The highways in Essex County, New York account for about 688 miles (1,107 km) of the highway system in New York, with 330.6 miles (532.0 km) of state roads and 357.4 miles (575.2 km) of county roads.[1] Several highways within the borders of the county serve as connections to ferry landings and bridges across Lake Champlain. There is one interstate highway in Essex County, Interstate 87, known locally as the Adirondack Northway. There is one U.S. highway in the county, the north–south U.S. Route 9. The next level of highway, designated state touring routes, has 11 designated highways that are spread throughout the county. The longest of these is New York State Route 9N, which runs for 67.69 miles (108.94 km) through the county. The shortest touring route in Essex County is New York State Route 373, which runs for 3.20 miles (5.15 km).[2]
The next level of highways in Essex County are the reference routes. The six reference routes in the county are short connectors; another reference route is no longer designated as such and is a former alignment of New York State Route 8, which stretches for 4.11 miles (6.61 km).[3] The last level of highways in the county is county roads. There are over 60 county roads in Essex County; most serve as collector roads.
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There is one interstate highway in Essex County, Interstate 87, stretching for 57.23 miles (92.10 km) from the Warren County line near Schroon Lake to the Clinton County line north of Keeseville.[2] The highway was assigned after being built in 1967 to connect Keeseville to the Clinton County line, paralleling the alignment of U.S. Route 9.[4][5]
There is one U.S. Route in Essex County, U.S. Route 9, which runs for 58.99 miles (94.94 km) in two segments. The first, spanning 57.83 miles (93.07 km), enters from Warren County near Schroon Lake before entering Clinton County temporarily. The second, spanning 1.16 miles (1.87 km), stretches from both lines of Clinton County.[2] Route 9 was assigned in the area in 1926 along a stagecoach route and has remained virtually unchanged since.[6]
There are 10 state touring routes in Essex county, the longest of which is NY 9N at 67.69 miles (108.94 km), which stretches from the Warren County line near Lake George to the Clinton County line north of Willsboro.[2] The shortest is Route 373, running for 3.20 miles (5.15 km).[2] Some state highways have been decommissioned, including New York State Route 192 (now part of New York State Route 86),[7] New York State Route 427 (now part of New York State Route 73), and New York State Route 86A (also part of NY 73).[7] New York State Route 8 was once concurrent with Routes 9N and 22, which continue into Essex County from Warren County, and ended in Crown Point at the Vermont border.[7] This has been replaced by NY 185 post-truncation, since Route 8 no longer exists in Essex County.[2]
There are six reference routes in Essex County;[8] there used to be seven, but on April 7, 2008, during reconstruction of the Champlain Bridge, the New York State Department of Transportation decided to promote New York State Route 910L to a touring route, now designated NY 185.[9] Around this time, there was an addition to the highway system, with the designation of New York State Route 915K, exit 33 on the Adirondack Northway. The longest reference route is New York State Route 910M at 0.81 miles (1.30 km), running from John Brown's Grave to NY 73.[2] The other three reference routes are NY 910K (part of the Blue Ridge Road), NY 912T (the shortest reference route, at 0.12 miles (0.19 km),[2] and a connector to NY 373), and NY 913Q, which serves Mount Van Hoevenberg in North Elba.[8]
There are over 60 county routes in Essex County, signed with the pentagonal county highway shields found in most of the state. The first in order is CR 2, also known as Corduroy Road and Creek Road in Ticonderoga; the last is CR 86E, known locally as Saint Huberts Road in Saint Huberts.[10] In Keene, there are five county routes along NY 73 that are former alignments of NY 86A, which previously ran along that alignment.[11]
The chart below shows current interstate, U.S., and state highways by year of creation, length, and towns crossed. The towns are in order of how the road encounters them. Routes with (19xx) in them is when that particular route was removed from the highway system.
The following is a list of county routes in Essex County. Essex county routes are signed with the standard pentagon shield. The towns are in order of how the road encounters them (either from the south to the north or from the west to the east).
| Route #[10] | Name | Length | Locations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CR 2 | Corduroy Road, Creek Road | 9.85 miles (15.85 km)[15] | Ticonderoga, Crown Point | |
| CR 3 | Black Point Road | 2.44 miles (3.93 km)[16] | Ticonderoga | Dead ends on the shores of Lake George. |
| CR 4 | Ensign Pond Road, Dugway Road, Tarbell Hill Road | 15.85 miles (25.51 km)[17] | North Hudson, Moriah | |
| CR 5 | Baldwin Road | 2.85 miles (4.59 km)[18] | Ticonderoga | Dead end |
| CR 6 | Tracy Road, Powerhouse Road | 8.06 miles (12.97 km)[19] | North Hudson, Moriah | |
| CR 6A | Silver Hill Road | 2.88 miles (4.63 km)[20] | Moriah | |
| CR 7 | Vineyard Road, Bradford Hill Road, White Church Road, Moriah Road, Center Road, Plank Road, Fisher Hill Road, Lincoln Pond Road | 26.30 miles (42.33 km)[21] | Crown Point, Moriah, Ticonderoga, Elizabethtown | |
| CR 7B | Bartlett Pond Road | 1.46 miles (2.35 km)[22] | Moriah | Dead end |
| CR 8 | Elizabethtown – Wadhams Road | 7.02 miles (11.30 km)[23] | Elizabethtown, Westport | |
| CR 10 | Fox Run Road, Lewis-Wadhams Road | 12.26 miles (19.73 km)[24] | Westport, Lewis, Elizabethtown | |
| CR 10A | Water Street | 1.09 miles (1.75 km)[25] | Elizabethtown | |
| CR 11 | Trout Brook Road | 0.42 miles (0.68 km)[26] | Ticonderoga | |
| CR 12 | Jersey Street, Stowersville Road, Wells Hill Road | 11.46 miles (18.44 km)[27] | Essex, Lewis | Formerly had two discontinuous segments. The western segment was redesignated CR 83 |
| CR 13 | Hurricane Road | 6.15 miles (9.90 km)[28] | Keene | |
| CR 14 | Deerhead Road | 9.26 miles (14.90 km)[29] | Lewis, Willsboro | |
| CR 15 | Augur Lake Road | 3.58 miles (5.76 km)[30] | Chesterfield | Dead-ends at Augur Lake |
| CR 16 | Clinton Street, Port Douglas Road | 3.61 miles (5.81 km)[31] | Chesterfield | |
| CR 17 | Soper Road | 2.55 miles (4.10 km)[32] | Chesterfield | |
| CR 18 | River Road | 5.88 miles (9.46 km)[33] | Saint Armand | |
| CR 19 | Bonnie View Road | 3.75 miles (6.04 km)[34] | Wilmington | Crosses the county line and becomes an unnumbered road in Clinton County |
| CR 20 | Trudeau Road | 0.97 miles (1.56 km)[35] | Saint Armand | |
| CR 21 | River Road | 4.01 miles (6.45 km)[36] | North Elba | Designated as the "10th Mountain Division Memorial Trail" |
| CR 23 | Averyville Lane | 3.66 miles (5.89 km)[37] | North Elba | Dead end |
| CR 24 | Irishtown Road, Hoffman Road | 12.82 miles (20.63 km)[38] | Schroon, Minerva | |
| CR 25 | Tahawus Road, Upper Works Road | 9.84 miles (15.84 km)[39] | Newcomb | Dead end |
| CR 26 | Bear Cub Road | 2.49 miles (4.01 km)[40] | North Elba | Dead-ends south of the town near Heaven Hill |
| CR 26A | Newman Road | — | North Elba | |
| CR 27 | Farrell Road, Point Road | 5.54 miles (8.92 km)[41] | Willsboro | Terminates south of Willsboro Point |
| CR 28 | Highlands Road | 7.47 miles (12.02 km)[42] | Chesterfield | |
| CR 29 | Olmstedville Road | 4.00 miles (6.44 km)[43] | Minerva | |
| CR 29A | Donnelly Road | 0.53 miles (0.85 km)[44] | Minerva | |
| CR 30 | Morse Memorial Highway, Church Road | 4.00 miles (6.44 km)[45] | Minerva | |
| CR 31 | Whiteface Inn Lane | 1.54 miles (2.48 km)[46] | North Elba | |
| CR 32 | Raybrook Road | 1.58 miles (2.54 km)[47] | North Elba | |
| CR 33 | Southern extension of Pine Street in Saranac Lake | 2.31 miles (3.72 km)[48] | North Elba | County maintenance ends at Payeville Road |
| CR 34 | Trout Brook Road | 6.62 miles (10.65 km)[49] | Schroon, Minerva | Also known as CR 24B |
| CR 35 | Old Military Road | 3.61 miles (5.81 km)[50] | North Elba | |
| CR 36 | Wilson Road | 0.54 miles (0.87 km)[51] | Minerva | |
| CR 37 | 14th Road, Town Shed Road, Longs Hill Road, Oneil Road | 3.65 miles (5.87 km)[52] | Minerva | County maintenance ends at Bennett Road |
| CR 38 | New Hague Road | 1.05 miles (1.69 km)[53] | Ticonderoga | Continues southward as Warren County Route 21A |
| CR 39 | Putts Pond Road | 3.91 miles (6.29 km)[54] | Ticonderoga | Dead end |
| CR 40 | Alstead Hill Lane | 1.08 miles (1.74 km)[55] | Keene | County maintenance ends at Bartlett Road |
| CR 41 | Lower Road | 0.70 miles (1.13 km)[56] | Ticonderoga | Continues south as Washington CR 2. |
| CR 42 | West Moriah Road, Tarbell Hill Road | 2.44 miles (3.93 km)[57] | Moriah | |
| CR 43 | Shore-Airport Road | 4.18 miles (6.73 km)[58] | Ticonderoga | |
| CR 44 | Stevenson Road | 5.85 miles (9.41 km)[59] | Westport | |
| CR 45 | Sugar Hill Road | 1.37 miles (2.20 km)[60] | Crown Point | |
| CR 46 | Factoryville Road | 2.05 miles (3.30 km)[61] | Crown Point | |
| CR 47 | Amy Hill Road, Pearl Street | 4.06 miles (6.53 km)[62] | Crown Point | |
| CR 48 (South) | Old Chilson Road | 3.40 miles (5.47 km)[63] | Ticonderoga | |
| CR 48 (North) | Lake Road | 3.42 miles (5.50 km)[64] | Crown Point | |
| CR 49 | Delano Road | 2.86 miles (4.60 km)[65] | Ticonderoga | |
| CR 50 | Russell Street | 2.84 miles (4.57 km)[66] | Crown Point | |
| CR 51 | Gilmore Hill Road | 1.00 mile (1.61 km)[67] | Keene | |
| CR 52 | Styles Brook Road | 2.92 miles (4.70 km)[68] | Keene | County maintenance ends at Upland Meadows Road |
| CR 53 | Cutting Road | 1.23 miles (1.98 km)[69] | Lewis | |
| CR 54 | Pilfershire Road | 3.19 miles (5.13 km)[70] | Moriah | |
| CR 55 | Walker Road, Whallons Bay Road | 6.84 miles (11.01 km)[71] | Essex | Also known as CR 22K Discontinuous at the Boquet River |
| CR 56 | Middle Chilson Road | 2.20 miles (3.54 km)[72] | Ticonderoga | |
| CR 57 | Reber Road | 1.37 miles (2.20 km)[73] | Willsboro, Essex | Partial town road |
| CR 58 | Valley Road | 2.79 miles (4.49 km)[74] | Jay | |
| CR 59 | Youngs Road | 2.57 miles (4.14 km)[75] | Westport | |
| CR 60 | Sam Spear Road | 1.90 miles (3.06 km)[76] | Westport | |
| CR 61 | Maple Street | 0.26 miles (0.42 km)[77] | Willsboro | |
| CR 62 | Farrell Road | 1.89 miles (3.04 km)[78] | Willsboro | Also known as CR 27B |
| CR 63 | Fox Farm Road | 0.87 miles (1.40 km)[79] | Wilmington | |
| CR 64 | Randys Lane, Stickney Bridge Road | 5.86 miles (9.43 km)[80] | Jay | |
| CR 65 | Sheldrake Road | 2.54 miles (4.09 km)[81] | Jay | |
| CR 66 | Middle Road | 6.11 miles (9.83 km)[82] | Essex, Willsboro | Also known as CR 22M |
| CR 67 | Old Schroon Road | 1.64 miles (2.64 km)[83] | Schroon | |
| CR 68 | Sunset Drive | 5.07 miles (8.16 km)[84] | Willsboro | |
| CR 69 | Hulls Falls Road | 2.46 miles (3.96 km)[85] | Keene | |
| CR 70 | Witherbee Road, Dalton Hill Road | 3.78 miles (6.08 km)[86] | Moriah | |
| CR 71 | Mace Chasm Road | 5.54 miles (8.92 km)[87] | Chesterfield | |
| CR 72 | Whiteface Mountain Road, Gillsepie Drive | 4.26 miles (6.86 km)[88] | Wilmington, Saint Armand | Crosses the county line and continues as Franklin County Route 48. Also known as CR 18A. |
| CR 75 | Eaton Lane | 0.36 miles (0.58 km)[89] | Newcomb | |
| CR 76 | Tahawus Road | 0.80 miles (1.29 km)[90] | Newcomb | |
| CR 77 | Alexandria Avenue | 1.54 miles (2.48 km)[91] | Ticonderoga | County Route from intersection with Lake George Avenue and West |
| CR 78 | Johnson Pond Road | 2.96 miles (4.76 km)[92] | North Hudson | Continues as CR 2 near Johnson Pond |
| CR 79 | Raymond Wright Way | 0.98 miles (1.58 km)[93] | Moriah | |
| CR 80 | Lake Shore Road | 10.18 miles (16.38 km)[94] | Essex, Westport | Also known as CR 22J |
| CR 81 | Saint Regis Street | 0.53 miles (0.85 km)[95] | Saint Armand | Continues into Franklin County as CR 55;Formerly a segment of New York State Route 192 |
| CR 82 | Glen Road | 3.83 miles (6.16 km)[96] | Jay | |
| CR 83 | Jay Mountain Road, Trumbulls Road, Springfield Road, Haselton Road | 5.55 miles (8.93 km)[97] | Jay, Wilmington | Crosses the county line and becomes an unnumbered road in Clinton County |
| CR 84 | Blue Ridge Road | 18.83 miles (30.30 km)[98] | Newcomb, Minerva, North Hudson | Also known as CR 2B[3] |
| CR 86A | Ausable Road | 1.19 miles (1.92 km)[99] | Saint Huberts | Old alignment of former NY 86A. Not signed.[11] |
| CR 86B | Adirondack Street, Market Street | 0.67 miles (1.08 km)[100] | Keene Valley | Old alignment of former NY 86A. Not signed.[11] |
| CR 86C | Cemetery Lane | 0.33 miles (0.53 km)[101] | Keene Valley | Old alignment of former NY 86A. Not signed.[11] |
| CR 86D | Airport Lane | 0.81 miles (1.30 km)[102] | Keene Valley | Old alignment of former NY 86A. Not signed.[11] |
| CR 86E | Saint Huberts Road | 0.33 miles (0.53 km)[103] | Saint Huberts | Old alignment of former NY 86A. Not signed.[11] |
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