New York State Route 990V (NY 990V) is an east–west reference route in Schoharie County, New York, in the United States. It extends for 6.15 miles (9.90 km) from an intersection with NY 30 in the town of Gilboa to a junction with County Route 18 (CR 18) in the town of Conesville, where the road continues east as CR 3. Reference routes in New York are typically unsigned; however, NY 990V is fully signed with touring route markers. The road is a remnant of New York State Route 342, a route assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. The NY 342 designation was removed in the late 1940s; however, its former routing from Gilboa to Conesville remained a state highway and became NY 990V when the modern reference route system in New York was created.
New York State Route 990V | ||||
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 Map of the Catskill Mountains and vicinity with NY 990V highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by NYSDOT | ||||
| Length | 6.15 mi[1] (9.90 km) | |||
| History | Designated as part of NY 342 from 1930[2] to 1940s[3][4] | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  NY 30 in Gilboa | |||
| East end |   CR 3 / CR 18 in Conesville | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | New York | |||
| Counties | Schoharie | |||
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Route description edit
NY 990V begins northwest of the Schoharie Reservoir at an intersection with NY 30 in the town of Gilboa. The route heads northeast around the reservoir as a two-lane highway, intersecting CR 13 (Stryker Road) in an area of open fields before crossing Schoharie Creek a short distance downstream from the Gilboa Dam. On the opposite bank of the creek, the highway quickly passes through the small hamlet of Gilboa, located at a junction with CR 17 (Flat Creek Road). Outside of Gilboa, NY 990V turns to the southeast, paralleling the eastern edge of the reservoir as it runs through a stretch of forests and passes directly south of Gilboa-Conesville Central School. The wooded areas give way to slightly more open terrain in the adjacent town of Conesville, where the route meets CR 39 (Prattsville Road) just east of the town line. CR 39 heads south from this point, taking over as the primary waterside roadway while NY 990V heads east into a valley surrounding Manor Kill.[5]
Not far from CR 39, the route enters the hamlet of West Conesville, another small community built up around NY 990V's junction with CR 59 (Bull Hill Road). The road continues northeastward from West Conesville, serving a handful of scattered homes separated by stretches of woodland and open fields. This sparsely developed section along the northern bank of Manor Kill ultimately leads to the hamlet of Conesville, located at an intersection with CR 18 (Bear Kill Road). NY 990V ends at the junction, and its right-of-way continues east toward NY 145 in Durham as CR 3 (Potter Mountain Road).[5] Reference routes in New York are typically not signed with touring route markers, as most are short connector roads or are known by other, more prominent names. NY 990V, however, is fully signed as a touring route.[6]
History edit
Modern NY 990V was gradually taken over by the state of New York over the course of the early 20th century. The portion east of Schoharie Creek became state-maintained on August 28, 1917, following a $46,774 project (equivalent to $1,112,371 in 2024) to improve the existing road to state highway standards.[7][8] The rest of the highway was added as a state road in the late 1920s.[9][10] In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, the Gilboa–Conesville state highway was designated as part of NY 342, a new route extending from NY 30 west of the hamlet of Gilboa to the Conesville hamlet of Manorkill.[2]
By the following year, NY 342 was truncated westward to the hamlet of Conesville while a highway between NY 23 near South Gilboa and NY 30 southwest of Gilboa was designated as NY 297.[11] The NY 297 designation was short-lived as it was removed c. 1936.[12][13] NY 342 was extended westward over the former routing of NY 297 in the mid-1940s;[14][15] however, the designation was eliminated in the late 1940s.[3][4] While the portion west of NY 30 became CR 14, the section east of NY 30 was retained as a state highway.[16] When the modern reference route system was created, the Gilboa–Conesville state highway was designated as NY 990V.[6]
Major intersections edit
The entire route is in Schoharie County.
| Location | mi[17] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Gilboa | 0.00 | 0.00 | NY 30 – Grand Gorge, Middleburgh | Western terminus | |
| Conesville | 6.15[1] | 9.90 |     CR 18 north (Bear Kill Road) / CR 3 east (Potter Mountain Road) to NY 145 | Continues east as CR 3; southern terminus of CR 18 | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also edit
- List of county routes in Schoharie County, New York
- NY 961F, NY 962J, and NY 990L – Other reference routes signed as touring routes
References edit
- ^ a b "2008 Traffic Data Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. p. 292. Retrieved December 9, 2009.
- ^ a b Road Map of New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Standard Oil Company of New York. 1930.
- ^ a b Official Highway Map of New York State (Map) (1947–48 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. State of New York Department of Public Works.
- ^ a b New York (Map) (1950 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1949.
- ^ a b Google (April 9, 2013). "overview map of NY 990V" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
- ^ a b New York State Department of Transportation (January 2017). Official Description of Highway Touring Routes, Bicycling Touring Routes, Scenic Byways, & Commemorative/Memorial Designations in New York State (PDF). pp. 1, 64. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
- ^ State of New York Commission of Highways (1922). Tables Giving Detailed Information and Present Status of All State, County and Federal Aid Highways. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 68. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Road Map of New York in Soconyland (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Standard Oil Company of New York. 1927.
- ^ New York in Soconyland (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Standard Oil Company of New York. 1929.
- ^ New York (Map). Cartography by H.M. Gousha Company. Kendall Refining Company. 1931.
- ^ Road Map & Historical Guide – New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Sun Oil Company. 1935.
- ^ New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Standard Oil Company. 1936.
- ^ New York with Pictorial Guide (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1942.
- ^ New York with Pennsylvania (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Texaco. 1946.
- ^ Gilboa Digital Raster Quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. New York State Department of Transportation. 1977. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
- ^ Google (June 29, 2018). "New York State Route 990V" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
External links edit
- New York State Route 990V at Alps' Roads • New York Routes