New York State Route 124

NYS Route 124
Salem Road
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT
Length: 4.96 mi[2] (7.98 km)
Existed: 1930[1] – present
Major junctions
South end: NY 137 in Pound Ridge
North end: NY 35 in Lewisboro
Location
Counties: Westchester
Highway system

Numbered highways in New York
Interstate • U.S. • N.Y. (former) • Reference • County

← NY 123 NY 125 →

New York State Route 124 (NY 124) is a 4.96-mile (7.98 km) long north–south state highway in the northern part of Westchester County, New York, in the United States. The route connects NY 137 in the hamlet of Pound Ridge to NY 35 near the hamlet of South Salem.

Contents

Route description

NY 124 begins at NY 137 in the hamlet of Pound Ridge (in the town of the same name). It heads north and crosses into the town of Lewisboro, ending west of the hamlet of South Salem at NY 35. Just before the junction with NY 35, NY 124 splits into a west leg and an east leg, with both legs ending at NY 35. Both legs are signed as NY 124 but the main line officially runs on the west leg. The east leg is internally designated as NY 983D, an unsigned reference route. Both legs are approximately 0.35 miles (0.56 km) in length.[2]

History

NY 124 was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. It began at NY 137 in Pound Ridge and continued north into Lewisboro, where it met NY 123 (now NY 35). NY 124 then overlapped NY 123 west to the hamlet of Cross River, where it joined NY 121 north to the North Salem hamlet of Grant Corner. The route left NY 121 here and followed June, North Salem, and Deans Corner Roads north to a terminus at NY 22 south of Brewster.[1] NY 124 was extended south to the Connecticut state line in 1967[3] by way of Westchester Avenue—replacing NY 394—and an overlap with NY 137. It continued into Connecticut as Route 124.[4][5]

The route was truncated on both ends over the next two decades. The extension to Connecticut was eliminated by 1970, returning NY 124's southern terminus to NY 137 in Pound Ridge.[6] NY 124 was truncated again in 1980 as a result of two highway maintenance swaps between the state of New York and Putnam and Westchester Counties. Ownership and maintenance of all of NY 124 within Putnam County was transferred to the county on April 1, while the section of NY 124 between NY 121 and the Putnam County line was given to Westchester County on September 1.[7] NY 124 was subsequently truncated southward to the eastern terminus of its overlap with NY 35[8][9] while the former routing of NY 124 north of NY 121 became County Route 310 in Westchester County and County Route 55 in Putnam County.[10][11]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Westchester County.

Location Mile[2] Destinations Notes
Pound Ridge 0.00 NY 137
Lewisboro 4.96 NY 35
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ a b Standard Oil Company of New York (1930). Road Map of New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. 
  2. ^ a b c "2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. pp. 167, 286. https://www.nysdot.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/NYSDOT%20TVR%202008%20by%20Route.pdf. Retrieved February 1, 2010. 
  3. ^ "Connecticut Routes 120–124 – Route 124". Kurumi. July 27, 2007. http://www.kurumi.com/roads/ct/ctx120.html#124. Retrieved May 20, 2009. 
  4. ^ Sinclair (1964). New York and Metropolitan New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. 
  5. ^ State of New York Department of Commerce (1969). New York State Highways (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. 
  6. ^ State of New York Department of Transportation (January 1, 1970) (PDF). Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State. http://www.greaternyroads.info/pdfs/state70.pdf. Retrieved May 20, 2009. 
  7. ^ New York State Legislature. "New York State Highway Law § 341". http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/LAWSSEAF.cgi?QUERYTYPE=LAWS+&QUERYDATA=$$HAY341$$@TXHAY0341+&LIST=LAW+&TARGET=VIEW. Retrieved July 19, 2010. 
  8. ^ State of New York (1981). I Love New York Tourism Map (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. 
  9. ^ Rand McNally (1985). New York (Map). ISBN 0-528-91040-X. 
  10. ^ New York State Department of Transportation (1990). Peach Lake Digital Raster Quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/gisdata/quads/drg24/dotpreview/index.cfm?code=dd50. Retrieved May 20, 2009. 
  11. ^ New York State Department of Transportation (1989). Lake Carmel Digital Raster Quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/gisdata/quads/drg24/dotpreview/index.cfm?code=cc49. Retrieved May 20, 2009. 

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