New York State Route287 (NY287) was a state highway within the town of Alexandria in Jefferson County, New York, in the United States. The route served as a connector between NY283 southeast of Alexandria Bay in the hamlet of Browns Corners and NY37 in the hamlet of Redwood. It was 3 miles (5km) long and passed through open fields for most of its length.
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New York State Route 287
Map of Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties with NY287 highlighted in red
NY287 was originally designated as part of NY3 in 1924. In 1930, NY3 was rerouted east of Watertown to follow a more southerly routing across the North Country. The Browns Corners–Redwood portion of its former alignment was redesignated as New York State Route26B by the following year. NY26, NY26B's parent route, was truncated southward on July 1, 1977; as a result, NY26B was redesignated as NY287. In 1979, ownership and maintenance of NY287 was transferred from the state of New York to Jefferson County as part of a highway maintenance swap between the two levels of government. The route is now designated as County Route192 (CR192).
Route description
NY287 began at an intersection with NY283 southeast of Alexandria Bay in Browns Corners, a hamlet within the town of Alexandria. It headed southeast from the small community and gradually curved to the northeast as it proceeded through large, cultivated fields in an isolated portion of Jefferson County. West of Redwood, NY287 had only four intersections with other highways, two of which were for a local road that began and ended at the state highway.[4][5]
About 1 mile (1.6km) outside of Redwood, NY287 passed over Jewett Creek as it entered a small forest situated adjacent to the hamlet. On the opposite side of the forest, NY287 entered Redwood, a small, residential community bordered to the south and east by Mud Lake and Butterfield Lake, respectively. It continued east for two blocks to a junction with NY37 near the northern edge of the hamlet, where NY287 ended.[4][5]
History
The east–west highway connecting Browns Corners to Redwood was originally designated as part of Route27, an unsigned legislative route, by the New York State Legislature on March1, 1921.[6][7] When the first set of posted routes in New York were assigned in 1924, all of legislative Route27 northeast of Clayton became part of NY3. NY3, a cross-state highway that began in Erie County and ended in Clinton County, entered Browns Corners on modern NY26 and left Redwood on what is now NY37.[8][9] In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, NY3 was rerouted east of Watertown to follow a more southerly routing across the North Country.[10] The Browns Corners–Redwood portion of its former alignment was designated as NY26B by the following year. It connected to its parent, NY26, at its west end.[11]
On July 1, 1977, NY26 was truncated southward to Carthage to eliminate 36 miles (58km) of overlaps with other routes. All of NY26's former routing north of Antwerp was renumbered to NY283 while NY26B was redesignated as NY287.[2] The NY287 designation proved to be short-lived, however, as ownership and maintenance of the route was transferred from the state of New York to Jefferson County on August1, 1979, as part of a highway maintenance swap between the two levels of government.[3] NY287 was subsequently redesignated as CR192.[12]
Herr, Charles (August 24, 1977). Description of Touring Routes in New York State for the Interstate (I), Federal (US) and State (NY) Route Number Systems. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
New York State Legislature (1921). "Tables of Laws and Codes Amended or Repealed". Laws of the State of New York passed at the One Hundred and Forty-Fourth Session of the Legislature. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company. pp.42, 63–64. Retrieved June 8, 2010.