New York State Route 348 (NY 348) was a
state highway
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located within the town of
Chazy in
Clinton County, New York
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, in the United States. It stretched for from
NY 22
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in the
hamlet
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of
West Chazy to
U.S. Route 9 (US 9) in the hamlet of
Chazy and passed under the Adirondack Northway (
Interstate 87 or I-87). NY 348 did not intersect any state routes or pass through any communities other than those at each of its termini.
When NY 348 was originally assigned as part of the
1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, it began in West Chazy and ended in the
village of Champlain. The route was extended northeastward to
Rouses Point
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by 1931, then truncated to the hamlet of Chazy in the early 1960s. NY 348 ceased to exist entirely in 1980, at which time its former routing became County Route 24 (CR 24).
Route description
NY 348 began at an intersection with NY 22 and West Church Street in the
hamlet
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of
West Chazy (within the town of
Chazy), located east of Flat Rock State Forest. NY 348 proceeded east along East Church Street, crossing over tracks once used by the
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
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,
reaching a junction with
CR 25 (Stratton Hill Road). At this junction, NY 348 turned northeast along Fiske Road, crossing over the
Little Chazy River
Chazy River is the name of two tributaries of Lake Champlain in Clinton County, New York in the United States.
The more northerly river is the Great Chazy River, which empties into Lake Champlain at King Bay in the Town of Champlain.
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and nearby Bayington Brook. Bending further northeast through the town of Chazy, the route paralleled the Delaware and Hudson until reaching a crossing with the
Adirondack Northway
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(
I-87
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* Interstate 87 (New York), a highway running from New York City north to the Canadian border in Champlain, New York.
* Interstate 87 (North Carolina) ...
).
NY 348 and the Northway did not connect, as NY 348 crossed under the four lane expressway, crossing the alignment of a railroad spur and soon reached the hamlet of Chazy. In Chazy, the route crossed over the Little Chazy River once again then intersected with
US 9. This junction with US 9 marked the northern terminus of NY 348.
History
The alignment that would become NY 348 between the
hamlet
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of West Chazy and the town of
Chazy was taken over by the state of New York and improved to state highway standards in 1907–1908. The alignment was wide and to be constructed with stones approved by the state with sand and limestone filler. The state engineer estimated that the improvement of the road would cost $58,250 (1907 USD), and a contract was let on September 19, 1907 to Jeremiah T. Finch, who commenced work on the new roadway in October of that year. The work was completed 11 months later (September 1908) at the cost of $54,111.94.
NY 348 was assigned as part of the
1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. At the time, it began at
NY 22
New York State Route 22 (NY 22) is a north–south state highway that parallels the eastern border of the U.S. state of New York, from the outskirts of New York City to the hamlet of Mooers in Clinton County near the Canadian border. ...
in West Chazy and ended at
US 11 in the
village of Champlain. NY 348 had an
overlap
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with
US 9 from Chazy to what is now
NY 9B in the
town of Champlain. Here, US 9 forked to the east and followed the length of modern NY 9B to
Rouses Point
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.
NY 348 was extended east to Rouses Point along US 11 and what is now
NY 276 by the following year.
In the mid-1940s, US 9 was rerouted to follow its modern alignment through Champlain, creating a lengthy overlap between NY 348 and US 9 from Chazy hamlet to Champlain village. The overlaps with both US 9 and US 11 were eliminated in the early 1960s after NY 348 was truncated on its northern end to its junction with US 9 in Chazy.
NY 348 was removed from the state highway system in 1980. The designation officially ceased to exist on January 7, 1980,
and ownership and maintenance of the route was transferred from the state of
New York
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Clinton County Clinton County may refer to:
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on April 1, 1980, as part of a highway maintenance swap between the two levels of government.
The former routing of NY 348 was redesignated as CR 24.
Major intersections
See also
*
List of county routes in Clinton County, New York
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References
External links
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