New York State Route 163
 New York State Route 163 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by NYSDOT | ||||
| Length | 11.97 mi[1] (19.26 km) | |||
| Existed | 1930[2]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |   NY 5S / NY 80 in Fort Plain | |||
| East end |  NY 10 in Canajoharie | |||
| Standort | ||||
| Land | Vereinigte Staaten | |||
| State | New York | |||
| Counties | Montgomery | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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New York State Route 163 (NY 163) is an east–west state highway in Montgomery County, New York, in the United States. It runs from the village of Fort Plain to the town of Canajoharie in southern Montgomery County. With the exception of its eastern terminus, NY 163 is not signed with directions. Reference markers indicate its terminus in Fort Plain to be its western, although the route heads nearly due southward until Sprout Brook. Approaching that hamlet, it is named Cherry Valley Road, and when NY 163 turns left to head eastward, County Route 82 continues that road name directly to Cherry Valley. In Fort Plain, NY 163 follows Kellogg and Douglas Streets. NY 163 is a two-lane highway its entire length.
Route description
NY 163 begins at an intersection with NY 5S and NY 80 (Main Street) in the village of Fort Plain. NY 80 and NY 163 are concurrent as the routes proceed southwest along Main Street through Fort Plain, passing multiple commercial businesses to a junction with Kellogg Street, where NY 80 continues along Main Street while NY 163 turns onto Kellogg. After crossing over Otsquago Creek, NY 163 intersects with Clinton Avenue, where the route turns west along the creek. At the junction with Garfield Street, the name changes to Douglass Street, which runs alongside the Otsquago through a residential section of Fort Plain. Just after the junction with Honey Hill Road, the route crosses into the town of Minden, changing names to Cherry Valley Road.[3]
Through Minden, NY 163 winds southwest as a two-lane rural roadway, crossing a junction with Fisk Hill Road (unsigned CR 64). Continuing southwest, NY 163 crosses into the residential hamlet of Freysbush, leaving the small community for a junction with Freysbush Road (CR 79). At this junction, NY 163 turns south, passing through Minden past a junction with Marshville Road (CR 86), where it turns southwest. The two-lane rural roadway remains the same for a couple miles, crossing into the hamlet of Hessville and a junction with Indian Trail Road (CR 77). Just south of that junction, NY 163 turns southeast into the town of Canajoharie.[3]
NY 163 crosses through the town of Canajoharie, entering the hamlet of Sprout Brook. In Sprout Brook, NY 163 reaches a junction with CR 82, where the route drops the Cherry Valley Road moniker. Now running eastward through Sprout Brook, NY 163 begins paralleling Canajoharie Creek, crossing into the hamlet of Buel. Just east of Buel, the route junctions with West Ames Road (CR 88), where NY 163 turns northeast through Canajoharie, passing a local golf club before turning east into a junction with NY 10. This junction serves as the eastern terminus of NY 163, several miles south of the village of Canajoharie.[3]
History
The entirety of NY 163 was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York.[2]
Major intersections
The entire route is in Montgomery County.
| Standort | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Fort Plain | 0.00 | 0.00 |  NY 5S / NY 80 north | Eastern terminus of NY 80 / NY 163 overlap | |
| 0.15 | 0.24 |  NY 80 south | Western terminus of NY 80 / NY 163 overlap | ||
| Town of Canajoharie | 11.97 | 19.26 | NY 10 | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
References
- ^ a b "2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. pp. 175–176. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
- ^ a b Road Map of New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Standard Oil Company of New York. 1930.
- ^ a b c Microsoft; Nokia. "overview map of NY 163" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
External links
- New York State Route 163 at New York Routes