New York State Route 129

NYS Route 129
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT
Length: 7.75 mi[2] (12.47 km)
Existed: 1930[1] – present
Major junctions
West end: NY 9A in Croton on Hudson
East end: NY 118 in Yorktown
Location
Counties: Westchester
Highway system

Numbered highways in New York
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← NY 128 NY 130 →

New York State Route 129 (NY 129) is a 7.75-mile (12.47 km) long state highway in the western part of Westchester County, New York. The route begins at NY 9A (South Riverside Avenue) in the village of Croton on Hudson. NY 129 then travels through the towns of Cortlandt and Yorktown, running along the northern edge of the New Croton Reservoir. It passes under (southbound) and over (northbound) the Taconic State Parkway in Yorktown with no direct interchange. NY 129 ends in Yorktown at NY 118.

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Route description

From its start on Riverside Avenue in the village of Croton on Hudson, NY 129 makes a turn up Maple Street, which then becomes Grand Street. At the Cortlandt town line, NY 129 becomes Croton Dam Road and the speed limit increases to 55 mph. Soon thereafter it passes the New Croton Dam and begins a steep climb to level off and run along the northern edge of the New Croton Reservoir, becoming a road a driver might enjoy.

The road soon becomes Yorktown Road, and then Croton Lake Road as it enters Yorktown. Upon entering Yorktown it passes over the Hunters Brook Bridge over the Hunters Brook branch of the reservoir and then enters (historic) Huntersville, where the speed limit drops to 40 miles per hour (64 km/h). After passing through Huntersville, the speed limit goes back to 55 just before reaching County Route 131 (Underhill Avenue). From there, NY 129 climbs uphill again to pass under the southbound Taconic State Parkway, and then over the northbound side. The route then drops back down to the level of the reservoir and passing a house reported to have been moved from Huntersville before it was flooded.[3] A short distance further along is the Old Croton Dam bridge off a side road, from which one might catch a glimpse of the Old Croton Dam when the water level is low.

NY 129 ends at an intersection with NY 118 (Saw Mill River Road) controlled by a flashing light south of Yorktown Heights on the northern edge of the New Croton Reservoir. NY 118 continues eastward on Croton Lake Road, which carries the Saw Mill River Road name east of this point. A common misconception is that NY 129 continues to NY 100, when it is in fact NY 118 that actually connects with NY 100. NY 129 actually ends at an intersection 1.3 miles (2.1 km) before NY 100.

History

In 1908, the New York State Legislature created Route 2, an unsigned legislative route extending from the New York City line at Yonkers to the Columbia County village of Valatie. Route 2 initially followed modern NY 129, Croton Avenue, and NY 35 between Croton-on-Hudson and Peekskill;[4][5] however, it was realigned on March 1, 1921, to use what is now NY 9A instead.[6] NY 129 was designated to most of its current alignment as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. It originally followed Croton Dam Road, the southern perimeter road around the New Croton Reservoir,[1] while Croton Lake Road, the northern route, was designated as NY 131 by the following year.[7] The alignments of NY 129 and NY 131 in the vicinity of the reservoir were flipped ca. 1941[8][9] and the NY 131 designation ceased to exist by the mid-1940s.[10]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Westchester County.

Location Mile[2] Destinations Notes
Croton-on-Hudson 0.00 NY 9A
1.36 Quaker Bridge Road
Yorktown 5.51 Underhill Avenue (CR 131) To Taconic State Parkway
7.75 NY 118
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 "2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. p. 168. https://www.nysdot.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/NYSDOT%20TVR%202008%20by%20Route.pdf. Retrieved February 1, 2010. 
  3. ^ Chitwood, Susan (December 6, 2001). "Huntersville: Westchester's Atlantis?". The Star (Peekskill, New York). http://www.townlink.com/huntersville/star1.htm. Retrieved June 6, 2010. 
  4. ^ State of New York Department of Highways (1909). The Highway Law. Albany, New York: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 53–54. http://books.google.com/books?id=jZ0AAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA53. Retrieved June 6, 2010. 
  5. ^ New York State Department of Highways (1920). Report of the State Commissioner of Highways. Albany, New York: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 497–498. http://books.google.com/books?id=Sj4CAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA497. Retrieved June 6, 2010. 
  6. ^ New York State Legislature (1921). "Tables of Laws and Codes Amended or Repealed". Laws of the State of New York passed at the One Hundred and Forty-Fourth Session of the Legislature. Albany, New York: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 42, 44–45. http://books.google.com/books?id=6pE4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA42. Retrieved June 6, 2010. 
  7. ^ Kendall Refining Company (1931). New York (Map). Cartography by H.M. Gousha Company. 
  8. ^ Gulf Oil Company (1940). New York Info-Map (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. 
  9. ^ Cities Service Company (1941). New York – Westchester and Rockland Counties (Map). Cartography by H.M. Gousha Company. http://www.nycroads.com/history/1941_metro-5/. 
  10. ^ Texaco (1946). New York with Pennsylvania (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. 

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