New York State Route 30 (NY 30) is a
state highway
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in the central part of
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in the United States. It extends for from an interchange with
NY 17 (Future
Interstate 86) in the
Southern Tier
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to the
US–Canada border in the state's
North Country, where it continues into
Quebec
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as
Route 138. On a regional level, the route serves to connect the
Catskill Park
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to the
Adirondack Park
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. In the latter, NY 30 is known as the Adirondack Trail. Aside from the state parks, the route serves the
city of Amsterdam (where it meets the
New York State Thruway
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) and several villages.
NY 30 was assigned in the
1930 renumbering of state highways in New York to most of its modern routing south of Wells, replacing a series of designations that had been assigned to the highway in the 1920s. The portion of what is now NY 30 north of
Speculator was initially part of
NY 10. When that route was truncated to
Arietta , NY 30 was extended northward over NY 10's former alignment by way of an
overlap with
NY 8.
Route description
The
New York State Department of Transportation
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(NYSDOT) maintains all but of NY 30's alignment. The only section not maintained by the state is located in the city of Amsterdam, where the route is locally maintained from Prospect Street (two blocks north of
NY 67) to the northern city line.
Hancock to Schoharie
NY 30 begins at an interchange with NY 17 in the town of Hancock adjacent to the confluence of the
East Branch of the Delaware River and the
Beaverkill River. The route follows the East Branch northeast to
Downsville, where it meets
NY 206. NY 206 follows NY 30 across the East Branch into
Catskill Park
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, where the routes split near
Brock Mountain. NY 30 exits the park, runs along the south side of the
Pepacton Reservoir
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, before crossing over to the north side of the river. Near
Margaretville, NY 30 briefly overlaps
NY 28 before turning northward toward
Roxbury, where the route passes the
John Burroughs Memorial State Historic Site.
New York Governor
David Paterson
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designated the stretch of NY 30 within
Delaware County the "David C. Brinkerhoff Memorial Highway", after the New York State Trooper who was slain in pursuit of Travis Trimm near the village on April 25, 2007.
From Roxbury, NY 30 follows the East Branch to Grand Gorge in northeastern
Delaware County, where the East Branch comes to an end amidst the mountains. NY 30, meanwhile, intersects
NY 23 in the center of the hamlet.
North of Grand Gorge, NY 30 crosses into
Schoharie County and intersects
NY 990V, one of four
reference routes in
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signed as a touring route, near the northeastern edge of the
Schoharie Reservoir in
Gilboa. From NY 990V northward, NY 30 follows the
Schoharie Creek
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through Schoharie County to
Middleburgh, where it intersects
NY 145. To the north in
Schoharie, NY 30 meets
NY 443 before splitting into NY 30 and
NY 30A north of the village, with Schoharie Creek largely following NY 30A. While NY 30A connects to
Interstate 88 (I-88) by way of an interchange a short distance to the north, NY 30 has no connection to the freeway. Just past I-88, NY 30 intersects
NY 7. Shortly after passing NY 7, NY 30 enters
Schenectady County.
Schoharie to Adirondack Park
In Schenectady County, Schoharie Creek breaks from NY 30A and returns to the vicinity of NY 30 as it intersects
U.S. Route 20 (US 20) in
Esperance. From Esperance northward, the creek becomes roughly equidistant from both NY 30 and NY 30A as all three entities cross into
Montgomery County. Near the northeastern corner of the county, NY 30 enters the city of
Amsterdam
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. The route meets the
New York State Thruway
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(
I-90
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) and
NY 5S via separate interchanges before heading downhill as a four-lane divided highway approaching the
Mohawk River
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(here part of the
Erie Canal
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). Historically, the bridge over the river was a straight line to Market Street, which is visible as one approaches northbound. Segments of downtown Market Street remain in use today. With the 1977 creation of the
Amsterdam Mall, NY 30, together with NY 5 and NY 67, were re-routed onto splits.
After the splits rejoin, NY 30 continues on Market Street and leaves the city and, for all purposes, the county.
In adjacent
Fulton County, NY 30 crosses
NY 29 near
Broadalbin, then curves gently to the east after an intersection with
County Route 155 (CR 155), a historical routing of NY 29. , NY 30 turns left toward
Mayfield; CR 155 continues eastward. The concurrency between the two routes is unsigned.
NY 30 historically followed School Street through the village of Mayfield. The new routing has it heading toward Riceville, where
NY 30A rejoins NY 30. Here, the Adirondack Trail begins as NY 30 turns right, following the right-of-way of NY 30A into
Adirondack Park
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shortly before entering Mayfield.
Adirondack Park and Franklin County
NY 30 runs through the Adirondacks, accessing communities such as
Speculator,
Blue Mountain Lake, and
Tupper Lake as a scenic byway named the Adirondack Trail.
From
Wells
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to Speculator, NY 30 is concurrent to
NY 8, then with
NY 28 from
Indian Lake to Blue Mountain Lake. Between Blue Mountain Lake and
Long Lake, NY 30 is concurrent with the western third of
NY 28N.
Near Tupper Lake, it skirts the boundary between
Franklin
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and
Saint Lawrence
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for a considerable distance before entering Tupper Lake and intersecting
NY 3. The two routes overlap to
Harrietstown, where NY 30 splits from NY 3 and heads north along a series of lakes, including
Upper Saranac Lake and
Meacham Lake. North of
Duane, NY 30 exits Adirondack Park and heads north towards
Malone. Within the village, NY 30 briefly overlaps
US 11. The Adirondack Trail ends at the east end of the overlap. The route continues north out of the village to the Canada–US border in
Constable
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, where it becomes
Route 138 upon entering
Quebec
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at the
Trout River Border Crossing.
History
Old roads
Route 30 made up part of the privately owned Middletown and Roxbury Turnpike. The turnpike, which accessed the villages of Middletown and Roxbury, was created in 1808.
The highway was about long, as that is the current stretch of Route 30 from Middletown to Roxbury.
The stretch of Route 30 from Middleburgh to Schoharie was also once part of the Middleburgh and Schoharie Plank Road.
Designation
Prior to 1930, the modern routing of NY 30 carried a large number of designations. Between
Margaretville and Grand Gorge in the town of
Roxbury, what is now NY 30 was designated as part of
NY 19. From
Mayfield north to
Malone, most of the current routing of NY 30 carried a designation. The portion from the modern junction of NY 30 and NY 30A in Mayfield to
Speculator was part of
NY 54. From Speculator to
Indian Lake, NY 30 was the northernmost segment of
NY 80.
Between Indian Lake and
Long Lake, NY 30 comprised the western half of
NY 10A. Past Long Lake, NY 30 was part of
NY 10 north to the modern junction of NY 30 and
NY 186 west of
Harrietstown. From NY 186 to modern
NY 86 in
Paul Smiths, the present alignment of NY 30 was unnumbered. Between Paul Smiths and Malone, NY 30 was part of
NY 3. The remainder of NY 30 was unnumbered.
In the
1930 renumbering, NY 30 was largely assigned to its current alignment between the Hancock hamlet of East Branch and
Wells
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England
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, where it terminated at
NY 8. Past Wells, the modern alignment of NY 30 was designated as NY 8 to Speculator and as
NY 10 north to the Canada–US border.
NY 10 was truncated southward to NY 8 in
Arietta , at which time NY 30 was extended north to
Quebec
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along the former alignment of NY 10.
Realignments
NY 30 has been realigned in two areas along its routing. The first realignment was in the
Schoharie Valley near the
hamlet
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s of
Breakabeen and
Fultonham. NY 30 was originally routed along the base of Toepath Mountain near Fultonham and along a pair of village streets in Breakabeen. In the 1950s, a proposal was made to reroute NY 30 onto a new routing in the base of the valley surrounding
Schoharie Creek
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. The proposal was approved, and the new alignment of NY 30 opened . The former routing of NY 30 from
Max V. Shaul State Park near Breakabeen to Fultonham, still visible from the modern alignment of the route, was closed to the public and guardrails were installed to stop motor traffic from using the route. However, biking and walking was still allowed, and the old highway is now a trail known as "Old Route 30". The trail is not maintained; thus, the quality of the blacktop along Old Route 30 has deteriorated over the years. There are significant potholes and overhanging trees, but the path is still traversable. A large landslide has taken out a section of the road at the southern end.
The second realignment of NY 30 was in the vicinity of the village of
Northville. Route NY 30 originally entered the village by way of Bridge Street and followed Bridge, Main, and Reed streets through the village. It continued along the eastern bank of the
Great Sacandaga Lake on what is now Old State Road and Old Northville Road and rejoined its modern alignment in the town of
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.
The route was realigned to follow a new highway along the western lakeshore, bypassing Northville entirely.
The portion of Bridge Street from NY 30 to the Northville village line remains state-maintained as NY 920H, an unsigned
reference route in length.
Farther north, the portion of Old Northville Road from the
Fulton–
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county line to its junction with NY 30 is maintained by Hamilton County as CR 15.
Two intersections with other state highways in the Town of Schoharie, NY 443 and NY 30A were simplified to simple T-intersections beginning in the summer of 2010.
The latter intersection was the site of a
deadly limousine crash in October 2018 that killed 20 people.
Major intersections
NY 30A
NY 30A is a alternate route of NY 30, running west of NY 30 from north of
Schoharie to south of
Mayfield through
Fultonville,
Fonda,
Johnstown, and
Gloversville. Along the way, it connects to several major east–west highways, including
US 20 in
Esperance and the
New York State Thruway
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in Fultonville.
It was assigned in April 1960 and replaced
NY 148 north of
NY 7 in
Central Bridge and
NY 43 south of NY 7.
See also
*
List of county routes in Schenectady County, New York
References
External links
NY 30: The Adirondack Trail
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