New York State Route 5A

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NY 5A begins at an intersection with NY 5 in New Hartford only {{convert|120|yd|m}} from the eastern terminus of NY 5B. The route heads northeast as the predominantly four-lane wide Commercial Drive, passing the Sangertown Square shopping mall and paralleling Mud Creek as it progresses through New Hartford. It runs past a line of commercial developments on its way to the southwestern extent of the village of New York Mills, where NY 5A meets County Route 21 (Clinton Street) and NY 840 at adjacent junctions. The former intersection is restricted to right-in/right-out movements, while the latter is a single-point urban interchange. Past NY 840, NY 5A straddles the western village line of New York Mills as it serves another stretch of businesses. Along the way, NY 5A crosses over the Sauquoit Creek and enters the town of Whitestown.{{Google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=New+York+5A+E%2FCommercial+Dr&daddr=43.105936,-75.296578+to:Oriskany+St+W&hl=en&ll=43.098915,-75.287418&spn=0.047129,0.111494&sll=43.082336,-75.324202&sspn=0.004167,0.006968&geocode=FeJikQIdsKGC-w%3BFZC-kQIdvhCD-ymLaFM6VUDZiTHE27BR6Hr_8w%3BFbW-kQIdWfCD-w&t=h&mra=dme&mrsp=0&sz=18&via=1&z=14 |title=overview map of NY 5A |accessdate=April 2, 2013}}

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The route and the creek follow loosely parallel alignments to a point just outside the village limits of both New York Mills and the adjacent village of Yorkville, where NY 5A connects to NY 69 (Oriskany Boulevard) by way of a trumpet interchange. NY 69 ends here while NY 5A merges with the four-lane Oriskany Boulevard and heads east into Yorkville. Here, the route traverses several blocks of businesses and homes before crossing into the city of Utica, at Whitesboro Street (unsigned NY 921W). Within the city limits, NY 5A closely parallels the CSX Transportation-owned Mohawk Subdivision as it heads along the northern fringe of the city. It continues to serve a mix of residential and commercial areas on its way toward downtown Utica, crossing the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad to reach an interchange with the North–South Arterial (I-790, NY 5, NY 8, and NY 12). NY 5A becomes NY 5S at the midpoint of the interchange.

In 1908, the New York State Legislature created Route 28, an unsigned legislative route extending from Maple View to Utica via Rome and Whitesboro. Route 28 followed the north bank of the Mohawk River from Rome to Marcy, where it turned south toward Whitesboro on modern NY 291. Once on the south bank, the route proceeded to Utica on Main and Whitesboro Streets.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jZ0AAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA63 |author=State of New York Department of Highways |title=The Highway Law |year=1909 |publisher=J. B. Lyon Company |location=Albany, NY |page=63 |accessdate=June 10, 2010}}{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Sj4CAAAAYAAJ |author=New York State Department of Highways |title=Report of the State Commissioner of Highways |year=1920 |publisher=J. B. Lyon Company |location=Albany, NY |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Sj4CAAAAYAAJ/page/n539 541] |accessdate=June 10, 2010}} When the first set of posted routes in New York were assigned in 1924, all of legislative Route 28 was designated as part of NY 11. Within Utica, NY 11 followed Whitesboro and Court Streets east to Genesee Street, where it ended at NY 5 and NY 12.{{cite news |title=New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers |newspaper=The New York Times |date=December 21, 1924 |page=XX9}}{{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}} NY 11 was renumbered to NY 76 in 1927 to eliminate numerical duplication with the new U.S. Route 11.{{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.

The NY 76 designation was reassigned elsewhere in the state as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. From Whitesboro to downtown Utica, NY 76's former alignment was co-designated as part of NY 5S and NY 12C.{{cite news |last=Dickinson |first=Leon A. |title=New Signs for State Highways |newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 12, 1930 |page=136}}{{cite map |title=Road Map of New York |year=1930 |publisher=Standard Oil Company of New York |cartography=General Drafting}} In the mid-1930s, a north–south connector between NY 5 in New Hartford and NY 5S and NY 12C in Yorkville was designated as NY 5A.{{cite map |title=Road Map – New York |publisher=Shell Oil Company |year=1936 |cartography=H.M. Gousha Company}}{{cite map |title=New York Road Map for 1938 |publisher=Esso |year=1938 |cartography=General Drafting}} NY 5S and NY 12C were realigned in the late 1930s to follow a new highway named Oriskany Boulevard through Whitesboro and Yorkville.{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=Esso |year=1940 |cartography=General Drafting}} In the early 1940s, NY 5S was truncated to begin in Utica while its former alignment between Rome and Utica became part of NY 69.{{cite map |title=New York with Pictorial Guide |publisher=Esso |year=1942 |cartography=General Drafting}}

By 1947, NY 12C and NY 69 were realigned to follow Oriskany Street through western Utica while NY 5A was extended eastward along Oriskany Street to a new terminus in downtown Utica, creating overlaps with both NY 12C and NY 69.{{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}} The overlaps remained in place until January 1, 1970, when NY 12C was eliminated and NY 69 was truncated to end in Yorkville.{{cite book |url=http://www.greaternyroads.info/pdfs/state70.pdf |title=Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State |date=January 1, 1970 |author=State of New York Department of Transportation |format=PDF |accessdate=January 3, 2010}} The intersection between Commercial Drive and Oriskany Boulevard was converted into a trumpet interchange around the same time.{{NBI |structurenumber=1051429 |datakey=432806 |linkwork=yes |linkpub=yes |accessdate=April 2, 2013}}

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