New York State Route 395 (NY 395) is a state highway located within the town of Duanesburg in Schenectady County, New York, in the United States. It connects NY 7 to U.S. Route 20 (US 20) by way of the village of Delanson. The route was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York and has not been altered since.
 New York State Route 395 | ||||
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 Map of Schenectady County in eastern New York with NY 395 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by NYSDOT | ||||
| Length | 2.39 mi[1] (3.85 km) | |||
| Existed | 1930[2]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  NY 7 in Duanesburg | |||
| North end |  US 20 in Duanesburg | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | New York | |||
| Counties | Schenectady | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
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NY 395 begins at an intersection with NY 7 (Duanesburg Road), Darby Hill Road (unsigned County Route 133 or CR 133) and Schoharie Turnpike (CR 74) in the hamlet of Quaker Street in the town of Duanesburg. NY 395 proceeds north out of Quaker Street and through a residential section of Duanesburg, crossing a junction with East Shore Road (CR 80) before crossing into the village of Delanson. Now named Main Street, NY 395 crosses a railroad line into downtown Delanson as a two-lane residential street before turning northeast just north of Thousand Acres Road.[3]
NY 395 continues northeast through the village of Delanson, reaching a junction with Cole Road (CR 84). At this junction, NY 395 turns northward once again, paralleling the railroad line back into Duanesburg. After a bend to the northwest, the route passes the Delanson Reservoir and reaches an intersection with US 20 (Western Turnpike). The right-of-way and the designation of NY 395 both terminate at the intersection, east of the Schoharie County line.[3]
History
editOn May 17, 1902, the state of New York let a contract to improve the 1.15-mile (1.85 km) section of modern NY 395 between Quaker Street and Delanson to state highway standards. The project cost $15,993 (equivalent to $542,340 in 2024) and took roughly one year to complete. The improved road was added to the state highway system on July 1, 1903.[4][5] By 1926, all of what is now NY 395 was state-maintained.[6] In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, hundreds of state-maintained highways that did not have a posted route number were assigned one.[7] One of these was the state highway running north–south through Delanson, which was designated as NY 395.[2]
Major intersections
editThe entire route is in Schenectady County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Town of Duanesburg | 0.00 | 0.00 | NY 7 (Duanesburg Road) – Duanesburg, Cobleskill | Southern terminus; hamlet of Quaker Street | |
| Delanson | Cole Road (CR 84) | ||||
| Town of Duanesburg | 2.39 | 3.85 | US 20 (Western Turnpike) – Esperance, Duanesburg | Northern terminus | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b "2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. p. 227. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
- ^ a b Road Map of New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Standard Oil Company of New York. 1930.
- ^ a b Microsoft; Nokia. "overview map of NY 395" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
- ^ New York State Department of Highways (1920). Report of the State Commissioner of Highways. Albany, New York: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 210. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
- ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ Official Map Showing State Highways and other important roads (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. State of New York Department of Public Works. 1926.
- ^ Dickinson, Leon A. (January 12, 1930). "New Signs for State Highways". The New York Times. p. 136.
External links
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- New York State Route 395 at New York Routes