Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/New York/Resources/Historical information from the 1920s

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A 1924 list was published in the New York Times, [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20E13F73F5B12738DDDA80A94DA415B848EF1D3 New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers], December 21, 1924, page XX9. 1926 and 1929 maps can be seen at [http://www.broermapsonline.org/members/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/Midatlantic/NewYork/] and [http://www.broermapsonline.org/members/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/NewEngland/].

Matched NE: Route 1, Boston Post Road from NYC to Port Chester via New Rochelle (shortest route)
Became U.S. Route 1 in 1927
Matched PA: Route 2, Scranton to Montreal via Binghamton, Syracuse, Watertown, Canton, Potsdam, Malone, past Lake Champlain
Became U.S. Route 11 in 1927
Route 3, Theodore Roosevelt Highway from Plattsburgh to Niagara Falls via Malone, Ogdensburg, Oswego, Rochester
Now Route 9N, Route 86, Route 30, Route 37, Route 192, Route 26, Route 12, Route 12E, U.S. Route 11, Route 104, Route 31, Route 425
Matched PA: Route 4, Williamsport to Rochester via Painted Post, Coshocton, Wayland, Conesus Lake
Became Route 2 in 1927; now U.S. Route 15, Route 15
Matched NE: Route 5, "new main motor route" from Pittsfield to Erie via Albany, Buffalo, avoiding Schenectady, Utica, and Syracuse
Replaced Route 5A and replaced by Route 7 between Albany and Buffalo by 1926; became U.S. Route 20 in 1927
Route 5A, "old airline route" to Buffalo via those cities, overlapping Route 5 in several places
Became part of Route 5 by 1926
Route 6, International Highway from NYC to Montreal on the east side of the Hudson River via Albany, Chestertown, Elizabethtown
Became U.S. Route 9 in 1927
Matched NE: Route 7, Troy to Williamstown via West Sand Lake
Became Route 45 by 1926; replaced former Route 5 from Albany to Buffalo by 1926; original route now Route 66, Route 43
Matched NJ: Route 8, Paterson to Newburgh via Unionville, Middletown, Montgomery
Now Route 284, Route 211, Route 17K
Matched NE: Route 9, Bennington to Binghamton via Troy, Schenectady, Oneonta
Became Route 7 in 1927
Route 10, NYC to Saranac Lake on the west side of the Hudson River via Albany, Saratoga Springs, Tupper Lake
Extended to Plattsburg by 1926; became U.S. Route 9W south of Albany in 1927; now US 9W, Route 5, Route 50, Route 9N, U.S. Route 9, Route 8, Route 28, Route 28N, Route 30, Route 186, Route 86, Route 3
Route 11, Utica to Oswego via Rome, Camden
Became Route 76, Route 69 in 1927 (overlapped other routes west of Colosse)
Route 12, Binghamton to Clayton and the Thousand Islands via Norwich, Utica, Watertown
Now Route 12
Route 13, Elmira to Cazenovia Lake via Ithaca, Cortland, De Ruyter
Now Route 13
Route 14, Elmira to Sodus Bay on Lake Ontario via Montour Falls, Watkins Glen, Geneva, Lyons
Extended south to PA by 1926; now Route 14
Route 15, Owego to Rochester via Ithaca, Waterloo, Victor, Pittsford
Now Route 96, Route 251, Route 64
Route 16, Olean to Buffalo via Franklinville, East Aurora
Now Route 16
Matched NJ: Route 17, NYC to Erie via Suffern, Middletown, Binghamton, Elmira, Hornell, Olean, Jamestown, Westfield (where it connects with Route 5)
Now Route 17 and its former alignments
Route 18, Bradford to Buffalo via Salamanca, Cattaraugus, Dayton, Hamburg
Now U.S. Route 219, Route 353, U.S. Route 62
Route 19, Kingston to Grand Gorge via Ashokan Reservoir and Margaretville
Now Route 28 and Route 30
Route 20, Syracuse to Oswego via Phoenix and Fulton
Became Route 57 in 1927; now Route 481 north of Fulton
Route 21, Poughkeepsie to Salisbury via Washington Hollow, Millbrook, Amenia
Now U.S. Route 44, Route 343
Route 22, NYC to Hillsdale via White Plains, Brewster, Pawling, Armenia, connecting with Route 23
Now Route 22
Route 23, Great Barrington to Oneonta via Hillsdale, Hudson, Athens (via ferry), Catskill, Stamford
Extended west to at least Morris and probably Norwich by 1926; now Route 23
Route 24, Stephentown to Comstock via Petersburg, Hoosick Falls, Cambridge, Salem, Granville
Now Route 22
Route 26, Ithaca to Syracuse via Peruville, Moravia, Skaneateles Lake, Camillus
Now Route 13, Route 38, Route 38A, Route 359, Route 41A, Route 321, Forward Road, Route 174, Route 5
Route 28, Oneonta to Utica via Springfield, Richfield Springs
Now Route 28, Route 80, U.S. Route 20, Route 167, Route 168, Route 5S
Matched NE: Route 30, Mechanicville to Fairhaven via Stillwater, Schuylerville, Glens Falls, Hudson Falls, Whitehall
Became U.S. Route 4 in 1927
Route 34, Buffalo to Youngstown via Tonawanda, Niagara Falls
Now U.S. Route 62, Route 104, Route 18F

Additions between 1924 and 1926

Route 25, NYC to Greenport
Now Route 25
Route 27, NYC to Amagansett
Now Route 27
Route 29, Trenton to Salem via Johnstown, Saratoga Springs
Now Route 28, Route 29
Route 31, Niagara Falls to Oneida via Ridgeway, Rochester, Lyons, Weedsport, Euclid
Now Route 104, Route 31, Route 316
Route 32, Williamsville to Olcott via Lockport
Now Route 78
Route 33, Batavia to Rochester
Now Route 33
Route 35, East Aurora to Lakeville via Warsaw, Geneseo
Swapped with U.S. Route 20 in the late 1920s; now U.S. Route 20A
Route 36, Hornell to Avon via Dansville, Mount Morris
Now Route 36, Route 63, Route 39
Route 37, Monroe to Danbury via Peekskill, Brewster
Became U.S. Route 6 in the late 1920s
Route 38, Belvidere to Penn Yan via Canaseraga, Hornell, Bath
Now Route 16, CR 15B, Route 70, Big Creek Road, Route 54, Route 54A
Route 39, Poughkeepsie to Akins Corners via Wappingers Falls, West Pawling
Now Route 376, Route 52, Route 216, Route 55, Route 292, Route 311
Route 40, Ithaca to Red Creek via Auburn
May have been renumbered, at least partly, in the late 1920s; now Route 34, Route 370
Route 41, Barrytown to Lakeville via Red Hook, Pine Plains, Millerton
Now Route 199, U.S. Route 44
Route 42, Owego to Dryden
Now Route 38
Route 43, Central Bridge to Albany via Clarksville
Now Route 443
Route 44, Sidney to Utica via Edmeston, Bridgewater
Now Route 8, Route 80, Route 51, Route 8
Route 45, see Route 7 (1924)
Route 46, Oriskany Falls to Boonville via Rome
Now Route 26, Route 46
Route 47, Chestertown to Ticonderoga
Now Route 8, Route 9N
Route 48, Lowville to Alexandria via Antwerp
Now Route 26 (majorly realigned at Fort Drum)
Route 49, Central Square to Rome
Now Route 49
Route 50, Port Jervis to Kingston via Ellenville
Became U.S. Route 6N in the late 1920s; now U.S. Route 209
Route 51, Deposit to Stamford via Delhi
Now Route 10
Route 52, Dansville to Geneva via Cohocton, Potter
Now Route 63, Route 415, Route 371, Route 21, Route 245, Route 364, Route 247, Route 245
Route 53, Horseheads to Candor
Now Route 223, Route 96
Route 54, Fonda to Utica via Northville, Wells, Piseco, Poland
Now Route 30A, Route 30, Route 8
Route 56, north of Paul Smiths to Massena via Lawrenceville
Now Route 458, ?, Route 420
Route 58, Harriman to Newburgh (not on the NY maps, but on [http://www.broermapsonline.org/members/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/Midatlantic/NewJersey/unitedstates1926ra_010.html])
Now Route 32
Route 60, Warren to Fredonia via Jamestown
Now U.S. Route 62, Route 60
Route 62, Belvidere to Shadigee via Warsaw, Batavia, Alabama
Now Route 19, Route 63
Route 64, Margaretville to Oneonta via Delhi
Now Route 28
Route 66, Claverack to Alps via Chatham, Brainard
Now Route 66
Route 68, Canton to Ogdensburg
Now Route 68
Route 70, Cortland to Skaneateles
Now Route 41
Route 72, Naples to Pultneyville via Canandaigua
Now Route 21

Additions between 1926 and 1930

Route 55, NJ to Goshen
Now Route 94, Route 17A
Route 57, see Route 20
Route 59, Suffern to Nyack
Now Route 59
Route 61, Suffern to West Haverstraw
Now U.S. Route 202
Route 74, where? it seems to have been formed from PA to Ashville (NY 474) in 1930
Route 76, see Route 11
Route 78, Watkins Glen to Geneva via Ovid
Now Route 414, Route 96A
Route 80, Springfield to Indian Lake
Now Route 80, Route 10, Route 8, Route 30

Routes defined in and after 1909

The source for this is the [http://books.google.com/books?id=hZ4AAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:0BO0d1_wjEj48SYL7L#PPA64,M1 1919 statutes].

Route 1: NYC, Mount Vernon, Eastchester, White Plains, Armonk, North Castle, Bedford, Katonah, Golden's Bridge, Purdy's Station, Croton Falls, Brewster, Patterson, Pawling, Wingdale, Dover Plains, Amenia, Copake, Chatham, Valatie, opposite the Hudson River from Albany
Now Route 22, Westchester Avenue, Route 120, Route 22, [not sure from Copake to Chatham], Route 203, U.S. Route 9
1924: Route 22, ?, Route 6
Route 2: NYC, Hartsdale, Fair Grounds, Briar Cliff, Ossining, Croton Landing, Cornell Dam, Dixie Hill, Peekskill, Poughkeepsie, Rhinebeck, Blue Store, Johnstown, Bell's Pond, Hudson, Valatie (Route 1)
Now Route 100, Route 100A??, Route 100B?, Route 100, Route 100C, Neperan Road, Lake Road, Route 448, U.S. Route 9, Route 129, Croton Avenue, Route 35, U.S. Route 9
1924: Route 6
Route 3: NJ, Nyack, Haverstraw, Newburgh, Kingston, Catskill, Athens, Coxsackie, Albany
Now U.S. Route 9W, Route 385?, U.S. Route 9W
1924: Route 10
Route 3-a: Port Jervis, Hancock (Route 4)
Now Route 97
Route 4: (Route 3), Middletown, Monticello, Deposit, Windsor, Binghamton, Lestershire, Endicott, Elmira, Horseheads, Corning, Addison, Canisteo, Hornell, Almond, Wellsville, Belmont, Belvidere, Friendship, Cuba, Olean, Salamanca, Little Valley, Napoli, Randolph, Jamestown, Mayville, Westfield
Now U.S. Route 6, Route 17 and old alignments
1924: N/A (later Route 37), Route 17
Route 4-a: Binghamton (Route 4), Whitney Point, Lisle, Killawog, Marathon, Messengerville, Blodgett Mills, Cortland (Route 9)
Now U.S. Route 11
1924: Route 2
Route 4-b: Canisteo (Route 4), Greenwood, Rexville, Whitesville
Now Route 248
Route 5: Kingston, West Hurley, Woodstock, Bearsville, Pine Hill, Margaretville, Roxbury, Grand Gorge, Harpersfield, North Kortright, Davenport, Oneonta, along Route 7 to Colliers, Cooperstown, Richfield Springs, Mohawk (Route 6)
Now Route 28, Route 30, Route 23, Route 7, Route 28
1924: Route 19, Route 23, Route 28
Route 5-a: Catskill (Route 3), Cairo, South Durham, East Windham, Windham, Ashland, Prattsville, Greene/Delaware County line
Now Route 23
1924: Route 23
Route 5-b: Cairo (Route 5-a), East Durham, Durham, Cooksburg
Now Route 145
Route 5-c: west from Palenville
Now Route 23A

Resources Historical Information From The 1920s