New York State Route 12 (NY 12) is a
state highway
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extending for through central and northern
New York
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in the United States. The southern terminus of the route is at
U.S. Route 11 (US 11) in the town of
Chenango (just north of
Binghamton
Binghamton () is a city in the U.S. state of New York, and serves as the county seat of Broome County. Surrounded by rolling hills, it lies in the state's Southern Tier region near the Pennsylvania border, in a bowl-shaped valley at the conflue ...
) in the
Southern Tier
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. The northern terminus is at
NY 37 near the village of
Morristown in the
North Country. In between, the route serves three cities of varying size:
Norwich
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,
Utica, and
Watertown Watertown may refer to:
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**Watertown (CDP), Connecticut, the central village ...
. NY 12 intersects several primary routes, including
US 20 in
Sangerfield,
New York State Thruway
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via
Interstate 790
Interstate 790 (I-790) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway in the city of Utica, New York, in the United States. It runs for from an interchange with New York State Route 5A (NY 5A) and NY 5S in downtown Utica to a pair of ...
(I-790) in
Utica,
overlaps NY 28
New York State Route 28 (NY 28) is a state highway extending for in the shape of a "C" between the Hudson Valley city of Kingston and southern Warren County in the U.S. state of New York. Along the way, it intersects several major ro ...
from
Barneveld to the town of
Remsen,
NY 3 in Watertown, and
I-81
Interstate 81 (I-81) is a north–south (physically northeast–southwest) Interstate Highway in the eastern part of the United States. Its southern terminus is at I-40 in Dandridge, Tennessee; its northern terminus is on Wellesley Island ...
in
Pamelia and
Orleans.
It is a two lane, undivided, full access roadway for the majority of its length, except between the village of New Hartford and Alder Creek, where it is a four-lane highway. Within that span, it is a limited access highway in the city of Utica, referred locally as The Arterial and the North–South Arterial. The distance between Utica and Binghamton is a major trucking route, and features many gas stations, truck stops, and fast food restaurants. Between
Boonville and
Lowville, it follows the
Black River Valley. Then further north, between Watertown and Morristown, it follows the
St. Lawrence River
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valley.
NY 12, as originally assigned in 1924, extended from Chenango in the south to
Clayton in the north. It was extended east over the former routing of
NY 3 to
Alexandria Bay
Alexandria Bay is a village in Jefferson County, New York, United States, within the town of Alexandria. It is located in the Thousand Islands region of northern New York. The population of the village was 1,078 at the 2010 United States Census. ...
in 1930, then along a new roadway to Morristown in the 1960s. Parts of NY 12 have been rerouted onto new roadways in areas, primarily in
Oneida County.
Route description
Broome and Chenango counties
NY 12 begins at
US 11, which connects it to
I-81
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, north of
Binghamton
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in the
Broome County town of
Chenango. The route heads north through the
Chenango River
The Chenango River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed August 8, 2011 tributary of the Susquehanna River in central New York in the United States. It drains a dissecte ...
valley, connecting to
I-88
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* Interstate 88 (Illinois), running from East Moline to Hillside
* Interstate 88 (New York)
Interstate 88 (I-88) is an Interstate Highway located entirely with ...
(via NY 12A), and passing west of
Chenango Valley State Park
Chenango Valley State Park is a state park located in Broome County, New York in the United States. The park is located adjacent to the Chenango River in western part of the Town of Fenton.
The park includes the 18-hole Chenango Valley State ...
before traversing the
Tioughnioga River
The Tioughnioga River () is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed August 8, 2011 tributary of the Chenango River in central New York in the United States. It drains a dissected ...
near the community of Chenango Forks. On the northern bank of the river, NY 12 intersects and briefly overlaps
NY 79
New York State Route 79 (NY 79) is a east–west state highway in the Southern Tier of New York, in the United States. The western terminus of the route is at the intersection with NY 414 near the southern end of Seneca Lake just ...
before continuing northward through the valley and into
Chenango County
Chenango County is a county located in the south-central section U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 47,220. Its county seat is Norwich. The county's name originates from an Oneida word meaning 'large bull-thistle ...
.
Within Chenango County, NY 12 acts as the primary connector between the numerous communities located along the Chenango. In
Greene
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, NY 12 intersects
NY 206 and overlaps
NY 41 for six blocks through the village before continuing northeast for to
Oxford
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, where it intersects the eastern terminus of
NY 220
New York State Route 220 (NY 220) is a state highway located in Chenango County, New York, in the United States. It is signed as an east–west highway, but its actual routing wanders considerably from north to south as it proceeds acro ...
. After another , NY 12 enters the city of
Norwich
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, becomes South Broad Street, and then intersects the western terminus of
NY 990L (East Main Street). The South Broad moniker remains with the route northward through the city until the downtown district, where NY 12 turns into North Broad Street at a junction with
NY 23
New York State Route 23 (NY 23) is an east–west state highway in the eastern portion of New York in the United States. It extends for from an intersection with NY 26 in the Central New York town of Cincinnatus in Cortland County ...
. NY 12 loses the street name soon afterward as it leaves the city and intersects the western terminus of
NY 320 north of Norwich and south of
Norwich Lt. Warren Eaton Airport.
The route and the Chenango River remain in close proximity to one another up through the village of
Sherburne, where NY 12 intersects
NY 80
New York State Route 80 (NY 80) is a west–east New York State Route located within Onondaga, Madison, Chenango, Otsego, Herkimer, and Montgomery counties in New York. Its western terminus is located at a junction with NY&nb ...
. North of the village center, the river breaks to the west, following
NY 12B to the northwest while NY 12 continues northward into rural
Madison County.
Madison and Oneida counties
![NY 315s southern terminus at Waterville](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/NY_315s_southern_terminus_at_Waterville.jpg)
Across the county line, NY 12 joins the
Sangerfield River
The Sangerfield River flows into the Chenango River by Earlville, New York
Earlville is a village in New York state bisected by two counties: Madison County and Chenango County, United States. The population was 774 as per the 2020 Decennia ...
as it heads north through the narrow southeastern portion of the county. Near the northern border of Madison County, the route shifts slightly east to bypass a marshy area around the Sangerfield River known as the Ninemile Swamp. The conditions persist into
Oneida County to just south of the
Sangerfield hamlet of the same name, where the swamp ends as the river curves away from NY 12. At the actual community, NY 12 intersects
US 20.
The route continues north for an additional to the village of
Waterville, home to an intersection between NY 12 and
NY 315. Outside of Waterville, NY 12 heads north once more through hilly, sparsely populated areas of New York toward
Utica. In the Utica
suburb
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of
New Hartford, the route intersects Genesee Street (unsigned
NY 921E), then
NY 5
New York State Route 5 (NY 5) is a state highway that extends for across the state of New York in the United States. It begins at the Pennsylvania state line in the Chautauqua County town of Ripley and passes through Buffalo, Syrac ...
a short distance east of where NY 12B terminates at NY 5. NY 12 turns east, joining NY 5 northeast on a
limited-access highway
A limited-access road, known by various terms worldwide, including limited-access highway, dual-carriageway, expressway, limited access freeway, and partial controlled access highway, is a highway or arterial road for high-speed traffic which ...
known locally as the North–South Arterial. Upon crossing into the Utica city limits, the Arterial intersects
NY 8 and
NY 840 by way of a
cloverleaf interchange
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. NY 8 joins the freeway here, following NY 5 and NY 12 through southern Utica as the arterial meets French Road (unsigned
NY 921W) and then Burrstone Road (unsigned
NY 921B) by way of a pair of interchanges. After the Burrstone Road interchange, the arterial becomes a
divided highway
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through downtown before becoming limited-access once more just past Noyes Street. After a short distance the highway intersects Court Street via a
single point urban interchange
A single-point urban interchange (SPUI, or ), also called a single-point interchange (SPI) or single-point diamond interchange (SPDI), is a type of highway interchange. The design was created in order to help move large volumes of traffic thro ...
then Oriskany Street (
NY 5A and
NY 5S).
![New York State Routes 5 and 8 and 12 at 5A and 5S](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/New_York_State_Routes_5_and_8_and_12_at_5A_and_5S.jpg)
Between Oriskany Street and the
New York State Thruway
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(
I-90
Interstate 90 (I-90) is an east–west transcontinental freeway and the longest Interstate Highway in the United States at . It begins in Seattle, Washington, and travels through the Pacific Northwest, Mountain West, Great Plains, Midwest, and ...
), NY 5, 8, and 12 is part of the
Interstate Highway System
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as
I-790
Interstate 790 (I-790) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway in the city of Utica, New York, in the United States. It runs for from an interchange with New York State Route 5A (NY 5A) and NY 5S in downtown Utica to a pair of ...
overlaps all three routes northward over the
Mohawk River
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and the
Erie Canal
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before leaving the arterial at a large interchange on the north bank of the canal. NY 5 turns off as well, following I-790 eastward. Meanwhile, NY 8 and NY 12 interchange with
NY 49 (the Utica–Rome Expressway), partially via the I-790 exit ramps, and passes over the Thruway before continuing northward out of the city limits.
NY 8 and NY 12 remain limited-access as they proceed through the northern suburbs of Utica, connecting to Mulaney Road and Trenton Road via interchanges in
Deerfield. Farther north in the town, NY 8 leaves the freeway by way of a
trumpet interchange
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. Although the amount of development around NY 12 declines as it heads northward, it continues as an expressway to a point north of the Putnam Road interchange in
Trenton, where the road reverts to a limited-access four-lane highway. This configuration remains through the villages of
Barneveld, where
NY 28
New York State Route 28 (NY 28) is a state highway extending for in the shape of a "C" between the Hudson Valley city of Kingston and southern Warren County in the U.S. state of New York. Along the way, it intersects several major ro ...
joins NY 12 south of the village, then intersects Mappa Avenue (unsigned
NY 921D) in the village. From here NY 12 and NY 28 continues northward for a short distance and then connects to
NY 365 via an interchange. From NY 365, it continues northward and intersects Steuben Street (unsigned
NY 920V), the former
NY 28B, east of the village of
Remsen. From here NY 12 and NY 28 continue northward to the vicinity of Alder Creek in the town of
Boonville, where NY 28 leaves NY 12 via a partial trumpet interchange and the road narrows to two lanes shortly afterward.
![NY 12-28 in Remsen,jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/NY_12-28_in_Remsen%2Cjpg.jpg)
From Alder Creek to
Boonville, NY 12 loosely follows the path of the
Black River as it heads northwest. Inside Boonville,
NY 12D departs NY 12 and begins to follow a northward routing parallel to that of its parent. Together with NY 12D and the Black River, NY 12 passes into the region of New York known as the
North Country.
North Country
The path of NY 12 through New York's North Country consists of three primary subregions: rural
Lewis County, urban
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, and the numerous communities that line the southern bank of the
St. Lawrence River
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, here the geographical divide between the United States and
Canada
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.
Lewis County
NY 12, NY 12D, and the Black River continue to follow parallel routings north through the village of
Port Leyden to
Lyons Falls
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, where NY 12D returns to NY 12 just west of the village. Heading north NY 12 passes under NY 12D. Whereas NY 12D heads northeast from NY 12 on Cherry Street to access Lyons Falls before heading west over NY 12 and out of the village. NY 12 continues north along the vicinity of the Black River to
Lowville, where NY 12 briefly overlaps
NY 26
New York State Route 26 (NY 26) is a north–south state highway that runs for through Central New York in the United States. Its southern terminus is located at the Pennsylvania state line south of the town of Vestal in Broo ...
and meets
NY 812 before leaving both the village and the river to the west.
Roughly outside Lowville, at West Lowville, NY 12 leaves its due west alignment and curves to the northwest, with the westerly alignment continuing onward as
NY 177. From here to the area surrounding
Copenhagen
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, NY 12 passes through largely undeveloped terrain, save for a pair of isolated roadside communities. This trend ceases, albeit temporary, in the village of Copenhagen, located on the banks of the
Deer River at the crossroads of NY 12 and the former
NY 194
New York State Route 194 (NY 194) was a state highway that was located in Lewis County, New York. It began at an intersection with NY 177 in Barnes Corners, a hamlet within the town of Pinckney, and progressed northeast to its ...
(now
County Route 194 or CR 194). Outside the limits, the route resumes its trek through the rural North Country.
Watertown area
![NY 12 at NY 126](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/NY_12_at_NY_126.jpg)
NY 12 enters
Jefferson County on its way to
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just north of
Copenhagen
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.
NY 12 is known as Van Allen Road, crossing with Jefferson county roads in Rutland. At the intersection with
CR 67, NY 12 turns to the north and enters Watertown as Gifford Street. NY 12 intersects with
NY 126 just northeast of Thompson Park and Watertown Golf Club and turns to the northwest. As NY 12 continues through southern parts of Watertown,
NY 3 intersects and becomes concurrent. NY 3 and NY 12 enter Watertown Public Square and split into divided highways. Here,
NY 283 starts to the northeast. The eastern terminus of
NY 12F is accessed via NY 12 southbound.
NY 3 and NY 12 split, just northwest of the Public Square.
NY 3 splits to the west, NY 12 heads to the northwest, and quickly becomes concurrent with
US 11. The two roads cross a river and split in different directions. NY 12 heads to the northeast, intersecting with a suffixed route,
NY 12E, and passes North Watertown Cemetery before connecting to
I-81
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at exit 47. NY 12 leaves Watertown afterwards
and heads northeast through rural northwestern Jefferson County, along the way intersecting the western terminus of
NY 342. North of
Perch Lake in the southeastern corner of the town of
Clayton, NY 12 intersects
NY 180
New York State Route 180 (NY 180) is a north–south state highway in the northwestern part of Jefferson County, New York, Jefferson County in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. The southern terminus of the route is at New ...
. From here, NY 12 continues approximately north and reaches the village of
Clayton on the
St. Lawrence River
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. On the south side of the village NY 12 intersects NY 12E and James Street (unsigned
NY 970L), a loop through the village of Clayton. From here NY 12 turns east, intersects Webb Street (other end of unsigned 970L), then continues following State Street out of Clayton.
St. Lawrence River
![NY 12 at NY 26's northern terminus](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/NY_12_at_NY_26%27s_northern_terminus.jpg)
NY 12 continues northeast along the south bank of the St. Lawrence, intersecting Mason Point Road (a local road leading to a
Thousand Islands
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-bound
ferry
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) and
NY 180
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, and passing south of
Grass Point State Park
Grass Point State Park is a state park located in the Town of Orleans in Jefferson County, New York. The park is located along the St. Lawrence River by NY 12 and NY 180, between Clayton and Alexandria Bay.
Park description
Grass Point Sta ...
prior to encountering I-81, at exit 50, southwest of the village of
Alexandria Bay
Alexandria Bay is a village in Jefferson County, New York, United States, within the town of Alexandria. It is located in the Thousand Islands region of northern New York. The population of the village was 1,078 at the 2010 United States Census. ...
. Farther northeast, NY 12 passes by
Keewaydin State Park
Keewaydin State Park is a state park in the Town of Alexandria in Jefferson County, New York in the United States. The park is located along the St. Lawrence River, southwest of the Village of Alexandria Bay on New York State Route 12
N ...
before intersecting the northern terminus of
NY 26
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and Church Street (unsigned
NY 971K) in the southwestern portion of the village. The latter was a former northern extension of NY 26.
Outside of Alexandria Bay, NY 12 temporarily turns east and leaves the riverbank to avoid Goose Bay, a small body of water partially separated from the St. Lawrence by two protruding points of land. The route then curves back toward the water and follows the eastern length of the bay, serving the seaside hamlet of Goose Bay near the bay's midpoint. North of Goose Bay, NY 12 intersects Kring Point Road, an access road leading to
Kring Point State Park
Kring Point State Park is a state park located on the St. Lawrence River in the Town of Alexandria in Jefferson County, New York. The park is north of Alexandria Bay near the St. Lawrence County line and is connected to NY 12 by Kring Point R ...
, and crosses into
St. Lawrence County. NY 12 continues along the southern bank of the St. Lawrence River as it proceeds through the rural western portion of the county. In the town of
Hammond, past the county line, NY 12 intersects
CR 6, a roadway leading east to the village of
Hammond and
Black Lake. Farther north in
Morristown, NY 12 travels through
Jacques Cartier State Park before terminating at an interchange with
NY 37 just south of the
Morristown village limits.
History
Origins
A section of the highway north of Utica was created as the Utica Turnpike. The company that built the turnpike was chartered in 1805 to build a road from the town of Deerfield to the town of Steuben. The road was opened in part in 1811, and was fully open in 1815. The road was sold off in 1848.
Designation
In 1908, the
New York State Legislature
The New York State Legislature consists of the two houses that act as the state legislature of the U.S. state of New York: The New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly. The Constitution of New York does not designate an official ...
created Route 8, an unsigned
legislative route
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extending from
Binghamton
Binghamton () is a city in the U.S. state of New York, and serves as the county seat of Broome County. Surrounded by rolling hills, it lies in the state's Southern Tier region near the Pennsylvania border, in a bowl-shaped valley at the conflue ...
to
Kirkland (west of
Utica) via
Greene
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*Greene, Maine, a town
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*Greene (town), New York
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,
Norwich
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,
Sherburne,
Bouckville, and
Oriskany Falls
Oriskany Falls is a village in Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 732 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from a waterfall on a nearby stream.
The Village of Oriskany Falls is in the southeast section of the Town of Au ...
. Also assigned at this time was Route 25, which passed through
Barneveld,
Remsen and
Forestport on its way from
Whitesboro to
Albany, and Route 27, which began at Route 25 in Forestport and went northwest to
Alexandria Bay
Alexandria Bay is a village in Jefferson County, New York, United States, within the town of Alexandria. It is located in the Thousand Islands region of northern New York. The population of the village was 1,078 at the 2010 United States Census. ...
by way of
Boonville, Potters Corners,
Lowville,
Carthage
Carthage was the capital city of Ancient Carthage, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia. Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the classi ...
,
Watertown Watertown may refer to:
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Places in the United States
*Watertown, Connecticut, a New England town
**Watertown (CDP), Connecticut, the central village ...
, and
Clayton. Route 25 originally went directly from Barneveld to Remsen;
however, it was realigned by 1920 to serve the village of
Prospect to the east.
![NY 365 at NY 921D in Barneveld](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/NY_365_at_NY_921D_in_Barneveld.jpg)
When the first set of posted routes in
New York
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were assigned in 1924, NY 12 was assigned to an alignment extending from Binghamton to Clayton via Norwich, Utica, and Watertown.
It utilized legislative Route 8 from Binghamton to just south of
Clinton, where it veered northeast to serve the city of Utica instead of continuing north on Route 6 (modern
NY 233) to Kirkland. In the vicinity of Utica, NY 12 initially followed Clinton Road, Genesee Street, and Trenton Road through the city. Past Utica, it continued north on Trenton Road to a point south of
Trenton (now
Barneveld), where it briefly followed its current routing. NY 12 turned off again in Trenton to follow legislative Route 25's original alignment on Mappa Avenue in Trenton and Main Street in Remsen. NY 12 continued north from Remsen on legislative Route 25.
At Forestport, NY 12 left Route 25 to follow legislative Route 27 to Lowville. In Lowville, NY 12 split from Route 27 and proceeded northwest to Watertown via
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, bypassing the slightly more circuitous route that Route 27 took via Carthage on modern
NY 26
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,
NY 126, and
NY 3. NY 12 rejoined legislative Route 27 in Watertown and followed it to Clayton, where NY 12 ended at NY 3,
which was also assigned in 1924.
At the time, the segment of legislative Route 27 between Clayton and Alexandria Bay was designated as part of NY 3.
Realignments and terminus changes
![NY 12 at NY 12B intersection](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/NY_12_at_NY_12B_intersection.jpg)
In the late 1920s, NY 12 was realigned between Sherburne and Utica to follow a more direct alignment between the two locations via
Sangerfield. Its former routing to the west became
NY 12A (now
NY 12B). As a result, NY 12 now entered Utica on Paris Road.
In the
1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, NY 3 was rerouted onto its current alignment east of Watertown while the former routing of NY 3 from Clayton to Alexandria Bay became an extension of NY 12.
Also created as part of the renumbering was
NY 12D, an alternate route of NY 12 between Potters Corners and Lowville via
Lyons Falls
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.
[''Automobile Legal Association (ALA) Automobile Green Book'', 1930–31 and 1931–32 editions, (Scarborough Motor Guide Co., Boston, 1930 and 1931). The 1930–31 edition shows New York state routes prior to the 1930 renumbering] By the following year, NY 12D was rerouted south of Lyons Falls to follow a routing similar to modern NY 12 to Boonville.
The alignments of NY 12 and NY 12D between the two villages were swapped , placing NY 12D on the direct highway between the two and NY 12 on the slightly more circuitous route via Lyons Falls.
NY 12 originally extended southward into downtown Binghamton by way of an
overlap
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* Ove ...
with
US 11. The overlap was eliminated at some point between 1947 and 1970.
On its north end, NY 12 was extended northeast over a new roadway along the
St. Lawrence River
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to
NY 37 in
Morristown in the mid-1960s.
![Utica Arterial - May 2015](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Utica_Arterial_-_May_2015.jpg)
In April 2014, work began on a $68.3 million project to replace the viaduct over Columbia Street, Lafayette Streets, and Oriskany Boulevard (NY 5A and NY 5S) in Utica. The nearly one mile stretch had signalized at-grade intersections that were causing safety concerns and some fatalities. In addition to the replacement of the viaduct, the alignment of the arterial was straightened, a new
single point urban interchange
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was built at Court Street, and a pedestrian bridge was built across the roadway. The pedestrian bridge was opened by December 2014, and the remainder of the project was completed by October 2017.
Bypasses
![NY 49 Eastern Terminus map](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/NY_49_Eastern_Terminus_map.svg)
NY 12 has been realigned onto
divided highway
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s and
limited-access highway
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s over the years, particularly in
Oneida County, to bypass communities along its routing. The first bypass that was constructed in Oneida County was around Remsen in the early 1950s. NY 12 was realigned onto the bypass, which passed to the west of the village, by 1954. Construction began by 1956 on a southward extension of the bypass that would take NY 12 around the eastern edge of Barneveld. It opened to traffic by 1958. Farther south, in Utica, a new limited-access highway was built through the downtown portion of the city in the early 1960s. At the time, it began at French Road and ended at Trenton Road. It became a realignment of NY 12 by 1964.
An extension of the road southwest to Genesee Street in
New Hartford was completed by 1968, at which time NY 12 was realigned to follow New Paris Road into the city.
A limited-access highway bypassing Trenton Road and linking the Utica expressway and the Barneveld–Remsen bypass was completed by 1973, resulting in the rerouting of NY 12 onto the roadway. The former routing of NY 12 along Trenton Road from the Utica city line to Powell Road is now CR 91.
The route has also been realigned in areas to bypass smaller communities along the highway. One such location is in the vicinity of the village of
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, where NY 12 initially followed Chenango Street through the village.
The current bypass around the western edge of the village was built in the late 1970s and completed by 1981.
Major intersections
Suffixed routes
NY 12 has had seven suffixed routes bearing six different designations. Two have since been removed and at least partially renumbered. All of the routes were assigned as part of the
1930 renumbering of state highways in New York unless otherwise noted.
*The NY 12A designation has been used for two distinct highways:
**The
first NY 12A was an alternate route of NY 12 between
Sherburne and
Utica. It was assigned in 1928 and renumbered to NY 12B in the
1930 renumbering of state highways in New York.
**The current NY 12A () is an east–west spur connecting NY 12 to
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and
NY 7 on the banks of the
Chenango River
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in
Chenango Bridge
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,
Broome County. The entire route is known as Chenango Bridge Road and is one of only six signed New York state highways less than a mile in length.
The route was assigned in 1930.
*
NY 12B () is an alternate route of NY 12 between Sherburne and Utica.
*
NY 12C is a former alternate route of NY 12 between Utica and
Barneveld.
The route was eliminated in 1970, at which time the lone portion of NY 12C that did not overlap another state route was redesignated as
NY 291.
*
NY 12D () is an alternate route of NY 12 between
Boonville and
Lyons Falls
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.
*
NY 12E () is an alternate route of NY 12 between
Watertown Watertown may refer to:
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and
Clayton. While NY 12 follows a direct path between the two locations, NY 12E veers to the west to serve communities along
Lake Ontario
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and the
St. Lawrence River
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.
*
NY 12F () is a spur connecting NY 12 in downtown Watertown to
NY 180
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near the
Watertown International Airport
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in
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.
See also
*
List of county routes in Oneida County, New York
References
External links
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