 New York State Route 254 | ||||
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 Map of the Glens Falls area with NY 254 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byNYSDOT andWarren County Department of Public Works | ||||
| Length | 6.01 mi[1] (9.67 km) | |||
| Existed | c. 1965[2][3]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  I-87 inQueensbury | |||
| Major intersections |  US 9 in Queensbury | |||
| East end |  US 4 inHudson Falls | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | New York | |||
| Counties | Warren,Washington | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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New York State Route 254 (NY 254) is astate highway that extends for 6.01 miles (9.67 km) throughWarren andWashington counties in theCapital District ofNew York in the United States. The route runs from exit 19 along theAdirondack Northway (Interstate 87 or I-87) inQueensbury and follows Aviation Road, Quaker Road, and Lower Warren Street through Queensbury toHudson Falls, where it terminates at an intersection withU.S. Route 4 (US 4) in the center of the village.
The portion of NY 254 along Lower Warren Street and River Street has had several designations over the years. From 1924 to 1930, it was part of the originalNY 30. In 1927, it also became part of US 4, which initially overlapped NY 30 from Glens Falls toWhitehall. In the1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, NY 30 was reassigned elsewhere while US 4 was rerouted to bypass Glens Falls to the east. As a result, Lower Warren Street and River Street became part ofNY 32B.
The NY 32B designation remained in place until the mid-1960s when the Quaker Road arterial was built. NY 32B was partially replacedc. 1965 by NY 254, the designation assigned to the new highway around Glens Falls. The portion of NY 254 betweenUS 9 and Lower Warren Street is maintained byWarren County and co-designated asCounty Route 47 (CR 47) andCR 70.
NY 254 begins at the southbound ramp ofAdirondack Northway (I-87) exit 19[4] north ofGlens Falls in the town ofQueensbury. The route heads eastward from the interchange as Aviation Road, passing by many commercial buildings andAviation Mall. As it passes along the north side of the mall, NY 254 curves to the southeast before veering back to the northeast ahead of an intersection with the four-laneUS 9 (Upper Glen Street). The route continues past US 9;[5] however, maintenance of the highway is transferred from theNew York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) toWarren County at the US 9 junction. Now co-designated as CR 47,[6] NY 254 progresses eastward along the four-lane Quaker Road, serving as a northerly bypass of the city of Glens Falls.[5]
As the route heads east, it passes Pine View Cemetery and several local businesses.[5] At an intersection with Glenwood Avenue (CR 34), the county's internal designation for NY 254 becomes CR 70,[6] whereafter the route passes over Halfway Brook and under theGerald B. Solomon Bikeway Bridge – a part of the Warren County Bikeway.[7] The highway progresses southeasterly upon intersectingNY 9L as NY 254 turns due southeast to avoidFloyd Bennett Memorial Airport. Along this stretch, NY 254 heads through undeveloped land before entering another area of commercial development as it approaches the outskirts ofHudson Falls. Here, the route meetsNY 32 at Highland Avenue before intersecting Lower Warren Street (here unsignedNY 911E) on the banks of theHudson River.[5]
NY 254 turns east at NY 911E, becoming state maintained once more as it follows Lower Warren Street across theGlens Falls Feeder Canal and along the Hudson River intoWashington County and the village ofHudson Falls.[8] As River Street, NY 254 heads to the southeast for a short distance before terminating at an intersection withUS 4 in downtown Hudson Falls.NY 196 begins one block to the south of this junction.[5]
Prior to the 1930s, the NY 254 designation was used for a portion of highway running between Bristol and Lakeville. This portion was later redesignatedU.S. Route 20A
Warren Street inGlens Falls, Lower Warren Street inQueensbury, and River Street inHudson Falls were originally designated as part ofNY 30 in 1924.[9][10] In late 1926, theU.S. Highway System was created. One of the routes assigned at this time wasUS 4, whichoverlapped NY 30 between Glens Falls andWhitehall.[11] In the1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, the NY 30 designation was reassigned elsewhere while US 4 was reconfigured to continue south from Hudson Falls toEast Greenbush. The former routing of US 4 into Glens Falls became part ofNY 32B, an alternate route ofNY 32 that followed theHudson River betweenSchuylerville and Glens Falls. All of NY 32B south of Hudson Falls was concurrent to US 4.[12][13]
NY 32B was truncated over time, eventually consisting of just the portion between Boulevard (then-NY 32) in Queensbury and US 4 in Hudson Falls. In the mid-1960s, a new arterial was constructed around the northern and eastern extents of Glens Falls.[2][14] The roadway, designated as NY 254c. 1965, extended fromI-87 in the north to Warren Street (NY 32B) in the south. NY 254 then continued east to US 4 in Hudson Falls, replacing NY 32B.[2][3] The short 0.20-mile (0.32 km) segment of Warren Street between NY 32 and NY 254, formerly the westernmost portion of NY 32B, is nowNY 911E, an unsignedreference route.[1]
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Warren | Queensbury | 0.00 | 0.00 | I-87 | Western terminus, exit 19 on I-87 / Northway |
| 0.74 | 1.19 | US 9 –Lake George,Glens Falls | |||
| 2.59 | 4.17 |  NY 9L (Ridge Road) | |||
| 4.46 | 7.18 |  NY 32 –Glens Falls | |||
| 4.66 | 7.50 | Lower Warren Street (NY 911E) | Eastern terminus of unsigned NY 911E; former routing of NY 32B | ||
| Washington | Hudson Falls | 6.01 | 9.67 |   US 4 (Main Street) toNY 196 | Eastern terminus,traffic circle |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
