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Title: Does US 15 still exist in New York?
Post by: usends on May 05, 2016, 01:23:38 PM
Street View (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.1534607,-77.0875667,3a,75y,305.48h,99.69t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sWD-i2U8s1d8GJP2rKd9iEQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DWD-i2U8s1d8GJP2rKd9iEQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D181.59526%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en) shows on the I-86 sign bridges near Corning, sometime between 2013 and 2015, NYSDOT replaced the US 15 shields with I-99 shields.  But Street View doesn't have 2015 coverage heading south on I-99/US 15.  Does anyone know if NY has removed all US 15 signage in the state?
Title: Re: Does US 15 still exist in New York?
Post by: vdeane on May 05, 2016, 01:36:28 PM
I believe the reassurance shields are signed for both.
Title: Re: Does US 15 still exist in New York?
Post by: machias on May 05, 2016, 02:41:33 PM
Quote from: vdeane on May 05, 2016, 01:36:28 PM
I believe the reassurance shields are signed for both.

Valerie is correct. Last pass through there a month or two ago I noticed that both I-99 and US 15 are signed from I-86 to the Pa. Border
Title: Re: Does US 15 still exist in New York?
Post by: usends on May 05, 2016, 03:27:43 PM
Quote from: upstatenyroads on May 05, 2016, 02:41:33 PM
Last pass through there a month or two ago I noticed that both I-99 and US 15 are signed from I-86 to the Pa. Border

OK, thanks.  Since the entirety of US 15 in New York is now redundant with I-99, I suspect the reason US 15 is no longer signed from I-86 is because NYSDOT plans to decommission it... so when they changed the info on the sign bridges, they did so in a way that reflected this future condition.  Anyone know if NYSDOT is indeed planning to decommission US 15?
Title: Re: Does US 15 still exist in New York?
Post by: rickmastfan67 on May 05, 2016, 10:31:38 PM
Quote from: usends on May 05, 2016, 03:27:43 PM
Quote from: upstatenyroads on May 05, 2016, 02:41:33 PM
Last pass through there a month or two ago I noticed that both I-99 and US 15 are signed from I-86 to the Pa. Border

OK, thanks.  Since the entirety of US 15 in New York is now redundant with I-99, I suspect the reason US 15 is no longer signed from I-86 is because NYSDOT plans to decommission it... so when they changed the info on the sign bridges, they did so in a way that reflected this future condition.  Anyone know if NYSDOT is indeed planning to decommission US 15?

I doubt that the AASHTO will allow them to decommission it till PennDOT submits and gets approval for I-99 along US-15.  Then, and only then if NY & PA submit a plan to decommission it will it have a chance IMO.
Title: Re: Does US 15 still exist in New York?
Post by: jemacedo9 on May 06, 2016, 09:14:35 AM
I drove through there about 3 weeks ago, and the I-86 sign bridges, that were originally changed to show just I-99 South, now have both I-99 and US-15 as greenouts on the BGSs.  US-15 was always co-signed w/ I-99's reassurance markers, but now the BGSs reflected the multiplex.

And I still wonder what the delay is in PA submitting I-99 from I-180 northward...
Title: Re: Does US 15 still exist in New York?
Post by: usends on May 06, 2016, 02:27:52 PM
Quote from: jemacedo9 on May 06, 2016, 09:14:35 AM
...now have both I-99 and US-15 as greenouts on the BGSs...
Cool, thanks for the info.
Title: Re: Does US 15 still exist in New York?
Post by: hbelkins on May 06, 2016, 04:32:09 PM
Quote from: jemacedo9 on May 06, 2016, 09:14:35 AM
I drove through there about 3 weeks ago, and the I-86 sign bridges, that were originally changed to show just I-99 South, now have both I-99 and US-15 as greenouts on the BGSs.  US-15 was always co-signed w/ I-99's reassurance markers, but now the BGSs reflected the multiplex.

And I still wonder what the delay is in PA submitting I-99 from I-180 northward...

They'd probably like to have a continuous route without a gap, or the need for "TEMP I-99" or "TO I-99" signs along US 220.
Title: Re: Does US 15 still exist in New York?
Post by: The Ghostbuster on May 06, 2016, 06:05:32 PM
Once 99 is fully signed from Williamsport to Corning, US 15 should be decommissioned.
Title: Re: Does US 15 still exist in New York?
Post by: Michael on May 06, 2016, 07:00:47 PM
When I was on US 15 southbound in mid January 2015, I only saw I-99 signs, and at the state line, there were "END I-99" signs.  The 2014 NYSDOT Traffic Data Report (https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/NYSDOT_Traffic_Volume_Report_2014.pdf) (the most recent available) lists it as I-99 (see page 176), but the reference marker column lists 15.  I'd say that like in Alanland, US 15 does and does not exist in NY.