New York State Route 5S

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Basic data
Overall length:	73.03 mi. / 117.53 km
Opening:	1930
Starting point:	I-710 in Utica NY 5 NY 5A NY 8 NY 12
End point:	NY 890 in Rotterdam
Counties:	Oneida County Herkimer County Montgomery County Schenectady County

The New York State Route 5S ( NY 5S ) is an east-west running state route in the Mohawk Valley of New York in the United States. It is 73.03 miles (117.536 km) in length and extends from an intersection with Interstate 790 (here overlapping with NY 5 , NY 5A , NY 8 and NY 12 ) in Utica to the intersection with NY 890 in Rotterdam . The route runs along its entire length on the south side of the Mohawk River and parallel to NY 5 north of the river (hence the letter "S" in the route number). In some places the NY 5S was expanded into a two-lane highway or a freeway , mostly in Utica and the western part of Herkimer County . The route is west of its junction with NY 103 in Schenectady County, coinciding with New York State Bicycle Route 5 .

When NY 5S was established in 1930, it stretched from Oneida in the west to Schenectady in the east. It was later cut at both ends to remove overlaps with other state routes and to integrate other road structures into the road network, such as Interstate 890 (I-890) to the west of Schenectady County.

Route description

Signs for NY 5S and NY 10 in Canajoharie

NY 5S begins at the intersection of I-790 in downtown Utica where Oriskany Street changes from NY 5A to NY 5S. At this junction, I-790 overlaps NY 5 , NY 8, and NY 12 to form Utica's north-south artery. The freeway connects NY 5S with the New York State Thruway . From this intersection, NY 5S runs as the main urban thoroughfare, initially with level junctions across Utica eastwards. After the junction with Broad Street, it leads as a freeway-like road to the border between the City of Utica and Herkimer County .

The highway meets Culver Avenue in Herkimer County. Not far east of it branches off a small connecting road with Turner Street, before Route 5S reaches West Frankfort and has an exit to Dyke Road, which in turn leads to the Thruway and NY 5. In West Frankfort, the route runs parallel to its old route sections. Route 5S heads south to Higby Road and Cemetery Street in Frankfort . Route 5S passes under NY 171 right after it passes the county showroom . In East Frankfort it crosses its old street and turns to the east. She reaches Ilion , where she meets NY 51 . NY 5S runs south of Herkimer over and crosses some local streets before in Mohawk , the NY 28 crosses. In Mohawk, Route 5S also crosses the unsigned Reference Route NY 922B.

Past Mohawk, Route 5S begins to run parallel to the Mohawk River and the Thruway as it continues eastwards towards Rotterdam . In Little Falls it crosses with the NY 167 . It runs through farmland and follows the course of the Thruway even more closely. It leads through Fort Plain and Canajoharie . In the second of the two Villages , the street in the immediate vicinity with the intersection to NY 10 is maintained by the Village. This 310 m long stretch of road is the only part of the route that is not maintained by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT).

Route 5S then reaches Fultonville and crosses NY 30A , but continues to run parallel to the Thruway. Route 55 crosses NY 30 in the City of Amsterdam . In the adjoining Town of Rotterdam , the route begins to run parallel to Route 5 and the river and turns south. It ends at the intersection with NY 890 .

history

In 1908, the New York State Legislature decided to create the unsigned Route 6, starting in Buffalo , and heading east through the state to Albany . From Utica to Schenectady, Route 6 followed the banks of the Mohawk River through its valley. Initially, Route 6 used the corridor of the modern NY 5S between Utica and Mohawk and between Fultonville and Amsterdam. Around 1920, the section of today's NY 5S from Mohawk to Little Falls became part of Route 26. On March 1, 1921, Route 26 was cut and from then on began in Little Falls, while Route 6 was re-routed between Fultonville and Amsterdam and instead the Course of today's NY 5 followed. When the first signposted roads were designated in New York in 1924, the part of the former Route 6 between Utica and Mohawk became the northernmost section of NY 28 , a north-south connection that connected Oneonta to Utica via Springfield and Richfield Springs .

When the state highways were renumbered in New York in 1930 , the NY 28 north of Mohawk was given a new route towards Poland . The former route between Utica and Mohawk became part of the NY 5S and thus became an alternative route to the NY 5 between Oneida and Schenectady . As the code letter suggests, NY 5S was largely a more southerly route than NY 5, even though it ran north of NY 5 west of Utica. The section towards Oneida is formed today by NY 5A, NY 69 , NY 365, and NY 365A . NY 5S was cut off west of Utica at the beginning of the 1940s, so that its entire route was now south of NY 5 for the first time.

The NY 5S was also shortened at its eastern end to its current end point in Rotterdam, because parts of the I-890 between Rotterdam and Schenectady were built over the previous route of Route 5S. This cut took place in several phases. The first abandoned section concerned the completion of I-890 between Downtown Schenectady and Exit 4. The freeway between the New York State Thruway ( I-90 ) and Schenectady was completed in the mid-1970s, so the NY 5S was abandoned until Exit 2 has been. The shortening to its current eastern end point on what was then I-890 (now NY 890 ) took place in the late 1980s, after the intersection between the Thruway and what was then I-890 had been converted to dismantle River Road between I-890 and the current stub on Rice Road.

Between Utica and Mohawk, NY 5S originally ran as today's "Old Route 5S" or "Main Street" and was relocated in the early 1970s to follow the newly built route of the freeway between Utica and Ilion, which bypasses Frankfort to the west. Sometime after 1982, a two-lane section was opened to traffic eastwards to Mohawk according to motorway standards. The bridge that spanned the New York State Thruway over Schoharie Creek collapsed on April 5, 1987 when the creek flooded due to excessive rainfall and flowed faster than usual. The NY 5S section at Fort Hunter was reconfigured to accommodate westbound traffic from the thruway while the bridge was rebuilt.

Important intersections

county	location	mile	km	Directions	Remarks
Oneida	Utica	0.00	0.00	NY 5A	Continued behind I-790 / NY 5 / NY 8 / NY 12
		0.00	0.00	I-790 / NY 5 / NY 8 / NY 12	west end of I-790
Herkimer	Frankfort	9.37	15.08	To NY 171 via Cemetery Street	Access NY 171 on Main Street
	Ilion	12.80	20.60	NY 51 (Central Avenue)
	Mohawk	14.31	23.03	NY 28 south (Warren Street)	west end of the overlap of NY 5S / NY 28
		14.76	23.75	NY 28 north (East Main Street)	east end of the overlap of NY 5S / NY 28; Connection to I-90  / Thruway
	Town of Little Falls	20.89	33.62	NY 167 north	west end of the overlap of NY 5S / NY 167
		20.94	33.70	NY 167 south	east end of the overlap of NY 5S / NY 167
	Danube	24.00	38.62	NY 169	south end of NY 169
Montgomery	Fort Plain	36.14	58.16	NY 80 east	west end of the overlap of NY 5S / NY 80
		36.16	58.19	NY 80 west	east end of the overlap of NY 5S / NY 80 overlap
	Canajoharie	39.53	63.62	NY 10 (Church Street)
		39.78	64.02	I-90 / Thruway	Exit 29 (I-90 / Thruway)
	Root	42.37	68.19	NY 162	north end of NY 162
	Fultonville	51.51	82.90	NY 30A (South Main Street)
	Glen	53.55	86.18	I-90 / Thruway via Riverside Drive ( NY 920P )	Exit 28 (I-90 / Thruway)
				Noeltner Road ( CR 164 )	former northern terminus of NY 288
	City of Amsterdam	61.03	98.22	NY 30 (North – South Arterial)	Direction I-90  / Thruway
	Florida			Thayer Road ( CR 165 )	former western terminus of NY 160
Schenectady	Town of Rotterdam	67.62	108.82	NY 160 (Scotch Church Road)	Pattersonville ; north end of NY 160
		69.82	112.36	NY 103 (Bridge Street)	southern terminus of NY 103
		72.75	117.08	I-90 / Thruway	NY 5S eastbound traffic only
		73.03	117.53	NY 890

supporting documents

1. ^ New York State Department of Transportation (in English). Bicycle Maps [map]. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Google Maps (in English). overview map of NY 5S [map]. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
3. ^ Montgomery County Inventory Listing ( English , CSV) New York State Department of Transportation. March 2, 2010. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
4. ^ State of New York Department of Highways: The Highway Law ( English ). JB Lyon Company, Albany, NY 1909, pp. 56-57 (accessed August 15, 2012).
5. ^ New York State Department of Highways: Report of the State Commissioner of Highways ( English ). JB Lyon Company, Albany, NY 1920, pp. 509-512, 539 (accessed August 15, 2012).
6. ^ New York State Legislature: Tables of Laws and Codes Amended or Repealed . In: Laws of the State of New York passed at the One Hundred and Forty-Fourth Session of the Legislature ( English ). JB Lyon Company, Albany, NY 1921, pp. 42, 50-51, 63 (accessed August 15, 2012).
7. ↑ New York's main highways designated by Numbers (English) . In: The New York Times , December 21, 1924, pp. XX9. 
8. ↑ Rand McNally and Company (1926) (in English). Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas (eastern New York) [map]. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
9. ^ Leon A. Dickinson: New Signs for State Highways (English) . In: The New York Times , Jan. 12, 1930, p. 136. 
10. ^ ^{A b} Standard Oil Company of New York (1930). Road Map of New York [map]. General Drafting Cartography .
11. ^ Gulf Oil Company (1940). New York Info-Map . Cartography by Rand McNally and Company.
12. ↑ Esso (1942). New York with Pictorial Guide [map]. General Drafting Cartography.
13. ^ State of New York Department of Transportation : Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State ( English , PDF) January 1, 1970 (Retrieved August 15, 2012).
14. ^ ^{A b c} Shell Oil Company (1973). New York [map], 1973. Cartography by HM Gousha Company .
15. ↑ Exxon (1977). New York [map], 1977–78. General Drafting Cartography.
16. ↑ Rand McNally and Company (1985). New York [map]. ISBN 0-528-91040-X .
17. ^ DeLorme Mapping (1990). Upstate New York City Street Maps , 1st, 1 "= 1/2 mile. Cartography by DeLorme Mapping. P. 34, grid square C1. ISBN 0-89933-300-1 .
18. ^ Sun Oil Company (1969). New York and Metropolitan New York City [map], 1969–70. Cartography by Diversified Map Corporation .
19. ↑ United States Geological Survey (1982) (in English). Ilion Quadrangle - New York - Herkimer Co. [Map], 1: 24,000, 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic). Retrieved August 15, 2012.
20. ↑ Mark A. Uhlig: Inspection Of Bridge Failed To Cover Underwater Parts (English) . In: The New York Times , April 7, 1987. Retrieved May 14, 2010. 
21. ↑ Mark Sinsabaugh: New York State Route 5S ( English ) In: New York Routes . Retrieved August 15, 2012.
22. ↑ 2010 Traffic Volume Report for New York State ( English , PDF) New York State Department of Transportation . Pp. 13-14. July 2011. Retrieved August 15, 2012.

Web links

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