 New York State Route 146 | ||||
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 Map of the Capital District with NY 146 highlighted in red, and former alignments now maintained as reference routes in pink | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byNYSDOT,Schenectady County, and the city ofSchenectady | ||||
| Length | 42.80 mi[1] (68.88 km) | |||
| Existed | 1930[2]–present | |||
| Tourist routes |  Mohawk Towpath Scenic Byway | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  NY 443 inWright | |||
| Major intersections |  US 20 inGuilderland I-890 inRotterdam NY 5 inSchenectady I-87 inClifton Park US 9 inHalfmoon | |||
| East end |   US 4 /NY 32 in Halfmoon | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | New York | |||
| Counties | Schoharie,Albany,Schenectady,Saratoga | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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New York State Route 146 (NY 146) is astate highway in theCapital District ofNew York in the United States. It extends for 43 miles (69 km) fromGallupville atNY 443 to nearMechanicville atU.S. Route 4 (US 4) andNY 32. NY 146 is a major thoroughfare in the city ofSchenectady, just outsideAlbany. Most of the route follows an east–west alignment; however, the middle third of the route betweenGuilderland andClifton Park runs in a more north–south manner in order to serve Schenectady. At one time, NY 146 had three spur routes; only one—NY 146A—still exists.
NY 146 was assigned as part of the1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. At the time, NY 146 began at modern NY 443 inBerne and followed what is nowNY 156 northeast toAltamont while modern NY 146 west of Altamont was part of NY 156. The alignments of the two routes were flipped in the late 1930s. Other minor realignments have occurred since, most notably nearMechanicville.
NY 146 begins at a T-intersection withNY 443 inGallupville, ahamlet within the town ofWright.[3] The highway spends only 4.24 miles (6.82 km) inSchoharie County before passing into neighboringAlbany County.[1] Along this stretch, NY 146 has an intersection withCounty Route 26 (CR 26, named Larry Hill Road) just over 1 mile (1.6 km) from NY 443. After crossing into Albany County, NY 146 turns eastward and heads towardAlbany, the capital ofNew York. In theKnox hamlet of West, NY 146 intersectsCR 259. As NY 146 reaches the hamlet of East a short time later, it meets CRs 252, 260, 261, and 262 in quick succession. NY 146 continues eastward, passing through a rural area of Albany County on its way to the town ofGuilderland and the village ofAltamont contained within.[3]
NY 146 enters Altamont from the west on Western Avenue. At Maple Avenue, NY 146 turns south to follow that street for two blocks whileNY 397 begins on the road that NY 146 vacates. NY 146 leaves Maple Avenue at Main Street, which connects toNY 156 one block to the west. Both NY 156 and NY 146 are marked with signs directing traffic to the other route by way of this one block of Main Street. NY 146 heads east from Maple Avenue, following Main Street eastward out of the village. After leaving Altamont, NY 146 continues for about 3 miles (5 km) through a lightly populated portion of Guilderland before intersecting with the southern terminus ofNY 158. The route progresses onward, intersecting CRs 201 and 202 and passing over theCSX Transportation-ownedSelkirk Subdivision railroad line and Normans Kill before meetingUS 20 at Hartmans Corners. NY 146 joins US 20 for about 0.7 miles (1.1 km) northwestward to McCormack Corners, where NY 146 leaves US 20 and heads northward towardSchenectady County. The route passes over theNew York State Thruway (Interstate 90 or I-90) just south of the county line.[3]
At the county line, Fort Hunter Road (CR 71) leaves to the left just before an interchange with theNew York State Thruway. NY 146 continues on throughRotterdam, meetingNY 7 at a junction about 2 miles (3.2 km) south ofSchenectady. The route continues on, paralleling I-890 into the Schenectady city limits at Glengary Avenue.[3] Here, maintenance of the route shifts from theNew York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) to the city of Schenectady.[4] Five blocks later, NY 146 intersects with Altamont Avenue (unsignedNY 911H) just before crossing over I-890 and entering Schenectady's downtown district. In downtown Schenectady, NY 146 follows Brandywine Avenue northeastward past an intersection withNY 5 (State Street) to Union Street, where the route turns to follow Union eastward out of the city.[3] Upon crossing intoNiskayuna, ownership of the route shifts to Schenectady County, which maintains the roadway as CR 159. CR 159 ends five blocks later atBalltown Road (unsignedNY 914T). NY 146 turns north onto Balltown, becoming NYSDOT maintained once more in the process.[4]
3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of Union Street, NY 146 crosses over theMohawk River on theRexford Bridge and entersSaratoga County. On the north bank of the river inClifton Park, CR 88 and CR 91 terminate at NY 146 in opposite directions.[3] This portion ofCR 91 was once part of NY 146B, a former spur of NY 146.[5] The route turns eastward three-quarters of a mile (1.2 km) later at a junction with Glenridge Road (unsigned NY 914V) andCR 110. Just outside Clifton Park Center, NY 146 meetsNY 146A, the lone remaining spur of NY 146. Soon after the NY 146A intersection, the route encountersI-87 (theAdirondack Northway) at exit 9 and intersectsUS 9. About 2 miles (3.2 km) east of US 9 inHalfmoon,NY 236 merges in from the south. NY 146 veers northward at this junction, then breaks eastward a mile (1.6 km) later at an intersection with CR 1345 southwest ofMechanicville. NY 146 comes to an end soon afterward atUS 4 andNY 32 south of Mechanicville on the banks of theHudson River.[3]
NY 146 was assigned as part of the1930 renumbering of state highways in New York and originally extended fromNY 43 (nowNY 443) inBerne northeast throughSchenectady toUS 4 andNY 32 inMechanicville. The portion of the route northeast ofAltamont generally followed its modern alignment; however, west of Altamont, NY 146 followed what is nowNY 156 to Berne while NY 156 was routed on modern NY 146 to Gallupville.[2][6] Although it was signed as part of NY 156, the Gallupville–Altamont highway was locally maintained until 1939, when it was acquired by the state of New York.[7] The alignments of NY 146 and NY 156 west of Altamont were flippedc. 1940, placing NY 146 on the new state highway. Most of former NY 146 west of Altamont became part of NY 156,[8][9] save for a one-block section of Main Street within the village. It is now designated asNY 912C, an unsigned 0.08-mile (0.13 km)reference route serving a connector between NY 156 and NY 146, which do not meet despite both highways using Main Street as an entrance to the village.[1]
In Schenectady, NY 146 was originally routed on Union, Jay, and Nott Streets and Van Vranken Avenue through the northern portion of the city.[10] It was realigned between 1938 and 1947 to bypass the northern part of the city on Balltown Road.[11][12] TheNew York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) has reserved the NY 646 designation for the former routing of NY 146 through Schenectady; however, there is no timetable for its assignment.[13] InHalfmoon, NY 146 was initially routed on Pruyn Hill Road and South Street in the vicinity ofMechanicville.[6] The route was altered in the late 1940s to follow a new highway that bypassed Mechanicville to the south.[12][14] The portion of NY 146's former routing outside of the Mechanicville city limits is now designated and signed as CR 1345, reflecting the number of the legislative state highway (SH 1345) that makes up the portion of NY 146 in Halfmoon and thus once followed Pruyn Hill Road.[15]
In 2007, theNew York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) has identified the NY 146 corridor from Riverview Road to Glen Ridge Road as in need of future improvements. Intersection improvements are scheduled at the NY 146 / Aqueduct Road / Williams Road and NY 146 / Riverview Road intersections. This part of the project will be built in 2008 and is to include new turn lanes at each intersection. To the south, the Rexford Bridge over theMohawk River and the surrounding roadway will be improved in stages, with completion expected by 2017. The objective of these projects is to improve highway capacity and safety along the corridor.[16]
NYSDOT has completed construction on a roundabout at the intersection of NY 146 and NY 146A / CR 90 in Clifton Park.[17]
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Schoharie | Wright | 0.00 | 0.00 | NY 443 –Berne,Schoharie | Western terminus;hamlet ofGallupville | |
| Albany | Altamont | 11.37 | 18.30 |     NY 397 north (Western Avenue) /CR 253 west (Maple Avenue) –Dunnsville | Southern terminus of NY 397; eastern terminus of CR 253 | |
| 11.70 | 18.83 |   Main Street (NY 912C west) toNY 156 –Voorheesville,Knox,John Boyd Thacher State Park | Eastern terminus of unsigned NY 912C | |||
| Guilderland | 14.06 | 22.63 |  NY 158 –Schenectady | Southern terminus of NY 158 | ||
| 17.71 | 28.50 |  US 20 east (Western Avenue) –Albany | Eastern end of concurrency with US 20; hamlet of Hartmans Corners | |||
| 18.39 | 29.60 |  US 20 west (Western Avenue) –Duanesburg | Western end of concurrency with US 20; hamlet of McCormack Corners | |||
| Schenectady | Rotterdam | 21.72 | 34.95 |    ToI-90 /New York Thruway | Access viaI-890 east | |
| 22.08 | 35.53 |   NY 7 (Curry Road) toI-890 west –Troy,Duanesburg | ||||
| Schenectady | 24.72 | 39.78 |  NY 5 (State Street) –Scotia,Albany | No westbound left turn | ||
| Niskayuna | 25.47 | 40.99 | Balltown Road (NY 914T south) / Union Street (NY 911G east) toNY 7 –Troy | Northern terminus of unsigned NY 914T; western terminus of unsigned NY 911G | ||
| 28.01 | 45.08 |   CR 19 east (River Road) / Providence Avenue –Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory | Western terminus of CR 19 | |||
| 30.05 | 48.36 |  CR 10 west (Aqueduct Road) / Williams Street /Mohawk Towpath Scenic Byway | Roundabout; eastern terminus of CR 10 | |||
| Mohawk River | 30.06 | 48.38 | Rexford Bridge | |||
| Saratoga | Clifton Park | 31.97 | 51.45 |   CR 88 east /CR 91 west (Riverview Road) /Mohawk Towpath Scenic Byway | Hamlet ofRexford; former western terminus ofNY 146B; western terminus of CR 88; eastern terminus of CR 91 | |
| 32.07 | 51.61 |    CR 110 north (Blue Barns Road) / Glenridge Road (NY 914V) toNY 50 –Glenville,Burnt Hills | Southern terminus of CR 110 | |||
| 35.07 | 56.44 |    NY 146A north /CR 90 south (Vischer Ferry Road) –Ballston Lake,Ballston,Vischer Ferry | Roundabout; southern terminus of NY 146A; northern terminus of CR 90 | |||
| 37.45 | 60.27 | I-87 –Albany,Montreal | Exit 9 (I-87);partial cloverleaf interchange; hamlet of Clifton Park | |||
| Halfmoon | 37.77 | 60.78 | US 9 (Halfmoon Parkway) –Albany,Saratoga Springs | |||
| 40.03 | 64.42 |   NY 236 south –Albany | Northern terminus of NY 236; hamlet of Newtown | |||
| 42.80 | 68.88 | US 4 /NY 32 –Mechanicville,Stillwater,Waterford | Eastern terminus | |||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||||
As many as three spurs once led from NY 146; however, two no longer exist.
