Books

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The available books are below (use the given year for the "year" parameter):

  • 1909 – complete Highway Law book from 1909, including the initial legislative route system established in 1908
  • 1918 – 1918 log of changes to the laws of New York. Pages 71 to 73 have every change made to the original 1908 system, such as modifications or additions
  • 1919 – complete Highway Law book from 1919, reflecting all of the changes made to the legislative route system since 1908
  • 1920 – 1920 report of the state highway commissioner, including a full route log of all legislative routes and many details regarding state roads built or under construction by 1920
  • 1921 – list of all laws passed by the state of New York in 1921. A law reorganizing the legislative route system was passed on March 1, 1921; its text begins on page 42.

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  • 1927 Automobile Blue Book:
<ref>{{cite book |title=Automobile Blue Book |publisher=Automobile Blue Book, Inc |location=Chicago |edition=1927 |year=1927 |volume=1}} This edition shows U.S. Routes as they were first officially signed in 1927.</ref>
  • 1930–31 (1930 renumbering) ALA Green Books (GB):
<ref>''Automobile Legal Association (ALA) Automobile Green Book'', 1930–31 and 1931–32 editions, (Scarborough Motor Guide Co., Boston, 1930 and 1931). The 1930–31 edition shows New York state routes prior to the [[1930 renumbering (New York)|1930 renumbering]]</ref>
refs for just the 1930–31 or 1931–32 Green Books
  • 1930 GB:
<ref>{{cite book |title=Automobile Legal Association (ALA) Automobile Green Book |edition=1930–31 |year=1930 |publisher=Scarborough Motor Guide Co |location=Boston}}</ref>
  • 1931 GB:
<ref>{{cite book |title=Automobile Legal Association (ALA) Automobile Green Book |edition=1931–32 |year=1931 |publisher=Scarborough Motor Guide Co |location=Boston}}</ref>
  • 1938 GB:
<ref>{{cite book |last=Thibodeau |first=William A. |title=The ALA Green Book |edition=1938–39 |year=1938 |publisher=Automobile Legal Association}}</ref>

Articles

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  • 1924 route numbering in the The New York Times:
<ref>{{cite news |title=New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 21, 1924 |page=XX9}}</ref>
  • 1930 renumbering in the The New York Times:
<ref>{{cite news |last=Dickinson |first=Leon A. |title=New Signs for State Highways |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 12, 1930 |page=136}}</ref>

Maps

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Pre-1930
  • 1926 Rand McNally (RMcN):
<ref>{{cite map |title=Official Map Showing State Highways and other important roads |year=1926 |publisher=[[State of New York Department of Public Works]] |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]]}}</ref>
  • 1926 RMcN of western New York (Broer Map Library):

<ref>{{cite map |url=http://www.broermapsonline.org/members/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/Midatlantic/NewYork/unitedstates1926ra_008.html |title=Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas (western New York) |publisher=[[Rand McNally and Company]] |year=1926 |accessdate=June 4, 2024</ref></nowiki>

  • 1926 RMcN of eastern New York (Broer Map Library):

<ref>{{cite map |url=http://www.broermapsonline.org/members/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/Midatlantic/NewYork/unitedstates1926ra_009.html |title=Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas (eastern New York) |publisher=[[Rand McNally and Company]] |year=1926 |accessdate=June 4, 2024}}</ref>

  • 1927 General Drafting (GD):
<ref>{{cite map |title=Road Map of New York in Soconyland |year=1927 |publisher=[[Standard Oil Company of New York]] |cartography=[[General Drafting]]}}</ref>
  • 1929 GD:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York in Soconyland |year=1929 |publisher=[[Standard Oil Company of New York]] |cartography=[[General Drafting]]}}</ref>
1930–1939
  • 1930 Pennsylvania Department of Highways (post-renumbering; includes Southern Tier and some of downstate):

<ref>{{cite map |url=ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1930fr.pdf |title=Tourist Map of Pennsylvania |publisher=[[Pennsylvania Department of Highways]] |format=PDF |year=1930 |accessdate=June 4, 2024}}</ref>

  • 1930 GD:
<ref>{{cite map |title=Road Map of New York |year=1930 |publisher=[[Standard Oil Company of New York]] |cartography=[[General Drafting]]}}</ref>
  • 1931 GD:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=[[Standard Oil Company]] |year=1931 |cartography=[[General Drafting]]}}</ref>
  • 1931 Gousha:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=[[Kendall Refining Company]] |year=1931 |cartography=[[H.M. Gousha Company]]}}</ref>
  • 1932 RMcN:
<ref>{{cite map |title=Texaco Road Map – New York |publisher=[[Texas Oil Company]] |year=1932 |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]]}}</ref>
  • 1933 RMcN:
<ref>{{cite map |title=Texaco Road Map – New York |publisher=[[Texas Oil Company]] |year=1933 |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]]}}</ref>
  • 1934 RMcN:
<ref>{{cite map |title=Texaco Road Map – New York |publisher=[[Texas Oil Company]] |year=1934 |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]]}}</ref>
  • 1935 RMcN:
<ref>{{cite map |title=Road Map & Historical Guide – New York |publisher=[[Sun Oil Company]] |year=1935 |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]]}}</ref>
  • 1936 GD:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=[[Standard Oil Company]] |year=1936 |cartography=[[General Drafting]]}}</ref>
  • 1936 Gousha of NYS:
<ref>{{cite map |title=Road Map – New York |publisher=[[Shell Oil Company]] |year=1936 |cartography=[[H.M. Gousha Company]]}}</ref>
  • 1936 Gousha of NYC/LI:
<ref>{{cite map |title=Road Map – Metropolitan New York and Long Island |publisher=[[Shell Oil Company]] |year=1936 |cartography=[[H.M. Gousha Company]]}}</ref>
  • 1937 GD:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=[[Standard Oil Company]] |year=1937 |cartography=[[General Drafting]]}}</ref>
  • 1937 Gousha:
<ref>{{cite map |title=Shell Road Map – New York |publisher=[[Shell Oil Company]] |year=1937 |cartography=[[H.M. Gousha Company]]}}</ref>
  • 1938 GD:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York Road Map for 1938 |publisher=[[Esso]] |year=1938 |cartography=[[General Drafting]]}}</ref>
  • 1939 GD:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=[[Standard Oil Company]] |year=1939 |cartography=[[General Drafting]]}}</ref>
1940–1949
  • 1940 Gousha:
<ref>{{cite map |title=Map of New York |publisher=[[Shell Oil Company]] |year=1940 |cartography=[[H.M. Gousha Company]]}}</ref>
  • 1940 RMcN:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York Info-Map |publisher=[[Gulf Oil Company]] |year=1940 |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]]}}</ref>
  • 1940 GD:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=[[Esso]] |year=1940 |cartography=[[General Drafting]]}}</ref>
  • 1940 Pennsylvania Department of Highways (includes Southern Tier and some of downstate):

<ref>{{cite map |url=ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1940fr.pdf |title=Official Road Map of Pennsylvania |publisher=[[Pennsylvania Department of Highways]] |format=PDF |year=1940 |accessdate=June 4, 2024}}</ref>

  • 1942 GD:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York with Pictorial Guide |publisher=[[Esso]] |year=1942 |cartography=[[General Drafting]]}}</ref>
  • 1946 RMcN:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York with Pennsylvania |publisher=[[Texas Oil Company]] |year=1946 |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]]}}</ref>
  • 1947 USGS Rochester topographic:

<ref>{{cite map |url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/250k/txu-pclmaps-topo-us-rochester-1947.jpg |title=Rochester, NY Quadrangle |publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]] |year=1947 |scale=1:250,000 |series=Eastern United States 1:250,000 |accessdate=June 4, 2024}}</ref>

  • 1947–48 GD:
<ref>{{cite map |title=Official Highway Map of New York State |publisher=[[State of New York Department of Public Works]] |edition=1947–48 |cartography=[[General Drafting]]}}</ref>
  • 1947 RMcN:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York Road Map and Pictorial Sight-Seeing Guide |publisher=[[Sinclair Oil Corporation]] |year=1947 |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]]}}</ref>
  • 1948 Army Map Service Elmira topographic:

<ref>{{cite map |url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/250k/txu-pclmaps-topo-us-elmira-1948.jpg |title=Elmira, NY Quadrangle |publisher=[[United States Department of the Army|Army]] Map Service |year=1948 |scale=1:250,000 |series=Eastern United States 1:250,000 |accessdate=June 4, 2024}}</ref>

  • 1949 GD:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=[[Esso]] |cartography=[[General Drafting]] |edition=1950 |year=1949}}</ref>
1950–1959
  • 1950 RMcN:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=[[Socony-Vacuum Oil Company]] |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]] |year=1950}}</ref>
  • 1950 Pennsylvania Department of Highways (includes Southern Tier and some of downstate):

<ref>{{cite map |url=ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1950fr.pdf |title=Official Road Map of Pennsylvania |publisher=[[Pennsylvania Department of Highways]] |format=PDF |year=1950 |accessdate=June 4, 2024}}</ref>

  • 1952 RMcN:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=[[Sunoco]] |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]] |year=1952}}</ref>
  • 1954 GD:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region |publisher=[[Esso]] |cartography=[[General Drafting]] |edition=1955–56 |year=1954}}</ref>
  • 1956 GD:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region |publisher=[[Esso]] |cartography=[[General Drafting]] |edition=1957 |year=1956}}</ref>
  • 1957 Gousha:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York Including Long Island |publisher=[[Sunoco]] |cartography=[[H.M. Gousha Company]] |year=1957}}</ref>
  • 1958 GD:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region |publisher=[[Esso]] |cartography=[[General Drafting]] |edition=1958 |year=1958}}</ref>
  • 1958 RMcN:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York and New Jersey Tourgide<!--sic--> Map |publisher=[[Gulf Oil Company]] |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]] |year=1958}}</ref>
1960–1969
  • 1960 RMcN:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York and New Jersey Tourgide<!--sic--> Map |publisher=[[Gulf Oil Company]] |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]] |year=1960}}</ref>
  • 1960 Pennsylvania Department of Highways (includes Southern Tier and some of downstate):

<ref>{{cite map |url=ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1960fr.pdf |title=Official Map of Pennsylvania |publisher=[[Pennsylvania Department of Highways]] |format=PDF |year=1960 |accessdate=June 4, 2024}}</ref>

  • 1961 Gousha:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York and Metropolitan New York |publisher=[[Sunoco]] |cartography=[[H.M. Gousha Company]] |year=1961 |edition=1961–62}}</ref>
  • 1961 USGS Rochester topographic:

<ref>{{cite map |url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/250k/txu-pclmaps-topo-us-rochester-1961.jpg |title=Rochester, NY Quadrangle |publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]] |year=1961 |scale=1:250,000 |series=Eastern United States 1:250,000 |accessdate=June 4, 2024}}</ref>

  • 1962 GD:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York with Sight-Seeing Guide |publisher=[[Esso]] |cartography=[[General Drafting]] |year=1962 |edition=1962}}</ref>
  • 1962 RMcN:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York and Metropolitan New York |publisher=[[Sinclair Oil Corporation]] |year=1962 |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]]}}</ref>
  • 1963 GD:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York Happy Motoring Guide |publisher=[[Esso]] |cartography=[[General Drafting]] |year=1963 |edition=1963}}</ref>
  • 1964 RMcN:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York and Metropolitan New York |publisher=[[Sinclair Oil Corporation]] |year=1964 |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]]}}</ref>
  • 1965 RMcN:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=[[Mobil]] |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]] |year=1965}}</ref>
  • 1968 GD:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=[[Esso]] |year=1968 |edition=1969–70 |cartography=[[General Drafting]]}}</ref>
  • 1969 Diversified Map:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York and Metropolitan New York City |publisher=[[Sun Oil Company]] |cartography=[[Diversified Map Corporation]] |year=1969 |edition=1969–70}}</ref>
  • 1969 RMcN:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York State Highways |publisher=[[State of New York Department of Commerce]] |year=1969 |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]]}}</ref>
1970–1979
  • 1970 Pennsylvania Department of Highways (includes Southern Tier and some of downstate):

<ref>{{cite map |url=ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1970fr.pdf |title=Official Map of Pennsylvania |publisher=[[Pennsylvania Department of Highways]] |format=PDF |year=1970 |accessdate=June 4, 2024}}</ref>

  • 1971 RMcN:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York Thruway |publisher=[[New York State Thruway Authority]] |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]] |year=1971}}</ref>
  • 1972 RMcN:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York and New Jersey Tourgide<!--sic--> Map |publisher=[[Gulf Oil Company]] |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]] |year=1972 |edition=1972}}</ref>
  • 1973 Gousha:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=[[Shell Oil Company]] |cartography=[[H.M. Gousha Company]] |year=1973 |edition=1973}}</ref>
  • 1973 RMcN:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York Mobil Travel Map|publisher=[[Mobil]] |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]] |year=1973 |edition=1973}}</ref>
  • 1974 RMcN:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York and New Jersey Tourgide<!--sic--> Map |publisher=[[Gulf Oil Company]] |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]] |year=1974}}</ref>
  • 1977–78 GD:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=[[Exxon]] |year=1977 |edition=1977–78 |cartography=[[General Drafting]]}}</ref>
  • 1979 American Automobile Association:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=[[American Automobile Association]] |year=1977 |edition=1977–78 |cartography=[[American Automobile Association]]}}</ref>
  • 1979 GD:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=[[Exxon]] |year=1979 |cartography=[[General Drafting]]}}</ref>
1980 and onward
  • 1980 PennDOT (includes Southern Tier and some of downstate):

<ref>{{cite map |url=ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1980fr.pdf |title=Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Official Transportation Map |publisher=[[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation]] |format=PDF |year=1980 |accessdate=June 4, 2024}}</ref>

  • 1981 RMcN:
<ref>{{cite map |title=[[I Love New York]] Tourism Map |publisher=[[State of New York]] |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]] |year=1981}}</ref>
  • 1985 RMcN:
<ref>{{cite map |publisher=[[Rand McNally and Company]] |title=New York |year=1985 |isbn=0-528-91040-X}}</ref>
  • 1985 RMcN of Buffalo, Niagara Falls, and Rochester:
<ref>{{cite map |title=Mobil Travel Map – Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Rochester |publisher=[[Mobil]] |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]] |year=1985}}</ref>
  • 1989 PennDOT (includes Southern Tier and some of downstate):

<ref>{{cite map |url=ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1989fr.pdf |title=Pennsylvania Official Transportation Map |publisher=[[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation]] |format=PDF |year=1989 |accessdate=June 4, 2024}}</ref>

  • 1990 DeLorme city maps:
<ref>{{cite map |publisher=[[DeLorme Mapping]] |title=Upstate New York City Street Maps |edition=1st |year=1990 |cartography=DeLorme Mapping |scale= |page= |isbn=0-89933-300-1}}</ref>
  • 1995 RMcN:
<ref>{{cite map |publisher=[[Rand McNally and Company]] |title=New York |year=1995 |isbn=0-528-96764-9}}</ref>
  • 2009 Map Works:
<ref>{{cite map |title=New York State Map |publisher=[[I Love New York]] |year=2009 |cartography=[[Map Works]]}}</ref>

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Accepts six parameters:

  • type: either DOT or USGS. Defaults to DOT
  • name: name of the quadrangle
  • year: year of map
  • code: the DOT Quad Code for DOT quadrangles or the nine-character alphanumeric code for USGS topos
  • scale: defaults to 24 for 1:24,000. Some USGS topos have a 1:25,000 scale; enter "25" for this parameter for these cases.
  • date: access date

Logs, reports, and other items

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New York route logs
  • 1970

<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.greaternyroads.info/pdfs/state70.pdf |title=Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State |author=[[State of New York Department of Transportation]] |date=January 1, 1970 |format=PDF |accessdate=June 4, 2024}}</ref>

  • 1986

<ref>{{cite book|title=Official Description of Highway Touring Routes, Bicycling Touring Routes, Scenic Byways, & Commemorative/Memorial Designations in New York State |author=[[New York State Department of Transportation]] |date=May 1986}}</ref>

  • 2004

<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/operating/oom/transportation-systems/repository/tour_route_0.pdf |title=Official Description of Highway Touring Routes, Scenic Byways, & Bicycle Routes in New York State |author=[[New York State Department of Transportation]] |month=October |year=2004 |format=PDF |accessdate=June 4, 2024}}</ref>

  • 2007 (no longer available online)
<ref>{{cite book |title=Official Description of Highway Touring Routes, Bicycling Touring Routes, Scenic Byways, & Commemorative/Memorial Designations in New York State |author=[[New York State Department of Transportation]] |month=October |year=2007}}</ref>
  • 2009 (no longer available online)
<ref>{{cite book |title=Official Description of Highway Touring Routes, Bicycling Touring Routes, Scenic Byways, & Commemorative/Memorial Designations in New York State |author=[[New York State Department of Transportation]] |month=January |year=2009}}</ref>
  • 2012 (no longer available online)

<ref>{{cite book |title=Official Description of Highway Touring Routes, Bicycling Touring Routes, Scenic Byways, & Commemorative/Memorial Designations in New York State |author=[[New York State Department of Transportation]] |month=January |year=2012 |accessdate=June 4, 2024}}</ref>

  • 2017
<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/operating/oom/transportation-systems/repository/2017%20tour-bk.pdf |title=Official Description of Highway Touring Routes, Bicycling Touring Routes, Scenic Byways, & Commemorative/Memorial Designations in New York State |author=[[New York State Department of Transportation]] |month=January |year=2017 |format=PDF |accessdate=June 4, 2024}}</ref>

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Post-2004 NYSDOT Traffic Data Report; use the TVR above for lengths

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"year" must be between 2004 and 2011. The 2011 TDR is the current TDR, published in September 2012. "page1" is the page number that is being used as a source. If a range of pages are being used, use "page1" to specify the first page in the range and "page2" to specify the last page. If multiple, non-consecutive pages are being used, use "page3" instead: "page3" will call the "pages" parameter in {{cite web}} and allow for any value to be entered for pages (i.e. if using pages 56 and 277 as a source, specify "page3=56, 277").

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  • New York State Highway Law (maintenance swaps) text:

<ref>{{cite web |author=[[New York State Legislature]] |url=http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/LAWSSEAF.cgi?QUERYTYPE=LAWS+&QUERYDATA=$$HAY341$$@TXHAY0341+&LIST=LAW+&TARGET=VIEW |title=New York State Highway Law § 341 |accessdate=June 4, 2024}}</ref>

See also

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