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Title

Transportation legislation planning files

Series Number

11837

Summary

These records document Department of Transportation policy development through preparation, support, or opposition to legislative proposals concerning city, county, and interstate highways as well as other transportation issues. Included are bill proposals and laws; bill summaries, bill legislative history, and arguments; Governor's message of approval or veto of bills; maps depicting plans for highway construction or route designation; press releases; news clippings; and city council resolutions approving the Department's plans for highways.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation. Office of Planning and Development

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Selected audited accounts of state civil and military officers

Series Number

A0802

Summary

The series includes vouchers, accounts, contracts, correspondence, and related documents of various state civil and military officers including Commissioners of Highways, Commissioners of Fortifications, Commissary of Military Stores, Council of Appointment, Pay Master General, agents of New York State with the United States, Commissioners of Indian Affairs, Indian agents, s, Adjutant General, and Quarter Master General. The series also contains financial documents and claims relating to "detached" militia companies that were placed under Federal command during the War of 1812.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

Photocopying is restricted because most of the documents are fragile and many of them are pasted in overlapping sets on a folio page.

Title

State highway planning maps

Series Number

B1349

Summary

This series consists of maps of highways and other cultural and natural features in New York State counties outside New York City. Maps record state and county highways; construction contract numbers for state highways; Public Service Commission railroad grade elimination project numbers; dates of abandonment of state highways to counties, towns, or villages; courses of abandoned state highways and county boundaries. Some maps include additional information such as the projected routes of the Thruway and other limited access highways.

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Minutes of commissioners of highways of Town of Clarksville

Series Number

A1043

Summary

Highway commissioners of each town are authorized to establish road districts for the upkeep of highways by the labor of the inhabitants. This series contains minutes of the Commissioners of Highways of Clarksville, Cattaraugus County, dividing the town into eleven road districts in 1836, and the establishment of road district no. 14 in 1840.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Tri-State Transportation Committee aerial photographs

Series Number

B2023

Summary

This series consists of transparent aerial photographic maps depicting southern New York State, western Connecticut, and northern New Jersey. The maps were created to facilitate landmark planning studies in the areas of rapid transit and the interstate highway system. Names of most streets and roads are printed on the maps, as well as the names of some physical features.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation. Map Information Unit

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

State highway planning and maintenance maps

Series Number

A3228

Summary

This series consists of sections of U.S. Geological topographic map sheets containing notations representing highway planning or maintenance. The maps use standard topographic symbols to show features which include cities, towns, and villages; county, state, and national boundaries; contour lines and figures of land elevation; bodies of water, marsh and swamp lands; bridges, roads, mines, and railroad lines; and schools and dwellings.

Creator

• New York (State). State Commission of Highways

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Highway planning aerial photographs of cities and villages

Series Number

A4036

Summary

Approximately 1000 aerial photographs depict cities and villages in downstate counties from Dutchess County southward, including Long Island. There are also a a few from Ontario County. These may have been taken as part of a reclassification study initiated in 1963 to determine which highways should be under state, county, or local jurisdiction and to prepare a new State Highway System Map for highway route selection or design purposes.

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Capital District transportation study aerial photographs

Series Number

A0766

Summary

This series documents one of several regional transportation studies undertaken by New York State in compliance with the U.S. Federal Aid Highways Act of 1962. The series consists of 18" x 18" aerial photographs (scale 1:48,000) of Albany, Schenectady, Troy, and the Upper Hudson region taken in April and May, 1963. Roads, bodies of water, plots of land, buildings, and trees are visible on these photographs.

Creator

• Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.). Resource Analysis Unit

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

State and federal-aid highway system planning maps

Series Number

B0320

Summary

The series consists of copies of maps designating the official state and county highway system and printed maps annotated to show state-aid and federal-aid highways and routes. The chronological arrangement suggests the maps were brought together because they show changes made to the state highway system as routes were corrected or new construction on the system was proposed, perhaps in response to aid formulas for highway development.

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Indexes to Tri-State Transportation Committee, Tri-State Transportation Commission, and Tri-State Regional Planning Commission aerial photographs

Series Number

B2024

Summary

This series consists of indexes to aerial photographs created for the Tri-State Transportation Committee, Tri-State Transportation Commission, and Tri-State Regional Planning Commission, for use in regional highway planning. Areas covered include the southern portion of New York, western Connecticut, and northern New Jersey. New York counties covered include Rockland, Orange, Dutchess, Putnam, Westchester, Nassau, Suffolk, New York, Kings, Queens, Bronx, and Richmond. The indexes consist of composite aerial photographs and annotated printed maps.

Creator

• Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.). Planning Division

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Commission on Acquisition of Land for Public Defense at Rockaway administrative files

Series Number

B0237

Summary

This series consists of documents relating to the acquisition of land deemed necessary by the federal government for establishment of defensive works at Rockaway Beach, Queens County, New York during World War I. Included are correspondence, minutes of meetings, exhibit materials, a few photographs, and copies of maps, plans, and legislation documenting work of the commission in acquiring and making improvements to the land for purposes of public defense.

Creator

• New York (State). Commission on Acquisition of Land for Public Defense at Rockaway

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Urban arterial highway route planning files

Series Number

A0733

Summary

The series consists of plans, correspondence, graphs, and maps relating to arterial highway planning in 38 cities throughout New York. It was the state's intention to integrate arterial highways in the state highway system and cost share with the federal government for the construction and maintenance of the system, with the remainder of costs for required rights of way assumed by the city. Files are organized by city.

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Topographical and geological highway and canal planning maps of New York

Series Number

A4031

Summary

This series contains topographical highway planning maps used for the preliminary location and planning of railroad lines and highway improvement; geological highway planning maps of the area north and west of Poughkeepsie used by the Highway Commission to test and analyze road surface materials; and topographical canal planning maps showing Cayuga, Seneca, Erie, and Champlain Canal routes used for planning canal enlargement.

Creator

• New York (State). State Highway Commission

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

State Engineer's maps of highway rights of way and estimates of value

Series Number

A1398

Summary

This series consists of folio volumes containing blueprint maps of land to be acquired for improved state highways. Maps show right of way, courses and distances, names of property owners, property lines; and a detailed description of the property. Also included are tables of estimated land value which include name, number, and location of highway; map or parcel number; name of owner; acreage; assessed value per acre and total value.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

New York State Department of Transportation Map Information Unit planimetric and topographic quadrangle maps

Series Number

B2020

Summary

This series consists of planimetric maps showing the location and identification of the reference marker system of New York State highways. The marker system was established by the New York State Department of Transportation to provide unique identification of specific points along the state highway system.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation. Map Information Unit

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Federal-aid secondary highway system county maps

Series Number

14154

Summary

The series consists of maps of all the counties in New York, outside of New York City, annotated to show proposed and approved federal-aid secondary highways as of 1945. There are two maps present for each county: one indicates state and county highways that were not considered part of the federal-aid highway system; the other shows the state and county highways that were designated as part of the system.

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

State highway planning and maintenance map books

Series Number

A3227

Summary

The series consists of annotated U.S. Geological Survey maps bound into two volumes. The printed topographic sheets are annotated with black and red lines representing some aspect of highway planning or maintenance. The arrangement is apparently by geographic quadrangle, with successive maps depicting adjacent areas ranging from west to east across the state. Volume 1 shows counties in western and central New York; volume 2 shows counties in eastern and southern New York.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Highways

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Highway design project correspondence, plans, and reports

Series Number

13376

Summary

Long-range highway planning originates at the Department of Transportation (DOT) headquarters in Albany. Records include correspondence and plans pertaining to design of highways by outside consulting firms that contracted with DOT to do projects prior to and after construction. Most project files are for highways, or plans for bridges, parking facilities, or other associated projects. Files may span ten years from the initial design contract to final project acceptance.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation. Facilities Design Division. Design Bureau

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Department of Transportation Graphic Arts Unit transportation and state facilities related photographs and photo logs

Series Number

17672

Summary

These photographs, slides, and logs document the state transportation system, its structures, and state facilities created by the Department of Public Works (1923-1967) and its successor agency, the Department of Transportation. Images depict bridge and highway construction, canals repair and maintenance, and construction of state facilities. Some show employees and officials or landscapes and historic sites. Album pictures depict bridges, waterways, grade crossings, accidents, highways, hospitals, prisons, and schools. Some images document construction progress on the South Mall Project.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation. Graphic Arts Unit

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Highway design project correspondence and plans

Series Number

13377

Summary

The series consists of files maintained by the DOT's Consultant Management Office. Records include correspondence plans, and an environmental impact statement pertaining to design of highways by outside consulting firms. Projects include Freeman's Bridge, South Park Avenue bridges, Hamilton Avenue Bridge in White Plains, New York State Thruway riverside ramps, work on Maurice Avenue to the Grand Central Parkway, sections of Rte. 74 and the Long Island Expressway.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation. Facilities Design Division. Consultant Management Office

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.