New York State Bureau of Highway Planning Statewide Highway Planning Survey County Maps A4034

New York State Bureau of Highway Planning Statewide Highway Planning Survey County Maps

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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:

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 maps was produced from data collected during this survey from 1940-1949. The volume contains maps for all counties except the five counties in New York City.

Creator:

New York (State). Bureau of Highway Planning

Title:

Statewide highway planning survey county maps

Quantity:

0.5 cubic feet

(1 volume)

Inclusive Dates:

1945-1949

Series Number:

A4034

Arrangement

Alphabetic by county.

Administrative History

In March 1940 the Department of Public Works, in accordance with the Federal Aid Highways Act, 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.

Scope and Content Note

This volume of printed maps was produced from data collected during a highway planning survey of 1940-1949.

The volume contains maps for all counties except the five counties in New York City (Bronx, Kings, Queens, Richmond, New York). The maps show: county name; name of adjacent counties; city and town names; names or numbers of major federal, state, or county routes; local routes; bridges and tunnels; railroads; waterways; airports; homes, public buildings, and other structures along the routes; sites such as oil wells, gas tanks, mine shafts, parks, camps, and historic sites; and inserts showing some cities in slightly more detail. The front page of the volume provides a state map showing the counties, a list of the counties, a list of types of information in the maps and the sources of the information, and the map scales.