:New York State Route 398

{{Infobox road

|state=NY

|type=NY

|route=398

|map={{maplink-road|from=New York State Route 398.map}}

|map_custom=yes

|map_notes=Map of northern Columbia and Greene counties with NY 398 highlighted in red

|length_mi=3.05

|length_ref={{cite web |url=https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/highway-data-services/inventory-listing |title=Region 1 Inventory Listing |author=New York State Department of Transportation |author-link=New York State Department of Transportation |date=2014 |access-date=July 14, 2015}}{{bing maps|url=http://binged.it/1eZIc3A|title=overview map of Route 26A|access-date=July 14, 2015}}

|established={{circa|1932}}

|deleted=January 28, 1980

|direction_a=West

|terminus_a={{jct|state=NY|NY|9J}} in Stuyvesant

|direction_b=East

|terminus_b={{jct|state=NY|US|9}} in Stuyvesant

|counties=Columbia

|previous_type=NY

|previous_route=397

|next_type=NY 1955

|next_route=399

}}

New York State Route 398 (NY 398) was an east–west state highway located within the town of Stuyvesant in Columbia County, New York, in the United States. It served as a short connector between NY 9J in the hamlet of Stuyvesant and U.S. Route 9 (US 9) in the hamlet of Sunnyside southwest of the village of Kinderhook. NY 398 was assigned in the early 1930s and remained unchanged until 1980, when ownership and maintenance of the highway was transferred to Columbia County. The route was redesignated as County Route 26A at that time.

Route description

NY 398 began at an intersection with NY 9J in downtown Stuyvesant. The route progressed eastward, passing a small park and intersecting with local roads. NY 398 passed Firwood Barn as it climbed in elevation. The route turned to the southeast and passed some small parks. After that, the route became more rural, climbing even higher in elevation and intersecting with another local road.{{cite map|url=http://gis.ny.gov/gisdata/quads/drg24/usgspreview/index.cfm?code=o42073d7|title=Ravena, NY quadrangle|publisher=United States Geological Survey|year=1980|access-date=June 29, 2008|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054635/http://gis.ny.gov/gisdata/quads/drg24/usgspreview/index.cfm?code=o42073d7|url-status=dead}}

File:NY 9J shields on old NY 398.jpg

After the local road however, the highway began to patch its way through several hills and mountains, but this did not last long. The highway then became rural again, emerging from the mountains behind it. There were a few short hills the rest of the way along NY 398, until it entered the small hamlet of Sunnyside. There, it became a little more suburbanized, and the highway terminated at an intersection with US 9.{{cite map|url=http://gis.ny.gov/gisdata/quads/drg24/usgspreview/index.cfm?code=o42073d6|title=Kinderhook, NY quadrangle|publisher=United States Geological Survey|year=1980|access-date=June 29, 2008|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055446/http://gis.ny.gov/gisdata/quads/drg24/usgspreview/index.cfm?code=o42073d6|url-status=dead}}

History

NY 398 was assigned {{circa|lk=no|1932}} to the highway connecting the hamlets of Stuyvesant and Sunnyside.{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=Kendall Refining Company |year=1931 |cartography=H.M. Gousha Company}}{{cite map |title=Texaco Road Map – New York |publisher=Texas Oil Company |year=1932 |cartography=Rand McNally and Company}} It remained unchanged until January 28, 1980, when the NY 398 designation was officially removed from the highway.{{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 |author-link=New York State Department of Transportation |date=January 2017 |format=PDF |access-date=January 9, 2017}} Ownership and maintenance of NY 398's former routing was transferred from the state of New York to Columbia County on April 1, 1980, as part of a highway maintenance swap between the two levels of government.{{cite web |author=New York State Legislature |author-link=New York State Legislature |url=http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menugetf.cgi?COMMONQUERY=LAWS |title=New York State Highway Law § 341 |access-date=July 20, 2009}} The highway became part of County Route 26A (CR 26A), a designation that continues west of NY 9J to a junction with River View Street near the Hudson River.{{cite map |url=http://gis.ny.gov/gisdata/quads/drg24/dotpreview/index.cfm?code=u48 |title=Ravena Digital Raster Quadrangle |publisher=New York State Department of Transportation |year=1993 |scale=1:24,000 |access-date=July 20, 2009 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232339/http://gis.ny.gov/gisdata/quads/drg24/dotpreview/index.cfm?code=u48 |url-status=dead }}{{cite map |url=http://gis.ny.gov/gisdata/quads/drg24/dotpreview/index.cfm?code=u49 |title=Kinderhook Digital Raster Quadrangle |publisher=New York State Department of Transportation |year=1995 |scale=1:24,000 |access-date=July 20, 2009 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070741/http://gis.ny.gov/gisdata/quads/drg24/dotpreview/index.cfm?code=u49 |url-status=dead }}

Major intersections

{{NYinttop|length_ref=|county=Columbia||location=Stuyvesant|former=yes}}

{{NYint

|mile=0.00

|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|9J}}

|notes=Western terminus; hamlet of Stuyvesant

}}

{{NYint

|mile=3.05

|road={{jct|state=NY|US|9}}

|notes=Eastern terminus; hamlet of Sunnyside

}}

References

External links

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Category:Transportation in Columbia County, New York