 New York State Route 287 | ||||
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 Map of Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties with NY 287 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained byNYSDOT | ||||
| Length | 2.84 mi[1] (4.57 km) | |||
| Existed | July 1, 1977[2]–August 1, 1979[3] | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  NY 283 inAlexandria | |||
| East end |  NY 37 in Alexandria | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | New York | |||
| Counties | Jefferson | |||
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New York State Route 287 (NY 287) was astate highway within the town ofAlexandria inJefferson County, New York, in the United States. The route served as a connector betweenNY 283 southeast ofAlexandria Bay in thehamlet of Browns Corners andNY 37 in the hamlet ofRedwood. It was 3 miles (5 km) long and passed through open fields for most of its length.
NY 287 was originally designated as part ofNY 3 in 1924. In 1930, NY 3 was rerouted east ofWatertown to follow a more southerly routing across theNorth Country. The Browns Corners–Redwood portion of its former alignment was redesignated asNew York State Route 26B by the following year.NY 26, NY 26B's parent route, was truncated southward on July 1, 1977; as a result, NY 26B was redesignated as NY 287. In 1979, ownership and maintenance of NY 287 was transferred from the state ofNew York to Jefferson County as part of a highway maintenance swap between the two levels of government. The route is now designated asCounty Route 192 (CR 192).
NY 287 began at an intersection withNY 283 southeast ofAlexandria Bay in Browns Corners, ahamlet within the town ofAlexandria. It headed southeast from the small community and gradually curved to the northeast as it proceeded through large, cultivated fields in an isolated portion ofJefferson County. West ofRedwood, NY 287 had only four intersections with other highways, two of which were for a local road that began and ended at the state highway.[4][5]
About 1 mile (1.6 km) outside of Redwood, NY 287 passed over Jewett Creek as it entered a small forest situated adjacent to the hamlet. On the opposite side of the forest, NY 287 entered Redwood, a small, residential community bordered to the south and east byMud Lake andButterfield Lake, respectively. It continued east for two blocks to a junction withNY 37 near the northern edge of the hamlet, where NY 287 ended.[4][5]
The east–west highway connecting Browns Corners toRedwood was originally designated as part of Route 27, an unsignedlegislative route, by theNew York State Legislature on March 1, 1921.[6][7] When the first set of posted routes inNew York were assigned in 1924, all of legislative Route 27 northeast ofClayton became part ofNY 3. NY 3, a cross-state highway that began inErie County and ended inClinton County, entered Browns Corners on modernNY 26 and left Redwood on what is nowNY 37.[8][9] In the1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, NY 3 was rerouted east ofWatertown to follow a more southerly routing across theNorth Country.[10] The Browns Corners–Redwood portion of its former alignment was designated as NY 26B by the following year. It connected to its parent, NY 26, at its west end.[11]
On July 1, 1977, NY 26 was truncated southward toCarthage to eliminate 36 miles (58 km) ofoverlaps with other routes. All of NY 26's former routing north ofAntwerp was renumbered toNY 283 while NY 26B was redesignated as NY 287.[2] The NY 287 designation proved to be short-lived, however, as ownership and maintenance of the route was transferred from the state ofNew York toJefferson County on August 1, 1979, as part of a highway maintenance swap between the two levels of government.[3] NY 287 was subsequently redesignated as CR 192.[12]
The entire route was inAlexandria,Jefferson County.
| mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| 0.00 | 0.00 | NY 283 | Hamlet of Browns Corners | ||
| 2.84 | 4.57 | NY 37 | Hamlet ofRedwood | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
