New York State Route 458

NYS Route 458

Map of northern New York with NY 458 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT
Length: 24.42 mi[3] (39.30 km)
Existed: ca. 1973[1][2] – present
Major junctions
West end: NY 11B in Hopkinton
East end: NY 30 in Brighton
Location
Counties: St. Lawrence, Franklin
Highway system

Numbered highways in New York
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New York State Route 458 (NY 458) is a state highway in the North Country of New York, United States. This highway runs northwest to southeast from St. Lawrence County into adjacent Franklin County. The western terminus is at NY 11B in the Hopkinton near the Lawrence hamlet of Nicholville. The eastern terminus is at NY 30 in Brighton.

NY 458 was assigned ca. 1973 to the former routing of NY 72 east of Nicholville. Prior to being signed as part of NY 72 in 1930, it was designated as part of NY 56 in the 1920s.

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Route description

NY 458 begins at a junction with NY 11B in Hopkinton at the western fringe of the Lawrence hamlet of Nicholville. The route heads southeast, loosely paralleling the St. Regis River as it proceeds through rural eastern St. Lawrence County. After 3.5 miles (5.6 km), it passes into both the Franklin County town of Waverly and Adirondack Park.[4]

Now within the park boundaries, NY 458 crosses over the Lake Ozonia Outlet on its way eastward to the hamlet of St. Regis Falls, the largest community on the entire route. The route crosses the St. Regis River twice and intersects County Route 5 (CR 5), a connector to the hamlet of Moira 10 miles (16 km) to the north, within St. Regis Falls. At the junction with CR 5, here named North Main Street but known as Moira-St. Regis Falls Road north of Adirondack Park, the highway turns south to follow South Main Street out of the community.[4]

NY 458 continues southeast through Waverly to the hamlet known as Santa Clara in the town of the same name. The route heads through the hamlet and over the St. Regis for the final time as it approaches Goodnow Mountain, a peak rising roughly 1,960 feet (600 m) above sea level. Instead of traversing the mountain, the highway bypasses it to the south. East of the peak, NY 458 turns southeast and begins to parallel the east branch of the St. Regis River. This pairing remains intact through the towns of Santa Clara and Duane to Brighton, where NY 458 ends at NY 30.[4]

History

The entirety of modern NY 458 was originally designated as part of NY 56, a route extending from Massena to Brighton via Winthrop and Nicholville, in the mid-1920s.[5][6] NY 56 was realigned in 1927 to continue west from Nicholville to a new terminus in Potsdam.[7][8] In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, NY 56 was renumbered to NY 72.[9] The portion of NY 72 east of Nicholville remained unchanged until ca. 1973 when NY 72 was truncated to its current eastern terminus in Hopkinton. The former routing of NY 72 from Nicholville to Brighton was renumbered to NY 458.[1][2]

Major intersections

County Location Mile[3] Destinations Notes
St. Lawrence
 Hopkinton 0.00 NY 11B Hamlet of Nicholville
Franklin
 Waverly 7.54 CR 5 (North Main Street) Hamlet of St. Regis Falls
Brighton 24.42 NY 30
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ a b Gulf Oil Company (1972). New York and New Jersey Tourgide Map (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company (1972 ed.). 
  2. ^ a b Shell Oil Company (1973). New York (Map). Cartography by H.M. Gousha Company (1973 ed.). 
  3. ^ a b "2008 Traffic Data Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. p. 317. https://www.nysdot.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/NYSDOT_Traffic_Data_Report_2008.pdf. Retrieved December 9, 2009. 
  4. ^ a b c Yahoo! Inc. Yahoo! Maps – overview map of NY 458 (Map). Cartography by NAVTEQ. http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat=44.644405&lon=-74.587014&zoom=13&q1=44.549919%2C-74.310982&q2=44.692628%2C-74.663231. Retrieved November 9, 2008. 
  5. ^ "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers". The New York Times: p. XX9. December 21, 1924. 
  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. ^ Automobile Blue Book. 1 (1927 ed.). Chicago: Automobile Blue Book, Inc. 1927.  This edition shows U.S. Routes as they were first officially signed in 1927.
  8. ^ Standard Oil Company of New York (1929). New York in Soconyland (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. 
  9. ^ Dickinson, Leon A. (January 12, 1930). "New Signs for State Highways". The New York Times: p. 136. 

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