New York

[crispy93]

The state must be worried about its budget... I haven't seen this many state troopers on the Thruway since the Great Recession.

Saw six trooper cruisers in LaFayette that had pulled over a car each for speeding through a temporary work zone this past week.

I drove down to Yonkers for the day yesterday, only cop I saw was a trooper ticketing a motorcycle. Otherwise, it was the typical 70 mph raceway down the Taconic/Sprain.

And I found more old signs once I got near the Yonkers train station, here's the remnants of a US 9/NY 9A sign with the old-type "flaired" arrow. Anyone know when they stopped using this design? https://maps.app.goo.gl/P7ragKyLoQuf1eSTA

And a sign for NY-9A "east" (the janky assembly it replaced correctly said "south": https://maps.app.goo.gl/2QHyKTaY9gAPEjfq5

[crispy93]

Has the Cross-County Parkway exit renumbering project begun yet? If not, does anyone know when might it begin?

I was on the parkway yesterday (westbound between the Bronx River and the Saw Mill). The only construction I saw was a white tarp covering this abandoned pedestrian bridge. I can't seem to find any history on it: https://maps.app.goo.gl/dCvZ1zkoRuXv7yea7

Also on the Cross County... was this ever an onramp or is it just an area for county cops to sit? https://maps.app.goo.gl/xvUvb9o4Bj6drsD58

[Jim]

Here in Amsterdam, we had some of the last if not the last spelled-out New York routes on green signs.  This one went in the bridge rehab a few years ago (that also wrecked traffic on the bridge at busy times by cutting a northbound lane way too early):


(taken November 5, 2016)

but this one remains on the EB New York 5 arterial behind the mall, a bit before the route joins East Main:


(taken September 15, 2017)

I recently noticed that it has been modified:


(taken this morning from the pedestrian bridge to Riverlink Park)

At some point, this segment would no longer be New York 5 if the plans ever come to reality to remove the arterial just west of there and the ramp from the bridge to take NY 30 NB to NY 5 EB traffic that would pass under that sign. But as of now, that segment still carries New York 5 East (though so does the formerly WB-only arterial according to some signs).  Not sure what the rush was to modify that sign.  I'll have to look more carefully to see if NY 30 NB to NY 5 EB is still signed to take that ramp on the bridge.  I think it is.

Does anyone know if that was the last instance out there of a route like "N Y 5" spelled out?

[baugh17]

Does anyone know if that was the last instance out there of a route like "N Y 5" spelled out?

Ones that come to mind...

Has the overhead for NY 27A at the south end of NY 231 been replaced?  It was still posted in 2023 when I was last down there (GSV is from 2021).
http://newyorkroutes.net/images/photos/routes/231/231-00000s1.JPG

NY 22 on the Cross County was still posted as of December 2024 per GSV, but aren't the signs in the process of being replaced?
http://newyorkroutes.net/images/photos/routes/pwxco/pwxco-00300e.JPG

And NY 14A on NY 14 north of Watkins Glen, although it is not of classic vintage (The sign was installed in 1993).  Still posted as of July 2023.
http://newyorkroutes.net/images/photos/routes/014/014-03332n1.JPG

[crispy93]

Does anyone know if that was the last instance out there of a route like "N Y 5" spelled out?

There's this "US 9" sign in Poughkeepsie. It replaces an identical one that had "US 9" spelled out: https://maps.app.goo.gl/U3UkGLvZV1b9LadW9
Another "US 9" at the end of NY 113 approaching IBM: https://maps.app.goo.gl/qUeZEtP2QKbZDtrp6
This one is gone, but it was an interesting use of the exit tab: https://maps.app.goo.gl/wdELRvZuzKWbao6B9

I seem to recall a few on NY 100 in Yonkers, here's one of the survivors: https://maps.app.goo.gl/pBjjr5tWhSojPB8W6
A replace-in-kind in Briarcliff Manor: https://maps.app.goo.gl/WXqmoqsonFcmJ6gp6

Bonus, there are all-text "US 9W" signs on the Palisades Parkway, but the NJ section. 

[shadyjay]

In addition to the one linked above by crispy93 in Poughkeepsie, there's an identical "US 9" one EB coming across the bridge into town that most definitely replaced one which also had "US 9" spelled out. 
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7021762,-73.9390259,3a,60.7y,93.77h,85.56t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sCIHM0ogKEICAgIDaqbyySA!2e10!6shttps:%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2Fgpms-cs-s%2FAB8u6Hbx6IYTQlvzVuz4bpErvXy_ZrdJnQYytyPE6Hn6mByRHUbexblNU2nvS404zUEDmq2YwMNqkQiF5CulWLhBitf0d6Jb00-c-jlQy72VGZPXIjuKl_GDN2oXcOKYrSeIn_lt8jQH%3Dw900-h600-k-no-pi4.442581700026125-ya16.13795373279028-ro0-fo100!7i7680!8i3840!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDcwOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D


There's also this gem up in Plattsburgh I recall seeing a few years back.  Not only does it have "NY 22" spelled out, but also "Adirondack Northway", complete with a button copy I-87 shield. 

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.7173424,-73.4723691,3a,46.9y,93.23h,84.88t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sKPQQbHjDQoPA5jpTYRsceA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D5.123790518073179%26panoid%3DKPQQbHjDQoPA5jpTYRsceA%26yaw%3D93.22686680366947!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDcwOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Those button copy I-shields are getting harder to find in NY.  I-287 still has a few down near White Plains/I-684. 

[Rothman]

The state must be worried about its budget... I haven't seen this many state troopers on the Thruway since the Great Recession.

Saw six trooper cruisers in LaFayette that had pulled over a car each for speeding through a temporary work zone this past week.

Weren't speed cameras supposed to solve the budget woes manpower distribution?

Only so many units available to NYSDOT and they take time to set up.  This work zone wasn't going to be around for long.

[crispy93]

Those button copy I-shields are getting harder to find in NY.  I-287 still has a few down near White Plains/I-684. 

There's an overhead 684 button copy on the Saw Mill: https://maps.app.goo.gl/PtMV7nFTbTuxEB5R7
And the northbound pull-through is button copy: https://maps.app.goo.gl/4Rx2B4JapsfU1bFg9

[cockroachking]

Those button copy I-shields are getting harder to find in NY.  I-287 still has a few down near White Plains/I-684. 

There's an overhead 684 button copy on the Saw Mill: https://maps.app.goo.gl/PtMV7nFTbTuxEB5R7
And the northbound pull-through is button copy: https://maps.app.goo.gl/4Rx2B4JapsfU1bFg9

Top one is going bye-bye soon (next few months or so). Bottom one will be around for a little longer. Neither I-684 shield appears to be button copy, however, like the ones on I-287.

[crispy93]

Those button copy I-shields are getting harder to find in NY.  I-287 still has a few down near White Plains/I-684. 

There's an overhead 684 button copy on the Saw Mill: https://maps.app.goo.gl/PtMV7nFTbTuxEB5R7
And the northbound pull-through is button copy: https://maps.app.goo.gl/4Rx2B4JapsfU1bFg9

Top one is going bye-bye soon (next few months or so). Bottom one will be around for a little longer. Neither I-684 shield appears to be button copy, however, like the ones on I-287.

Is this one? https://maps.app.goo.gl/2LoczxWF1rpr4EcN6

Regarding the 684 signs, I emailed the projects email about a sign project that I found on their site. It mentioned sign replacements for the Saw Mill and 684, so I asked if either road will be getting mile-based exits in this project. Let's see what they say.

[The Ghostbuster]

I hope they do include mileage-based exit numbers, so they can remove this statement from Wikipedia's Interstate 684 page: "I-684's exit numbers are sequential. While NYSDOT is transitioning to mileage-based numbers, there are no announced plans to convert I-684 exit numbers."

[cockroachking]

Those button copy I-shields are getting harder to find in NY.  I-287 still has a few down near White Plains/I-684. 

There's an overhead 684 button copy on the Saw Mill: https://maps.app.goo.gl/PtMV7nFTbTuxEB5R7
And the northbound pull-through is button copy: https://maps.app.goo.gl/4Rx2B4JapsfU1bFg9

Top one is going bye-bye soon (next few months or so). Bottom one will be around for a little longer. Neither I-684 shield appears to be button copy, however, like the ones on I-287.

Is this one? https://maps.app.goo.gl/2LoczxWF1rpr4EcN6

Regarding the 684 signs, I emailed the projects email about a sign project that I found on their site. It mentioned sign replacements for the Saw Mill and 684, so I asked if either road will be getting mile-based exits in this project. Let's see what they say.

That I-87 definitely looks like button copy to me.

Regarding the signs, D265342/PIN 8815.99 (plans here) is only touching 5 overhead sign structures along the I-684 corridor (and adding a tiny panel to another on the Taconic). No renumbering beyond the Cross County is in the forecast to my knowledge, and it is unlikely that PIN 8815.68 (I-684/Saw Mill sign replacements) will include them either. Estimate for 8815.68 is $3 million for two ~30-mile-long corridors, whereas the low bid for the Cross County project (less than 5 miles) was almost $14 million.