New York State Route 401 (1930s–1950s)
{{Short description|Former state highway in New York State}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=NY
|type=NY 1948
|route=401
|map={{maplink-road}}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=Map of Columbia County and vicinity with NY 401 highlighted in red
|length_mi=1.95
|direction_a=West
|terminus_a={{jct|state=NY|US 1948|9}} in Stockport
|direction_b=East
|terminus_b={{jct|state=NY|NY 1948|9H}} in Ghent
|counties=Columbia
|previous_type=NY
|previous_route=400
|next_type=NY
|next_route=402
}}
New York State Route 401 (NY 401) was an east–west state highway in Columbia County, New York, in the United States. The western terminus of the route was at an intersection with U.S. Route 9 (US 9) in the town of Stockport. Its eastern terminus was at a junction with NY 9H in the town of Ghent. In between, NY 401 passed through the hamlet of Stottville.
NY 401 was assigned in the 1930s and removed in the early 1950s. The section between US 9 to the village of Stottsville was designated as New York State Route 955 (NY 955), a reference route, while the rest was designated as part of County Route 20 (CR 20). On April 1, 1980, the section designated as NY 955 was turned over to the county and became a continuation of CR 20.
Route description
File:USGS 24K topo map Stottville NY crop.png
NY 401 began at an intersection with US 9 in the town of Stockport. It headed eastward into Stottville, a small hamlet situated on the western bank of Claverack Creek. Here, NY 401 passed Stockport Town Hall and crossed over Claverack Creek. Not far to the east of the creek, the route entered the town of Ghent. Shortly thereafter, NY 401 ended at an intersection with NY 9H near the Columbia County Airport.{{cite map |url=http://gis.ny.gov/gisdata/quads/drg24/usgspreview/index.cfm?code=o42073c6 |title=Stottville Quadrangle – New York – Columbia Co. |publisher=United States Geological Survey |series=7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) |year=1980 |scale=1:24,000 |accessdate=July 29, 2009}}{{cite map |url=http://gis.ny.gov/gisdata/quads/drg24/usgspreview/index.cfm?code=o42073c7 |title=Hudson North Quadrangle – New York |publisher=United States Geological Survey |series=7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) |year=1980 |scale=1:24,000 |accessdate=July 29, 2009}}
History
NY 401 was assigned at some point during the 1930s.{{cite map |title=Road Map of New York |year=1930 |publisher=Standard Oil Company of New York |cartography=General Drafting}}{{cite map |title=Shell Road Map – New York |publisher=Shell Oil Company |year=1937 |cartography=H.M. Gousha Company}} The route remained unchanged until the early 1950s when the NY 401 designation was removed from the highway.{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=Sunoco |cartography=Rand McNally and Company |year=1952}}{{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}} Ownership and maintenance of NY 401's former routing east of Stottville was transferred from the state of New York to Columbia County at some point prior to 1977 while the remainder of the alignment, designated as NY 955{{cite map|title=Highway Map of Columbia County, New York|publisher=Columbia County Commissioner of Public Works|cartography=The National Survey|date=1977}} was given to the 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 |accessdate=July 29, 2009}} The entirety of NY 401's former routing is now part of CR 20, a designation that also applies to a pair of dead-end streets leading from NY 9H and NY 66 near the Columbia County Airport.{{cite map |url=http://gis.ny.gov/gisdata/quads/drg24/dotpreview/index.cfm?code=v49 |title=Stottville Digital Raster Quadrangle |publisher=New York State Department of Transportation |year=1995 |scale=1:24,000 |accessdate=July 29, 2009}}
Major intersections
See also
{{Portal|U.S. roads}}
References
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External links
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