heuvelton.[3]

Within the village, NY 812, here known as State Street, intersects NY 184 just before traversing the Oswegatchie one final time. The name remains for three blocks before NY 812 departs the village and reemerges into the town of Oswegatchie. Farther north, NY 812 passes by the Ogdensburg International Airport before meeting NY 37 at an interchange just south of the Ogdensburg city limits. NY 812 joins NY 37 here, following the route through the southern reaches of the city. The conjoined routes intersect NY 68 before separating near the northeastern city limits. Past NY 37, NY 812 continues onto the Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge over the St. Lawrence River, where it becomes Highway 16 upon crossing the United States-Canada border into Ontario. [3]

[edit] History

In the 1930 renumbering, what is now NY 812 between Lowville and Croghan became the southernmost leg of New York State Route 26A, an alternate route of NY 26 between Lowville and Carthage. Farther north, the portion of modern NY 812 between De Kalb and Ogdensburg was signed as part of New York State Route 87,[4] a route extending from Harrisville to Ogdensburg via Edwards, Russell and De Kalb.[5] From Harrisville to Fowler, NY 87 followed a parallel alignment to modern NY 812 along Hands Flats, Stone, and Pitcairn Roads, and County Route 135. Between Fowler and De Kalb, NY 87 used what is now NY 58, CR 24, CR 17, and U.S. Route 11 before following current NY 812 north to Ogdensburg.[6]

The first change to NY 87 came by 1947 when the southern terminus of the route was moved northeastward to the eastern terminus of its former overlap with NY 58 in Edwards.[7] NY 87 then remained unchanged up until the 1970s when the portion of the route south of US 11 was removed from the state highway system, leaving only the De Kalb-Ogdensburg routing intact.[8][9]

On April 1, 1980, ownership and maintenance of NY 194, a connector between NY 177 in Pinckney and NY 12 in Copenhagen, was turned over from New York State to Lewis County in exchange for jurisdiction over the portion of Main Street north of NY 26A in Croghan, the segment of then-County Route 10 between the Croghan village line and then-CR 11, and the entirety of then-CR 11 from CR 10 to NY 3.[10][11][12] Two years later, on September 1, 1982, the state of New York assumed ownership and maintenance of then-County Routes 73 (the southern leg from NY 3 to CR 99), 99, and 56 as part of a large highway maintenance swap between the state and St. Lawrence County.[10][13][14] Both highways, as well as NY 26A south of Croghan and the remaining piece of NY 87, were subsequently redesignated as NY 812.[2]

[edit] Major intersections

County Location Mile[1] Roads intersected Notes
Lewis Village of Lowville 0.00 NY 12 / NY 26 south Southern terminus of overlap
0.37 NY 26 north Northern terminus of overlap
Village of Croghan 9.90 NY 126 Eastern terminus of NY 126
Diana 26.65 NY 3 west Southern terminus of overlap
St. Lawrence Pitcairn 31.10 NY 3 east Northern terminus of overlap
Fowler 41.12 NY 58 south Southern terminus of overlap
Village of Gouverneur 47.21 US 11 south
NY 58 north		 Northern terminus of NY 58/NY 812 overlap; southern terminus of US 11/NY 812 overlap
De Kalb 58.64 US 11 north Northern terminus of overlap
Heuvelton 70.45 NY 184 Eastern terminus of NY 184
Ogdensburg 76.93 NY 37 west Western terminus of overlap
77.27 NY 68
Ogdensburg/Lisbon line 79.34 NY 37 east Eastern terminus of overlap
Ogdensburg 80.92 Hwy 16 Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Traffic Data Report - NY 427 to NY 908F (PDF). NYSDOT (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2007-09-05.
  2. ^ a b Rand McNally. New York [map]. (1985) ISBN 0-528-91040-X.
  3. ^ a b c d e f I Love New York. 30th Anniversary New York [map]. Cartography by Map Works. (2007)
  4. ^ Leon A. Dickinson. "New Signs for State Highways", New York Times, 1930-01-12, p. 136. 
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ Sun Oil Company. Road Map & Historical Guide - New York [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1935)
  7. ^ State of New York Department of Public Works. Official Highway Map of New York State [map], 1947-48 edition. Cartography by General Drafting.
  8. ^ State of New York Department of Transportation (1970-01-01). Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State. Retrieved on 2008-02-20.
  9. ^ Exxon. New York [map], 1977-78 edition. Cartography by General Drafting. (1977)
  10. ^ a b New York State Legislature. Highway Law, Article 12, Section 341. Retrieved on 2008-02-20.
  11. ^ New York State Department of Transportation. Croghan Quadrangle - New York - Lewis Co. [map]. (1969) Retrieved on 2008-02-20.
  12. ^ New York State Department of Transportation. Remington Corners Quadrangle - New York - Lewis Co. [map]. (1969) Retrieved on 2008-02-20.
  13. ^ New York State Department of Transportation. Harrisville Quadrangle - New York [map]. (1968) Retrieved on 2008-02-20.
  14. ^ New York State Department of Transportation. Gouverneur Quadrangle - New York - St. Lawrence Co. [map]. (1969) Retrieved on 2008-02-20.

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