N.Y. Highway Law Section 137
Maintenance of certain highways by a county


The commissioner of transportation may, and he is hereby authorized to abandon to each of the respective counties hereinafter named for the purpose of future maintenance by said respective counties any or all of certain highways within said respective counties hereinafter designated and set forth, which were constructed by the state or are now being maintained by the department of transportation as a part of the system of state highways. The respective counties hereinafter named may, and are hereby authorized to accept and take over any or all such respective highways for future maintenance, to become part of the county road system. The highways mentioned above are designated and set forth as follows: Highway County number Highway name Miles Albany 1562 Becker Corners-Callanan Corners .......

1.

80 1404 Dormansville-South Westerlo ........... 0.86 364 Preston Hollow-Potter Hollow ..........

1.

09 Allegany 5174 Cuba-Friendship ....................... 0.36 1366 Van Scoters Corners-Canaseraga-Garwoods 1.42 801 E. Rushford-Gordonville Bridge ........

1.

00 Broome 266 Tunnel ................................ 0.91 420 Vestal ................................ 0.88 1451 Stella-New Ireland ....................

4.

70 210 Harpursville .......................... 0.10 Cattaraugus 1275 Little Valley-Cattaraugus, part two ... 0.90 695 Otto-Cattaraugus ......................

1.

20 696 Otto-East Otto, part one ..............

4.

04 697 Otto-East Otto, part two ..............

2.

27 Cayuga 752 Auburn-Wyckoff ........................ 0.14 Chautauqua 1011 Brocton-Stockton, part two ............ 0.20 Chemung 888 Horsehead-Catlin ......................

3.

76 946 Fitch Bridge-Elmira ................... 0.20 Chenango 597 Norwich-Kings Settlement, part one ....

3.

55 598 Norwich-Preston .......................

5.

09 666 Plymouth-Kirk .........................

1.

90 1013 Plymouth-Hamlet ....................... 0.19 668 Bainbridge-E. Guilford, part two ...... 0.20 225 Guilford .............................. 0.20 665 Oxford-McDonough, part two ............ 0.50 1014 McDonough Hamlet ...................... 0.08 Clinton 1488 Altona-Obers Corners ..................

5.

96 Columbia 1152 Smith Corners-Stockport Dock ..........

1.

18 1112 Stockport Station-Stockport ...........

1.

10 1113 Germantown-Clermont ................... 0.40 540 Chatham-Spencertown ................... 0.60 Cortland 111 Blodgetts Mills ....................... 0.75 123 Preble-Homer ..........................

1.

23 377 Cincinnatus ........................... 0.27 378 McGrawville ........................... 0.10 Delaware 951 Bovina Center-south ...................

2.

34 1273 Downsville Hamlet: Main street; Maple avenue and Creamery street ...... 0.56 216 Roxbury ............................... 0.20 983 Franklin-Treadwell, part one .......... 0.80 Dutchess 1312 Barrytown-Red Hook-Rock City .......... 0.90 Erie 1035-A Holland-Glenwood, part one ............ 0.40 751 Aurora-Glenwood, part two ............. 0.80 1491-A Marilla-Marilla Station ............... 0.40 1335 East Eden-Hamburg .....................

4.

52 1565 Evans Center-Eden, part one ...........

3.

14 1034 Chafee-Sardinia .......................

4.

20 Fulton 246 Gloversville-Meco-Phelps ..............

1.

13 361 Johnstown-Tribes Hill, part one ....... 0.51 376 Gloversville-Bull Run .................

2.

38 543 Johnstown-Broadalbin, part two ........ 0.91 1376 Bull Run-Bleecker .....................

2.

80 1377 Gloversville-West Perth ...............

1.

71 Greene 1348 New Baltimore Station-Coeymans ........ 0.70 Hamilton 5268 Hope Center-Wells, part two ........... 0.23 Herkimer 467 Newport-Norway-Cold Brook .............

3.

94 472 Columbia-Mohawk .......................

2.

17 Jefferson 8019 Ellisburg-Woodville ...................

2.

59 427 Watertown-Carthage, part two .......... 0.40 186 Depot .................................

1.

00 5304 Clayton-Alexandria Bay ................ 0.40 5403 Clayton Village .......................

1.

17 1397 Gunn Corners-Fishers Landing, part two 0.70 Livingston 1321 Conesus-Wayland ....................... 0.48 1350 Nunda-Dalton .......................... 0.23 5272 Portage-Mount Morris, part one ........ 0.97 Madison 1216 Chittenango-Lakeport, part one ........

1.

85 1326 Deruyter Village: Albany street ....... 0.18 Monroe 173 Hudson avenue, part two ...............

1.

00 400 Portland avenue, part two ............. 0.93 497 Pittsford-North Henrietta ............. 0.97 573 Sea Breeze-Nine Mile Point ............ 0.96 1391 Sweden-Walker .........................

1.

79 1466 Churchville-Adams Basin ............... 0.62 Montgomery 298 Amsterdam-Hagaman .....................

1.

23 299 Saulwaters Corners-Youngs Corners ..... 0.91 397 Canajoharie-Flat Creek-Blaine .........

6.

52 346 Sprakers-Rural Grove, part two ........

2.

51 Nassau 1396 Sheridan boulevard-Burnside avenue and Rockaway turnpike .................

2.

99 437 Jerusalem avenue-Front street ......... 0.30 546 New Bridge ............................ 0.50 1203 Baldwin-Oceanside .....................

1.

56 42.3 Wantagh Avenue ........................ 0.92 Oneida 139 Hamilton Bridge .......................

1.

26 838 Sauquoit .............................. 0.56 839 Augusta-Knoxboro ......................

1.

22 1610 Hamilton College-Clinton .............. 0.75 5385 Oriskany Falls Village ................ 0.26 5633 Utica-Poland, Part 2 .................. 0.36 Onondaga 488 Belle Isle ............................

2.

02 1073-A Minoa-Manlius Center-Manlius ..........

2.

38 1506 Jordan-Baldwinsville, part one ........ 0.38 1043 and 554 Fabius Village and Fabius .............

1.

80 655 Jordan-Cross Lake .....................

1.

41 Ontario 187 Bristol ............................... 0.93 203 Gorham-Stanley, part one Gorham-Reeds Corners, part one .....................

1.

13 333 Geneva-Canandaigua, part three ........ 0.47 662 Rushville-Gorham ...................... 0.52 188 Bristol Valley ........................

1.

20 5511 Ionia-Holcomb .........................

1.

30 Orange 500 New Hampton-Denton .................... 0.65 8076 Oxford-Chester ........................ 0.13 46 Turners-Monroe ........................ 0.12 447 Warwick-Greenwood Lake ................ 0.08 Orleans 389 Maple Ridge, part one .................

3.

07 1293 Maple Ridge, part three ............... 0.89 Oswego 746 Carleys Mills-Parish ..................

1.

11 661 Oswego: West Fifth street and Fruit Valley ................................

3.

58 826-1136 Pulaski-Orwell and Pulaski Village: Mill street ...........................

6.

83 1244 Phoenix-Mexico, part two .............. 0.34 370 Minetto ............................... 0.48 Otsego 220 Worcester ............................. 0.30 676 Otsego-Wilsey Corners .................

2.

03 935 Schenevus-Westford, part one ..........

3.

85 936 Schenevus-Westford, part two ..........

4.

15 782 Otsego Village ........................ 0.30 1147 Schenevus Village-Elk street .......... 0.20 1303 Unadilla Forks-Bridgewater ............

2.

52 Rensselaer 200 Old Northern Turnpike ................. 0.31 477 Valley Falls-Tomhannock ................ Valley Falls-Johnsonville .............

2.

30 Valley Falls-Schaghticoke .............. Schaghticoke-Johnsonville, pt. one 201 Troy-Poestenkill ...................... 0.20 439 East Nassau-Brainard .................. 0.20 5278-A West Sand Lake-Averill Park ........... 0.60 Rockland 90 Grassy Point .......................... 0.47 Schenectady 73 Quaker street, part one ............... 0.12 106 Quaker street, part three ............. 0.14 793 and 1453 Schenectady-Vischers Ferry- Niskayuna .............................

4.

28 Schoharie 1347 Gilboa-Conesville .....................

4.

41 1234 Richmondville-Summit .................. 0.30 Schuyler 5557 Townsend-Watkins ......................

5.

60 1190 Watkins-Salt Point ....................

1.

15 Steuben 903 Thurston-Campbell, part two ...........

1.

80 1101 Risingville-Campbell, part one ........

5.

21 5211 Painted Post-Campbell, west of inter- section with S. H. 5224 ...............

1.

22 Suffolk 1525 Cold Spring-Huntington-Fort Salonga, part one ..............................

1.

70 1218 Huntington Town Line-Farmingdale, part one ..............................

1.

10 1219 Huntington-Amityville, part two ....... 0.10 Tompkins 455 Wyckoff ............................... 0.34 606 Cayuga Heights-Ranshaw’s Corners ......

2.

12 1003-1003-A Mitchell street-East Town line ........

1.

37 1004-1431 Cooks Corners-Brookton ................. Slaterville Springs-Caroline ........... Brookton-Speedsville, part one ......... Slaterville Springs-Caroline, part two 5.00 1432 West Danby-West Danby Station ......... 0.42 Ulster 1418 Milton Landing-Milton ................. 0.55 354 Highland Landing-Highland .............

1.

15 1417 Wallkill-Newburgh, part one ........... 0.20 310 Old Post Road ......................... 0.40 116-A Kingston-Rifton ....................... 0.20 Washington 1109 Cambridge-Ash Grove ...................

2.

05 1082 Cambridge Village ..................... 0.63 Westchester 1308 Hawthorne-Pleasantville ............... 0.80 1323 Ossining-Kitchawan-Pine Bridge ........ 0.52 899 Cross River-Crafts Corners ............ 0.50 20 White Plains-Armonk, part one ......... 0.35 Wyoming 893 Bliss-Smith Corners ................... 0.17 1622 Wyoming Village: Main street .......... 0.89 Whenever the commissioner of transportation shall determine to offer any highway above set forth to any county within which said highway is located for future maintenance, a resolution to carry out the foregoing provision of this act shall be prepared by the commissioner of transportation and submitted to the board of supervisors of such respective county. In case such board of supervisors approve of such resolution, its approval shall be certified to the commissioner of transportation, whereupon an official order shall be made and filed by the commissioner of transportation accordingly and certified copies thereof shall be filed with the chairman of the board of supervisors, the clerk of the board of supervisors, the county clerk and the county superintendent of highways of such respective county and also with the state comptroller, and thereafter such respective highway shall be maintained by such respective county as part of the county road system.

Source: Section 137 — Maintenance of certain highways by a county, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/HAY/137 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Apr. 13, 2024).

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Definitions
111
Payment and apportionment of cost among counties and towns
113
Annual statement of cost
114
Sources and use of county road fund moneys
115
Preparation of map showing proposed county road system
115–A
Abandonment of unused portions of town highways on county road system
115–B
Removal of road or part of road from county road system
115–C
Notice to municipalities where county roads are abandoned or revert to such municipalities
116
Statement and approval of proposed work
117
Construction and reconstruction of county roads
117–A
Highways in villages in Niagara county
117–B
Controlled-access highways in counties
117–C
Hawking, peddling, vending, sale of goods, wares or merchandise
117–D
Pedestrian overpass to be designated as the “Jennifer Bolender Memorial Overpass”
117–E
Pedestrian overpass to be designated as the “Police Officer Robert McLellan Memorial Overpass”
118
Acquisition by counties of lands for right-of-way and other purposes
118–A
Abandoning of parts of county highways
118–B
Entry upon lands by county superintendent
119
Purchase of lands
120
Petition to acquire lands
121
Commissioners of appraisal to be appointed
122
Duties of commissioners of appraisal
123
County treasurer to pay awards
125
Land may be sold or leased
126
Awarding of contracts
127
Payments from the county road fund
129
Maintenance and apportionment of cost
130
Bridges on county road system
131
County roads of additional width and increased cost at expense of village
131–A
Application
131–B
County highways and bridges
131–C
Location and construction of bridges
131–D
Construction by county of destroyed bridges
131–E
Bridges over county lines
131–F
Streets outside cities
131–G
Regulation of toll rates
131–H
Separate highway districts in certain counties
131–I
Boundary lines
131–J
Development of highways and other improvements in certain counties
131–K
County aid for construction and improvement of certain public highways and bridges in municipalities
133
Machinery, tools, equipment, implements, materials and supplies
133–A
Rental or hiring of county highway machinery, tools or equipment
134
Purchases by county purchasing agent
135
Snow removal, and cutting of weeds
135–A
Control of snow and ice conditions on county roads
136
Permits for work within the county road right of way
137
Maintenance of certain highways by a county
138
Bridge between Saratoga county and Warren county to be designated as the "Irving H
139
County liable for injuries caused by defective highways and bridges
139–A
Presentation of claims for torts

Accessed:
Apr. 13, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 137’s source at nysenate​.gov

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