New York State Route 291
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New York State Route 291 (NY 291) is a state highway in Oneida County, New York
, in the United States
. The route extends from an intersection with NY 69
in the town of Whitestown
to a junction with NY 365
in the extreme northern tip of the town of Marcy
, near the hamlet of Stittville. It is a two-lane highway its entire length. NY 291 meets NY 49
, the Utica–Rome Expressway, at an interchange roughly 1 miles (1.6 km) northeast of NY 69. NY 291 provides access to the Marcy Correctional Facility
and Mid-State Correctional Facility
, both in Marcy.
The origins of NY 291 date back to 1908, when the entirety of modern NY 291 was designated as part of legislative Route 25, which began in Marcy and ended in Albany
. The portion of Route 25 south of Barneveld
was designated as part of New York State Route 12C, an alternate route of NY 12
between Utica
and Barneveld, in 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. The section of NY 12C south of Whitestown was entirely overlapped with other routes while the portion north of Stittville utilized what is now NY 365. On January 1, 1970, NY 12C was replaced with an extended NY 365 from Stittville to Barneveld and NY 291 from Whitestown to Stittville.
just north of the village of Whitesboro
in the town of Whitestown
. It travels northeast from this point, crossing over and briefly paralleling the Mohawk River
as it enters the town of Marcy
. Not long afterward, the route crosses over the Erie Canal
and intersects River Road, the pre-Utica–Rome Expressway routing of NY 49
, on the northern bank of the canal. Just north of River Road, NY 291 meets the aforementioned expressway at a modified diamond interchange
. The route continues on to Careys Corners, a small community centered around the junction of NY 291 and Old River Road 1 miles (1.6 km) from NY 69. After another mile (1.6 km) through a lightly populated area of Marcy, NY 291 heads north toward the hamlet of Marcy at a fork with Hayes Road.
In Marcy, NY 291 intersects Fox Road and provides access to the Marcy Correctional Facility
and Mid-State Correctional Facility
, both located just west of NY 291. Outside of Marcy, the route heads through less developed areas of the town as it heads generally northward along Ninemile Creek toward the hamlet of Stittville, a small hamlet on the eastern bank of the creek. NY 291 heads north through Stittville and crosses over Ninemile Creek, passing through another rural area before ending at a junction with NY 365
about one mile (1.6 km) southwest of the village of Holland Patent
.
that began at Whitesboro
and passed through Marcy
, Holland Patent
and Barneveld
before traversing Adirondack Park on its way to Albany
. The portion of Route 25 between the western village line of Whitesboro and Careys Corners was also part of Route 28, which went from Maple View to Utica via Rome
, Marcy, and Whitesboro. Route 25 was truncated to end at Careys Corners on March 1, 1921, eliminating the overlap with Route 28. When the first set of posted routes in New York
were assigned in 1924, all of legislative Route 28 east of Colosse became NY 11. Also assigned at this time was NY 12
, which connected Utica to Barneveld; however, it used a more direct route to the east rather than the more circuitous route via legislative Route 25. NY 11 was renumbered to NY 76 in 1927 to eliminate the numerical duplication with the newly-designated U.S. Route 11.
In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, NY 76 was reassigned to another highway
in western New York
. Its former routing between Careys Corners and Utica was incorporated into the new NY 12C, an 18.64 miles (30 km) alternate route of NY 12 between Utica and Barneveld that utilized the alignment of legislative Route 25 between Careys Corners and Barneveld. NY 12C began in downtown Utica and overlapped with NY 5S
to Whitesboro, where it split from NY 5S and continued north to meet NY 46A near Stittville. The two routes converged here, following what is now NY 365
east to Holland Patent. NY 46A left NY 12C in the village and went north on modern NY 274
while NY 12C continued east to meet NY 12 in Barneveld.
NY 12C itself never changed after 1930; however, the routes it overlapped with did. In the early 1940s, NY 5S was truncated eastward to downtown Utica and replaced with NY 69
from Rome
to Utica and NY 5A
between Yorkville
and Utica. NY 46A, meanwhile, was renumbered to NY 274 and truncated to Holland Patent in the early 1950s. NY 365 was assigned ca. 1932 and overlapped NY 12C between Stittville and Barneveld until it was truncated to end at NY 12C north of Stittville in the late 1950s. On January 1, 1970, the NY 12C designation was eliminated. From Utica to Whitesboro, NY 12C was supplanted by the routes it once overlapped; however, NY 69 was truncated to NY 5A in Yorkville. East of Stittville, NY 12C became part of a re-extended NY 365. The remainder of NY 12C's former routing was redesignated as NY 291. Reference markers for NY 291 north of NY 49 still read "12C".
Oneida County, New York
Oneida County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 234,878. The county seat is Utica. The name is in honor of the Oneida, an Iroquoian tribe that formerly occupied the region....
, in the United States
United States
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. The route extends from an intersection with NY 69
New York State Route 69
New York State Route 69 is a state highway extending for across the central portion of the U.S. state of New York. The western terminus of the route is at NY 104 in the Oswego County village of Mexico. The eastern terminus is at NY 5A in the Oneida County village of Yorkville, just...
in the town of Whitestown
Whitestown, New York
Whitestown is a town in Oneida County, New York, USA. The population was 18,635 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from Judge Hugh White, an early settler.The Town of Whitestown is immediately west of Utica, New York...
to a junction with NY 365
New York State Route 365
New York State Route 365 is an east–west state highway in the central portion of New York in the United States. It extends for from an intersection with NY 5 east of the Oneida County city of Oneida to a junction with NY 8 in the Herkimer County town of Ohio...
in the extreme northern tip of the town of Marcy
Marcy, New York
Marcy is a town in Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 9,469 at the 2000 census. The town was named after Governor William L. Marcy....
, near the hamlet of Stittville. It is a two-lane highway its entire length. NY 291 meets NY 49
New York State Route 49
New York State Route 49 is an east–west state highway in New York in the United States. It runs from NY 3 in Volney to Interstate 790 , NY 5, NY 8 and NY 12 in Utica...
, the Utica–Rome Expressway, at an interchange roughly 1 miles (1.6 km) northeast of NY 69. NY 291 provides access to the Marcy Correctional Facility
Marcy Correctional Facility
Marcy Correctional Facility is located in Marcy, New York, USA; it is a medium security prison in Oneida County, New York.The prison is co-located with the "Central New York Psychiatric Center", where incarcerated prisoners from state and local jurisdictions can be held and treated, and the...
and Mid-State Correctional Facility
Mid-State Correctional Facility
Mid-State Correctional Facility is located between the cities of Rome and Utica in New York State.Before Mid-State was a prison, it was a hospital for both the mentally ill and mentally handicapped. There was a so called “25-year building spree” in the prison system, when the number of prisoners...
, both in Marcy.
The origins of NY 291 date back to 1908, when the entirety of modern NY 291 was designated as part of legislative Route 25, which began in Marcy and ended in Albany
Albany, New York
Albany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York's Capital District. Roughly north of New York City, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River...
. The portion of Route 25 south of Barneveld
Barneveld, New York
Barneveld is a village located within the Town of Trenton in Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 332 at the 2000 census. The village name is derived from the name of the Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt ....
was designated as part of New York State Route 12C, an alternate route of NY 12
New York State Route 12
New York State Route 12 is a state highway extending for through central and northern New York in the United States. The southern terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 11 in the town of Chenango in the Southern Tier. The northern terminus is at NY 37 near the village of...
between Utica
Utica, New York
Utica is a city in and the county seat of Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 62,235 at the 2010 census, an increase of 2.6% from the 2000 census....
and Barneveld, in 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. The section of NY 12C south of Whitestown was entirely overlapped with other routes while the portion north of Stittville utilized what is now NY 365. On January 1, 1970, NY 12C was replaced with an extended NY 365 from Stittville to Barneveld and NY 291 from Whitestown to Stittville.
Route description
NY 291 begins at an intersection with NY 69New York State Route 69
New York State Route 69 is a state highway extending for across the central portion of the U.S. state of New York. The western terminus of the route is at NY 104 in the Oswego County village of Mexico. The eastern terminus is at NY 5A in the Oneida County village of Yorkville, just...
just north of the village of Whitesboro
Whitesboro, New York
Whitesboro is a village in Oneida County, New York, United States. United States. The population was 3,943 at the 2000 census. The village is named after Hugh White, an early settler.The Village of Whitesboro is inside the Town of Whitestown....
in the town of Whitestown
Whitestown, New York
Whitestown is a town in Oneida County, New York, USA. The population was 18,635 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from Judge Hugh White, an early settler.The Town of Whitestown is immediately west of Utica, New York...
. It travels northeast from this point, crossing over and briefly paralleling the Mohawk River
Mohawk River
The Mohawk River is a river in the U.S. state of New York. It is the largest tributary of the Hudson River. The Mohawk flows into the Hudson in the Capital District, a few miles north of the city of Albany. The river is named for the Mohawk Nation of the Iroquois Confederacy...
as it enters the town of Marcy
Marcy, New York
Marcy is a town in Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 9,469 at the 2000 census. The town was named after Governor William L. Marcy....
. Not long afterward, the route crosses over the Erie Canal
Erie Canal
The Erie Canal is a waterway in New York that runs about from Albany, New York, on the Hudson River to Buffalo, New York, at Lake Erie, completing a navigable water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. The canal contains 36 locks and encompasses a total elevation differential of...
and intersects River Road, the pre-Utica–Rome Expressway routing of NY 49
New York State Route 49
New York State Route 49 is an east–west state highway in New York in the United States. It runs from NY 3 in Volney to Interstate 790 , NY 5, NY 8 and NY 12 in Utica...
, on the northern bank of the canal. Just north of River Road, NY 291 meets the aforementioned expressway at a modified diamond interchange
Diamond interchange
A diamond interchange is a common type of road junction, used where a freeway crosses a minor road. The freeway itself is grade-separated from the minor road, one crossing the other over a bridge...
. The route continues on to Careys Corners, a small community centered around the junction of NY 291 and Old River Road 1 miles (1.6 km) from NY 69. After another mile (1.6 km) through a lightly populated area of Marcy, NY 291 heads north toward the hamlet of Marcy at a fork with Hayes Road.
In Marcy, NY 291 intersects Fox Road and provides access to the Marcy Correctional Facility
Marcy Correctional Facility
Marcy Correctional Facility is located in Marcy, New York, USA; it is a medium security prison in Oneida County, New York.The prison is co-located with the "Central New York Psychiatric Center", where incarcerated prisoners from state and local jurisdictions can be held and treated, and the...
and Mid-State Correctional Facility
Mid-State Correctional Facility
Mid-State Correctional Facility is located between the cities of Rome and Utica in New York State.Before Mid-State was a prison, it was a hospital for both the mentally ill and mentally handicapped. There was a so called “25-year building spree” in the prison system, when the number of prisoners...
, both located just west of NY 291. Outside of Marcy, the route heads through less developed areas of the town as it heads generally northward along Ninemile Creek toward the hamlet of Stittville, a small hamlet on the eastern bank of the creek. NY 291 heads north through Stittville and crosses over Ninemile Creek, passing through another rural area before ending at a junction with NY 365
New York State Route 365
New York State Route 365 is an east–west state highway in the central portion of New York in the United States. It extends for from an intersection with NY 5 east of the Oneida County city of Oneida to a junction with NY 8 in the Herkimer County town of Ohio...
about one mile (1.6 km) southwest of the village of Holland Patent
Holland Patent, New York
Holland Patent is a village in Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 461 at the 2000 census. The village is named after a land grant....
.
History
In 1908, the New York State Legislature created Route 25, an unsigned legislative routeLegislative route
In United States, a legislative route or legislative highway is a highway defined by laws passed in a state legislature. The numbering of such highways may or may not correspond to the numbers familiar to the public as part of the state, U.S. highway, and Interstate highway systems...
that began at Whitesboro
Whitesboro, New York
Whitesboro is a village in Oneida County, New York, United States. United States. The population was 3,943 at the 2000 census. The village is named after Hugh White, an early settler.The Village of Whitesboro is inside the Town of Whitestown....
and passed through Marcy
Marcy, New York
Marcy is a town in Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 9,469 at the 2000 census. The town was named after Governor William L. Marcy....
, Holland Patent
Holland Patent, New York
Holland Patent is a village in Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 461 at the 2000 census. The village is named after a land grant....
and Barneveld
Barneveld, New York
Barneveld is a village located within the Town of Trenton in Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 332 at the 2000 census. The village name is derived from the name of the Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt ....
before traversing Adirondack Park on its way to Albany
Albany, New York
Albany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York's Capital District. Roughly north of New York City, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River...
. The portion of Route 25 between the western village line of Whitesboro and Careys Corners was also part of Route 28, which went from Maple View to Utica via Rome
Rome, New York
Rome is a city in Oneida County, New York, United States. It is located in north-central or "upstate" New York. The population was 44,797 at the 2010 census. It is in New York's 24th congressional district. In 1758, British forces began construction of Fort Stanwix at this strategic location, but...
, Marcy, and Whitesboro. Route 25 was truncated to end at Careys Corners on March 1, 1921, eliminating the overlap with Route 28. When the first set of posted routes in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
were assigned in 1924, all of legislative Route 28 east of Colosse became NY 11. Also assigned at this time was NY 12
New York State Route 12
New York State Route 12 is a state highway extending for through central and northern New York in the United States. The southern terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 11 in the town of Chenango in the Southern Tier. The northern terminus is at NY 37 near the village of...
, which connected Utica to Barneveld; however, it used a more direct route to the east rather than the more circuitous route via legislative Route 25. NY 11 was renumbered to NY 76 in 1927 to eliminate the numerical duplication with the newly-designated U.S. Route 11.
In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, NY 76 was reassigned to another highway
New York State Route 76
New York State Route 76 is located entirely within Chautauqua County, New York, United States. It runs north–south from NY 474 in the hamlet of North Clymer in the town of Clymer at its southern end to NY 5 along the Lake Erie shoreline in the town of Ripley...
in western New York
Western New York
Western New York is the westernmost region of the state of New York. It includes the cities of Buffalo, Rochester, Niagara Falls, the surrounding suburbs, as well as the outlying rural areas of the Great Lakes lowlands, the Genesee Valley, and the Southern Tier. Some historians, scholars and others...
. Its former routing between Careys Corners and Utica was incorporated into the new NY 12C, an 18.64 miles (30 km) alternate route of NY 12 between Utica and Barneveld that utilized the alignment of legislative Route 25 between Careys Corners and Barneveld. NY 12C began in downtown Utica and overlapped with NY 5S
New York State Route 5S
New York State Route 5S is an east–west state highway located in the Mohawk Valley of New York in the United States. It extends for from an interchange with NY 5, NY 5A, NY 8, and NY 12 in Utica to a smaller interchange with NY 890 in Rotterdam...
to Whitesboro, where it split from NY 5S and continued north to meet NY 46A near Stittville. The two routes converged here, following what is now NY 365
New York State Route 365
New York State Route 365 is an east–west state highway in the central portion of New York in the United States. It extends for from an intersection with NY 5 east of the Oneida County city of Oneida to a junction with NY 8 in the Herkimer County town of Ohio...
east to Holland Patent. NY 46A left NY 12C in the village and went north on modern NY 274
New York State Route 274
New York State Route 274 is a state highway located entirely in Oneida County, New York, in the United States. The route begins at an intersection with NY 365 in the village of Holland Patent and heads north and west for in each direction to a junction with NY 46 at the hamlet of...
while NY 12C continued east to meet NY 12 in Barneveld.
NY 12C itself never changed after 1930; however, the routes it overlapped with did. In the early 1940s, NY 5S was truncated eastward to downtown Utica and replaced with NY 69
New York State Route 69
New York State Route 69 is a state highway extending for across the central portion of the U.S. state of New York. The western terminus of the route is at NY 104 in the Oswego County village of Mexico. The eastern terminus is at NY 5A in the Oneida County village of Yorkville, just...
from Rome
Rome, New York
Rome is a city in Oneida County, New York, United States. It is located in north-central or "upstate" New York. The population was 44,797 at the 2010 census. It is in New York's 24th congressional district. In 1758, British forces began construction of Fort Stanwix at this strategic location, but...
to Utica and NY 5A
New York State Route 5A
New York State Route 5A is an east–west state highway contained within Oneida County, New York, in the United States. It is a alternate route of NY 5 between New Hartford and downtown Utica. At its eastern end, NY 5A becomes NY 5S. The route is four lanes wide and passes...
between Yorkville
Yorkville, Oneida County, New York
Yorkville is a village in Oneida County, New York, USA. The population was 2,675 at the 2000 census.The Village of Yorkville is in the southeast part of the Town of Whitestown adjacent to the City of Utica.- History :...
and Utica. NY 46A, meanwhile, was renumbered to NY 274 and truncated to Holland Patent in the early 1950s. NY 365 was assigned ca. 1932 and overlapped NY 12C between Stittville and Barneveld until it was truncated to end at NY 12C north of Stittville in the late 1950s. On January 1, 1970, the NY 12C designation was eliminated. From Utica to Whitesboro, NY 12C was supplanted by the routes it once overlapped; however, NY 69 was truncated to NY 5A in Yorkville. East of Stittville, NY 12C became part of a re-extended NY 365. The remainder of NY 12C's former routing was redesignated as NY 291. Reference markers for NY 291 north of NY 49 still read "12C".