New York 73


Westbound NY 73 reassurance marker near Underwood.
(Mark Sinsabaugh, 07/09/2011)


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Western Terminus: NY 86, Lake Placid
Eastern Terminus: US 9, Underwood
Length: 27.60 miles (44.44 km)
Orientation: East-West
Counties: Essex
Cities: None
Villages: Lake Placid
Towns: Elizabethtown, Keene, North Elba
Name(s): Cascade Rd., Sentinel Rd., Main St.
History:






NY 73's original alignment stretched from Tahawus (NY 28N) to Ticonderoga (NY 9N/NY 22) following Essex CR 84, US 9, and present day NY 74. The Tahawus-North Hudson section was decommissioned in 1936. In 1952, the eastern end was extended three miles to the ferry landing and the western end was extended north and west to Lake Placid via its current alignment, replacing the NY 86A designation. In 1973, NY 73's overlap with US 9 was eliminated and the segment east of Severance (I-87) was renumbered as NY 74 to match VT 74 on the Vermont side of the ferry.
Recommendation:


As part of our recommendation to eliminate the NY 86 designation due to the presence of I-86 in the Southern Tier, we recommend extending the NY 73 designation west from Lake Placid along the current NY 86 alignment to NY 30 in Paul Smiths.

Scan from the 1940 Sinclair Rand McNally New York state
map showing NY 73's original alignment west of US 9
from Tahawus to North Hudson.

Scan from the 1972 Arco Rand McNally New York state map
showing the NY 73's former extension east to Ticonderoga.


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Mile Desc. EAST (Read Down) WEST (Read Up)
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0.00 JCT
(WT)
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(Mark Sinsabaugh, 07/09/2011)
0.64 . .
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(Mark Sinsabaugh, 07/09/2011)
14.27 JCT NORTH

(Mark Sinsabaugh, 10/25/2019)

(Mark Sinsabaugh, 07/09/2011)
. MP .
. MP .
16.12 JCT SOUTH

(Mark Sinsabaugh, 10/25/2019)

(Mark Sinsabaugh, 07/09/2011)
27.60 JCT
(ET)

(George Bourey, 09/18/2019)
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New York State Roads (Valerie Deane)
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