New York State Route 11C (NY 11C) is a short

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located in St. Lawrence County in the northern part of

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in the United States. NY 11C is a northern

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of U.S. Route 11 (US 11) between the towns of

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and

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that serves the

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s of Winthrop and Brasher Falls. NY 11C briefly

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s with NY 420 in Winthrop. Although NY 11C follows a mostly east–west routing, it was signed as a north–south route until the 2010s. The current alignment of NY 11C was originally part of US 11. An alternate route of then-US 11 between Stockholm Center and Coteys Corner that bypassed the Brasher Falls area to the south was added to the state highway system on September 1, 1982, and designated as NY 11C. The alignments of US 11 and NY 11C between the two hamlets were flipped on June 13, 1992, placing both routes on their current routings.

Route description

NY 11C begins at an intersection with US 11 in the

of Stockholm Center within the town of

. The highway heads to the northeast, intersecting with a local road west of the Meadowbrook Golf Club. NY 11C continues on, crossing over the west branch of the St. Regis River and entering a residential area of Stockholm known as Winthrop. In the hamlet, NY 11C

s with NY 420 for one block. NY 420 turns off at the center of the community and heads toward Massena while NY 11C continues northeast out of Winthrop and into the town of Brasher. NY 11C heads into Brasher Falls and follows Ford and South Church Streets through the community. At the junction of Church and Main Streets, the route turns east to follow Main Street across the St. Regis River. Once on the opposite bank, NY 11C turns south onto a riverside roadway. The highway then veers to the southeast, and eventually to the east through largely forested areas as it passes into the town of

. NY 11C follows a routing parallel to that of the Brasher–Lawrence town line to North Lawrence, where it turns south onto Nicholville–Helena Road. The route continues to Cotey Corners, where it terminates at an intersection with US 11 and County Route 55 (CR 55).

History

When the first set of posted routes in

were assigned in 1924, NY 2 was assigned to a highway extending from the Pennsylvania state line to the

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. In northeastern St. Lawrence County, NY 2 served the

s of Stockholm Center, Winthrop, Brasher Falls, North Lawrence, and Cotey Corners. NY 2 was renumbered to US 11 in 1927. On September 1, 1982, ownership and maintenance of CR 110, a county road extending from Stockholm Center to Coteys Corner on a direct east–west routing, was transferred from St. Lawrence County to the state of

as part of a highway maintenance swap between the two levels of government and the village of Canton. The new state highway was initially designated as NY 11C. On June 13, 1992, the alignments of US 11 and NY 11C between Stockholm Center and Coteys Corner were swapped, placing both routes on their modern alignments.

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Route description

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