Finding Aid Search Results
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Creator:
New York (State). Department of Transportation. Facilities Design Division. Design Bureau
Title:
Series:
13376
Dates:
1962-2004, 2013
Abstract:
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 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Title:
Series:
A1398
Dates:
1906
Abstract:
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 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Department of Transportation. Office of Planning and Development
Abstract:
This series documents the Department of Transportation's planning and implementation of federal and state highway legislation. The Correspondence and Planning Information Files relate to implementation of Federal-Aid Highway Acts; development of the interstate highway system; urban transportation systems .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Department of Transportation. Office of Planning and Development
Abstract:
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 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Bureau of Highway Planning
Abstract:
In March 1940 the Department of Public Works began a two-part Statewide Highway Planning Survey comprised of a Traffic Study and a Road Inventory. Public highway maps for each county were produced as part of the Road Inventory to facilitate the study of highway planning problems. This volume of printed .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Abstract:
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 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Abstract:
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 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.). Resource Analysis Unit
Abstract:
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 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
9
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
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 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
10
Creator:
New York (State). State Commission of Highways
Abstract:
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 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
11
Creator:
New York (State). State Highway Commission
Title:
Series:
A4031
Dates:
1900-1921
Abstract:
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 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Abstract:
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 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
13
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Transportation. Map Information Unit
Title:
Series:
B2020
Dates:
1973-1982, 1991-1997
Abstract:
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 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Department of Highways
Abstract:
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 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Department of Transportation. Facilities Design Division. Consultant Management Office
Abstract:
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 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Abstract:
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 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
17
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Transportation. Map Information Unit
Title:
Series:
B2023
Dates:
1961-1962, 1969-1970, 1976
Abstract:
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 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
18
Creator:
Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.). Planning Division
Title:
Series:
B2024
Dates:
1961-1980
Abstract:
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, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
19
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Title:
Series:
A0802
Dates:
1780-1858
Abstract:
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 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Commission on Acquisition of Land for Public Defense at Rockaway
Title:
Series:
B0237
Dates:
1917-1918
Abstract:
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, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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