New York State Route 395

NYS Route 395
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT
Length: 2.39 mi[2] (3.85 km)
Existed: 1930[1] – present
Major junctions
South end: NY 7 in Duanesburg
North end: US 20 in Duanesburg
Location
Counties: Schenectady
Highway system

Numbered highways in New York
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New York State Route 395 (NY 395) is a state highway located within in the town of Duanesburg in Schenectady County, New York, in the United States. It connects NY 7 to U.S. Route 20 by way of the village of Delanson. The route was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York and has not been altered since.

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Route description

Route 395 begins at an intersection with NY 7 and three county-maintained routes in the hamlet of Quaker Street. The highway heads northward through the residential parts of Schenectady County with homes and fields surrounding the roads. Just south of Delanson, Route 395 intersects with a county route, which is marked by a blade sign. This county route heads eastward, connecting to NY 7. After the intersection with Railroad Avenue, the highway crosses a railroad into Delanson.[3]

Delanson, a suburban community outside of Duanesburg, uses Route 395 as a main road, as it crosses to the northeast through the town. In downtown Delanson, County Route 84 intersects and begins to parallel the main highway. Just north of that intersection, the highway leaves Delanson. The road becomes surrounded by forests, heading northward towards Duanesburg. Just south of the US 20 intersection, Route 395 passes the Delanson Reservoir. The highway then terminates at an intersection with US 20.[3]

History

On May 17, 1902, the state of New York let a contract to improve the 1.15-mile (1.85 km) section of modern NY 395 between Quaker Street and Delanson to state highway standards. The project cost $15,993 (equivalent to $389,637 in 2012) and took roughly one year to complete. The improved road was added to the state highway system on July 1, 1903.[4][5] By 1926, all of what is now NY 395 was state-maintained.[6] In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, hundreds of state-maintained highways that did not have a posted route number were assigned one.[7] One of these was the state highway running north–south through Delanson, which was designated as NY 395.[1]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Schenectady County.

Location Mile[2] Destinations Notes
Duanesburg 0.00 NY 7 Hamlet of Quaker Street
Delanson Cole Road (CR 84)
Duanesburg 2.39 US 20
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. 227. https://www.nysdot.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/NYSDOT%20TVR%202008%20by%20Route.pdf. Retrieved February 1, 2010. 
  3. ^ a b Yahoo! Inc. Yahoo! Maps – overview map of NY 395 (Map). Cartography by NAVTEQ. http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=h&lat=42.765634&lon=-74.18225&zoom=18&q1=42.734968%2C-74.185796&q2=42.767544%2C-74.184498. Retrieved May 30, 2008. 
  4. ^ New York State Department of Highways (1920). Report of the State Commissioner of Highways. Albany, New York: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 210. http://books.google.com/books?id=Sj4CAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA210. Retrieved June 24, 2010. 
  5. ^ Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–2008. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
  6. ^ State of New York Department of Public Works (1926). Official Map Showing State Highways and other important roads (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. 
  7. ^ Dickinson, Leon A. (January 12, 1930). "New Signs for State Highways". The New York Times: p. 136. 

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