New York State Route 139

NYS Route 139 marker

NYS Route 139
Primrose Street

Map of New York State Route 139

Map of Westchester County in southeastern New York with NY 139 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT
Length: 2.81 mi[1] (4.52 km)
Existed: c. 1931[2][3] – present
Major junctions
South end: NY 100 in Somers
North end: US 202 in Somers
Location
Counties: Westchester
Highway system
← NY 138NY 140 →

New York State Route 139 (NY 139) is a 2.81-mile (4.52 km) state highway located within the town of Somers in Westchester County, New York, in the United States. It connects the hamlet of Whitehall Corners at an intersection with NY 100 with the hamlet of Lincolndale at a junction with U.S. Route 202 (US 202). The entirety of NY 139, known as Primrose Street, was assigned in the early 1930s.

Route description

NY 139 north at US 202 in the town of Somers

NY 139 begins at an intersection with NY 100 (Croton Turnpike) in the town of Somers. It proceeds northeast as a two-lane highway named Primrose Street, winding its way northeast through a residential area of Somers. The homes soon give way to wooded areas, and NY 139 bends north-northeastward into another residential area north of Plum Brook Road. NY 139 turns northwest, passing a local cemetery and the Wright Reis House and soon the Somers Reis Park.[4]

The route continues northwest, remaining a residential street near Sunderland Lane, entering a commercial district north of Foley Road. NY 139 winds its way north past Anglebrook Golf Club, bending west at a junction with Brick Hill Road. A short distance after the bend, NY 139 intersects US 202 (East Lovell Street). This junction serves as the northern terminus of NY 139, while the right-of-way continues west as US 202 and Lincolndale Avenue.[4]

History

Primrose Street was first improved by the state of New York as part of a project contracted out by the state on August 31, 1915. The highway cost $30,355 to reconstruct (equivalent to $558,769 in 2015), and the rebuilt road was added to the state highway system on February 15, 1917, as unsigned State Highway 1325 (SH 1325).[5][6] In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, hundreds of state-maintained highways were assigned posted route numbers for the first time.[7] SH 1325 was designated as NY 139 by the following year, and the alignment of NY 139 has not changed since that time.[2][3]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Somers, Westchester County.

mi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
0.000.00 NY 100 (Croton Turnpike)Hamlet of Whitehall Corners
2.814.52 US 202 (East Lovell Street)Hamlet of Lincolndale
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. p. 170. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Road Map of New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Standard Oil Company of New York. 1930.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 New York (Map). Cartography by H.M. Gousha Company. Kendall Refining Company. 1931.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Microsoft; Nokia (June 7, 2012). "overview map of NY 139" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  5. ↑ State of New York Commission of Highways (1922). Tables Giving Detailed Information and Present Status of All State, County and Federal Aid Highways. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 66. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
  6. ↑ Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–2014. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
  7. ↑ Dickinson, Leon A. (January 12, 1930). "New Signs for State Highways". The New York Times. p. 136.

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