The highway system of Essex County, New York, comprises of roads maintained by the New York State Department of Transportation, the county, and its towns and villages. Eighteen state-maintained highways enter the county, which account for a combined of the state highway mileage in New York. The state roads are supplemented by of county-maintained highways, most of which serve as collector roads between state highways. Several highways within the borders of the county serve as connections to ferry landings and bridges across Lake Champlain.

Essex County is served by one Interstate Highway, I-87, known locally as the Adirondack Northway. US 9, the only United States Numbered Highway in the county, closely parallels I-87 as both highways head north–south across the county. Essex County is also served by 11 state touring routes and six reference routes, the latter of which are short unsigned connectors. The longest touring route in Essex County is NY 9N, which runs for through the county. The county's shortest touring route is NY 373, which runs for in the northeastern part of Essex County.

Highways Interstate and US Highways There is one interstate highway in Essex County, I-87, stretching for from the Warren County line near Schroon Lake to the Clinton County line north of Keeseville. The highway was assigned after being built in 1967 to connect Keeseville to the Clinton County line, paralleling the alignment of US 9.

There is one U.S. Route in Essex County, US 9, which runs for in two segments. The first, spanning , enters from Warren County near Schroon Lake before entering Clinton County temporarily. The second, spanning , stretches from both lines of Clinton County. US 9 was assigned in the area in 1926 along a stagecoach route and has remained virtually unchanged since.

State touring routes

There are 10 state touring routes in Essex county, the longest of which is NY 9N at , which stretches from the Warren County line near Lake George to the Clinton County line north of Willsboro. The shortest is NY 373, running for . Some state highways which once entered Essex County have been eliminated, including NY 192 (now part of NY 86), NY 427 and NY 86A (both now part of NY 73); others, like NY 8, still exist but no longer pass through the county. NY 8 was once concurrent with Routes 9N and 22, which continue into Essex County from Warren County, and the route ended in Crown Point at the Vermont border. The northernmost segment of NY 8's former routing through the county is now NY 185.

State reference routes There are six reference routes in Essex County; a seventh, NY 910L, was redesignated NY 185 on April 4, 2008, as part of a New York State Department of Transportation project to rehabilitate the Champlain Bridge. Around this time, there was an addition to the highway system, with the designation of NY 915K, a short connector leading to exit 33 on the Adirondack Northway. The longest reference route is NY 910M at , running from John Brown's Grave to NY 73. The other three reference routes are NY 910K (part of the Blue Ridge Road), NY 912T (the shortest reference route, at , and a connector to NY 373), and NY 913Q, which serves Mount Van Hoevenberg in North Elba.

County routes There are over 60 county routes in Essex County, signed with the pentagonal county highway shields found in most of the state. The first in order is CR 2, also known as Corduroy Road and Creek Road in Ticonderoga; the last is CR 86E, known locally as Saint Huberts Road in Saint Huberts. In Keene, there are five county routes along NY 73 that are former alignments of NY 86A, which previously ran along that alignment.

List of Interstate, US, and state highways The chart below shows the Interstate, U.S., and state highways that enter or have previously entered Essex County, and the towns they serve or served in order of how the road encounters them. The "Formed" column refers to the date that the route was assigned or extended into the county; likewise, "Removed" refers to the date that the route ceased to exist within the Essex County limits. The measurements given in the "Length" columns refer to a route's length within Essex County.

Route Length(mi) Length(km) Formed Removed Locations 1967 — Schroon, North Hudson, Elizabethtown, Westport, Lewis, Chesterfield 1926 — South Schroon, Schroon Lake, Schroon, North Hudson, Underwood, New Russia, Elizabethtown, Lewis, Chesterfield, Keeseville, Ausable Chasm 1924 — Saranac Lake, Bloomingdale, St. Armand 1930 1960s Ticonderoga, Crown Point 1930 — Ticonderoga, Crown Point, Port Henry, Moriah, Westport, Elizabethtown, Keene, Upper Jay, Jay, Au Sable Forks 1924 — Ticonderoga, Crown Point, Port Henry, Moriah, Westport, Wadhams, Whallonsburg, Essex, Willsboro, Chesterfield, Keeseville 1930 — Olmstedville, Minerva, Newcomb 1930 — Lake Placid, North Elba, Keene, Keene Valley, Underwood 1930 — Schroon, Severance, Paradox, Ticonderoga 1930 — Jay, Wilmington, Lake Placid, Ray Brook, Saranac Lake, North Elba 1930 mid-1950s Lake Placid, North Elba, Keene 2008 — Crown Point 1930 1988 Saint Armand 1930 mid-1930s Elizabethtown, Westport 1930 mid-1930s Crown Point mid-1930s 1950s Ticonderoga 1930 — Ausable Chasm, Port Kent 1930 1940s Keene 1935 — Wilmington, North Pole, Whiteface Mountain — — North Hudson — — North Elba — — Chesterfield — — North Elba — — Chesterfield — Chesterfield

List of county routes County routes in Essex County are signed with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices-standard yellow-on-blue pentagon route marker.

Route Length(mi) Length(km) From Via To Notes NY 74 in Ticonderoga Corduroy and Creek roads NY 9N / NY 22 / CR 45 in Crown Point Warren County line Black Point Road in Ticonderoga South of Colonial Street US 9 in North Hudson Caza Turn, Ensign Pond, and Dugway roads and Broad Street Port Henry village line in Moriah CR 4 (segment 1) Caza Turn Road in North Hudson US 9 CR 77 Baldwin Road in Ticonderoga Dead end US 9 in North Hudson Tracy and Power House roads CR 79 in Moriah CR 70 Silver Hill Road in Moriah CR 70 NY 9N / NY 22 in Ticonderoga Vineyard, Bradford Hill, White Church, Moriah,Center, Plank, Fisher Hill, and Lincoln Pond roads NY 9N  in Elizabethtown CR 7 Bartlett Pond Road in Moriah Dead end US 9 in Elizabethtown Elizabethtown–Wadhams Road NY 22 in Westport Cross Street in Elizabethtown Fox Run and Lewis-Wadhams roads NY 22 in Westport NY 9N Water Street in Elizabethtown US 9 / NY 9N Warren County line (becomes CR 21A) Trout Brook Road in Ticonderoga NY 9N Seventy Road in Lewis Wells Hill Road, Stowersville Road, and Jersey Street NY 22 in Essex Formerly had two discontinuous segments; the western segment was redesignated CR 83 NY 9N Hurricane Road in Keene NY 9N / NY 73 US 9 in Lewis Deerhead Road CR 57 in Willsboro Dead end at Augur Lake Augur Lake Road in Chesterfield US 9 / NY 22 Keeseville village line Clinton Street and Port Douglas Road in Chesterfield Colear Bay Road at Lake Champlain Keeseville village line Soper Road in Chesterfield NY 373 NY 3 River Road in St. Armand Franklin County line (becomes CR 48) NY 86 / NY 431 Bonnie View Road in Wilmington Clinton County line Franklin County line Trudeau Road in St. Armand NY 3 NY 73 River Road in North Elba NY 86 Designated as the "10th Mountain Division Memorial Trail" Dead end Averyville Lane in North Elba CR 35 CR 30 in Minerva Irishtown and Hoffman roads US 9 in Schroon CR 84 Tahawus and Upper Works roads in Newcomb Dead end Dead end near Heaven Hill Bear Cub Lane in North Elba CR 35 — Newman Road in North Elba — CR 62 Farrell and Point roads in Willsboro Sabousin Drive NY 22 Highlands Road in Chesterfield CR 16 NY 28N Olmstedville Road in Minerva Warren County line (becomes CR 19) CR 30 Donnelly Road in Minerva CR 29 Warren County line Church Road and Morse Memorial Highway in Minerva NY 28N NY 86 Whiteface Inn Lane in North Elba Dead end NY 86 Raybrook Road in North Elba NY 86 NY 86 McKenzie Pond Road in North Elba Saranac Lake village line CR 29 in Minerva Trout Brook Road CR 24 in Schroon Also known as CR 24B NY 86 Old Military Road in North Elba NY 73 NY 28N Wilson Road in Minerva CR 30 Bennett Road 14th, Town Shed, Longs Hill, and O'Neil roads in Minerva CR 24 Warren County line (becomes CR 21A) New Hague Road in Ticonderoga Warren County line (becomes CR 21A) NY 74 Putts Pond Road in Ticonderoga Dead end NY 73 Alstead Hill Lane in Keene Bartlett Road Washington County line (becomes CR 2) Lower Road in Ticonderoga NY 22 CR 4 Windy Hill and Tarbell Hill roads in Moriah CR 4 NY 9N / NY 22 Shore–Airport Road in Ticonderoga NY 22 / NY 74 NY 9N in Moriah Stevenson Road Washington Street in Westport NY 9N / NY 22 Sugar Hill Road in Crown Point NY 9N / NY 22 / CR 2 CR 2 Factoryville Road in Crown Point NY 9N / NY 22 CR 2 Amy Hill Road and Pearl Street in Crown Point CR 2 CR 56 Old Chilson Road in Ticonderoga NY 9N NY 9N / NY 22 Lake Road in Crown Point NY 185 CR 43 Delano Road in Ticonderoga NY 22 / NY 74 CR 7 Russell Street in Crown Point NY 9N / NY 22 NY 73 Gilmore Hill Road in Keene NY 73 NY 9N Styles Brook Road in Keene Upland Meadows Road CR 10 Cutting Road in Lewis US 9 CR 7 Pilfershire Road in Moriah NY 9N / NY 22 CR 10 Sayre, Walker, and Whallons Bay roads in Essex CR 80 Also known as CR 22K; discontinuous at the Boquet River NY 74 Middle Chilson Road in Ticonderoga NY 74 CR 12 in Essex Reber Road CR 14 in Willsboro CR 83 Valley Road in Jay CR 82 NY 9N Youngs Road in Westport CR 8 NY 9N Sam Spear Road in Westport NY 22 CR 14 Maple Street in Willsboro NY 22 NY 22 Farrell Road in Willsboro CR 27 Also known as CR 27B NY 86 Fox Farm Road in Wilmington CR 83 CR 83 Randys Lane and Stickney Bridge Road in Jay NY 9N CR 64 Sheldrake Road in Jay NY 9N CR 55 in Essex Middle Road NY 22 in Willsboro Also known as CR 22M NY 915F near I-87 exit 27 Old Schroon Road in Schroon US 9 CR 57 Sunset Drive in Willsboro CR 66 NY 73 Hulls Falls Road in Keene NY 73 CR 7 Witherbee and Dalton Hill roads in Moriah CR 7 US 9 / NY 22 Mace Chasm and Old Chasm roads in Chesterfield NY 373 Franklin County line in St. Armand (becomes CR 48) Gillespie Drive NY 431 in Wilmington Also known as CR 18A NY 28N Eaton Lane in Newcomb CR 84 CR 25 Tahawus Road in Newcomb End of county maintenance NY 9N Alexandria Avenue in Ticonderoga Lake George Avenue US 9 Johnson Pond Road in North Hudson Schroon town line CR 70 Raymond Wright Way in Moriah CR 7 NY 22 in Westport Lake Shore Road and Main Street NY 22 in Essex Also known as CR 22J Franklin County line (becomes CR 55) St. Regis Street in St. Armand NY 3 Formerly part of NY 192 CR 85 Glen Road in Jay NY 9N NY 9N in Jay Jay Mountain, Trumbulls, Springfield, and Haselton roads Clinton County line in Jay NY 28N in Newcomb Blue Ridge Road I-87 in North Hudson (becomes NY 910K) Also known as CR 2B NY 9N Trumbulls Road in Jay CR 82 NY 73 Ausable Road in Keene NY 73 Old alignment of former NY 86A; not signed NY 73 Adirondack and Market streets in Keene Valley NY 73 Old alignment of former NY 86A; not signed NY 73 Cemetery Lane in Keene Valley NY 73 Old alignment of former NY 86A; not signed NY 73 Airport Lane in Keene Valley NY 73 Old alignment of former NY 86A; not signed NY 73 Saint Huberts Road in Keene NY 73 Old alignment of former NY 86A; not signed CR 57 Mountain View Drive in Willsboro NY 22 CR 88 (segment 1) Maple Street in Willsboro NY 22

See also

County routes in New York

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