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Title

Financial statements pertaining to highway contracts

Series Number

B0745

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Thruway Authority archived websites

Series Number

B2190

Summary

This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible websites of the New York State Thruway Authority.

Creator

• New York State Thruway Authority

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Aerial photographs and index to aerial photographs of state highways

Series Number

10700

Summary

This series consists of aerial photograph negatives and prints and corresponding photographic indexes depicting the state's roads and highway system. The aerial photography which forms the basis for the index was contracted by the Department of Public Works and its successor, the Department of Transportation, to document the statewide infrastructure for planning and construction purposes. A relatively small number of images depict state institutions, such as state university campuses, and other geographic features.

Creator

• New York (State). Public Employment Relations Board. Office of Public Employment Practices and Representation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Troy arterial system aerial photographs

Series Number

B2204

Summary

These aerial photographs of Troy North and Troy South quadrangles were taken by the United States Geological Survey in the planning stages for the Troy Arterial, now known as Interstate 787.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Public Works. Division of Construction

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Scrapbook of the water levels on the Oswego and Erie Canals

Series Number

B0327

Summary

This series consists of a scrapbook of daily listings of water levels on the Oswego and Erie Canals.

Creator

• New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Village/ hamlet atlases

Series Number

B1807

Summary

This series consists of village/hamlet planimetric atlases. The atlases provide large-scale coverage (one inch represents 800 feet) of smaller New York State communities not covered by the related series of urban area maps (Record Series B1806). Each atlas includes maps of villages and hamlets for a single county or for a region encompassing two or more counties. Map features include: roads, route identification, railroads, airfields, civil boundaries, community names, and water features.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Urban area maps

Series Number

B1806

Summary

This series consists of mylar masters and paper prints of 1: 9600-scale urban area planimetric maps. The 36" x 48" maps provide large-scale coverage (one inch represents 800 feet) of the larger urban areas of the state, with the exception of New York City. Map features include: roads, route identification, railroads, airfields, civil boundaries, community names, water features, and the State Plane Coordinate and New York Transverse Mercator grid systems.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Hearing testimony

Series Number

L0144

Summary

This series consists of hearing testimony gathered by the Committee in its investigation of highway conditions throughout the State. The testimony was given principally by county officials about the financing, construction, and maintenance of roads. A large portion of the testimony deals with State-local cooperation in maintaining the roads system and with continuing problems of finding qualified personnel to work on the roads.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee on Good Roads

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Highway corridor maps

Series Number

B1804

Summary

This series consists of topographic maps created by the Department of Transportation and its predecessor agency, the Department of Public Works, for use in the planning and design of highway projects. The maps include all roads, with identifying route numbers and names; railroads; airports; transmission lines; individual buildings; hydrography; civil boundaries; fence lines; and, in some cases, property lines with property owners' names.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Policy and program files for the 1980 Winter Olympics

Series Number

13089

Summary

This series contains policy and procedure manuals regarding preparations for the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. Records include environmental impact statements, disaster operations manuals, operation manual and plans, newspaper clippings, and the Department of Transportation's operating manual and final report of the Olympics.

Creator

• New York (State). Olympic Transportation Committee

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Field notes of surveys for state roads

Series Number

B1885

Summary

This series consists of ten field books documenting surveys for proposed state roads. Two of the field books contain data on a state road from Lake Erie to the Hudson River that was proposed and surveyed, but never built. It is unknown whether the other field books refer to any roads that were actually built. The notes very occasionally include brief descriptions of soil conditions, terrain, and establishments on route.

Creator

• New York (State). Surveyor General

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York City sectional maps

Series Number

B2273

Summary

These maps depict streets and highways in the five boroughs of New York City.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Constitutional Convention, 1967 transcript of the minutes of a public hearing of the Subcommittee on Transportation and Highways

Series Number

L0171

Creator

• New York (State). Constitutional Convention, 1967

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Records of petitions and details of roads built

Series Number

B0278

Summary

This series consist of forms recording actions taken on petitions for road construction. Information includes the petition number; page number; name and number of road, county, section petitioned for; towns that the section passes through; dates petitions for survey and for work were passed; amount appropriated by county; date the preliminary examination was made; date approved; distance to be improved; surface and width of the road; date the plans were adopted; and information on bids and contracts.

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Highway expenditure journals

Series Number

B0709

Summary

This series consists of ledger accounts of highway expenditures maintained by the Superintendent of Public Works, likely as part of his duties to oversee highways. The volumes have experienced significant water damage, and text may be illegible.

Creator

• New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works

Access Restrictions

Restricted due to severe water damage.

Title

Department of Highways register of deposits made and checks issued

Series Number

B0721

Summary

This series consists of a volume of deposits made and checks issued by the New York State Department of Highways.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Highways

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Index maps to aerial photographs of western New York

Series Number

B1951

Summary

This series consists of map indexes to Series B1936, Aerial Photographs of Western New York. Each map is divided into counties including Erie, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, and Niagara with each county map divided into squares with special key numbers. The maps also include the status of road projects, whether they are complete, incomplete or to be taken care of by the county instead of the state. Index is restricted due to national security concerns.

Creator

• New York (State). Public Employment Relations Board. Office of Public Employment Practices and Representation

Access Restrictions

Index labeled asrestricted and confidential due tonational security concerns.

Title

General highway maps

Series Number

B1905

Summary

This series consists of detailed maps of Nassau and Suffolk Counties created for highway planning.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

County planimetric base maps

Series Number

B1911

Summary

Maps in this series cover 23 counties and vary in size from 27 x 30 inches to dimensions as great as 46 inches. Scale of maps is either 1:75,000 or 1:100,000. Maps show civil boundaries; roads; railroads; airports; publicly owned recreation areas; and non-recreation areas such as prisons, military installations, and university forests.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State maps

Series Number

B1907

Summary

This series consists primarily of paper copies of large scale maps of the State of New York, created for sale by the Department of Transportation. Each sheet depicts one of four regions of the state and measures approximately 40 x 55 inches. When joined together, the sections create a map of the entire state measuring approximately 7 x 5 feet.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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