New York State Route 399

This article is about the former alignment of NY 399 in Fulton County. For the proposed route in the Hudson Valley, see Interstate 487#History.

NYS Route 399 marker

NYS Route 399
Route information
Existed: c. 1933[1][2] – early 1960s[3]
Major junctions
South end: NY 29 in Johnstown
North end: NY 29A in Johnstown
Location
Counties: Fulton
Highway system
← NY 398NY 400 →

New York State Route 399 (NY 399) was a state highway located within the town of Johnstown in Fulton County, New York, in the United States. It served as a connector between NY 29 in the hamlet of Cork and NY 29A in the hamlet of Meco. The route was assigned in the early 1930s and removed by the early 1960s.

Route description

NY 399 began at a junction with NY 29 northwest of the Cork Center Reserovir in the town of Johnstown. The route ran northeast through the dense woods along Sweet Road, climbing up the hills of Fulton County south of the Adirondack Park to a junction with North Bush Road, where it turned eastward along North Bush. Along North Bush, NY 399 passed a cemetery and local radio tower. Bending along a curve around the hill, the route reached a junction with McGregor Road, reaching the junction with Fulton Street Extension, where it turned northeast around another hill. After turning eastward, the route reached the hamlet of Meco, where it met a junction with NY 29A, which marked the eastern terminus of NY 399.[4]

History

CR 101 in Meco. CR 101 replaced the alignment through Meco in 1980

NY 399 was assigned c. 1933 and initially extended from NY 29 in Cork to NY 29A (modern Peck Road) west of Meco.[1][2] It was extended slightly c. 1940 after NY 29A was realigned to bypass Meco to the north.[5][6] The NY 399 designation remained unchanged up through the late 1950s[7] to the early 1960s, when it was removed.[3] Part of NY 399's former routing on Sweet Road was physically removed by 1970, severing the Cork–Meco through route.[4]

On April 1, 1980, ownership and maintenance of old NY 399 between North Bush Road (County Route 131 or CR 131) and Peck Road was transferred from the state of New York to Fulton County as part of a highway maintenance swap between the two levels of government. Following the swap, the highway became part of CR 101,[8] which had already been designated along NY 399's former alignment between Peck Road and NY 29A. The remainder of NY 399's intact routing is now maintained by the town of Johnstown.[8]

Major intersections

The entire route was in Johnstown, Fulton County.

mikmDestinationsNotes
0.00.0 NY 29Hamlet of Cork
NY 29AHamlet of Meco
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Texaco Road Map – New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Texas Oil Company. 1932.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Texaco Road Map – New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Texas Oil Company. 1933.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 New York and Metropolitan New York (Map) (1961-62 ed.). Cartography by H.M. Gousha Company. Sunoco. 1961.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Peck Lake Quadrangle – New York – Fulton Co. (Map). 1:24,000. 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic). United States Geological Survey. 1970. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
  5. ↑ New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Standard Oil Company. 1939.
  6. ↑ New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1940.
  7. ↑ New York (Map). Cartography by H.M. Gousha Company. Cities Service Company. 1959.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Peck Lake Digital Raster Quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. New York State Department of Transportation. 1983. Retrieved June 5, 2009.