County route
A county highway (also county road or county route; usually abbreviated CH or CR) is a road in the United States and in the Canadian province of Ontario that is designated and/or maintained by the County (United States), county highway departm ...
s in
Putnam County, New York
Putnam County is a County (New York), county in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 97,668. The county seat is Carmel (hamlet), New York, Carmel, within one of th ...
, known within the county as "county roads", are owned and maintained by the Putnam County Department of Highways and Facilities.
Most of the county road numbers, which are all two-digits, are signed with the standard yellow-on-blue pentagon route marker specified by the
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
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(sign M1–6), which is also used in other counties throughout the state. However, the frequency of signage for county routes is not as high as that of state route signage. For instance, it is not uncommon for a road to have its number signed only on it and not on intersecting roads. This is reflected in local vernacular, as most residents refer to the county roads by name and not by number.
The first digit of a county road number indicates a town along the road, usually the town of origin. Exceptions to this scheme exist, however. The three villages in Putnam County are included with their respective towns.
*1 is
Philipstown
*2 is
Putnam Valley
*3 and 7 are
Carmel
Carmel may refer to:
* Carmel (biblical settlement), an ancient Israelite town in Judea
* Mount Carmel, a coastal mountain range in Israel overlooking the Mediterranean Sea
* Carmelites, a Roman Catholic mendicant religious order
Carmel may also ...
*4 is
Kent
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*5 is
Southeast
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*6 is
Patterson Patterson may refer to:
People
* Patterson (surname)
* Patterson family
Places
;Australia
* Patterson railway station
;Canada
* Pattersons Corners, Ontario
* Patterson Township, Ontario
* Patterson, Calgary a neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta.
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On a town level, the numbers are assigned in a roughly west-to-east and south-to-north fashion. There is no known numbering scheme within the towns, as numbers are assigned based on the order of establishment. The presence of skipped numbers in the order (such as CR 31) implies that there are a few decommissioned roads, but some (like CR 52) were likely skipped intentionally to avoid confusion with state routes in the county.
Routes 1–50
Routes 51 and up
See also
*
County routes in New York
References
External links
{{Commons category, County routes in Putnam County, New York
Empire State Roads – Putnam County Roads