New York State Route 11B (NY 11B) is a
state highway in northern
New York in the United States. It provides a parallel, more southerly east–west route to
U.S. Route 11 between US 11 in
Potsdam
Potsdam () is the capital and, with around 183,000 inhabitants, largest city of the German state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream o ...
and US 11,
NY 30
New York State Route 30 (NY 30) is a state highway in the central part of New York in the United States. It extends for from an interchange with NY 17 (Future Interstate 86) in the Southern Tier to the US–Canada border i ...
, and
NY 37 in
Malone
Malone is an Irish surname. From the Irish "''Mael Eóin''", the name means a servant or a disciple of Saint John.
People
* Gilla Críst Ua Máel Eóin (died 1127), historian and Abbot of Clonmacnoise, Ó Maoil Eoin
* Adrian Malone (1937–2 ...
. NY 11B serves both the
Potsdam Municipal Airport and the riverside
hamlet
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of Nicholville, where NY 11B meets
NY 458. Aside from the two villages at each end of the route and the hamlet of Nicholville near the midpoint, NY 11B passes through rural, lightly populated areas, as does its parent to the north. In Malone, NY 11B overlaps
NY 30
New York State Route 30 (NY 30) is a state highway in the central part of New York in the United States. It extends for from an interchange with NY 17 (Future Interstate 86) in the Southern Tier to the US–Canada border i ...
for one block in order to reconnect to US 11.
NY 11B was assigned as part of the
1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, but to a completely different routing than it follows today. Initially, it was a connector between then-
NY 72 in Nicholville and US 11 in Lawrenceville. The route was extended west to Potsdam by 1931 and rerouted to run from Nicholville to Malone . The latter realignment supplanted New York State Route 187, an east–west highway assigned in 1930 that initially extended from Nicholville to North Bangor but was later realigned to serve Malone.
Route description
NY 11B begins at an intersection with
US 11 (Lawrence Street) in the village of
Potsdam
Potsdam () is the capital and, with around 183,000 inhabitants, largest city of the German state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream o ...
just north of the junction with
NY 56. NY 11B proceeds eastward on Elm Street past a local church and the
Clarkson University
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ROTC as a two-lane residential village street. After passing a distance north of
SUNY Potsdam, NY 11B leaves the village for the town of Potsdam, maintaining its Elm Street moniker until Hatch Road and Potsdam Municipal/Damon Field, a local airport. For a distance through Potsdam, NY 11B remains residential, crossing into the town of
Stockholm. After the crossing, NY 11B becomes more rural, crossing over a creek and into the hamlet of Southville. Southville consists of a few homes and a junction with
County Route 47 (CR 47; Parishville–Southville Road). The two routes are concurrent through Southville, before CR 47 turns north on Southville–Holmes Hill Road. After this junction, NY 11B leaves the hamlet of Southville.
NY 11B turns northeast through the town of Stockholm, entering the rural hamlet of Converse. For a short distance through Converse, NY 11B is surrounded by residences, entering the town of
Parishville and soon
Hopkinton. In Hopkinton, NY 11B crosses east through the rural hamlet of Beechertown as a two-lane highway. A couple miles east of Beechertown,
NY 72 intersects and terminates at a junction with NY 11B in the hamlet of Hopkinton. Through the hamlet, NY 11B serves as the main commercial street, intersecting with the southern terminus of
CR 49 (Fort Jackson–Hopkinton Road). NY 11B soon leaves the hamlet, passing a large farm before intersecting with
NY 458, which forks to the southeast off NY 11B. After this junction, NY 11B turns to the northeast and crosses the
St. Regis River, entering a residential community, where
CR 55 intersects. This intersection with CR 55 was once the former southern terminus of
NY 195. A short distance after, NY 11B crosses into the town of
Lawrence
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, proceeding northeast as a two-lane residential road. After the intersection with Peru Street, NY 11B crosses the county line into
Franklin County.
After crossing the county line, NY 11B enters the town of
Dickinson. The route remains a two-lane rural roadway, proceeding northeast through Dickinson. Within Dickinson, NY 11B intersects with
CR 5 (Moira–St. Regis Falls Road), a former alignment of
NY 95. This junction also serves as the hamlet of Dickinson, with a few residences spread out around the intersection. NY 11B continues northeast through Dickinson, passing a local park to the southeast, before intersecting with
CR 7 (Gale Road). NY 11B enters the hamlet of East Dickinson, where it serves as a two-lane residential roadway. Soon, NY 11B enters the town of
Moira and soon
Bangor. Through Bangor, NY 11B intersects with
CR 16 (Bacon Road) and
CR 15 (Eddy Road).
NY 11B soon enters the hamlet of West Bangor, passing the local cemetery, and intersecting with
CR 10 (Crooks Road), passing as a two-lane residential street. Just before leaving West Bangor, NY 11B passes some commercial businesses. NY 11B continues northeast, crossing an intersection with
CR 53 (North Bangor Road) and
CR 13 (Skerry Road) in the hamlet of Bangor. In the hamlet, the route serves as a main street before leaving the hamlet for a rural background. After a short distance, NY 11B crosses into the town of
Malone
Malone is an Irish surname. From the Irish "''Mael Eóin''", the name means a servant or a disciple of Saint John.
People
* Gilla Críst Ua Máel Eóin (died 1127), historian and Abbot of Clonmacnoise, Ó Maoil Eoin
* Adrian Malone (1937–2 ...
. Through Malone, NY 11B remains rural, passing multiple farms before entering the village of
Malone
Malone is an Irish surname. From the Irish "''Mael Eóin''", the name means a servant or a disciple of Saint John.
People
* Gilla Críst Ua Máel Eóin (died 1127), historian and Abbot of Clonmacnoise, Ó Maoil Eoin
* Adrian Malone (1937–2 ...
. In the village, NY 11B gains the moniker of Franklin Street, becoming a two-lane residential road. Within downtown Malone, NY 11B intersects with
NY 30
New York State Route 30 (NY 30) is a state highway in the central part of New York in the United States. It extends for from an interchange with NY 17 (Future Interstate 86) in the Southern Tier to the US–Canada border i ...
(Finney Boulevard). At this junction, NY 11B turns northward on NY 30, forming a village block-long concurrency through Malone, before NY 11B terminates at an intersection with US 11, NY 30 and
NY 37 (Finney Boulevard).
History
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 officia ...
created Route 30, an unsigned
legislative route
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extending from
Niagara Falls
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to
Rouses Point via
Maple View,
Potsdam
Potsdam () is the capital and, with around 183,000 inhabitants, largest city of the German state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream o ...
and
Lawrenceville. Route 30 followed what is now NY 11B east from Potsdam to
Nicholville, where it turned north to follow modern County Routes 55 and 54 to Lawrenceville.
When the first set of posted routes in
New York were assigned in 1924,
NY 2 was assigned to most of legislative Route 30 between Maple View and Rouses Point. The lone exception was from Potsdam to Lawrenceville, where NY 2 followed a more northerly alignment via
Winthrop and
North Lawrence.
The bypassed section of legislative Route 30 between Potsdam and Lawrenceville was designated as NY 2A by 1926.
The Nicholville–Lawrenceville segment of NY 2A was
concurrent
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with
NY 56, another route assigned in the mid-1920s that extended from
Massena in the northwest to
Meacham Lake in the southeast via Winthrop and
Saint Regis Falls.
When NY 2 was redesignated as
U.S. Route 11 in 1927, the NY 2A designation was eliminated and replaced with a realigned NY 56 from Potsdam to Nicholville. NY 56 was truncated to end in Potsdam as part of the change. In the
1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, NY 56 was renumbered to
NY 72 while NY 11B was assigned to the pre-1927 routing of NY 56 between Nicholville and Lawrenceville.
At the same time, a connector between NY 11B in Nicholville and
U.S. Route 11 in North Bangor by way of
Bangor was designated NY 187. NY 11B was extended westward to Potsdam by the following year, creating a lengthy
overlap
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* O ...
with NY 72.
NY 187 was realigned to continue east from Bangor to
Malone
Malone is an Irish surname. From the Irish "''Mael Eóin''", the name means a servant or a disciple of Saint John.
People
* Gilla Críst Ua Máel Eóin (died 1127), historian and Abbot of Clonmacnoise, Ó Maoil Eoin
* Adrian Malone (1937–2 ...
. By the following year, NY 11B was rerouted to continue east from Nicholville to Malone, replacing NY 187. The former alignment of NY 11B north of Nicholville became
NY 195. In the early 1940s, NY 72 was rerouted west of the
Hopkinton hamlet of the same name to follow its current alignment south of NY 11B, eliminating all but of the overlap between NY 11B and NY 72. It was removed entirely when NY 72 was truncated to its current eastern terminus. On April 1, 1980, ownership and maintenance of NY 11B between Wellington Street and
NY 30
New York State Route 30 (NY 30) is a state highway in the central part of New York in the United States. It extends for from an interchange with NY 17 (Future Interstate 86) in the Southern Tier to the US–Canada border i ...
was transferred from the village of Malone to the state of
New York as part of a highway maintenance swap between the state and
Franklin County.
Major intersections
See also
*
References
External links
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Transportation in St. Lawrence County, New York
Transportation in Franklin County, New York