New York State Route145 (NY145) is a state highway in eastern New York in the United States. The highway extends for 47 miles (76km) from NY23 in the Greene County town of Cairo to U.S. Route20 (US20) in the Schoharie County town of Sharon. Along the way, NY145 intersects NY30 in Middleburgh and Interstate88 (I-88) east of Cobleskill. NY145 is a two-lane highway its entire length, with a passing lane on hills leaving Middleburgh in both directions.
The route follows parts of the Susquehannah Turnpike from Cairo through East Durham and west.
Route description
Greene and Albany counties
NY145 begins at an at-grade interchange with NY23 in the hamlet of Cairo (within the town of the same name). NY145 proceeds northwest through Cairo as a two-lane asphalt residential street, becoming a commercial/residential mix near a large quarry on the southbound side. NY145 continues northwest for several miles, passing Old State Highway145 on the southbound side, bending further to the northwest into an intersection with County Route31 (CR31; Roosevelt Avenue) in a small residential neighborhood of Cairo. A short distance to the northwest, NY145 crosses the town line, leaving Cairo for the town of Durham.[3]
NY145 through Durham remains a two-lane asphalt road, passing residences on both sides of the road, winding northwest past another quarry. Just north of the quarry, NY145 becomes a two-lane commercial/industrial roadway, passing an intersection with the terminus of CR67A. After CR67A, more residences and industrial buildings begin to appear as the route enters the hamlet of East Durham. In East Durham, NY145 intersects with CR20B, leaving the small hamlet near Golden Hill Road. NY145 winds northwest through Durham, passing a large industrial complex before crossing into the fields and residences nearby. At CR27, NY145 turns westward, slowly bending to the northwest once again.[3]
NY145 through the town of Durham remains a mix of commercial/industrial/residential buildings on each side of the highway, intersecting with CR22 at the center of the hamlet of Durham. NY145 continues northwest out of the hamlet of Durham, crossing similar surroundings for a distance, crossing the county line from Greene County into Albany County. Now in the town of Rensselaerville, entering the hamlet of Cooksburg. In Cooksburg, NY145 intersects with the western terminus of NY81 and the eastern terminus of Potter Hollow Road (unsigned NY910G.)[3]
North of Cooksburg, NY145 winds north over Fox Creek through the town of Rensselaerville. After crossing a short residential stretch to the north, NY145 intersects with the terminus of CR352 (Fox Creek Road), entering the hamlet of Preston Hollow. In Preston Hollow, the route winds northwest past numerous residences and a local cemetery before bending westward at Preston Hollow Park. NY145 northwest of Preston Hollow remains a two-lane rural roadway, winding northwest alongside Catskill Creek. A short distance to the northeast, NY145 crosses the county line once again, this time leaving Albany County for Schoharie County.[3]
Schoharie County
Broome to Cobleskill
After crossing the county line into Schoharie County, NY145 winds northwest through the town of Broome. A short distance to the northwest the route enters a small hamlet centered around the CR19A intersection (Hauverville Road), and proceeds west, intersecting with CR19 (Stone Store Road), where it bends to the north through Broome, skirts the eastern shore of Vlai Pond near Gates Hill Road, and intersects the southern terminus of CR50 (Windy Ridge Road) in the hamlet of Franklinton.[3]
NY145 overlaps NY10 briefly in Cobleskill, although erroneous US-style shields are used to denote
NY145 continues north parallel with CR50, crossing through the town of Middleburgh and village of Middleburgh. South of Middleburgh Cemetery the route intersects with the terminus of CR21 (Huntersland Road) and CR66 (Cotton Hill Road). Now in downtown Middleburgh, NY145 proceeds northwest along Main Street, a two-lane commercial street, passing an intersection with the village continuation of CR36 (Clauerville Road). Several blocks east of CR36, NY145 intersects with NY30 (River Street). NY30 and NY145 become concurrent for the length of a bridge over Schoharie Creek.[3]
After NY30 forks to the southeast, NY145 bends northwest away from Schoharie Creek and intersects CR57 (Sunnyside Road). Before leaving Middleburgh it intersects CR41 (Ecker Hollow Road) and crosses into the town of Schoharie, intersecting CR1A just before bending west towards the town of Cobleskill.[3]
Now paralleling I-88 to the south, NY145 winds west through Cobleskill, intersecting with the northern terminus of CR41, crossing through the residential hamlet of East Cobleskill. After a bend to the northwest, NY145 intersects with CR1 (Mineral Springs Road) before entering exit22 of I-88, a diamond interchange. Just north of I-88, NY145 intersects with NY7. NY7 and NY145 become concurrent, proceeding westward on a parallel of I-88, intersecting with Shad Point Road (former CR60). NY7 and NY145 wind westward for a distance through Cobleskill, passing north of the Cobleskill Golf and Country Club before crossing into the village of Cobleskill.[3]
Cobleskill to Sharon
NY145 northbound at the junction with CR29 in Lawyersville. Signage is present, pointing drivers to US20
Now in the village of Cobleskill, NY7 and NY145 gain the moniker of East Main Street, crossing over Cobleskill Creek before entering the downtown section of the village. After crossing over railroad tracks, NY7 and NY145 bend southwest through the village as East Main Street, a two-lane commercial street. At the intersection with South Grand Street, the routes intersect with NY10 (North Grand Street). At this intersection, NY7 forks onto a concurrency with NY10 south, while NY145 turns north onto North Grand, running concurrent with NY10 north. This concurrency lasts three blocks, before NY10 turns west on Elm Street. NY145 continues north out of the village of Cobleskill. The route passes west of Cobleskill Rural Cemetery before crossing the town line at Edgewood Drive, back into the town of Cobleskill.[3]
NY145 continues northwest through the town of Cobleskill as a two-lane residential/rural road, entering the hamlet of Lawyersville. In Lawyersville, NY145 intersects with CR29 (Lawyersville Road), turning north onto a residential street through the hamlet. North of Lawyervsille, NY145 winds northward for several miles, crossing into the town of Carlisle. In Carlisle, NY145 intersects with the terminus of CR11 (Little York Road), soon crossing into the town of Seward, where it intersects with Rock District Road. At this intersection, NY145 bends west onto the right-of-way of Rock District, winding past farms on both sides of the highway.[3]
Winding northwest through Seward, NY145 crosses past residences before intersecting with CR30 (Gardnersville Road). After a long wind to the northwest, the route crosses out of Seward for the town of Sharon. Through Sharon, NY145 proceeds northwest as a two-lane rural road, soon entering the hamlet of Sharon, where it intersects with US20. At this intersection, the NY145 designation terminates, while the right-of-way continues north as CR5A (Augusville Road) north to the Montgomery County line.[3]
History
In 1911, the New York State Legislature created Route5-b, an unsigned legislative route extending from Cairo in Greene County to Cooksburg in Albany County via Durham. One year later, the legislature created Route38-a, which began in Cobleskill and passed through Sharon before ending in Sharon Springs.[4][5] On March1, 1921, Route5-b was eliminated while Route38-a became part of Route39, which continued west along what is now US20 from Sharon Springs to the town of Madison.[6] None of former Route5-b nor the portion of Route39 south of Sharon received a signed designation when the first set of posted routes in New York were assigned in 1924.[7]
In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, all of former legislative Route5-b was designated as NY145 while the Cobleskill–Sharon segment of former legislative Route39 was assigned NY164.[2][8] At the same time, what is now NY145 from Cooksburg to Middleburgh was designated as part of NY81.[9] The section of modern NY145 between Middleburgh and NY7 east of Cobleskill was assigned NY433 c.1937.[10][11] By the following year, NY145 was extended northward to Middleburgh while NY81 was truncated southward to Cooksburg.[11][12] NY145 was extended again in both directions c.1940. On its north end, it was altered to continue northwest through Cobleskill to Sharon, supplanting both NY164 and NY433 and briefly overlapping with NY7 and NY30 in Cobleskill and Middleburgh, respectively. On its south end, it was modified to overlap with NY23 eastward to Catskill on what is now County Route23B (CR23B).[13][14]
NY145 originally entered the hamlet of Cairo on what is now CR84 and met NY23 in the center of the community at what is now CR23B.[2] Both NY23 and NY145 were realigned in the 1960s to follow a new arterial between Cairo and the Rip Van Winkle Bridge in Catskill. The first segment of the highway, a northerly bypass of the hamlet of Cairo, opened c.1961.[15][16] The remainder of the arterial was completed in the mid-1960s.[17][18] On January1, 1970, NY145 was truncated back to its current southern terminus in Cairo, eliminating the overlap between NY23 and NY145.[19]
