New York State Route 18A
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| Basic data | |
| Overall length: | 18.41 mi. / 29.63 km |
| Opening: | 1936 |
| Resolution: | 1965 |
| Starting point: |
 US 62 / NY 18 in Collins
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| End point: |
US 62 / NY 18 in Hamburg
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| County: | Erie County |
New York State Route 18A was one of six random stretches of the New York State Route 18 in the west of the State of New York . The route now forms sections of New York State Route 39 (between Gowanda and Collins) and New York State Route 75 (between Collins and Hamburg). The length of Route 18A was 29.63 km. It reached from State Route 18 and US Highway 62 near Collins to the junction with the same highways in Hamburg. In Langford, there was an intersection with New York State Route 249 , which became a county route east of that intersection. The road was not maintained by the New York State Department of Transportation , but by the New York Department of Public Works, to which the highways were then subordinate. The entire length of the highway was designated in 1936 under the number 18A, but deleted from the street directory or renumbered when the main route was shortened in 1965.
Route
Route 18A began at an intersection with New York State Route 18 and US Highway 62 north of the city of Gowanda . went east through Collins and then turned north. It ran through the hamlet of Whites Corners, a small settlement outside Langford. The route ran past several natural gas pumps to Marshfield. North of this hamlet, the route continued to North Collins.
From there it led to the hamlet of Langford, where the road crossed the eastern terminus of New York State Route 249 and then on to Eden. Route 18A then continued north along Eighteenmile Creek. The highway passed several isolated buildings, including a church dedicated to Paul, before ending a few kilometers further at the intersection with NY-18 and US-62 in Hamburg. The Eighteenmile Creek continues its course northwards through Hamburg.
history
Route 18A was established in the 1930s and first appeared on road maps in 1936. The route was a branch of the then 372 km long Route 18, which originally led from the state border with Pennsylvania to Webster on New York State Route 250 . This vast highway had six branches, of which Route 18A was the southernmost. Route 18 was greatly shortened in 1965, eliminating five of the six branches in western New York, including Route 18A. The only remaining branch route is New York State Route 18F in Niagara County . Route 18A was partially replaced by the neutered New York State Route 39 and a longer section by New York State Route 75 .
See also
- List of state, US, and interstate highways in New York
- New York State Route 18
- New York State Route 18B
- New York State Route 18C
- New York State Route 18D
- New York State Route 18E
- New York State Route 18F
Individual evidence
- ^ Department of Public Works construction photographs . New York State Archives. 2005. Archived from the original on June 12, 2009. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 30, 2008.
- ↑ United States Geological Survey (1976). Collins, New York quadrangle [map]. Cartography from United States Geological Survey. Retrieved August 30, 2008.
- ↑ a b United States Geological Survey (1960). Langford, New York quadrangle [map]. Cartography from United States Geological Survey. Retrieved August 30, 2008.
- ↑ United States Geological Survey (1965). Hamburg, New York quadrangle [map]. Cartography from United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved August 30, 2008.
- ↑ a b Shell (1935). Niagara Falls and Vicinity [map]. Cartography by HM Gousha Company . Retrieved October 1, 2012.
- ↑ Mobil (1965). New York [map].
