New York State Route 37 (NY 37) is a
state highway
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in the
North Country of
New York
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in the United States, extending for on a west–east axis. The western terminus of the route is at an intersection with
U.S. Route 11 (US 11) in
Pamelia,
Jefferson County. Its eastern terminus is at a junction with US 11,
NY 11B
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 and US 11, NY 30, and ...
, and
NY 30
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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 ...
,
Franklin County. In between the termini, NY 37 passes through
Ogdensburg and
Massena. It is a two-lane, nondivided, full access roadway for most of its entire length, except for portions between Massena and western Franklin County, where the route widens to a four-lane
divided highway
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.
NY 37 was assigned in 1930 to the portion of the
Theodore Roosevelt International Highway
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Route desc ...
between
Redwood
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and Malone as well as to a previously unnumbered roadway between Watertown and Redwood. The Redwood–Malone portion was originally part of
NY 3 when the first set of posted routes in New York were assigned in 1924. NY 37 has since been rerouted in areas, primarily near Ogdensburg and Massena.
Route description
Watertown to Ogdensburg
NY 37 begins at an intersection with
US 11 just north of
Watertown Watertown may refer to:
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*Watertown, Connecticut, a New England town
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in the town of Pamelia. Between Watertown and
Theresa
Teresa (also Theresa, Therese; french: Thérèse) is a feminine given name.
It originates in the Iberian Peninsula in late antiquity. Its derivation is uncertain, it may be derived from Greek θερίζω (''therízō'') "to harvest or re ...
, NY 37 follows a north–south alignment and parallels
Interstate 81 (I-81), located just west of NY 37. Southwest of Theresa, I-81 turns to the northwest as NY 37 intersects
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
NY 411
New York State Route 411 (NY 411) is an east–west state highway in Jefferson County, New York, in the United States. The western terminus of the route is at an intersection with New York State Route 180, NY 180 in the community of ...
, the westward continuation of NY 26. NY 26 joins NY 37 around the western edge of the village before splitting to the northwest a short distance to the north. NY 37, however, continues northward, passing through
Redwood
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before curving northeast as it enters
St. Lawrence County.
![NY 37 eastbound in Pamelia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/NY_37_eastbound_in_Pamelia.jpg)
Across the county line, NY 37 parallels
NY 12
New York State Route 12 (NY 12) is a state highway extending for through central and northern New York (state), New York in the United States. The southern terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 11 in New York, U.S. Route 11 (US ...
to the north as both routes proceed northeast. Roughly from the county line, NY 37 encounters
Hammond, a small village located west of
Black Lake. Past Hammond, Route 37 heads north toward
Morristown, where it meets NY 12, the primary roadway along the
St. Lawrence River
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's southern bank west of this point. NY 12 ends here; however, NY 37 takes over the routing of NY 12 and proceeds northeast along the edge of the St. Lawrence River. Just east of NY 12, NY 37 meets the northernmost point of
NY 58.
Midway between Morristown and
Ogdensburg, NY 37 enters
St. Lawrence State Park, one of many
New York
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state parks located on the southern bank of the river. The route exits the park and heads northeast to Ogdensburg, where it meets
NY 68 (the former routing of NY 37 into Ogdensburg) west of the city. While NY 68 continues into downtown, NY 37 turns eastward, then northeastward and bypasses the city to the south. Near the
Ogdensburg International Airport
Ogdensburg International Airport is a public airport located in the town of Oswegatchie, southeast of Ogdensburg, in St. Lawrence County, New York. It is owned by the Ogdensburg Bridge & Port Authority, which also owns and operates the Ogd ...
, NY 37 meets
NY 812 at an interchange. Here, NY 812 joins NY 37 and the two routes intersect NY 68 once more before leaving Ogdensburg.
Ogdensburg to Massena
Just outside Ogdensburg, NY 812 separates from NY 37 to continue northward to
Canada
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over the
Ogdensburg–Prescott International Bridge
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, where it becomes
Highway 16 farther inland. NY 37, however, continues to follow the south bank of the St. Lawrence River, passing
Galop Island State Park on its way to
Waddington, where it intersects the northernmost point on
NY 345. East of the village, NY 37 passes south of the riverside
Coles Creek State Park and traverses Coles Creek itself.
In the
Louisville
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...
hamlet of Louisville Corner (west of
Massena), NY 37 departs the St. Lawrence River and intersects the western end of
NY 131, a northerly bypass of Massena along the riverbank. Farther east in Massena, NY 37 intersects
NY 37B, the former routing of NY 37 through Massena, west of the village before crossing over the
Grasse River
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and intersecting the northern termini of both
NY 56 (where NY 37 widens into a four-lane
divided highway
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) and
NY 420. NY 37B later rejoins NY 37 east of the village, as does NY 131 directly north of the
Massena International Airport
Massena International Airport (Richards Field) is in St. Lawrence County, New York. It is east of the village of Massena. The airport sees one airline, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
Federal Aviation Administration records ...
.
Eastern St. Lawrence and Franklin counties
![NY 37 approaching US11-NY-30-11B](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/NY_37_approaching_US11-NY-30-11B.jpg)
East of the airport in the town of
Massena, NY 37 begins to parallel the north bank of the
Raquette River
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as it intersects NY 37C near a hamlet named for the waterway. NY 37 and the river continue northeast to the vicinity of the hamlet of Rooseveltown, where NY 37 formerly connected to a large
traffic circle
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linking NY 37 to the
Three Nations Crossing
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as well as
County Route 45 (CR 45). The traffic circle has since been replaced with a T-intersection and traffic light because of the expansion of the American Customs facility. Upon crossing into
Franklin County and the
St. Regis Mohawk Reservation a short distance to the east, the road narrows back to a two-lane undivided highway and crosses over the Raquette River.
Although most of NY 37 in the town of
Bombay
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is contained within the reservation, a short portion east of
Hogansburg and the
St. Regis River and west of Tarbell Road is located outside the reservation limits. Within this stretch, NY 37 meets both the eastern end of NY 37C and the northern terminus of
NY 95. East of the reservation, NY 37 roughly parallels the
CSX Transportation
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-owned
Montreal Subdivision northeast to
Fort Covington
Fort Covington ( moh, Kentsia’kowáhne) is a town in Franklin County, New York. The population was 1,676 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from a War of 1812 fortification. The original name of the town was ''French Mills''.
The town i ...
, where NY 37 crosses the railroad line and intersects Water Street (unsigned NY 970T), a connector to
Quebec Route 132 on the northern side of the
Canadian border
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.
East of Fort Covington, NY 37 follows a more southeasterly routing as it separates from the northernmost extents of the state. In the
Westville hamlet of Westville Center, NY 37 meets the western terminus of
NY 122. Farther south, NY 37 enters 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 ...
, where it terminates at
US 11,
NY 11B
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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 ...
.
History
The portion of NY 37 from
Redwood
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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 ...
was originally part of the
Theodore Roosevelt International Highway
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Route desc ...
, an international
auto trail
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connecting
Portland, Maine
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, on the
Atlantic Ocean
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coast to
Portland, Oregon
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, east of the
Pacific Ocean
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. When the first set of posted routes in
New York
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were assigned in 1924, the entirety of the Roosevelt Highway in New York was designated
NY 3. In the
1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, NY 3 was rerouted to follow its current routing between
Watertown Watertown may refer to:
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and
Plattsburgh
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. The former routing of NY 3 along the
St. Lawrence River
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became part of the new NY 37, which utilized a previously unnumbered highway between Watertown and Redwood via
Theresa
Teresa (also Theresa, Therese; french: Thérèse) is a feminine given name.
It originates in the Iberian Peninsula in late antiquity. Its derivation is uncertain, it may be derived from Greek θερίζω (''therízō'') "to harvest or re ...
.
Initially, NY 37 directly served Theresa by way of modern CR 136,
CR 46, and
CR 193;
however, it was realigned to bypass the village to the west.
When NY 37 was first assigned, it entered
Ogdensburg on Main Street (modern
NY 68) and exited the city on Ford Street and Proctor Avenue. East of the city, NY 37 used less than of its modern alignment before turning south to follow Van Rensselaer Road to
Waddington. The modern, riverside alignment of NY 37 between Ogdensburg and Waddington was designated as NY 37A as part of the 1930 renumbering.
In the late 1950s, the alignments of NY 37 and NY 37A were flipped, placing NY 37 on its current routing and NY 37A on Van Rensselaer Road. During the same time period, NY 37 was rerouted to follow a new bypass around the southern edge of Ogdensburg.
In the
Massena area, NY 37 originally broke from its modern alignment west of the village and followed what is now
NY 37B east to Main Street. Here, it turned south onto Main Street to traverse the
Grasse River
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before continuing east on Orvis Street (and meeting modern NY 37B at Center Street) to reconnect to its current alignment east of the village. Lastly, from modern
NY 131 adjacent to the
Massena International Airport
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Federal Aviation Administration records ...
to
Rooseveltown, NY 37 was initially routed on Trippany Road, NY 37C, and Roosevelt Road.
In the mid-1950s, construction began on a new southern bypass of Massena that connected to NY 37 at the modern termini of NY 37B. It was completed and opened to traffic by 1958.
Work on an eastward,
divided highway
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extension of the bypass to Rooseveltown began .
The final section, from the hamlet of Raquette River to Rooseveltown, opened to traffic later that year.
Suffixed routes
![NY 37C in Massena](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/NY_37C_in_Massena.jpg)
NY 37 once had as many as four suffixed routes; two have since been removed.
*NY 37A was an alternate route of NY 37 between
Ogdensburg and
Waddington. It was assigned as part of the
1930 renumbering of state highways in New York to what is now NY 37 between the two locations. At the time, NY 37 was routed on Van Rensselaer Road.
The alignments of NY 37 and NY 37A were flipped in the late 1950s.
On April 10, 1980, the NY 37A designation was removed. Ownership and maintenance of Van Rensselaer Road was transferred from the state of
New York
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to
St. Lawrence County on September 1, 1982, at which time the highway was redesignated as CR 28.
*
NY 37B () is the former routing of NY 37 through
Massena. NY 37B leaves NY 37 west of the village and rejoins its parent just east of Massena.
It was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering.
*NY 37C () is a loop off of NY 37 in northeastern
St. Lawrence County and northwestern
Franklin County. While NY 37 follows a direct east–west routing between
Massena and the
Bombay
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community of Hogansburg, NY 37C dips south to serve to the
Brasher community of
Helena.
NY 37C was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering.
*NY 37D was a spur connecting NY 37 to
NY 26
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in
Theresa
Teresa (also Theresa, Therese; french: Thérèse) is a feminine given name.
It originates in the Iberian Peninsula in late antiquity. Its derivation is uncertain, it may be derived from Greek θερίζω (''therízō'') "to harvest or re ...
,
utilizing part of NY 37's original alignment through the Theresa area.
It was assigned
and removed in the mid-1960s.
It is now maintained by
Jefferson County as CR 136 and
CR 46.
Major intersections
See also
*
List of county routes in Jefferson County, New York
County routes in Jefferson County, New York, are signed with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices-standard yellow-on-blue pentagon route marker.
Routes 1–100
Routes 101 and up
See also
* County routes in New York
References
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*
List of county routes in St. Lawrence County, New York
References
External links
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Transportation in Franklin County, New York