New York State Route 169
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| Basic data | |
| Overall length: | 19.99 km / 12.42 mi. |
| Opening: | 1930 |
| Starting point: |
 NY 5S at Danube I-90 New York Thruway
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| End point: |
 NY 28 NY 29 in Middleville
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| County: | Herkimer County |
| Important cities: | Danube Little Falls (City) Little Falls (Town) Middleville |
New York State Route 169 ( NY 169 ) is a north-south state route in Herkimer County , New York in the United States. It extended for 20.25 km (12.58 mi.) From the junction with NY 5S in the Town of Danube to the junction with NY 28 and NY 29 in the Village of Middleville and connects the City of Little Falls on the New York State Thruway ( Interstate 90 or I-90), which bypasses the city south. Outside of Little Falls, NY 169 is a two-lane country road that runs through sparsely populated area. Originally, the starting point of the street was in Little Falls when it was created when the New York highways were renumbered in 1930 ; it was extended southward in the early 1970s to a new exit of the Thruway.
Route description
NY 169 begins north near Exit 29A of the New York State Thruway (I-90) at the intersection with NY 5S in Danube, New York. It initially leads north through the rural town and parallel to a road that leads north from the freeway exit over the NY 5S. After about 0.5 km, the two roads join, connecting NY 169 to the Thruway. NY 169 runs a further 0.4 km north to the south bank of the Mohawk River , where it bends northwest and follows the river through a wooded area and into the City of Little Falls.
As you approach Little Falls, the route makes a slight bend to the north. The road crosses the river, which here is part of the Erie Canal and the Mohawk Subdivision, owned by CSX Transportation, and then leads to the junction with a dual carriageway signposted NY 5 and NY 167 . NY 169 turns west here and after about 400 m reaches the western edge of the center. The resulting overlap with NY 167 is the opposite of the kilometrage of that route, because NY 169 northward coincides with NY 167 southward and vice versa. NY 169 separates from NY 5 / NY 167 on East Main Street and follows East Main Street into the center of the city. The street splits three blocks down into a pair of one-way streets , with NY 169 being one block south on Albany Street.
This pair of one-way streets spans three blocks in the central business district to Ann Street. From here NY 169 runs northwards into a residential area. At the junction of Albany Street and Ann Street, NY 169 also meets the northbound NY 167 again, which approaches this junction from the west along Albany Street and follows the south direction of NY 169 as it goes east from Ann Street turns onto Albany Street. NY 169 follows Ann Street north for four blocks (five blocks in the opposite direction) to Monroe Street, where the street crosses the south end of NY 170 .
East Monroe Street, east of Ann Street, runs along the northern edge of the city as NY 170, while NY 169 runs from West Monroe Street a few doors to the northwest and eventually out of town. Now in the Town of Little Falls area , the road mostly runs through open space with a small number of scattered houses. It eventually reaches the Town of Fairfield, where it takes a more north-facing, yet more winding route. After about 7 km, the road arrives at Middleville , about 8 miles northwest of Little Falls. In this location, NY 169 passes a series of houses before ending at the intersection with NY 28 and the western terminus of NY 29 .
The section of NY 169 between NY 5 and the north of Little Falls is maintained by the City , but the rest of the highway is owned by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT).
history
The section of what is now NY 169 between Little Falls and Middleville became part of Route 26, an unmarked country road by law in 1910. It wasn't signposted until 1930 when the New York highways were renumbered; its starting point was originally in the center of Little Falls. In the early 1970s, the route was extended south to NY 5S to connect to the new driveway (Exit 29A) of the New York State Thruway .
Main intersections
| location | mile | km | direction | Remarks |
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| Danube | 0.00 | 0.00 |
 NY 5S
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| 0.37 | 0.60 |
  I-90 / Thruway Exit 29A
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| City of Little Falls | 2.31 | 3.72 |
  NY 5 east / NY 167 north
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east end of the overlap of NY 5 / NY 169 and NY 167 / NY 169 |
| 2.53 | 4.07 |
NY 5 west / NY 167 south
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west end of the overlap of NY 5 / NY 169 and NY 167 / NY 169 | |
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NY 167 north
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Crossing only in a southerly direction | |||
| 3.28 | 5.28 |
 NY 170
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southern terminus of NY 170 | |
| Middleville | 12.42 | 19.99 |
  NY 28 / NY 29
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western terminus of NY 29 |
supporting documents
- ↑ a b c d Yahoo Maps (in English). overview map of NY 169 [map]. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
- ^ Herkimer County Inventory Listing ( English , CSV) New York State Department of Transportation. March 2, 2010. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
- ^ New York State Department of Highways: Report of the State Commissioner of Highways ( English ). JB Lyon Company, Albany, NY 1920, p. 539, (Retrieved August 14, 2012).
- ^ Standard Oil Company of New York (1930). Road Map of New York [map]. General Drafting Cartography .
- ^ New York State Thruway Authority (1971). New York Thruway [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company .
- ^ Shell Oil Company (1973). New York [map], 1973. Cartography by HM Gousha Company .
- ↑ 2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State ( English , PDF) New York State Department of Transportation . June 16, 2009. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
